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<div class="actions">July 18, 2008 <span class="status">[posted]</span>
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<h1>MedlinePlus<span class="registered">&#174;</span> Improves Access to Disaster Information with Ten New Health Topics</h1>
<p><em><a name="note">[</a>Editor's note added on May 20, 2010: Go Local hyperlinks have been removed. For more information see <a href="/pubs/techbull/ma10/ma10_go_local_discontinue.html">NLM<span class="registered">&#174;</span> to Discontinue Support of MedlinePlus<span class="registered">&#174;</span> Go Local</a>.] </em></p>
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n June 25, MedlinePlus released 10 new Health Topics on <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasters.html">disasters</a> -- Chemical Emergencies, Earthquakes, Floods, Fires, Hurricanes, Radiation Emergencies, Tornadoes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes and Winter Weather Emergencies. The topic pages are available in both <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasters.html">English</a> and <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/disasters.html">Spanish</a>.
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Each topic page provides a summary and links to information for consumers. The English pages also link to Go Local for finding disaster preparation and recovery resources in your area.
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Some of the topics also link to health information in <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html">multiple languages</a>.
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On June 25, 2008, MedlinePlus released ten new Health Topics on <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasters.html">disasters</a>. The topic pages are available in both English and Spanish.
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Each topic page provides a summary and links to information for consumers. The English pages also link to <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/golocal/topicmap_530.html">Go Local</a> for finding disaster preparation and recovery resources in your area.
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Some of the topics also link to health information in <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html">multiple languages</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/chemicalemergencies.html">Chemical Emergencies</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/chemicalemergencies.html">Emergencias qu&#237;micas</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/earthquakes.html">Earthquakes</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/earthquakes.html">Terremotos</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/floods.html">Floods</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/floods.html">Inundaciones</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fires.html">Fires</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/fires.html">Incendios</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hurricanes.html">Hurricanes</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/hurricanes.html">Huracanes</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/radiationemergencies.html">Radiation Emergencies</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/radiationemergencies.html">Emergencias causadas por la radiaci&#243;n</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tornadoes.html">Tornadoes</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tornadoes.html">Tornados</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tsunamis.html">Tsunamis</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tsunamis.html">Tsunamis</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/volcanoes.html">Volcanoes</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/volcanoes.html">Volcanes</a><br /><br /></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/winterweatheremergencies.html">Winter Weather Emergencies </a></li>
<li><a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/winterweatheremergencies.html">Emergencias causadas por el clima invernal </a><br /><br /></li>
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<p class="citation">Frant L, Miller N. MedlinePlus<span class="registered">&#174;</span> Improves Access to Disaster Information with Ten New Health Topics. NLM Tech Bull. 2008 Jul-Aug; (363):e6.</p>
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