Cepar

A new coronavirus has caused an outbreak of respiratory illness called COVID-19, which was first identified in Wuhan, China. The virus is now a global pandemic and has been detected in millions of people around the world, including in the U.S. The Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, in collaboration with The Johns Hopk... ins University, the Johns Hopkins Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, has created system-wide guidance for faculty members, staff members and students. Read more . How can you keep you and your loved ones safe during the COVID-19 pandemic? View this personal preparedness checklist . CEPAR oversees enterprise-wide planning and response to disasters or other emergencies that may affect the entire Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University systems. The CEPAR director is Gabe Kelen, M.D., (right) and the executive director is Jim Scheulen, M.B.A. (left). Johns Hopkins CEPAR develops a quarterly newsletter highlighting news and information relating to emergency preparedness and CEPAR. From tricking people into revealing personal information to shutting down entire computer systems, cybercriminals will do anything to get what they want. Attackers can steal identities, medical records and more, but, most often, they want money. Its important to know the facts if you want to protect yourself against cyberattacks. Zika is a viral disease spread by a certain types of mosquitoes. Zika can also be passed from a pregnant mother to her unborn baby and through sexual transmission, a blood transfusion or laboratory exposure. The species of mosquitoes that can carry Zika virus exist in the southern region of the United States, including Maryland. Zika is usually asymptomatic or a mild illness that requires no specific treatment, but it can cause serious birth defects, such as microcephaly and other neurological conditions. In 2016, Johns Hopkins CEPAR convened Johns Hopkins institutional ...Read More