Since 2002, CDC has distributed more than $5 billion of federal funding to improve public health preparedness and response. In its report, “Public Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State,” CDC ...

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, ...

Atlanta – Most households have taken steps to prepare for a disaster, but few have a written evacuation plan, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. CDC surveyed tens of ...

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 C.D.C. delivered $750 million annually to state and local health departments for emergency work. The program was eliminated in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint. By Apoorva Mandavilli St ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Richard Besser, who heads disaster and pandemic preparedness for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was named on Thursday as acting director of the agency.