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Welcome to Modern Healthcare's online site for news and analysis when disaster strikes and public health and safety issues become a priority. Primary sources will be Modern Healthcare staff reporting as well as stories from other news organizations and reports from government sites and public health agencies.

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U.S., Mexico set health info-sharing guidelines
By Paul Barr | May 22, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The U.S. and Mexico signed a declaration adopting a set of technical guidelines outlining how information will be shared during public-health events and emergencies, according to an HHS news release.
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A year later | Joplin hospitals rebuild, become better prepared
By Paul Barr | May 19, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The healthcare community serving Joplin, Mo., is working hard to rebuild capacity one year after a tornado destroyed one of its hospitals, as emergency preparedness experts try to use Joplin's experience to allow other hospitals to become better prepared.Executives for Mercy Hospital Joplin—known as St. John's Regional Medical Center before the May 22, 2011 storm—and two-hospital Freeman Health System are in the middle of post-storm construction projects worth about $1 billion, the vast majority of that at Mercy.
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United Arab Emirates gives $5 million to Joplin hospital
By Associated Press | May 18, 2012
Joplin is getting another big boost from the Middle East as the Missouri city rebuilds and prepares for the anniversary of a devastating tornado that killed 161 people.
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