The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a list of documents to help hospitals and healthcare facilities to incorporate the law into their emergency and disaster preparedness plans.

The Standing Committee for CDC Center for Preparedness and Response (SCPR), sponsored by CDC, provides a forum for discussion of scientific, technical, and social issues relevant to public health ...

Travelers to tsunami-affected areas may return with a variety of physical problems, including fever, respiratory illness, dehydration, diarrhea or other gastrointestinal disturbance, rash, injuries, ...

HHS administers nearly $900 million annually through the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program and the Hospital ...

On August 1, 2018, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola. One year later, the outbreak continues in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, areas where ...

CDC has been responding and coordinating with the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since a new outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu province was reported on July 30, 2018.

A CDC-developed laboratory test kit to detect 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) began shipping yesterday to select qualified U.S. and international laboratories. Distribution of the tests will help ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 in California in a person who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or ...

Virtual meeting of the Standing Committee for CDC Center for Preparedness and Response. Anyone interested in attending the open sessions of this meeting should send an email request to lbrown@nas.edu.