Drop of News … ..from CDC’s Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch (WDPB); February 2012

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch.
• Description:
  A Drop of News is a forum for highlighting state and local public health activities related to waterborne diseases and outbreaks and for sharing informal updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs about waterborne diseases, outbreaks, and other water-related disease prevention initiatives.
  
  Welcome to the first A Drop of News for 2012! On page 2, meet WDPB’s new drinking water epidemiologist, Julia Gargano, and learn about resources for National Ground Water Awareness Week 2012. Read about the Healthy Swimming Video Contest winner, and get a preview of Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week 2012. On page 3, learn about Ohio’s multi- agency response to harmful algal blooms in 2010. See page 4 for an update on the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) and for CDC-specific information about waterborne disease outbreak contacts and related links.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Drinking Water Water Microbiology Water Supply
• Series:
  Drop of News
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Pages in Document:
  4 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bec0e0f997aefc85308fda295d6b5447c209959440a88dbcf5b81cbf91754ca5e8cd7b90c158fd555f3a9b3dd31e80bfe49b5bfbd45fb41bd4ba63607a369b6a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29393/cdc_29393_DS1.pdf
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