Works to promote good health, prevent diseases, and prepare for new health threats. Monitors and tracks the incidence of various diseases, including the coronavirus (COVID-19). Publishes information about health indicators and statistics. Issues travel notices about current health issues related to specific destinations. Museum is designed to educate visitors about the value of prevention-based public health, and features exhibits on the history of public health messages and epidemics.

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Institutions that acquire, preserve, research and exhibit permanent and/or traveling collections of artifacts which relate to the history of medicine and the health sciences. Included may be fluid-preserved anatomical and pathological specimens; medical and surgical instruments from earlier eras; replicas of early operating theaters or other health care venues; materials documenting significant discoveries or innovations in medicine; medical textbooks, archival materials, illustrations and/or photographs; pharmaceuticals; models and interactive exhibits which illustrate the human body, its organs and how each body system works to preserve health; journals and other memorabilia relating to famous scientists and physicians; and medical devices and "cures" associated with quackery.  Some medical museums may focus on a particular medical specialty such as women's health, rural medicine or substance abuse; and many have educational programs for school children and other visitors.

Medical Museums

The principal executive divisions of the federal government of the United States, headed by a secretary who is a member of the President's cabinet, the agencies within them and the independent establishments and corporations that fall outside the cabinet structure.

Federal Government Agencies/Departments

Programs that issue bulletins or otherwise inform the public of conditions which are conducive to the development and spread of a specific communicable disease or which advise the public of an outbreak that puts them at risk.

Disease Control Advisories

Programs that attempt to control the occurrence of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a group of symptoms (including certain infections and/or cancers) that collectively characterize the condition and are the result of a weakening of the immune system caused by infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Activities include surveillance of the occurrence of the disease in the community, investigation of individual cases, and development of case histories and other interventions that will help to increase the medical establishment's understanding of the causes of the diseases and potential methods of prevention and cure. AIDS control activities are often initiated by local HIV prevention planning groups that are responsible for developing needs assessments and planning long and short-term strategies specific to target communities as determined by the studies.

AIDS/HIV Control

Programs that control the occurrence of influenza by monitoring the incidence of the disease in the general population, identifying the level of influenza activity (no activity, sporadic, local, regional or widespread), determining the types of virus that are circulating, detecting changes in the influenza virus, investigating individual outbreaks, tracking the number of hospitalizations and flu-related deaths, evaluating prevention efforts and taking appropriate measures to prevent disease transmission.

Influenza Control

Programs that control the occurrence of meningococcal disease/meningitis by monitoring the incidence of the disease in the general population, investigating individual outbreaks and identifying and screening recent contacts of people who are infected to stop the spread of the disease.

Meningitis Control

Programs that attempt to control the occurrence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).  SARS is an infection that is characterized by a fever of at least 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) followed by respiratory symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Other symptoms may include muscle aches, headaches and a sore throat. In some cases the respiratory symptoms become severe enough that patients require oxygen support and mechanical ventilation. The disease is spread by close personal contact with an infected individual.

SARS Control

Programs that control the occurrence of gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes and other infections that are transmitted by sexual contact by monitoring the incidence of the infections in the general population, investigating individual outbreaks, and identifying and screening recent contacts of people who are infected to stop the spread of infections.

Sexually Transmitted Infection Control

Programs that control the occurrence of tuberculosis by monitoring the incidence of the disease in the general population, investigating individual outbreaks and identifying and screening recent contacts of people who are infected to stop the spread of the disease.

Tuberculosis Control

Programs that control the occurrence of West Nile Virus by monitoring the incidence of the disease in local bird and mammal populations using mechanisms like dead bird reporting hotlines, and promoting preventive measures to reduce the likelihood of mosquito bites such as the removal of standing water in homes and gardens, encourage people to wear long sleeved clothing and long pants when walking outside in the morning and evening in places where mosquitoes are prevalent, and the application of insect repellent containing DEET.

West Nile Virus Control

Programs that investigate the causes, characteristics and impact of the occurrence in a community or region of a group of illnesses of a similar nature whose numbers are clearly in excess of normal expectation and are derived from a common source.

Epidemic Investigation

Programs that produce statistics which relate to services utilization patterns within the community and provide data regarding duplication of service and service gaps for use by public and private planning bodies and service providers in their allocation decisions.

Human Services Statistics

Programs that attempt to control the occurrence and spread of the virus that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19. Activities include surveillance of the occurrence of the disease in the community, investigation of individual cases, raising awareness of risk factors for infection, and protective measures such as vaccination and masking that individuals can take to reduce human transmission. Those most at risk for serious illness from the virus are older adults and people with preexisting health conditions.