Study: Maryland and D.C. Not Prepared for Health Emergencies
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Maryland and the District rank in the lowest one-third of American states in their level of preparedness for health emergencies like bioterrorism or pandemic flu, according to a study issued today.
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The state has an unusually high number of people with no health insurance, doctors are hard to come by and safety nets are eroding.
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The United States remains woefully unprepared to protect the public against terrorists wielding biological agents, according to government officials and specialists in bioterrorism and public health.
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The nation&#39;s public health system remains woefully unprepared to respond to a crisis, despite repeated government warnings about the possibility of bioterrorism or another health
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National studies have found that more than 90 million Americans are unable to adequately understand basic health information.
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Health officials say Colorado has nearly completed its bioterrorism preparedness, despite a national study saying it and most other states are lagging.
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The U.S. Agriculture Department is not fully prepared to cope with an outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, a government report said on Monday.
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STERLING, Va. The National Weather Service says public warnings in advance of Hurricane Isabel as it approached Virginia and Maryland last fall -- failed to include information important to homeowners and businesses in coastal areas.
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The government proposals for public health reform dominated the headlines all week. But past attempts to address the health of the nation have tried and failed, experts say.
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WASHINGTON &#151; The federal response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed that medical personnel deployed to emergencies need more hands-on training rather than relying on computers to prepare, federal investigators say.
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A congressional investigation into officials' inability to stop a tuberculosis patient from leaving the country found significant security gaps, heightening concern about vulnerability to potential cases of pandemic flu or smallpox.
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The United States is better prepared to deal with a major disaster like Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf region in 2005, but still lacks a formal structure for coordinating a national response, the head of the U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
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Virginia ranks among the top six states considered most prepared to handle bioterrorism, according to a national study released Tuesday.
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In the year since a Prince George's County boy died of a dental infection, lawmakers say Maryland has begun addressing the structural problems and funding shortages that are blamed for breakdowns in the state's Medicaid system.
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The health problems of low-income and uninsured residents in the Washington area require solutions that are often regional in nature, according to a report released yesterday calling for collaboration in care not confined by city or suburban boundaries.
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States have made some improvements in bioterrorism preparedness since 2001, but most remain &quot;woefully unprepared&quot; to respond to a bioterrorist attack or public health emergency, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Trust for America&#39;s Health.
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The flu season may be starting out slowly, but experts say New Yorkers shouldn&#39;t let their guard down. New York and Delaware are the only states to report significant flu outbreaks this