What We Do
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An emergency can happen at any moment, and every community in the U.S. must be ready to respond. A pandemic, natural disaster, or chemical or radiological release often strikes without warning. The costs—both economic and human—can be dear.
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Ready for Emergencies
In an emergency, you can’t respond effectively if you’re not ready -
Emergency Operations
Bringing resources and experts together to respond to emergencies quickly and to scale -
Critical Medicines
Making sure critical medicines and supplies can get to the right place at the right time
and Supplies -
Laboratory Response
Building capacity to quickly detect, diagnose, and treat those who are impacted by health emergencies
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State and Local Readiness
Ensuring states and local public health systems are prepared to respond to all types of health threats -
Safeguarding Research
Helping to ensure important scientific research in laboratories with biological agents is conducted as safely and securely as possible -
Global Preparedness
Protecting the U.S. from deadly and costly public health crises, whether they begin here or elsewhere -
Emergency Preparedness & Vulnerable Populations
Everyone must remain safe in an emergency. But for some, it’s more difficult.
- Page last reviewed: February 6, 2017
- Page last updated: February 6, 2017
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