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CDC official: Laws need updating

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 28th, 2002

America's public health system is weakened by inadequate training and outdated laws unfit to handle 21st-century risks, a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said June 18, 2002.

The September 11 attacks and persistent threats of bioterrorism have exposed a need to rethink the laws that govern public health, said Dr. Julie Gerberding, one of two CDC officials in charge of bioterrorism.

"Public health law must be modernized," Gerberding said. "Many of our laws are out of date and have not been tested in the crucible of public health emergencies."

She spoke to a conference of hundreds of doctors,...

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