Laboratory technology is as essential to public health practitioners for monitoring threats to public health as it is to clinical practitioners who depend on laboratory technology to diagnose and monitor disease in individuals. Laboratory technology provides essential information for effective public health interventions, whether monitoring emerging infectious Diseases, such as avian influenza globally; identifying pathogens, such as Escherichia Coli in the U.S. food supply and pinpointing its source; screening newborns for devastating disorders, such as phenylketonuria, that can be prevented by early intervention; or developing the capacity to quickly screen for exposure to chemical and biologic agents.
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. Using imagination, judgment, and reasoning to apply scie...
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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Since CDC's inception, an important function of the agency has been the compilation, Analysis, and interpretation of statistical information to guide ...
May 14, 2021 | MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 70, early release, May 14, 2021
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What is already known about this topic? On May 10, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration expanded Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech...
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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Since CDC acquired its first mainframe computer in 1964, the use of information technology in public health practice has grown steadily and, during th...
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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People readily associate the role of veterinarians with private Veterinary practice focused on pets and farm animals, but the true dimensions and cont...
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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Economics is the study of decisions--the incentives that lead to them and the consequences that result from them--as they relate to present and future...
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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cdc:6792In 2006, CDC celebrates its 60th anniversary. From the agency's relatively humble beginnings in 1946 as a malaria-control agency through its r...
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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Genomics is the study of the entire genome, including all genes and their interactions with each other and with the environment. The scope of public h...
December 22, 2006 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this...
May 14, 2021 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 70, early release, May 14, 2021
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Illustration accompanying: Tenforde MW, Olson SM, Self WH, et al. Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines Against COVID-19 Among Hospita...
May 14, 2021 | MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ; v. 70, early release, May 14, 2021
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What is already known about this topic? Health care personnel (HCP) are at high risk for COVID-19. The early distribution of two mRNA COVID-19 vaccine...
December 22, 2006 | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportĀ ; v. 55, suppl. [2]
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Although the History of CDC spans 60 years, only during the last 2 decades of the 20th century did the agency come to recognize and better understand ...
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