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Since its founding, the IOM has advanced the best ways to ensure the public’s health. Studies range from core principles and needs in the field of public health to specific issues such as vaccine safety and smoking cessation. Our scope includes population-based public health measures and the public health infrastructure.

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Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World. Workshop Summary Released: March 12, 2010
A Population-Based Policy and Systems Change Approach to Prevent and... Released: February 22, 2010
Medical Surge Capacity. Workshop Summary Released: January 27, 2010

Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control ... Released: January 11, 2010
The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A... Released: December 29, 2009
Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan Released: December 11, 2009

BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early... Released: December 7, 2009
Crisis Standards of Care: Summary of a Workshop Series Released: November 17, 2009
Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the... Released: October 15, 2009

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Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World. Workshop Summary

Released: March 12, 2010
As a result of our global interconnectedness, infectious diseases emerge more frequently; spread greater distances; pass more easily between humans and animals; and change rapidly into new and more virulent strains. To explore issues related to infectious disease movement in a borderless world, the Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a workshop December 16-17, 2008, summarized in this document.

Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C

Released: January 11, 2010
This IOM report concludes that the current approach to the prevention and control of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C is not working and that new actions must be taken to reduce illnesses and deaths related to these preventable diseases.