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July 3, 2025

Firework Safety

As July 4th celebrations near, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging the public to prioritize fireworks safety. Mishandling fireworks can turn celebration into tragedy.

Future Meetings

 

See all GHA meetings.

 

Resources

 

CDC COVID Data Tracker

COVID-19 updates for the United States.

 

Ebola

The Department of Public Health (DPH) offers answers to your Ebola questions.

 

State Epidemiologist

24-hour access to a State Epidemiologist: 1-866-PUB-HLTH.

 

CDC Information

Visit www.cdc.gov to stay up to date on current information.

 

Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL) Visit to access behavioral health services.

 

SAMHSA: Preventing Suicide

Visit the suicide prevention resource page.

Brittany Roberson

DPH Welcomes New Healthcare Preparedness Deputy Director

 

Brittany Roberson has joined the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) preparedness team as the new healthcare preparedness deputy director. She can be reached at brittany.roberson@dph.ga.gov or 404-576-2608.

Barrow County

Barrow County Teams Collaborate at School Safety Conference

 

Members of the Barrow County School System, Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, and Barrow County Fire and Emergency Medical Services, along with Georgia State Representative Holt Persinger, were invited to attend the 2025 Georgia School Safety and Homeland Security Conference in June. The annual conference focuses on the latest measures available and best practices in school safety. 

CISA Urges Organizations to Stay Vigilant in the Current Geopolitical Environment

 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), and the National Security Agency (NSA), released a fact sheet urging organizations to remain vigilant against potential targeted cyber operations by Iranian state-sponsored or affiliated threat actors. Despite a declared ceasefire and ongoing negotiations towards a permanent solution, Iranian-affiliated cyber actors and hacktivist groups may still conduct malicious cyber activity.

Breast Cancer Risk in Younger Women May Be Influenced by Hormone Therapy

 

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women before age 55. Researchers discovered that women treated with unopposed estrogen hormone therapy (E-HT) were less likely to develop the disease than those who did not use hormone therapy. They also found that women treated with estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy (EP-HT) were more likely to develop breast cancer than women who did not use hormone therapy. 

Medtech Products Inc. Issues Nationwide Recall of Little Remedies Honey Cough Syrup Due to Microbial Contamination

 

Medtech Products Inc. is voluntarily recalling five lots of Little Remedies® Honey Cough Syrup due to the presence of Bacillus cereus and loss of shelf-stability. Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) can cause two types of food-borne illnesses. One type is characterized by nausea, vomiting, and stomach cramps that can start 1 to 6 hours after eating or drinking contaminated food. The second type can cause stomach cramps and diarrhea that can start 8 to 16 hours after eating or drinking contaminated food.

Kilwins Quality Confections Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Pecans in Mocha Truffles

 

Kilwins Quality Confections is voluntarily recalling Mocha Truffles because they may contain undeclared pecans. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to pecans run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. The recalled Mocha Truffles were distributed by Kilwins Quality Confections, LLC., and may have been sold at nine Kilwins retail stores.

Sandoz Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of One Lot of Cefazolin for Injection Due to Product Mispackaging

 

Sandoz, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of one lot of Cefazolin for Injection, USP, 1 gram per vial. This single lot is being recalled due to a customer complaint indicating that four Penicillin G Potassium for Injection, USP, 20 million Units labelled vials were incorrectly included in a carton (25 vials per carton) of Cefazolin for Injection, USP 1 gram per vial product.

NEWSLETTERS

ASPR Health Care Readiness Bulletin - June 30

 

ASPR HPH Sector Highlights (Cybersecurity) - June 27

 

Georgia Weekly Influenza Report - Week 25

 

MESH Weekly Situational Awareness Brief - June 27

 

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 3

 

News and Notes - June 27

EDUCATION

Emergency Preparedness Systems Training:

Everbridge Training

GHC911 Training

 

National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference

Dec. 1-3

RESOURCES AND REMINDERS

Reminder: Identify, Isolate and Inform!

Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continue to ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind healthcare providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases!

Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA) 

The Travel Clinical Assistant provides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.

Violent Actors and Cyber Criminals Threaten Emergency Services Sector

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis sent an assessment of threats to the Emergency Services Sector— police, firefighters, and other first responders— from violent extremists, other physical threat actors, or malicious cyber actors. 

Volunteer

ONLINE PREPAREDNESS TOOLS

GHC911

GHC911 DRL

Go to the GHC911 homepage

WebEOC

WebEOC

Add your facility to WebEOC.

Everbridge

Everbridge

Sign up for an Everbridge account

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Selelia Jiles is GHA's Emergency Preparedness Communications Manager. Contact her at sjiles@gha.org, 770-249-4506 (office) or 404-200-5829 (cell).

If you need to reach GHA for a Disaster/Emergency Preparedness-related issue after hours, please contact Mallory Garrett, 706-934-0711.

 

The Disaster Readiness Line Newsletter is circulated by Georgia's Healthcare Coalitions to our emergency preparedness partners.

Georgia Hospital Association, 380 Interstate North Parkway SE, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, 770-249-4500

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