[Future Environment Designs] CDC Public Health Matters Blog - Discusses NYC P...

[Angelo Garcia III]

[http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/02/battling-disease-outbreaks-in-the-big-apple-2/]
Image via WikipediaOne February 11, Scott Harper a Career Epidemiology Field Officer  (CEFO) for the Centers for Disese Control (CDC) posted "Battling Disease Outbreaks in the Big Apple."  Mr. Harper is stationed at the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene and currently leads surveillance and response activities for influenza, zoonotic, and vectorborne diseases.  The posting discusses New York City's most recent disease importation that came in the form of pandemic H1N1 Influenza in 2009-10.  It makes interesting reading and gives you an idea what life as a CEFO is like.  Hope you find it as interesting as I did.

Related articles

• Flu Cases on the Rise in U.S. (webmd.com)
• The Truth About Flu Pandemics (everydayhealth.com)
• U.S. Flu Season Picking up, CDC Reports (nlm.nih.gov)
• One Year Later: 5 Lessons from the H1N1 Pandemic (time.com)
• "Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Human Infection in Hong Kong" and related posts (hygimia69.blogspot.com)
• Are We Sick of the Flu? (abcnews.go.com)

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Posted By Angelo Garcia III to Future Environment Designs at 3/01/2011 01:50:00 PM