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Genomic Epidemiology Data Infrastructure Needs for SARS-CoV-2
In December 2019, new cases of severe pneumonia were first detected in Wuhan, China, and the cause was determined to be a novel beta coronavirus related to the severe acute …
Integrated Framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention
During the past century the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States have shifted from those related to communicable diseases to those due to chronic diseases. …
Measuring Serious Emotional Disturbance in Children
The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the …
Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good--or equally poor--health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites …
Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by …
Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions
Today in the United States, the professional health workforce is not consistently prepared to provide high quality health care and assure patient safety, even as the nation spends …
Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products
Tobacco use by adolescents and young adults poses serious concerns. Nearly all adults who have ever smoked daily first tried a cigarette before 26 years of age. Current cigarette …
Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or …
Epilepsy Across the Spectrum
Although epilepsy is one of the nation's most common neurological disorders, public understanding of it is limited. Many people do not know the causes of epilepsy or what they …
Preparing for Terrorism
The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) program of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides funds to major U. S. cities to help them develop plans …
Assessing the Use of Agent-Based Models for Tobacco Regulation
Tobacco consumption continues to be the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the manufacture, …
Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is formulating risk assessments to identify important foodborne hazards; evaluate potential strategies to prevent, reduce, or …