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September 22, 2003 11:05 AM The Science Behind the News (NCI) The National Cancer Institute, home of so many valuable resources about cancer, has created a site called " Science Behind the News." It currently offers the following eight educational tutorials: cancer; estrogen receptors, tamoxifen, and raloxifene; gene testing; the immune system; cancer genome anatomy project (CGAP); nanodevices and cancer; single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and cancer. Two of the tutorials, Cancer and The Immune System are also available in Spanish. September 13, 2003 10:12 AM Preparing for the Return of SARS: Are we ready? (Webcast) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 23 and 30 will Webcast two training programs on severe acute respiratory syndrome for health care workers and public health personnel. There is some concern that SARS will return; this Webcast is an effort to provide information on SARS to health care workers and public health practitioners who might see the disease. Meet the speakers and get their PowerPoint slides. View the questions asked by the audience and get the programs and fact sheets. The Webcasts will be archived at this site for later viewing. Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks (RAND Report) With this RAND report, individuals can take simple steps to protect
themselves in a terrorism attack. The report The report issued today was prepared by RAND's Public Safety and Justice unit, which conducts a wide array of research covering law enforcement, terrorism preparedness, immigration, emergency response and management, sentencing and corrections policy, firearms, community violence, and drug policy and substance abuse. Other authors of the report are David E. Mosher, Lois M. Davis and David R. Howell, all of RAND.
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Recent Entries The Science Behind the News (NCI) Preparing for the Return of SARS: Are we ready? (Webcast) Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks (RAND Report) Alert, verification and public health management of SARS in the post-outbreak period (WHO) Covering Kids & Families (RWJF) West Nile Virus Activity - US, 2003 The Bowker Annual Chapter on NLM, 2003 Suggestions for Authors' Keywords (NLM) Improving Palliative Care (National Academy Press) Household Products Database (NLM) Technology-assisted Learning Centers (TALCs) for Performance Improvement, Johns Hopkins University American Red Cross - Disaster Services Continuing Education. Great Lakes Centers Population Services International United Nations Population Fund Project Implementation and Training Associates National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Persons, The Center for Social Gerontology Just Ask Cosmo from NLM
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