The programs could provide a model for other nations to protect against health threats.
Ratings on 10 key indicators of the nation's level of protection gives 'clarion call' to improve upon prevention and control.
An exhaustive 2-year effort gives the US an overall score of 7.2 out of 10.
At least 32 people have now been sickened in a four-state Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak tied to ready-to-eat salads sold at Trader Joe's stores, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday. That number is 6 cases higher than reported in the CDC's initial notice on the outbreak on Nov 10, and Texas has confirmed its first case.
Texas health officials last week confirmed 18 dengue cases in the southern part of the state, 7 of which are believed to be locally acquired and not contracted during travel to a dengue-endemic area, Scientific American reported yesterday.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced the release of a strategic plan and expansion of early notification requirements aimed at further enhancing its efforts to avoid drug shortages and to solve them quickly when they do occur.
Mathematical models of outbreaks too often focus too little on underlying uncertainties, say UK researchers.
Key public health tasks, like flu surveillance, science communication, and lab testing, have resumed.
Public health groups are lining up to oppose 'piecemeal' efforts to fund federal agencies.
Response to seasonal flu, H7N9, MERS, and other threats could be markedly diminished.
