Biosecurity benefits public health.

SARS and its implications for U.S. public health policy: "we've been lucky".

" We've Been Lucky. " S evere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new and serious public health threat. Much like the anthrax attacks of 2001 or the current national asthma epidemic, the recent SARS outbreak provides a " real time " example of the complex challenges facing the U.S. public health system-the network of local, state and federal health agencies that collectively are responsible ...

PSA Ancillary Scientists Symposia: Agricultural Biosecurity: Emerging Issues in Homeland Security & Food Safety

S Monday, July 26, 2004 SYMPOSIA AND ORAL SESSIONS * Author Presenting Paper PSA Ancillary Scientists Symposia: Agricultural Biosecurity: Emerging Issues in Homeland Security & Food Safety 1 Antibiotic use in Animals and the Impact of the Growth Promoter Ban in Europe. R. B. Phillips*, Animal Health Institute, Washington, DC. Antibiotic use in food animals in the United States is trending down ...

Disease, disaster, and democracy: the public's stake in health emergency planning.

ON MAY 23, 2006, the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center convened an invitational U.S.-Canada summit in Washington, DC, on Disease, Disaster, and Democracy. The conference was held in collaboration with the Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN), the Center for Science Technology and Security Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ...

The SARS Commission interim report: SARS and public health in Ontario.

Getting medicine to millions: New strategies for mass distribution.

This article examines the feasibility of allowing private industries such as grocery stores, wholesale clubs, and community immunizers to partner with public health authorities for the mass distribution of vaccines or antibiotics. Retail grocery and wholesale stores already have experience with annual influenza vaccination and may be a resource in a public health emergency, including a bioterro...