Institutional review boards oversee all experiments and require regular reports that include data and preliminary results.

Epidemiologists want to use information they obtain to control and prevent the spread of disease.

Statistics have the following function in public heatlh

It is easy to place a value on life.

By the end of the 20th century, public health and medical care were fully integrated.

News reports state that a large storm is expected tomorrow in your area.  They also claim that in the next 10 years, there will be a devastating earthquake with wide spread consequences, and we all need to be prepared.  Which of these is your most likely response?

Controversy slows down the process of setting standards through the Clean Air Act.

The federal government issues mandates, but state and local communities need to find a way to finance them.

Polio vaccination strategies have changed and trivalent vaccines are replacing all bivalent vaccines.

The regulatory agency that oversees the health and safety of the workplace is OSHA.