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Online Newsroom
The Online Newsroom is a place for the media to learn the latest news and information from the Florida Department of Health. Please note the homepage has a rotating screen of the latest news on the top left of the page.
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CDC Influenza App - provides health professionals with the CDC's latest recommendations and influenza activity updates
Flu: Acute Respiratory Disease Surveillance
Flu Near You - site allows users to report flu symptoms and showcase the information on Google Maps
Google Flu Trends - uses search data from Google to estimate current flu activity
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Workshops, Conferences, Meetings, Trainings and Workshops
Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference® is May 5-10, 2013
in Ft. Lauderdale. Early registration fees available until March 8th. The
Governor's Hurricane Conference® and St. Mary's Medical Center are partnering to
offer the Healthcare Concentration program. For more details of the entire
conference, browse the Website at www.flghc.org
and the
agenda.
Public Health and Healthcare preparedness training and exercises information, including a calendar listing of planned events, is found at the Training, Exercise and Evaluation page.
The Department of Health
Distance Learning Services Network events schedule and other training
resources for the Public Health workforce is maintained by the
Office of Workforce Development.
Joint training with other Florida partners in domestic security is
coordinated by the Division of Emergency Management. The
State Emergency Response Team Training site has a catalog and schedule
of free classroom based emergency management training.