National Preparedness Month

It’s National Preparedness Month, but you can Pledge to Prepare throughout the year! Check out the Pledge to Prepare and learn how you can stay safe and help your family and community before, during and after a disaster.

ASPR Twitter Challenge Sparks Innovation in Tracking Local Health Trends

Local public health officials can use a free new Web-based application, MappyHealth, to track health concerns in real time in their communities using Twitter, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today.

HHS Creates New Centers to Develop, Manufacture Medical Countermeasures

HHS established three new centers to develop and manufacture medical countermeasures, such as vaccines and medicines used to protect health in emergencies, and can transition quickly and cost effectively between products.

HHS support results in international influenza vaccine milestone

Clinical trial among first in the world for live attenuated influenza vaccine for avian influenza

Thailand today became one of the first countries in the world to test an H5N1 avian, or bird, influenza vaccine in a needle-free, nasal spray formulation.

Winning Applications from HHS Facebook Challenge Go Live

New applications support personal preparedness for hurricanes and other emergencies

Two new free personal preparedness applications go live on Facebook to help people support each other during an emergency and become better prepared by identifying lifelines.