{"id":10040,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan02\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:45:41","slug":"dhan02","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan02\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan02 ~  Division of Public Health &#8212; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan02.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->2 <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->February 7, 2003 9:00 pm <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Mr. Hauer warned public health officials of increased domestic threats against\n\n\n  U.S. citizens. Specific threat agents cited include botulism and ricin toxins, cyanide, VX and sarin nerve agents, and radiological\n\n\n  dispersion devices (&#8220;dirty bombs&#8221;).\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  HHS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are providing this information to assist the public health community in\n\n\n  increasing their level of preparedness for these threat agents.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Information on threat agents is available at the CDC website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/<\/a>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Additional materials will be posted at the following sites in the coming days:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>Botulism information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/botulism\/\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/botulism\/<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Cyanide information:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/cyanide\/index.asp\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/cyanide\/index.asp<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Radiation Emergency Response information:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/radiation\/index.asp\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/radiation\/index.asp<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Radiation Facts for 1st Responders and Physicians:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/radiation\/index.asp\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/radiation\/index.asp<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Ricin information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/ricin\/\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/ricin\/<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Sarin information:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/sarin\/index.asp\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/sarin\/index.asp<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>VX information:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/vx\/index.asp\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/agent\/vx\/index.asp<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  General information about the health effects of terrorism threat agents is available at:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/\">http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/<\/a> and\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atsdr.cdc.gov\">http:\/\/www.atsdr.cdc.gov<\/a>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For questions, technical assistance or to report an event, please call the DE Division of Public Health at 1-888-295-5156. 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