An atomic bomb explosion (U.S. Air Force/AP)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has rescheduled a teaching session on the public health response to a nuclear blast that was to take place Tuesday. The session was to feature presentations from U.S. experts on public health preparedness and response and radiation, including one titled “Preparing for the Unthinkable.” It was planned months ago as part of a regular series of monthly webinars the CDC called Public Health Grand Rounds, officials said. The initial CDC announcement featured a photograph of the distinctive mushroom cloud from a nuclear blast. On Friday afternoon, the agency said it was changing the topic to influenza and took down the mushroom cloud photo and the announcement about public health responses to a nuclear blast. “The previous public health topic will be rescheduled for a future Grand Rounds.”Public Health Grand Rounds are held to give the most up-to-date, scientifically accurate information to clinicians, researchers and others working in public health.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 00:06 UTC