Public Health and Medical Preparedness and Response: Issues in the 110th Congress
Description:
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 (OH…
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Date:
August 1, 2008
Creator:
Lister, Sarah A.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department