Public Health

List of current and past PHED, from 2005 to present.

FDA may issue an EUA for an unapproved drug, biological product, or device; or for an unapproved use of a drug, biological product or device following a Declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the circumstances justify such authorization based on one of the following:

The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) authority allows FDA to help strengthen the nation’s public health protections against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats including infectious diseases, by facilitating the availability and use of medical countermeasures (MCMs) needed during public health emergencies.

A PREP Act declaration is specifically for the purpose of providing immunity from liability, and is different from, and not dependent on, other emergency declarations.

Infectious disease outbreaks currently being reported on by CDC. Listings include those outbreaks for which content is currently published on the CDC website.

The WHO Outbreak Toolkit is especially designed for epidemiologists and field investigators to find up-to-date, comprehensive tools for use in the investigation of outbreaks of infectious and non-infectious diseases and hazards, complex emergencies and limited resource settings.

Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs), providing information on confirmed acute public health events or potential events of concern.

WHO’s Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) is designed to improve disease outbreak detection in emergency settings, such as in countries in conflict or following a natural disaster.

EID is an open access, peer reviewed journal published monthly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, promotes the recognition of new and reemerging infectious diseases around the world and improves the understanding of factors involved in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination.

The objective of the work of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Health Emergencies is to increase the health sector resilience to emergencies and disasters. Our priority is to deliver rapid, predictable, and comprehensive support to Member States in terms of prevention, risk reduction, preparedness, surveillance, response, and early recovery in case of any threat to human health, including outbreaks or disasters caused by natural phenomena, biological, chemical or radiological agent, human activities, conflicts or any other hazard.

Latest updates for travellers, including disease and vaccine updates.