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January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents data from medical reports following a large-scale, accidental release of chlorine gas in South Carolina. A terrorist attack involving the release of chlorine gas could cause the hospitalization of up to 100,000 people in an urban area.
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Art Science Research Laboratory provided equipment and supplies for recovery workers deployed at Ground Zero in Manhattan and the Fresh Kills landfill site in Staten Island after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
A physician-scientist in the pediatric residency training program at Children's National Medical Center in Washington received a one-year fellowship to work in Washington, contributing to the development of health-related research and policy statements.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, published and disseminated a book entitled Emergency Preparedness: Bioterrorism and Beyond.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine worked to educate and promote communications among medical and public health professionals and policy-makers about bioterrorism, emerging infections and emergency preparedness.
June 1, 2005 | Program Result
Staff and members of the American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Md., organized and held a conference in May 2003 entitled "Bridging the Digital Divide: Informatics and Vulnerable Populations."
May 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 2002–03, the Asian American Federation of New York, a non-profit leadership organization, conducted a mental health needs assessment of Asian American World Trade Center victims' families as well as vulnerable populations in New York City's Chinatown district — namely, children, elders and dislocated workers — to document the mental health status, needs and actual service use following the September 11th...
February 1, 2005 | Program Result
Burness Communications, a public relations firm based in Bethesda, Md., provided communications assistance to four public health and policy organizations to help them address the issue of the public health system's preparedness to deal with bioterrorism.
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 2002-03, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, New York, provided and trained other community groups to provide, group mental health sessions to Latinos affected by the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.
December 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Century Foundation commissioned two background papers and convened a working group to study the ramifications of the increase in federal funding to state and local governments that followed the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States.