Diseases and Disaster Preparedness
An outbreak occurring over a wide geographic area is called this.
What is a pandemic?
She was a British nurse who managed nursing for British and allied soldiers in Turkey and developed modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This organization provides information and statistics regarding the prevalence of diseases in the U.S.
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
These R's represent three key strategies to minimize waste, conserve resources, and promote environmental sustainability.
What is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle?
This infectious disease is usually caused by a bacteria called Bacillus anthracis.
What is anthrax?
He is considered the father of epidemiology after he mapped a cholera outbreak in England and hypothesized that cholera was waterborne, not transmitted through bad air.
Who is John Snow?
This organization provides general information about diseases worldwide.
What is the World Health Organization?
This is the name for the color-coded measurement system for air quality/pollution levels.
What is the Air Quality Index (AQI)?
This is minimum proportion of a population that must be immune to stop disease transmission.
What is herd immunity?
Her cells were taken, without her consent, while she received cancer treatment. Her cells have been used in the development of countless medical breakthroughs, including HIV/AIDS medications and COVID-19 vaccines.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
This agency protects public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, food, and cosmetics.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
Using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, this is the most dangerous job in the U.S.
What is logging?
Water, food, first aid kit, and flashlight are some of the items found in this.
What is an emergency kit?
He was the Director of the National Institutes of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who is Francis Collins?
This Washington State department has programs focused on air quality, solid waste management, water resources, and nuclear waste.
What is the Department of Ecology?
This is a temporary location where recyclables and garbage are collected and sorted before being processed or deposited into a landfill.
What is a transfer station?
This is a deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other agents used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants.
What is bioterrorism?
He is the current Washington State Secretary of Health.
Who is Dennis Worsham?
This organization was founded in 1872 and its mission is to "build public health capacity and promote effective policy and practice."
What is the American Public Health Association (APHA)?
This act, signed into law in 1970, requires federal agencies to assess the possible environmental effects of proposed actions.
What is the National Environmental Policy Act?