BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2933001:Event:9515 DTSTAMP:20120531T214723Z SUMMARY:City Councilman Myron Lowery - Three Items of Interest DESCRIPTION:Here are three items of interest:\n1. An e-mail list from the National League of\nCities listing e-mail contacts to secure the l atest information regarding the Swine Flu.\n2. “Keep in Made in Amer ica Tour” which stops in Memphis on Tuesday, May 12th and\n3. We nee d your vote on selecting Memphis as one of the best places to visit fo r Travel & Leisure magazine.\nYou may vote as often as you like, but b etter yet, send this e-mail to your family members and friends so they can vote as well.\n.\nNational League of Cities\nResponding to the H1 N1 Influenza Virus\n\nRead more from NLC on pandemic preparation:\nPre paring for Pandemic Influenza\nPromoting and Protecting Healthy Commun ities: A City Officials Guide to Public Health\nNLC has also been moni toring information provided by federal departments and agencies. See b elow for links to key federal information and guidance. Please continu e to check NLC's Pandemic Influenza webpage for updated information.\n 2009 Flu Info\nU.S. Info\nThings You Can Do\nPlan and Prepare\nInterna tional Info\nHHS.gov | CDC.gov\nResource List\nThe Department of Healt h and Human Services (HHS) has issued new information and guidances ab out the \"swine-origin\" H1N1 influenza virus designed to help local g overnments and families prepare for and address the current health eme rgency. These include:\n1. Public Service Announcements: The Centers f or Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released three Public Serv ice Announcements that may be used by public and private radio station s. The PSAS focus on \"swine flue preparedness,\" \"community planning for swine flu,\" of each PSA may be found at http://www.cdc.gov/swine flu/psa/.\n2. Twitter Links: The CDC announced that it is posting info rmation about the H1N1 influenza virus on Twitter. If you are already registered with Twitter you may follow the CDC's updates by going to h ttp://twitter.com/BirdFluGov.\n3. A Web Cast: HHS and the Department o f Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Secretaries Sebelius and Napo litano, and CDC Acting Director Besser will host a web cast on the H1N 1 influenza on Thursday, April 30, at 1:00 p.m. eastern time.\n4. Info rmation for parents: The CDC issued \"Swine Flu: Information for Conce rned Parents and Caregivers\" that can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/ swineflu/parents.htm. Included are answers to the following questions: What is H1N1 (swine flu)? What are the symptoms? How can you keep fro m getting swine flu? What should one do if your child is sick?\n5. EMS and 911 patient management: Interim guidance for emergency medical se rvice (EMS) systems and 911 public safety answering systems for the ma nagement of patients with confirmed or suspected \"swine-origin\" infl uenza (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance_ems.htm).\n6. Care for pat ients: Interim guidance for clinicians on identifying and caring for p atients with \"swine-origin\" influenza (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/i dentifyingpatients.htm).\n7. Screening for flu: Interim guidance for s creening for \"swine-origin\" influenza by state and local health depa rtments, hospitals and clinicians in regions with few or no reported c ases of swine flu (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/screening.htm).\n8. Dai ly swine flu update: The latest update from the CDC on the number of h uman cases of swine flu infection (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/).\n9. World Health Organization update: Information from the World Health Or ganization (WHO) on raising the pandemic alert level from phase 4 to p hase 5 and what that means (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statem ents/2009/h1n1_20090429/en/index.html).\nNLC contacts: Neil Bomberg (2 02 626 3042) or mailto:bomberg@nlc.org; Mitchel Herckis (202 626 3124) or herckis@nlc.org.\n\nFor more information visit http://www.tndp.org /events/city-councilman-myron-lowery DTSTART:20090508T130000Z DTEND:20090515T230000Z CATEGORIES:informantional LOCATION:Memphis WEBSITE:http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/psa/ URL:http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/psa/ CONTACT:Neil Bomberg (202 626 3042) ORGANIZER:NLC contacts: mailto:bomberg@nlc.org; Mitchel Herckis (202 626 3124) or herckis@nlc.org. ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Vionne W illiams":http://www.tndp.org/profile/VionneWilliams END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR