ob体育 Timeline 2000s

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Take a minute to review many of ob体育’s momentous contributions to public health since it was organized in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center.

 

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2000s

  • ob体育 identifies the novel H1N1 influenza virus
    2009
    • ob体育 identifies the novel  influenza virus. The H1N1 flu pandemic demonstrates ob体育’s unique ability to assess and explain risk
    • Widespread ; ATSDR helps provide screenings and health care service for those exposed
  • ob体育's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activates for Hurricane Dolly
    2008
    • Salmonella and E. coli outbreaks, large multi-state foodborne outbreaks are detected and investigated, revealing gaps in food safety and the need to improve prevention efforts
    • ob体育’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activates for Hurricane Dolly; Tropical Storm Edouard, Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike
  • 2007
    • For the first time since 1963, ob体育 issues federal order of isolation for a tuberculosis (TB) patients
    • debuts, becoming a useful communication channel that provides workplace safety and health information to the public
  • 2006
    • ob体育 responds to a multi-state mumps outbreak involving more than 6,500 reported cases. This resurgence predominantly affects college-aged students living in the Midwest, with outbreaks occurring on many different Midwestern college campuses
    • ob体育’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activates for Tropical Storm Ernesto
    • ob体育 responds to multi-state outbreak of E. coli, infections linked to fresh spinach
    • Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends routine immunizations of children and adolescents for rotavirus and human papillomavirus vaccines
  • The Surgeon General releases A Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities, and highlights disability as a major public health issue. The call to action appeals to all Americans to help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities through better health care and understanding
    2005
  • An earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers a devastating tsunami, causing an estimated 228,000 deaths in 14 countries on three continents. The Thai Ministry of Public Health responds with assistance from ob体育, the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, and WHO
    2004
    • Rubella is eliminated in the United States
    • ob体育 collaborates with the Office of the Surgeon General to promote the Family History Initiative, the first public campaign addressing the issue of family health history. The Initiative designates Thanksgiving Day as . A web-based tool, My Family Health Portrait, is created to help people collect the disease histories of their families
    • An earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers a devastating tsunami, causing an estimated 228,000 deaths in 14 countries on three continents. The Thai Ministry of Public Health responds with assistance from ob体育, the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, and the World Health Organization
    • ob体育 provides support for laws restricting access to over-the-counter medications used in methamphetamine production in Georgia
    • ob体育 responds to Fungal meningitis outbreak from steroid injections
  • 2003
    • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome () is first discovered in Asia. ob体育 responds by providing guidance for surveillance, clinical and laboratory evaluation, and reporting
    • MMWR reports the first identification of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States
    • A package containing and a note threatening to poison water supplies is discovered in a South Carolina postal facility, becoming the first potential chemical terrorism event involving ricin in the United States
    • United States experiences an outbreak of mpox, the first time human mpox is reported outside of Africa. ob体育 deploys teams of medical officers, epidemiologists, and other experts to several states to assist with the investigation
  • 2002
    • ob体育 reports that newborn HIV infections in the United States are down 80% since 1981
    • Congress mandates that issues related to children’s neurobehavioral disorders, including ADHD, be included as part of NCBDDD’s research agenda
  • NIOSH provides technical assistance for responder safety and health in the World Trade Center rescue and recovery
    2001
    • ob体育 learns of the first case of inhalational anthrax in the United States since 1976. The person, a 63-year-old Florida man, is infected by anthrax sent through the mail. He is the first of 22 victims of this domestic terrorism event
    • ob体育 responds to the World Trade Center and bioterrorist anthrax attacks
    • The Children’s Health Act (Public Law 106-310) establishes the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at ob体育. The Act expands research and services for a variety of childhood health problems and authorizes the establishment of Centers of Excellence at both ob体育 and NIH to promote research and monitoring efforts related to autism
    • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) provides technical assistance for responder safety and health in the World Trade Center rescue and recovery
    • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) established
  • 2000
    • Measles declared eliminated from the United States
    • ob体育 and West Virginia University release Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality, the first national atlas of heart disease death rates among U.S. women 35 and older
    • ob体育 receives reports of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Saudi Arabia, with more than 300 people infected. These represent the first cases of RVF outside the continent of Africa
    • ob体育 investigates an E. coli outbreak among teenage campers in Texas, the first community outbreak attributable to Shiga toxin-producing
      E. coli O111 reported in the United States

 

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