ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Timeline 2000s

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Take a minute to review many of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s momentous contributions to public health since it was organized in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center.

 

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2000s

  • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø identifies the novel H1N1 influenza virus
    2009
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø identifies the novel  influenza virus. The H1N1 flu pandemic demonstrates ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s unique ability to assess and explain risk
    • Widespread ; ATSDR helps provide screenings and health care service for those exposed
  • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø'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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activates for Hurricane Dolly; Tropical Storm Edouard, Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike
  • 2007
    • For the first time since 1963, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activates for Tropical Storm Ernesto
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, and WHO
    2004
    • Rubella is eliminated in the United States
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, and the World Health Organization
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø provides support for laws restricting access to over-the-counter medications used in methamphetamine production in Georgia
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø responds to Fungal meningitis outbreak from steroid injections
  • 2003
    • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome () is first discovered in Asia. ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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. ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø deploys teams of medical officers, epidemiologists, and other experts to several states to assist with the investigation
  • 2002
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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 ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø. The Act expands research and services for a variety of childhood health problems and authorizes the establishment of Centers of Excellence at both ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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
    • ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø 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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