Public Health and Medical Preparedness and Response: Issues in the 111th Congress

Lister, Sarah A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Health policy;    Public health;    Emergency management;    Medicine;    Emergency medicine;   

RP-ID  :  R40159
RP-ID  :  R40159_2009Feb10

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report summarizes key issues in domestic public health and medical preparedness and response, citing other CRS Reports and sources of additional information.Key recent events--the 2001 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and concerns about an influenza ("flu") pandemic, among others--sharpened congressional interest in the nation's systems to track and respond to public health threats.