(Content forwarded by Clint Thetford)
Information about and relating to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) continues to be at the top of media and social media coverage.
The State Operations Center would like to provide the following links to sign up for information from official sources for EVD updates:
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
• News releases and sign up for email updates – https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/releases.shtm
• Twitter (@TexasDSHS) – https://twitter.com/TexasDSHS
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)
• News releases and sign up for email updates – http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/news/release.shtml
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/TexasHHSC
Office of the Governor Rick Perry
• Ebola updates – http://governor.state.tx.us/highlight/ebola-update/
• Press releases – http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/
• Twitter (@TexGov) – https://twitter.com/TexGov
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/TexasGovernor
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Ebola home page – http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html
• Email alerts sign up – http://www.cdc.gov/other/emailupdates/
• Newsroom – http://www.cdc.gov/media/index.html
• Twitter (@CDCgov) – https://twitter.com/CDCgov and (@CDCemergency) – https://twitter.com/CDCemergency
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/CDC
These links serve to provide current news, information and best practices from state and federal partners concerning EVD and response.
W. Nim Kidd, CEM, TEM
Chief
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Assistant Director
Texas Homeland Security
Texas Department of Public Safety
@chiefkidd
Amanda Kohutek, Executive Assistant
Amanda.kohutek@dps.texas.gov
512-424-2436
512-424-2208 – SOC 24/7
