A majority of the youngest U.S. kids haven’t received a flu or COVID vaccine, according to federal health data—this as hospitals struggle to handle a deluge of patients with respiratory viruses. (more)
Tom Cotter is the new executive director of nonprofit community disaster preparedness and response group Healthcare Ready. (more)
Led by BD, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA), AdvaMed, Regeneron, the pharmaceutical industry, and frontline workers, the awardees were selected for driving creative solutions to a myriad of obstacles presented by COVID-19, hurricanes, and wildfires over the past year. (more)
Superstorms, fires, droughts and other extreme events driven by climate change are already straining the industry’s supply chain — and it could get a lot worse. (more)
Reality Check features thought leadership, analysis, and data on the politics, policies, and people impacting our communities in Philadelphia and on the national and international front. (more)
Embarking on a five-year strategy to empower health care workers around the world, Project HOPE welcomes its newest leaders. (more)
How Disaster Emotional Care is/should be a part of preparedness. (more)
Hurricane Ida caused catastrophic destruction across the South and Northeast United States. Power outages remained across the state of Louisiana a week after Ida hit, and there is concern about a surge of new COVID-19 infections due to shared hurricane shelter and evacuation accommodations. (more)
HealthCare Ready Executive Director Dr.Nicolette Louissaint joined Charles for another VAXX CHAT discussion. (more)
HealthCare Ready Executive Director Dr.Nicolette Louissaint joined Charles for the first in a new series,VAXX CHAT. They discussed the latest news about the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Health Care Ready Executive Director, Dr. Nicolette Louissaint joined Chares to discuss the latest news about the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Health care has long lagged behind other industries when it comes to cybersecurity. But with ransomware attacks against the industry on the rise, providers are quickly trying to close the gap and protect their systems and patients. (more)
Racial, Demographic, and Regional Disparities Inform Critical Need to Increase Community Readiness Efforts Across the US. (more)
We’re often asked at the Humanitarian Disaster Institute for resources on serving and ministering to people in crisis. And, as the first faith-based academic research center in the U.S., we have a lot of these. (more)
After many years of covering the intractable problems of U.S. health care — and many months of covering the horrors of this pandemic — a phone conversation near the end of the annual Milken Future of Health Summit brought me a more upbeat perspective. (more)
PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme temperatures like the ones blistering the American West this week aren’t just annoying, they’re deadly. (more)
As part of the “Real Talk” series, the National Black Nurses Association welcomes professionals to discuss mental health and resiliency in the profession. (more)
This time last year, the United States seemed stuck on a COVID-19 plateau. Although 1,300 Americans were dying from the disease every day, states had begun to reopen in a patchwork fashion, and an anxious nation was looking ahead to an uncertain summer. (more)
On this episode, I talk with Dr. Nicolette Louissaint about community resiliency and vaccine misinformation—including dispelling myths about the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine on fertility. (more)
Please join Rev. Traci Blackmon and Nicolette A. Louissaint, Ph.D., executive director and president of Healthcare Ready: a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on strengthening the United States’ healthcare supply chain preparedness and response before, during, and after natural disasters and disease pandemics. (more)
Health Care Ready Executive Director Dr. Nicolette Louissaint joined Charles for an update on the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Real Talk About #Vaccineswith Dr. Nicolette Louissaint: #KitchenTableConvo. (more)
The agency faces staff burnout concerns as personnel are stretched thin running sites across the country as storm season approaches. (more)
Together with representatives from the Baltimore City Health Department and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Council President Nick Mosby discusses the vaccine, the impact of the coronavirus on Black and Brown communities, and the ways the City Council is leading Baltimore’s COVID-19 recovery. (more)
A year into the pandemic, the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile has ramped up its readiness to respond to the coronavirus and future threats. (more)
Despite a rocky start, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the United States is looking up. (more)
Alumna Nicolette Louissaint ensures that the U.S. health care supply chain is ready for any challenge. (more)
Youth Activist will speak with Black Health Professionals on topics including the COVID Vaccine-myths & facts, return to in-person learning, distance learning, & more! (more)
Boosting supply of Covid-19 vaccines isn’t as easy as flipping a manufacturing switch—it’s a delicate dance of raw materials and business contracts, pharmaceutical lawyers and consultants say. (more)
HealthCare Ready Executive Director Dr. Nicolette Louissaint joined Charles for the latest news about the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Interview with Dr. Nicolette Louissaint, Exec. Director of Healthcare Ready. (more)
Eric Martin of Boshart Trucking and Erik Anderson of Linn County Public Health made quick work Friday afternoon of unloading pallets full of personal protective equipment at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center. (more)
Entering office amid a pandemic that had already killed 400,000 Americans, President Joe Biden acted on his second day to start implementing a campaign promise to leverage the Defense Production Act to manufacture and distribute personal protective equipment. (more)
Video: What churches need to know about the practical public health realities of coronavirus and how to safely and compassionately respond. (more)
3M and Honeywell are among those meeting to coordinate production and distribution of N95 masks and other Covid-19 protective equipment. (more)
Americans rushing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 are encountering limited supplies, balky technology and communication failures, highlighting the challenges states face as they try to scale up and deliver shots to millions more people. (more)
The list of therapeutic options to treat COVID-19 is growing and evolving rapidly, including both drugs approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and drugs made available under FDA emergency use authorization. (more)
Predictions are in for 2021 and—surprise!—the experts just can’t seem to agree on how the year’s going to turn out. (more)
Will a health system battered by the pandemic emerge stronger in the year ahead? (more)
The U.S. likely is producing enough masks, gowns, and other personal protective equipment. The supplies just aren’t getting to all the health-care workers who need them. (more)
As plans are made for inoculating the country against Covid-19, a central question to the endeavor is where will a person go to get vaccinated? (more)
Today, in a letter to incoming White House COVID-19 Coordinator Jeffrey Zients and nominee for U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) outlined a number of key priorities and actions the incoming administration should take as they oversee the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (more)
Marcus T Coleman and Sarah Baker provide insights to help officials and community leaders lead their communities through crises and help to make sure that nobody is left behind. (more)
Stanley Black & Decker has created a COVID-19 philanthropic outreach program to help our communities around the world combat the effects of the pandemic. (more)
In this episode of America Is Talking, two health care professionals explain everything you should know about wearing masks. (more)
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep across the U.S. this year, early fears of shortages of critical pharmaceutical supplies and life-saving drugs were quickly abated by a responsive and resilient supply chain. (more)
For our first episode in the ThoughtSpot 2020 series, experts from AmerisourceBergen and Healthcare Ready discuss how to support marginalized communities amid pandemics and natural disasters. (more)
During last week’s vice presidential debate, moderator Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington bureau chief, asked Vice President Mike Pence about the U.S. COVID-19 death toll. (more)
During last week’s vice presidential debate, moderator Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington bureau chief, asked Vice President Mike Pence about the U.S. COVID-19 death toll. (more)
KTVL’s Trish Glose talks to the Executive Director of Healthcare Ready, Nicolette Louissaint. (more)
When natural disasters strike, quickly getting the right aid to people is difficult at best. Doing so amid the worst pandemic in a century increases that challenge dramatically. (more)
When natural disasters strike, quickly getting the right aid to people is difficult at best. Doing so amid the worst pandemic in a century increases that challenge dramatically. (more)
While still a “card-carrying pharmacologist” today, Dr. Nicolette Louissaint points out proudly, the trained chemical engineer, with an accomplished academic background in biological and molecular sciences, has always had a superseding draw to biomedical research in the context of finding solutions for broader populations. (more)
We ask the experts about former Vice President Joe Biden’s plans to combat COVID-19. (more)
You do not want to miss this riveting conversation between Andy and The Atlantic’s Ed Yong, the journalist Andy thinks has done the best job writing about and analyzing the pandemic. (more)
Pretty much everyone found out at the same time that we were living in a pandemic, but when it became evident that her expertise would be an asset, Nicolette Louissaint stepped up to help. (more)
“The problem is simply that, across the world, we have sweatshop labor, we have pollution havens, we have tax havens, which have pulled our manufacturing offshore, particularly for pharmaceuticals,” US trade representative Peter Navarro told reporters earlier this month. (more)
Project HOPE continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in countries around the world with ongoing and emerging outbreaks as well as those where HOPE has existing operations and global health programming. (more)
In a year marked by unprecedented health crises and heroic responses, Project HOPE, a global health organization that places power in the hands of front-line health workers to save lives, is honoring partners with Global Health Awards. (more)
The church never closed during Covid-19, and neither did Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute. (more)
This fall, the United States has a decision to make: four more years of Donald Trump or a new administration led by Joe Biden. (more)
On September 11, FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Oregon to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by wildfires beginning on Sept. 8, 2020, and continuing. (more)
Wildfires across the state have prompted evacuations, power outages, and concerns about the effects on health. (more)
Mike Schiller, senior director of supply chains for the Association for Health Care Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM), discussed the past, present and future state of the healthcare supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic in a post on the American Hospital Association (AHA) blog. (more)
The latest edition of the Medical Association of Georgia’s (MAG) ‘Top Docs’ show addresses Healthcare Ready, which is a non-profit organization that focuses on strengthening the nation’s health care supply chain before, during and after natural disasters and disease pandemics – and it features the organization’s executive director and president, Nicolette A. Louissaint, PhD. (more)
What America wants is a way out. COVID-19 has killed 175,000 people in the United States, more than the number of Americans who died in every military conflict since the Korean War—combined. (more)
AstraZeneca has enlisted Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy to produce the drug substance for an experimental coronavirus vaccine it is developing with the University of Oxford. (more)
Safety guidelines seem to morph by the hour. Some measures, like masks, have taken on new urgency, but others that once seemed essential now feel less so. (more)
The introduction of Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir came as a relief in May as it was the first drug to offer hope for treating infections from the novel coronavirus. (more)
How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. (more)
Many myths exist on how to prepare for a storm, some have been handed down for generations, like taping windows to prevent hurricane winds from shattering them. Ever do that? (more)
Parks across the U.S. are seeing a surge in visitors as people try to find safe ways to enjoy the summer weather. (more)
These days, it’s not your wallet you need to be worried about leaving at home—it’s your mask and hand sanitizer. (more)
Pandemic responses require efficient flow of materials (like vaccines, supplies, and equipment), information, and workforce across the entire system. (more)
Good morning. Foundations are moving quickly to join the fight for racial justice, committing nearly half a billion dollars, while Black fundraisers are pushing their organizations to move forward with concrete equity actions. (more)
Three years ago, when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, it crippled Baxter International Inc.’s ability to manufacture saline solution, an essential hospital supply. (more)
Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit organization that strengthens healthcare supply chains through collaboration with public health and private sectors, today announced it has received $500,000 from Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and $100,000 from Stanley Black & Decker to help expand its work to build and enhance the resiliency of communities before, during and after disasters. (more)
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Healthcare Ready today announced it has recently received financial contributions from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), The AmerisourceBergen Foundation, the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the PhRMA Foundation to support its work responding to identified needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (more)
A Kentucky-based company, has today announced their partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Healthcare Ready in bringing urgently needed opioid withdrawal medication to communities in need during the current coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Saskia popescu’s phone buzzes throughout the night, waking her up. It had already buzzed 99 times before I interviewed her at 9:15 a.m. ET last Monday. It buzzed three times during the first 15 minutes of our call. (more)
Read the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s article on Nicolette Louissaint, PhD, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready as she leads the organization’s COVID-19 response. (more)
The Humanitarian Disaster Institute joins Healthcare Ready and World Impact to create free resource for church leaders advocating during COVID-19. (more)
As our country faces both a global pandemic and racial unrest, the importance of the Black Church as a catalyst for social change has never been greater. (more)
In 2019 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection—known simply as Cal Fire—responded to over 1,500 fires. In 2020, they’ve already seen more than 2,700. (more)
As our country faces both a global pandemic and racial unrest, the importance of the Black Church as a catalyst for social change has never been greater. (more)
Flooding devastated homes and farms in Indiana last year. The ongoing effects of the pandemic could strain Indiana’s ability to respond to disasters like floods, tornadoes or extreme heat. (more)
The Trump administration’s effort to manufacture more medical products in the U.S. will take several federal agencies, years of jumping through regulatory hoops, and hundreds of millions of dollars, lawyers, lobbyists, and policy analysts say. (more)
Healthcare Ready commissioned a survey that asked about American readiness for natural disasters and pandemics. HPN’s podcast with CEO Dr. Nicolette Louissaint reveals some of the highlights. (more)
Pharmas, non-profit organizations and suppliers prepare to handle a high volume of vaccines, but component shortages and scaling up manufacturing present challenges. (more)
Fast facts in and around healthcare packaging. (more)
Healthcare Ready, a national nonprofit organization focused on health preparedness and response, today released findings from its fifth annual “National Domestic Preparedness Survey,” revealing that participants’ concern about some disasters has increased significantly. (more)
In the wake of more murders of Black people by the police, protesters have risen up across the United States, fighting police brutality and the white supremacist institutions that continue to cost black and brown lives. (more)
In light of the nationwide protests spurred by the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, we, at Healthcare Ready, feel it is important to address this issue head on. (more)
Recently, I taught my first full class in front of a computer instead of in front of my students. (more)
Executive Director of Healthcare Ready, Dr. Nicolette Louissaint, joined Charles for her weekly segment to discuss news and issues about the coronavirus. (more)
The United States’ preparedness and response capabilities have buckled under the stress of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and proactive work is needed to meet the next infectious disease before it strikes, said experts during the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense May 8 virtual meeting. (more)
Healthcare Ready, a non-governmental organization, “helps to strengthen healthcare supply chains through collaboration with public health and private sectors by addressing pressing issues before, during, and after disasters.” (more)
The race is on to be the first developer of a coronavirus vaccine, with global drugmakers and the White House seeking to compress into just months a process that normally takes several years. Whether it can happen remains an enigma. (more)
It is natural to think about recovery in the middle of a pandemic response as it takes our minds off of the tremendous uncertainty around us and gives us hope for a brighter future than today. (more)
During the COVID-19 crisis, the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center has secured 2 million face masks for grocery store workers, and a large amount of hand sanitizer for distribution to health care personnel. (more)
Nicolette A. Louissaint, Ph.D, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready joined Charles Ellison of WURD Radio to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Nicolette A. Louissaint, Ph.D, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready joined Charles Ellison of WURD Radio to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Public health is political. Disasters are political. These are truisms that those of us in the emergency management and public health preparedness spaces know well, even if we’re rarely engaging in political activities. (more)
As the outbreak of COVID-19 evolves in the United States and around the globe, both the private and public sectors are uniting to find solutions. (more)
Today…Dr. Anthony Fauci, leading member of The White House Coronavirus Task Force spoke about his conversation with members of The Black Caucus. The discussion was about the high rate of coronavirus infection and deaths among Africa-Americans. (more)
Across the country, pharmacies have been seeing a significant uptick in patients seeking to extend 30-day prescriptions to 90 days to ensure access to their medications amid the growing COVID-19 crisis. (more)
Today Business Roundtable, Project HOPE, and Healthcare Ready announced they have joined forces to deliver lifesaving protective gear and equipment to America’s frontline health workers. (more)
In response to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic-related healthcare disruptions, Rx Open, an online resource for finding open pharmacies and dialysis facilities, has been activated nationwide by Healthcare Ready, a preparedness and response nonprofit working with public and private sectors to strengthen healthcare systems before, during, and after disasters. (more)
Nicolette A. Louissaint, Ph.D, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready joined Charles Ellison of WURD Radio to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
Just as the new coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, gym members in New York City frantically called the fitness center where Rahmell Peebles worked, asking him to freeze their memberships. (more)
Nicolette Louissaint, Healthcare Ready executive director, talked about her organization’s efforts to meet the needs of patients during outbreaks such as the coronavirus. (more)
Nicolette A. Louissaint, Ph.D, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready joined Charles Ellison of WURD Radio to discuss the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. (more)
The AmerisourceBergen Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable giving organization focused on supporting health-related causes that enrich the global community, has committed $1 million to support communities, individuals and nonprofits impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19). (more)
The potent spread of COVID-19 in the United States is prompting corporations and individuals alike to give generously to our CDP COVID-19 Response Fund. And the unique character of the pandemic, a disaster by definition that is not localized, is demonstrating the distinct strength of our organization. (more)
Hospitals have been rushing to stockpile a decades-old antimalarial drug touted by President Donald Trump and others as a treatment for the new coronavirus. (more)
With each passing day, concerns of the present pandemic (COVID-19) have been rising rapidly. On March 15, 2020, NAACP hosted an emergency tele-town hall to address how the virus has been affecting our underserved communities. (more)
The NAACP hosted an emergency tele town hall on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with several special guests including U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams. (more)
Whenever there is a global health emergency, those of us who live and breathe disaster preparedness are asked a lot of questions about health supply chains and their connection to health care operations. (more)
Health officials reported the first U.S. drug shortage tied to the viral outbreak that is disrupting production in China, but they declined to identify the manufacturer or the product. (more)
In the last few days, there have been a number of shifts in the current COVID-19 outbreak that have put the world on even greater alert and made the declaration of a pandemic almost inevitable. (more)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans Tuesday that it’s not a question of if the coronavirus starts spreading in the U.S., but a question of when. (more)
Nicolette A. Louissaint, Ph.D, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready joined Charles Ellison of WURD Radio to discuss the coronavirus and emergency preparedness on his show ‘Reality Check”. (more)
The FDA is carefully tracking shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as surgical masks, as well as pharmaceutical raw materials from China due to the novel coronavirus. (more)
Shortages of basic medical supplies have become a familiar pattern for hospitals around the U.S. What causes them? And how can we prevent them? (more)
As the US health care system watches the ongoing coronavirus epidemic in China and braces for a potential local outbreak, President Trump is looking to cut funding for public health preparedness programs. (more)
As the growing scale of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China becomes more apparent, the effects on the drug supply chain remain hazy. (more)
Damage from an unexpected pipe burst is forcing Atlanta’s largest hospital, Grady Memorial, to limit surgeries and care for at least two months, and neighboring hospitals are feeling the strain. (more)
Emergency managers across the United States brace themselves for the intense months of August through November. (more)
Experts want Congress to boost emergency-preparedness funding for health care systems, which has been halved over the last two decades. (more)
California hospitals and their surrounding communities are coping with a new reality of intermittent power outages and evacuations amid more freque… (more)
As climate change causes increasingly frequent and disastrous events, we must be more prepared than ever to face a crisis. A recent poll found t… (more)
In an interview with Jim McKay from Government Technology, Healthcare Ready Executive Director, Nicolette Louissaint recaps the findings from Healt… (more)
Two years after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, the pharmaceutical industry reflects on the coordination efforts across reponse agencies to resotre and… (more)
The U.S. is better equipped than in the past to manage health emergencies, but progress slowed last year as regional inequities in preparedness per… (more)
Different community needs necessitate different plans to support those communities after a crisis. (more)
As we explore the definition and needs of “vulnerable populations,” it’s important to first examine the concept of vulnerability and the factors th… (more)
After two years of intense hurricane seasons, active wildfires, and the worst flu season in decades, it’s safe to say that the resources of the eme… (more)
By defining what it means to be a vulnerable population or individual, we can better assess their needs for support. As we close out a year filled … (more)
An editorial in North Carolina’s Fayetteville Observer began by saying, “Hurricane Florence turned the Cape Fear River into more of an open sewer t… (more)
A year after the storm hit Puerto Rico, IV saline bags — a bedrock of medical care — are still hard to find. (more)
The recently released report from the Milken Institute is perhaps the strongest rebuke to date on the impact of Hurricane Maria during the 2017 hur… (more)
If you’re a young woman trying to forge a path in an industry dominated by men, it’s likely you’ve encountered many challenges to your success alon… (more)
US-based organisation Healthcare Ready works to ensure patients have access to medicine and healthcare during disease outbreaks. Dr Nicolette Louis… (more)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency was acutely unprepared for the unprecedented 2017 hurricane season, leaving many providers in Puerto Rico, … (more)
Recent news of the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Nipah virus outbreak in India have reminded the world of threat… (more)
A national survey of more than 1,127 adults found that slightly more than half (51 percent) believed it was very likely or somewhat likely that a d… (more)
The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has been holding hearings on the current state of U.S. public health bioprepar… (more)
Healthcare Ready, which works to strengthen healthcare through public-private collaboration and addressing pressing issues before, during and after… (more)
Healthcare Ready executive director Nicolette Louissaint was featured in a Modern Healthcare piece about how healthcare providers are preparing for… (more)
The catastrophic 2017 hurricane season left a decade’s worth of recovery efforts in its wake. And while many groups remain focused on recovery, eme… (more)
As someone with Caribbean roots, I grew wise early on to the destructive power of hurricanes and the threat they posed to my family on the islands. (more)
Five days after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September, 20, 2017, only about 29% of pharmacies reporting to Healthcare Ready sai… (more)
As the flu season slows, now is a good time to reflect on what we saw and what we can learn. (more)
As one of the worst on record, and only just peaking, this year’s flu season has garnered significant media attention. (more)
Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit focused on improving the resiliency of healthcare systems to better meet health needs amid disaster, today announced … (more)
The nation’s health care system is still reeling from Hurricane Maria five months after the killer storm hit. Along with Puerto Rico’s electrical g… (more)
Although most people outside healthcare have little awareness of the rule or its requirements, there are good reasons everyone should understand, a… (more)
The shock waves from Hurricane Maria, which barreled into Puerto Rico in September 2017, are still shaking the pharmaceutical supply chain. Puerto … (more)
Dr Nicolette Louissaint, President of Healthcare Ready, spoke exclusively to Hannah Jo Uy of Climate Control Middle East about the organisation’s m… (more)
As Puerto Rico struggles three months after Hurricane Maria, challenges to restore residents’ health and provide medical coverage are widespread. T… (more)
For many health care facilities along the Gulf Coast of the United States, and those in Puerto Rico, the 2017 hurricane season proved to be a “wors… (more)
The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico brought the island’s major pharmaceuticals sector to a screeching halt, as drug companies… (more)
The calls started coming in the days after Hurricane Sandy. Flooded dialysis centers had shuttered across New York and New Jersey. Some patients an… (more)
Now that hurricanes Harvey and Irma have subsided, cities in Texas and Florida are grappling with public health emergencies in the form of a toxic … (more)
How is Healthcare Ready helping? NBC spotlights our work. (more)
One of the unexpected—and troubling—news items that came out after Hurricane Katrina clobbered New Orleans in 2005 was the sudden absence of needed… (more)
Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Andrew cut a swath of destruction through south Florida, leveling homes and turning entire neighborhoods into rubble. (more)
Hurricanes. Zika outbreaks. Wildfires. Flooding. The opioid epidemic. It’s not your imagination, the United States continues to experience disaster… (more)
National polls demonstrate that natural disasters are the event Americans are most worried will impact their community, and by a far margin. Americ… (more)
The upcoming hurricane season and recent reports of disease outbreaks – domestically and abroad – serve as reminders that there are several threats… (more)
In the past few years, the public health field has moved to account for the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that pos… (more)
A FedEx warehouse might save your life. When hurricanes are approaching, FedEx allows the Red Cross to stock emergency supplies in its warehouses. … (more)
The future of the Affordable Care Act. The immigration ban. Continued protests. Battles with the media. Every day brings new challenges for the Tru… (more)
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is essentially a policy document, outlining the policy priorities of the administration and their plan to … (more)
A critical foundational element of any effective health care system is ensuring access to proper care. However, this is something many take for gra… (more)
Friday’s inauguration, related events and protests will bring millions of people to D.C., which will inevitably cause several disruptions around th… (more)
As Florida cleans up the aftermath of Hurricane Hermine, public health officials are faced with the tough question of whether they have the capabil… (more)
Under a new final rule, home health agencies and other Medicare-certified providers will be required to meet emergency preparedness standards—or fa… (more)
An estimated 72,315 American health care providers and suppliers–from hospitals and nursing homes to dialysis facilities and care homes for those … (more)
The Louisiana floods in August of 2016 destroyed more than 60,000 homes and forced more than 15,000 people into shelters at the height of the disas… (more)
The one time when it is critical for healthcare facilities to have a strong supply chain is during and after a disaster, but that’s when it’s often… (more)
Healthy lives and well-being for all are among the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. The U.N. calls for “access to quality es… (more)
Thirty percent of Americans do not feel comfortable that their elderly relatives will be safely evacuated during a natural disaster, a recent Healt… (more)
National Lieutenant Governors Association – Resolution In Support Of Healthcare Ready (more)
The probability of certain public health threats, the costs and funding related to such threats, and the “silo” effect of the public health sector … (more)
The probability of certain public health threats, the costs and funding related to such threats, and the “silo” effect of the public health sector … (more)
Every year, the start of summer begins with a familiar refrain predicting the severity of the upcoming hurricane season. This year, forecasters say… (more)
Two days into the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, a new survey shows that U.S. residents fear natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floo… (more)
Americans are ill-prepared to handle health conditions in the event of a natural disaster, according to a new survey commissioned by Healthcare Rea… (more)
One of the many lessons learned from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the existence of catastrophic gaps in protecting patients’ ac… (more)
Zika headlines have Americans freaked out about mosquito bites, and that’s good news for companies that make bug repellent. Shoppers are stocking … (more)
Reports of the Zika virus outbreak throughout Brazil and the Centers for Disease Control’s warning for pregnant women not to travel to the area rei… (more)
The facts on the mosquito-borne disease that has the CDC urging some travelers to reconsider their vacations. (more)
As South Carolina recovers from the tremendous flooding and damage from Hurricane Joaquin, one of the considerations will be how we could have been… (more)
As Hurricane Joaquin blasts the Bahamas, many have feared that the storm would travel north to the East Coast. Although a landfall on US ground i… (more)
The idea that someday everything you love could be threatened, you may have to evacuate, may even lose your home is understandably something we’d a… (more)
Ten years ago, the entire country was horrified by the devastation wrought by complacency. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated just how interdependent o… (more)
Zika virus is a mosquito-transmitted virus that generally causes no symptoms or mild illness, but is associated with microcephaly in infants whose … (more)
Medical Minute: Disaster Plan For Prescriptions (more)
Hundreds of drugstores across New York and New Jersey remain closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as pharmacists, corporate chains, independe… (more)
Whenever there is a global health emergency, those of us who live and breathe disaster preparedness are asked a lot of questions about health supply chains and their connection to health care operations. (more)
Health officials reported the first U.S. drug shortage tied to the viral outbreak that is disrupting production in China, but they declined to identify the manufacturer or the product. (more)
In the last few days, there have been a number of shifts in the current COVID-19 outbreak that have put the world on even greater alert and made the declaration of a pandemic almost inevitable. (more)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans Tuesday that it’s not a question of if the coronavirus starts spreading in the U.S., but a question of when. (more)
Nicolette A. Louissaint, Ph.D, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready joined Charles Ellison of WURD Radio to discuss the coronavirus and emergency preparedness on his show ‘Reality Check”. (more)
The FDA is carefully tracking shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as surgical masks, as well as pharmaceutical raw materials from China due to the novel coronavirus. (more)
Shortages of basic medical supplies have become a familiar pattern for hospitals around the U.S. What causes them? And how can we prevent them? (more)
As the US health care system watches the ongoing coronavirus epidemic in China and braces for a potential local outbreak, President Trump is looking to cut funding for public health preparedness programs. (more)
As the growing scale of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China becomes more apparent, the effects on the drug supply chain remain hazy. (more)
Damage from an unexpected pipe burst is forcing Atlanta’s largest hospital, Grady Memorial, to limit surgeries and care for at least two months, and neighboring hospitals are feeling the strain. (more)
Emergency managers across the United States brace themselves for the intense months of August through November. (more)
Experts want Congress to boost emergency-preparedness funding for health care systems, which has been halved over the last two decades. (more)
California hospitals and their surrounding communities are coping with a new reality of intermittent power outages and evacuations amid more freque… (more)
As climate change causes increasingly frequent and disastrous events, we must be more prepared than ever to face a crisis. A recent poll found t… (more)
In an interview with Jim McKay from Government Technology, Healthcare Ready Executive Director, Nicolette Louissaint recaps the findings from Healt… (more)
Two years after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, the pharmaceutical industry reflects on the coordination efforts across reponse agencies to resotre and… (more)
The U.S. is better equipped than in the past to manage health emergencies, but progress slowed last year as regional inequities in preparedness per… (more)
Different community needs necessitate different plans to support those communities after a crisis. (more)
As we explore the definition and needs of “vulnerable populations,” it’s important to first examine the concept of vulnerability and the factors th… (more)
After two years of intense hurricane seasons, active wildfires, and the worst flu season in decades, it’s safe to say that the resources of the eme… (more)
By defining what it means to be a vulnerable population or individual, we can better assess their needs for support. As we close out a year filled … (more)
An editorial in North Carolina’s Fayetteville Observer began by saying, “Hurricane Florence turned the Cape Fear River into more of an open sewer t… (more)
A year after the storm hit Puerto Rico, IV saline bags — a bedrock of medical care — are still hard to find. (more)
The recently released report from the Milken Institute is perhaps the strongest rebuke to date on the impact of Hurricane Maria during the 2017 hur… (more)
If you’re a young woman trying to forge a path in an industry dominated by men, it’s likely you’ve encountered many challenges to your success alon… (more)
US-based organisation Healthcare Ready works to ensure patients have access to medicine and healthcare during disease outbreaks. Dr Nicolette Louis… (more)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency was acutely unprepared for the unprecedented 2017 hurricane season, leaving many providers in Puerto Rico, … (more)
Recent news of the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Nipah virus outbreak in India have reminded the world of threat… (more)
A national survey of more than 1,127 adults found that slightly more than half (51 percent) believed it was very likely or somewhat likely that a d… (more)
The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has been holding hearings on the current state of U.S. public health bioprepar… (more)
Healthcare Ready, which works to strengthen healthcare through public-private collaboration and addressing pressing issues before, during and after… (more)
Healthcare Ready executive director Nicolette Louissaint was featured in a Modern Healthcare piece about how healthcare providers are preparing for… (more)
The catastrophic 2017 hurricane season left a decade’s worth of recovery efforts in its wake. And while many groups remain focused on recovery, eme… (more)
As someone with Caribbean roots, I grew wise early on to the destructive power of hurricanes and the threat they posed to my family on the islands. (more)
Five days after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September, 20, 2017, only about 29% of pharmacies reporting to Healthcare Ready sai… (more)
As the flu season slows, now is a good time to reflect on what we saw and what we can learn. (more)
As one of the worst on record, and only just peaking, this year’s flu season has garnered significant media attention. (more)
Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit focused on improving the resiliency of healthcare systems to better meet health needs amid disaster, today announced … (more)
The nation’s health care system is still reeling from Hurricane Maria five months after the killer storm hit. Along with Puerto Rico’s electrical g… (more)
Although most people outside healthcare have little awareness of the rule or its requirements, there are good reasons everyone should understand, a… (more)
The shock waves from Hurricane Maria, which barreled into Puerto Rico in September 2017, are still shaking the pharmaceutical supply chain. Puerto … (more)
Dr Nicolette Louissaint, President of Healthcare Ready, spoke exclusively to Hannah Jo Uy of Climate Control Middle East about the organisation’s m… (more)
As Puerto Rico struggles three months after Hurricane Maria, challenges to restore residents’ health and provide medical coverage are widespread. T… (more)
For many health care facilities along the Gulf Coast of the United States, and those in Puerto Rico, the 2017 hurricane season proved to be a “wors… (more)
The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico brought the island’s major pharmaceuticals sector to a screeching halt, as drug companies… (more)
The calls started coming in the days after Hurricane Sandy. Flooded dialysis centers had shuttered across New York and New Jersey. Some patients an… (more)
Now that hurricanes Harvey and Irma have subsided, cities in Texas and Florida are grappling with public health emergencies in the form of a toxic … (more)
How is Healthcare Ready helping? NBC spotlights our work. (more)
One of the unexpected—and troubling—news items that came out after Hurricane Katrina clobbered New Orleans in 2005 was the sudden absence of needed… (more)
Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Andrew cut a swath of destruction through south Florida, leveling homes and turning entire neighborhoods into rubble. (more)
Hurricanes. Zika outbreaks. Wildfires. Flooding. The opioid epidemic. It’s not your imagination, the United States continues to experience disaster… (more)
National polls demonstrate that natural disasters are the event Americans are most worried will impact their community, and by a far margin. Americ… (more)
The upcoming hurricane season and recent reports of disease outbreaks – domestically and abroad – serve as reminders that there are several threats… (more)
In the past few years, the public health field has moved to account for the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that pos… (more)
A FedEx warehouse might save your life. When hurricanes are approaching, FedEx allows the Red Cross to stock emergency supplies in its warehouses. … (more)
The future of the Affordable Care Act. The immigration ban. Continued protests. Battles with the media. Every day brings new challenges for the Tru… (more)
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is essentially a policy document, outlining the policy priorities of the administration and their plan to … (more)
A critical foundational element of any effective health care system is ensuring access to proper care. However, this is something many take for gra… (more)
Friday’s inauguration, related events and protests will bring millions of people to D.C., which will inevitably cause several disruptions around th… (more)
As Florida cleans up the aftermath of Hurricane Hermine, public health officials are faced with the tough question of whether they have the capabil… (more)
Under a new final rule, home health agencies and other Medicare-certified providers will be required to meet emergency preparedness standards—or fa… (more)
An estimated 72,315 American health care providers and suppliers–from hospitals and nursing homes to dialysis facilities and care homes for those … (more)
The Louisiana floods in August of 2016 destroyed more than 60,000 homes and forced more than 15,000 people into shelters at the height of the disas… (more)
The one time when it is critical for healthcare facilities to have a strong supply chain is during and after a disaster, but that’s when it’s often… (more)
Healthy lives and well-being for all are among the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. The U.N. calls for “access to quality es… (more)
Thirty percent of Americans do not feel comfortable that their elderly relatives will be safely evacuated during a natural disaster, a recent Healt… (more)
National Lieutenant Governors Association – Resolution In Support Of Healthcare Ready (more)
The probability of certain public health threats, the costs and funding related to such threats, and the “silo” effect of the public health sector … (more)
The probability of certain public health threats, the costs and funding related to such threats, and the “silo” effect of the public health sector … (more)
Every year, the start of summer begins with a familiar refrain predicting the severity of the upcoming hurricane season. This year, forecasters say… (more)
Two days into the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, a new survey shows that U.S. residents fear natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floo… (more)
Americans are ill-prepared to handle health conditions in the event of a natural disaster, according to a new survey commissioned by Healthcare Rea… (more)
One of the many lessons learned from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the existence of catastrophic gaps in protecting patients’ ac… (more)
Zika headlines have Americans freaked out about mosquito bites, and that’s good news for companies that make bug repellent. Shoppers are stocking … (more)
Reports of the Zika virus outbreak throughout Brazil and the Centers for Disease Control’s warning for pregnant women not to travel to the area rei… (more)
The facts on the mosquito-borne disease that has the CDC urging some travelers to reconsider their vacations. (more)
As South Carolina recovers from the tremendous flooding and damage from Hurricane Joaquin, one of the considerations will be how we could have been… (more)
As Hurricane Joaquin blasts the Bahamas, many have feared that the storm would travel north to the East Coast. Although a landfall on US ground i… (more)
The idea that someday everything you love could be threatened, you may have to evacuate, may even lose your home is understandably something we’d a… (more)
Ten years ago, the entire country was horrified by the devastation wrought by complacency. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated just how interdependent o… (more)
Zika virus is a mosquito-transmitted virus that generally causes no symptoms or mild illness, but is associated with microcephaly in infants whose … (more)
Medical Minute: Disaster Plan For Prescriptions (more)
Hundreds of drugstores across New York and New Jersey remain closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as pharmacists, corporate chains, independe… (more)
Emergency managers across the United States brace themselves for the intense months of August through November. (more)
Experts want Congress to boost emergency-preparedness funding for health care systems, which has been halved over the last two decades. (more)
California hospitals and their surrounding communities are coping with a new reality of intermittent power outages and evacuations amid more freque… (more)
As climate change causes increasingly frequent and disastrous events, we must be more prepared than ever to face a crisis. A recent poll found t… (more)
In an interview with Jim McKay from Government Technology, Healthcare Ready Executive Director, Nicolette Louissaint recaps the findings from Healt… (more)
Two years after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, the pharmaceutical industry reflects on the coordination efforts across reponse agencies to resotre and… (more)
The U.S. is better equipped than in the past to manage health emergencies, but progress slowed last year as regional inequities in preparedness per… (more)
Different community needs necessitate different plans to support those communities after a crisis. (more)
As we explore the definition and needs of “vulnerable populations,” it’s important to first examine the concept of vulnerability and the factors th… (more)
After two years of intense hurricane seasons, active wildfires, and the worst flu season in decades, it’s safe to say that the resources of the eme… (more)
By defining what it means to be a vulnerable population or individual, we can better assess their needs for support. As we close out a year filled … (more)
An editorial in North Carolina’s Fayetteville Observer began by saying, “Hurricane Florence turned the Cape Fear River into more of an open sewer t… (more)
A year after the storm hit Puerto Rico, IV saline bags — a bedrock of medical care — are still hard to find. (more)
The recently released report from the Milken Institute is perhaps the strongest rebuke to date on the impact of Hurricane Maria during the 2017 hur… (more)
If you’re a young woman trying to forge a path in an industry dominated by men, it’s likely you’ve encountered many challenges to your success alon… (more)
US-based organisation Healthcare Ready works to ensure patients have access to medicine and healthcare during disease outbreaks. Dr Nicolette Louis… (more)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency was acutely unprepared for the unprecedented 2017 hurricane season, leaving many providers in Puerto Rico, … (more)
Recent news of the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Nipah virus outbreak in India have reminded the world of threat… (more)
A national survey of more than 1,127 adults found that slightly more than half (51 percent) believed it was very likely or somewhat likely that a d… (more)
The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has been holding hearings on the current state of U.S. public health bioprepar… (more)
Healthcare Ready, which works to strengthen healthcare through public-private collaboration and addressing pressing issues before, during and after… (more)
Healthcare Ready executive director Nicolette Louissaint was featured in a Modern Healthcare piece about how healthcare providers are preparing for… (more)
The catastrophic 2017 hurricane season left a decade’s worth of recovery efforts in its wake. And while many groups remain focused on recovery, eme… (more)
As someone with Caribbean roots, I grew wise early on to the destructive power of hurricanes and the threat they posed to my family on the islands. (more)
Five days after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September, 20, 2017, only about 29% of pharmacies reporting to Healthcare Ready sai… (more)
As the flu season slows, now is a good time to reflect on what we saw and what we can learn. (more)
As one of the worst on record, and only just peaking, this year’s flu season has garnered significant media attention. (more)
Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit focused on improving the resiliency of healthcare systems to better meet health needs amid disaster, today announced … (more)
The nation’s health care system is still reeling from Hurricane Maria five months after the killer storm hit. Along with Puerto Rico’s electrical g… (more)
Although most people outside healthcare have little awareness of the rule or its requirements, there are good reasons everyone should understand, a… (more)
The shock waves from Hurricane Maria, which barreled into Puerto Rico in September 2017, are still shaking the pharmaceutical supply chain. Puerto … (more)
Dr Nicolette Louissaint, President of Healthcare Ready, spoke exclusively to Hannah Jo Uy of Climate Control Middle East about the organisation’s m… (more)
As Puerto Rico struggles three months after Hurricane Maria, challenges to restore residents’ health and provide medical coverage are widespread. T… (more)
For many health care facilities along the Gulf Coast of the United States, and those in Puerto Rico, the 2017 hurricane season proved to be a “wors… (more)
The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico brought the island’s major pharmaceuticals sector to a screeching halt, as drug companies… (more)
The calls started coming in the days after Hurricane Sandy. Flooded dialysis centers had shuttered across New York and New Jersey. Some patients an… (more)
Now that hurricanes Harvey and Irma have subsided, cities in Texas and Florida are grappling with public health emergencies in the form of a toxic … (more)
How is Healthcare Ready helping? NBC spotlights our work. (more)
One of the unexpected—and troubling—news items that came out after Hurricane Katrina clobbered New Orleans in 2005 was the sudden absence of needed… (more)
Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Andrew cut a swath of destruction through south Florida, leveling homes and turning entire neighborhoods into rubble. (more)
Hurricanes. Zika outbreaks. Wildfires. Flooding. The opioid epidemic. It’s not your imagination, the United States continues to experience disaster… (more)
National polls demonstrate that natural disasters are the event Americans are most worried will impact their community, and by a far margin. Americ… (more)
The upcoming hurricane season and recent reports of disease outbreaks – domestically and abroad – serve as reminders that there are several threats… (more)
In the past few years, the public health field has moved to account for the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that pos… (more)
A FedEx warehouse might save your life. When hurricanes are approaching, FedEx allows the Red Cross to stock emergency supplies in its warehouses. … (more)
The future of the Affordable Care Act. The immigration ban. Continued protests. Battles with the media. Every day brings new challenges for the Tru… (more)
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is essentially a policy document, outlining the policy priorities of the administration and their plan to … (more)
A critical foundational element of any effective health care system is ensuring access to proper care. However, this is something many take for gra… (more)
Friday’s inauguration, related events and protests will bring millions of people to D.C., which will inevitably cause several disruptions around th… (more)
As Florida cleans up the aftermath of Hurricane Hermine, public health officials are faced with the tough question of whether they have the capabil… (more)
Under a new final rule, home health agencies and other Medicare-certified providers will be required to meet emergency preparedness standards—or fa… (more)
An estimated 72,315 American health care providers and suppliers–from hospitals and nursing homes to dialysis facilities and care homes for those … (more)
The Louisiana floods in August of 2016 destroyed more than 60,000 homes and forced more than 15,000 people into shelters at the height of the disas… (more)
The one time when it is critical for healthcare facilities to have a strong supply chain is during and after a disaster, but that’s when it’s often… (more)
Healthy lives and well-being for all are among the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. The U.N. calls for “access to quality es… (more)
Thirty percent of Americans do not feel comfortable that their elderly relatives will be safely evacuated during a natural disaster, a recent Healt… (more)
National Lieutenant Governors Association – Resolution In Support Of Healthcare Ready (more)
The probability of certain public health threats, the costs and funding related to such threats, and the “silo” effect of the public health sector … (more)
The probability of certain public health threats, the costs and funding related to such threats, and the “silo” effect of the public health sector … (more)
Every year, the start of summer begins with a familiar refrain predicting the severity of the upcoming hurricane season. This year, forecasters say… (more)
Two days into the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, a new survey shows that U.S. residents fear natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floo… (more)
Americans are ill-prepared to handle health conditions in the event of a natural disaster, according to a new survey commissioned by Healthcare Rea… (more)
One of the many lessons learned from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the existence of catastrophic gaps in protecting patients’ ac… (more)
Zika headlines have Americans freaked out about mosquito bites, and that’s good news for companies that make bug repellent. Shoppers are stocking … (more)
Reports of the Zika virus outbreak throughout Brazil and the Centers for Disease Control’s warning for pregnant women not to travel to the area rei… (more)
The facts on the mosquito-borne disease that has the CDC urging some travelers to reconsider their vacations. (more)
As South Carolina recovers from the tremendous flooding and damage from Hurricane Joaquin, one of the considerations will be how we could have been… (more)
As Hurricane Joaquin blasts the Bahamas, many have feared that the storm would travel north to the East Coast. Although a landfall on US ground i… (more)
The idea that someday everything you love could be threatened, you may have to evacuate, may even lose your home is understandably something we’d a… (more)
Ten years ago, the entire country was horrified by the devastation wrought by complacency. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated just how interdependent o… (more)
Zika virus is a mosquito-transmitted virus that generally causes no symptoms or mild illness, but is associated with microcephaly in infants whose … (more)
Medical Minute: Disaster Plan For Prescriptions (more)
Hundreds of drugstores across New York and New Jersey remain closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as pharmacists, corporate chains, independe… (more)
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