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Who's In Charge?: Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises

Author: Laura H. Kahn

Publication Date: 09/03/2009

Publisher: Praeger

Pages: 236

ISBN-10: 156720760X

ISBN-13: 9781567207606

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Subjects:
  • International/Transnational Security
Description: In April 2009, a swine flu outbreak crippled Mexico City. Cases were soon confirmed in a number of countries and across the United States, most dramatically in a Queens, New York, high school. In an effort led by its top public health official and the Homeland Security Secretary, the United States declared an emergency and begin a widescale effort to contain the disease.