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Jan 1, 2010
This paper describes an expert panel process that identified a set of fundable and practically feasible research priorities in the field of syndromic surveillance.
This article describes an evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative, a federal program to improve communities' ability to dispense medications rapidly during emergencies.
Press
Jan 2, 2008
Public health departments that staff disease-reporting hotlines with live operators at all times are more likely to meet federal guidelines designed to help stop the spread of infectious diseases.
Jan 1, 2008
Health departments can achieve optimal performance by consistently connecting a caller with an action officer in 30 minutes or less and may improve performance by using a disease surveillance phone system in which a live person answers at all times.
The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 present a challenge and opportunity for global surveillance and control of infectious diseases.
Jan 1, 2006
Because smallpox may be used as a biological weapon, this article reviews smallpox outbreaks in post-World War II Europe and North America to understand transmission patterns.
Dec 18, 2005
Published commentary by RAND staff: Biometrics in the War on Terror in United Press International.
Apr 1, 2005
Public health officials have been quick to adopt this new tool for identifying emerging problems, but research is needed to assess its effectiveness.
Research Summary
Jan 1, 2004
To aid the early detection of bioterror events, public health officials and researchers have developed a new method called syndromic surveillance.
Unlike bombings, bioterrorism can be invisible, unapparent until people become ill, spreading silently as infected people interact with others.
Feb 4, 2001
Published commentary by RAND staff.
