| Other author/creator | Howitt, Arnold M., 1947- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Leonard, Herman B., editor. |
| Other author/creator | Giles, David W., editor. |
| Other author/creator | American Public Health Association, issuing body. |
| Uniform title | Public health preparedness (Howitt) |
| Contents |
Public health emergencies : preparedness and response / Arnold M. Howitt, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, and David W. Giles -- Fears and realities : managing Ebola in Dallas / Kirsten Lundberg -- Surviving the surge : New York City hospitals respond to Superstorm Sandy / David W. Giles -- The West Nile virus outbreak in New York City / Esther Scott -- Emergency response system under duress : the public health fight to contain SARS in Toronto / Pamela Varley -- X-treme planning : Ohio prepares for pandemic flu / Pamela Varley -- On the frontlines of a pandemic : Texas responds to 2009 novel H1N1 influenza A / David W. Giles -- H1N1 at Harvard / Wendy Robison -- Tennessee responds to the 2009 novel H1N1 influenza A pandemic / David W. Giles -- Bio-terrorism : Anthrax threats in southern California / John Buntin -- Charting a course in a storm : US Postal Service and the anthrax crisis / Kirsten Lundberg -- White powders in Georgia : responding to cases of suspected anthrax after 9/11 / Daniel J. Collings -- When prevention can kill : Minnesota and the smallpox vaccine program (case and epilogue) / Kirsten Lundberg -- The city of Chicago and the 1995 heat wave / Pamela Varley -- Keeping an open mind in an emergency : CDC experiments with "Team B" / Pamela Varley -- Moving people out of danger : special needs evacuations from Gulf Coast hurricanes / David W. Giles. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Washington, DC : APHA Press, an imprint of American Public Health Association, [2017] 9780875532837 |
| LCCN | 2016027527 |
| ISBN | 9780875532837 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0875532837 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
