Public Health and Medical Preparedness and Response: Issues in the 110th Congress

Lister, Sarah A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

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

RP-ID  :  RS22602
RP-ID  :  RS22602_2008Aug01

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The 2001 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and concerns about an influenza ("flu") pandemic have sharpened congressional interest in the nation's systems to track and respond to public health threats. The 109th Congress passed laws that reauthorized public health and medical preparedness and response programs in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and reorganized parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the establishment of an Office of Health Affairs (OHA). This report discusses key issues in public health and medical preparedness and response, citing additional CRS reports and other resources.