public health. the work of the service became of such increasing importance to the public health of the country thats extended its duties until it became in function a federal health service. recognizing the value of mobility and military discipline, congress authorized the organization of the marine hospital service along military lines with officers holding commissions in grades similar to those of officers of the medical departments of the army and the navy. in 1912, the name of the service was changed, the united states public health service. the public health service is administered by the surgeon general, who is responsible directly to the secretary of the treasury. to congress. and to the president of the united states. we will now hear the surgeon general briefly outline the work of the public health service. >> although the first responsibility for public health rests upon the states and localities in our country, the federal government through the public health service does much to prevent disease and to improve the health of all the people. this is done in many ways. one very skilled grou

this public health service film shows activities of the disease-fighting service. this program includes graphic scenes of disease that may be disturbing to some viewers. (music) >> the united states public health service as it exists today is a product of experience extending over nearly 150 years. it was initially created as a marine hospital service for the care of sick and disabled seamen. it was activated in an active congress signed by president john adams in 1798. the service was originally supported by a tax on american merchant seamen, but this was later abolished. the tax was collected by the treasury department. the marine hospital service came under the jurisdiction of that department, where it remains today. the first marine hospital in norfolk, virginia, the second built in boston, massachusetts. some medical personnel were utilized by both the union and the confederacy for the care of wounded forces. it frequently happened that medical officers of the early marine hospitals were the first physicians to diagnose diseases such as cholera. the work of the

you will cooperate with public health authorities if it's deemed necessary to set up those groups responsible for public health and safety and must continue their important services. the others of us are temporarily incapacitated by asian influenza. >> doctor bernie, i'm sure i speak for all that has been with us when i say how much i appreciate all of you gentlemen taking your valuable time to come here so that we might be better informed on asian flu and what is being done about it. participants on tonight's show have been doctor li roy bernie, surgeon general of the united states public health service, doctor james crab tree, associate dean at the university of pittsburgh graduate school of public health. doctor nolan davis, director of

public health. doctor nolan davis, director of national research, united states public health service. doctor george lull, secretary and general manager of the american medical association. the silent invader was written by tom goldman, produced by roger wolf. directed by jack simon. script research by rose me and a mcdonald. the silent invader has been brought to you by the westinghouse broadcasting company in cooperation with the american medical association. the united states public health service and the university of pittsburgh health center. the symptoms are quite familiar, and you will often come up with the correct diagnosis. yes, it looks like a cold, a common cold. runny nose, headache, akin us, very often a slight fever. those are some of the symptoms of the common cold. how do we get an till that happy state? we have colds simply because of cold? because of ice? snow and low temperature? no. the funny thing about colds, where it is coldest, the and habitant hardly ever get cold. explores tellers that as cameras are cold free, unless they come in contact with visitors from o

armed forces, and later the world health organization and public health service from the u.s.. -y it was from the national institutes of health where urgent request came from an african nation. upper vol satisfied with preliminary testing asks for a massivive vaccination effort, help us protect our children before measles strikes again. if done in time it could save thousands of lives. the response is immediate, to help train local teens and study the population, the public health service sends a health team, vehicles are supplied the, the vaccine is contributed by marc sharp the, the drum speaks to the people. come to the village, the doctors are here with medicine, it can protect your chilildren. and the people do come bringing their children, their hopes and fears. at each village, it is carefully explains the. then begins the long, hard job of giving the lifesaving vexing to the children. the as soon as one villages protected they must move on to the next, they are greeted by huge crowds everywhere. the vaccine must be kept refrigerated to protect it from the intense hut afr

state and local health departments, which are assisted, upon request, by the united states public health servicehe clinical disease center, with its headquarters in atlanta, georgia, serves the nation in field investigation, prevention, and control of communicable diseases. in cooperation with local health agencies all over the country, the communicable disease center, better known as cdc, has established diagnostic laboratories. applied research projects. control operations. and field training centers. cdc employs a variety of professional specialists, skilled in every aspect of communicable diseases. medical epidemiologist, veterinary epidemiologists, public health nurses, laboratory technicians, paris to tolle sanitarypantomime is, engineers, statisticians, training specialists, and many others who work together to solve the practical problems and get results in the fight against communicable diseases. it may be a problem concerning a section of the country where its rivers rise to love towns and villages. the flood subsides, leaving in its wake billions upon billions of mosquitoes, and the t

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the army health nurse performs the public health services needed by servicemen and their families. they visit the homes o of military families to give care and advice. this service is provided in both united states and in overseas theaters of operation. the probms range from urgent health matters to the teaching of prospective parents. the army nurse serveses anywhere in the world she is needed. this may be in places such as alaska. the tropics. in europe. or somewhere in the far east. a principle area of concern of the modern army nurse is in the various civic action programs being developed in the developing countries of the world. they contribute here in a different kind of war. the war against hunger, ignorance and disease. nursing and civic action includes many diversified activities. principally, it is the extension of medical and nursing care to people who desire and need help. the nurse also provides assistance where natural disasters, such as the iranian earthquake, which destroyed homes and villages. in fact, anywhere our troops have a mission, the army nurse is ththere.

putting up information people really want about what is happening in second working with the public health service and health professionals and the second is taking action, people in a crisis want the president to do something and he is starting to do that. is it too late to create a different impression that he is on the case? i don't think so. he could still do that but he has got to stay with it, this is something people looking to him, this is defining moment, he is capable of leading this through the crisis whether people are exaggerating or not. he has to recognize the public wants the president to be decisive in either calling our fears or showing us the way out and that is the key to what he needs to do. >> could you tell us a little bit about the korean war, you talked about vietnam. >> we talk a little bit about that. i'm one of the few journalists left in washington who was in the army. i wasn't in the korean war but i was in the vietnam era but the korean war was in one of these interventions the united states has gone into including vietnam and other places which americans didn't like

. >> cdc is one of the taskforces of the public health service, a reservoir of engineering, scientificl knowledge, ready to help each state in its fight against communicable diseases. today, as yesterday, the challenge continues. opportunity is great for doctors, for nurses, for scientists, and for many others with the ambition and training to accept that challenge. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> university of kansas professor beth bailey discusses how issues of race affected the u.s. military and its self-perception of being colorblind during the vietnam war. she focuses on how african-americans were viewed by white soldiers, and how white african-american -- how african-american soldiers protested mistreatment. this is courtesy of the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. prof. bailey: thank you all for being here tonight. it's a real pleasure to be able to speak to you at the world war i museum. i also was one of the consultants on the vietnam exhibit that began at the new york historical society and has traveled here. it was a real pleasure to work on that, and i hope that y

a research laboratory for the public health service calls this laboratory that was established in 1901congress changed its name to the national institute of health. institute ins washington, d.c. most of the investigative work of the public health services conducted. the diseases and conditions studied include a long list. enemyisease public number one. more than 300,000 persons die each year in the united states from this cause. the cardio graph has aided greatly. next, the importance of cause of death is cancer. ofs results in the death 135,000 americans annually. malaria is an important problem in at least 16 states of the union. this mosquito borne disease affects within 2 million annually. this patient is having malaria chills. the fight against malaria is that against the mosquito. we prevent mosquito breeding by seeing no containers are left lying around and providing breeding places. all standingnating water as much as possible. regions, effective mosquito control has been done by a poisonous mixture. this is done from trucks. machines and also by airplane according to the cond

the army health nurse performs the public health services needed by servicemen and their families.the homes o of military families to give care and advice. this service is provided in both united states and in overseas theaters of operation. the probms range from urgent health matters to the teaching of prospective parents. the army nurse serveses anywhere in the world she is needed.

years they've been increased and i see the amazing achievements that we've managed in the public health service not least in the local health departments and i'm very pleased that we were able to offer support for these departments because that is exactly where the tracing of infection chains begins and so much depends on this international cooperation and. in the fight against the virus is incredibly important with both in the e.u. but also in the g. 7 and g. 20 countries colleagues we can be very pleased that we have all pulled together so well in recent weeks but i see a duty here the duty that what we have achieved so far not to be endangered. since march we have lived with all kinds of types of deprivation and some cases even our rights we have sacrificed and if we do now it risk a relapse that would be so depressing it would be such a shame if we end up locking down again. none of us want that to happen so let us have both courage and prudence let as slowly step by step open our public life but always be aware of the developments of the pandemic and work and in schools cafes and sports as

but developing the app is taking longer than expected and is it even worth the white the public health service warns the apple learn is no game changer. thank you when the app arrives it will give additional information about the number of new infections it will not replace the work of the health ministry the opposite is true don't have even more to do and that's why the number of borchester must be ramped up all. my talk. preparing for a potential 2nd wave requires personnel and sufficient testing capacity up to $400000.00 people who are being tested at the height of the pen demick in germany but will the country be able to maintain the same pace in the future. for the couple to the capacity for more testing is there it's especially important that we primarily test caregivers and those working in the health care sector in clinics and practices but also in care facilities dealing with elderly out patients. for the most part life in berlin appears to be moving towards a new normal but should the infection rate rise to shop early the newly found freedom could be short lived and the bruins would

doctor john was a physician with the public health service in el paso texas. he wrote to a colleague serving at a field hospital in france. >> we have all been awfully bussy with the flu, i baited average of 30 calls a day for about a month, everyone else did as much or more. public health service and red cross opened a hospital in the old school where we treated the mexican part of town. the epidemic here was fears. we had about 10,000 cases in the el paso and the mecca kick sequenced died quickly. whole families were exterminated. the white population fared almost as badly, i was three days behind on calls. the other doctors all had the sameme experience. >> when the people living and other parts of el paso, near the border many volunteered to use the cars as ambulances, picking up the sick and delivering them to hospitals. when the school in this neighborhood was turned into a hospital for flu patients, people from all over the city volunteered as nurses, drivers and clerks. >> you see we have been serving our country right here at home. >> that epidemic th

right now this is a public health service.houldn't be 13% of the population and have the majority of cases. all of the television networks should be doing this. all of the media should be doing this. this is a disgrace to have 13% of the populaion have most of the cases. they should be focusing on the black population and trying to help folks. not about ratings. it is about providing a public health service to people. i had to say that. >> that's right. >> go on. you get the last word. >> no. i think the congressional black caucus, naacp, everybody has to come together and make sure that we can make it better for the people in urban america, those people of color. right now it is affecting our community in such a big way. last but not least what happened in flint, michigan in my home state should never happen and i feel so sorry for the family of the loved one of the security guard that got shot. that should never happen. i am praying for that family that lost a loved one. we can't have that. cannot have that. >> we are going

information that people really want about what is happening and second means working with the public health service or public health professionals and the second is taking action, people in a crisis want the president to do something and he's now starting to do that. is it too late to create a different impression that he is on the case? i don't think so. i think he could still do that but he's got to stay with it now and this is something that people are looking to him and it's a defining moment for him. he's got to show that he's capable of leading us through this crisis, whether people are exaggerating it or not, he's got to reckon eyes, i i think, that the public wants the president to be decisive in either calming our fears or showing us the way out and i think that is the key of what he needs to do. >> could you tell us a bit about the korean war? you talked about being on but tell us -- >> we talk about that but basically by the way, i am one of the few journalists left in the army. i wasn't in the korean war but the korean war was one of these immersions and interventions the united states

public health service. uneducated black men were enrolled in a study without informed consent. they were known to have selfless selfless, the participants in study were never treated. they were promised free meals, free medical care, and other to stay in the study. ended because one person discovered the study was taking place. is a history of black communities neglected by the health care system. hiv, we have some of the highest rates in black communities, specifically black women, thinking about the structural barriers in place responsible for those numbers not budging in the last few decades, in fact, increasing. the history is quite rich. next ont to go to you the same topic. you are a physician's assistant during the hiv epidemic. do you see parallels between and epidemic, coronavirus, racial disparities that have carried over? worked in an emergency room at the beginning of the eighth epidemic. we did not know where it was coming from or anything. by gaye a movement led communities, a social mood movement that forced the u.s. to take hiv seriously. once it got under contr

the clerk: calendar number 284, s. 1130, a bill to amend the public health service act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn and the alexander substitute amendment be agreed to, that the bill be amended, be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: i know of no further debate on the bill as amended. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate the question is on passage of the bill as amended. all in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill as amended is passed. mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to immediate consideration of the calendar

public health service.and after that a film that gives an overview of systematic efforts during world war ii to both heal soldiers and prevent, detect and control epidemics. you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. >>> next, on reel america, we travel around the globe to medical clinics and hospitals for a look sat md international. this 1958 american medical association march of medicine program highlights american doctors working abroad and includes an introduction by vice president nixon. in remote locations ranging from burma to ethiopia we see physicians treating locals for ailments such as tuberculosis, leprosy and eye disease. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states richard m. nixon. >> how do you do. in a few moments you'll see a march of medicine program entitled md international. i'm pleased with this opportunity to introduce it because i believe wholeheartedly in what it has to say. president eisenhower and his state of the union message on january 9th stated, the

s taxpayer funded public health service you treat around a 1000000 patients every 36 hours and that's pretty pandemic the amount of health data you're now churning out is enormous and you want to harness that data in the fight against covert 90 so you turn to the private sector and get technology companies to help you do that seems to make sense but here's the issue companies with checkered histories over data handling start landing those contracts and to date the british government has refused to disclose the contractual terms information does not get any more personal than your health data and in the midst of this pandemic the british public has been left in the dark on where that data is going and what these companies and the government might be able to do with it down the road our starting point this. week is one. this pandemic has attacked populations and the response in country after country has amounted to an assault on privacy. the methods the authorities aided by big tech companies have put in place follow our movements who we meet the privacy story unfolding in the u.k. is o

when their training was done they're supposed to go in the military or stay with the public health serviceand go to reservation or whatever. many of them, by the time they're training was done the warhead ended. but nevertheless, this group of women kind of standardize nursing for america. they are still a very active group. it seems like annually there is legislation that goes before the hill asking to give them veterans benefits. they have never been given veterans benefits. it was an amazing thing for america see and certainly who's for medicine here in america. even another group of people where the civil air patrol we had a number of people who served with a civil air patrol and flu. and we all know about the women who were with the red cross. women who served with the u.s. so. we recognize them as a step forward to be part of the national effort in world war ii. the

public health service where uneducated black men were enrolled in a study without informed consent, meaning they did not know why they would be in the study. they were known to have syphilis, but they were told that they had bad blood. and even once a treatment, penicillin, had been discovered for syphilis, the enrollees and participants were never told her -- told that there was a treatment and they were never treated. so they were promised free meals, free medical care. and several other promises. -- promises to get them to be in the study, and the only reason the study was interrupted and ended was because there was a black epidemiologist who discovered the study was taking place. all that to say that there are cases, there are situations in our history where black communities have not only been neglected, but violated by the health care system. so even fast-forward to thinking about hiv. we have some of the highest rates of hiv in this country are in black communities, specifically black women. and thinking about the structural barriers in place, mainly structural racism, that is respon

their training was done, they were supposed to go in the military or, you know, stay with the public health service and go to a, you know, a reservation or whatever, many of them by the time their training was done, the war had ended but nevertheless, this group of women kind of standardized nursing, and they're still a very active group. it seems like annually there is legislation that goes before the hill asking to give them veterans benefits. they have never been given veterans benefits. it was an amazing thing for america and certainly for medicine here in america. another group of people were the civil air patrol. we had a number of women who served with the civil air patrol and flew, and then we all know about those women who were rolled bandages with the red cross, who worked with the red cross, women who served with the uso. we recognize them as well, as they step forward to be part of the national effort in world war ii. >> this was the first of a two-part look at the women's memorial. in part two, we'll pick up the story where we left off, learning about women's service during the korean

and we need to use oui’ labour—intensive and we need to use our specialist staff at local public health servicesve used apps as well so i think it is important that we investigate an app. it is not the only teal because we need people on the ground and the communities to do this. but an app that can help will be a good thing so that can help will be a good thing so let's see how trials get on in the isle of wight. some have raised questions of the isle of wight and there will the elderly people who don't necessarily have smartphones and three or ag coverage and that kind of thing. for the app to be successful needs about 60% take—up and not everyone will take it out and not everyone will take it out and not everyone has a smartphone obviously but i think it is important that we trial in it and see if it works. i think we need to remember that the app is not the only tool that we have at our disposal to take on coronavirus. we have testing and we have tracing which must be done by people on the ground and experts in local government and by experts and local primary health care services. we are ta

health and human services. that puts him in charge of public health policy recommendations. he's taken on the responsibility for coordinating testing and focused on the increaseing number of tests that we can do with existing technology. his federal service includes a variety of activities with our defense department and advanced research. throughout reduction he was part of the blue ribbon panel to reform the u.s. veteran's health system. finally, we'll hear from dr. stephen hahn. he's commissioner of the food and drug administration. before joining fda, he was the chief medical executive at the university of texas md anderson cancer center. he was chair of the department of radiation oncology at the university of pennsylvania. he was the senior investigator at the national institutes of health. he's commander of the u.s. public health service board. now we'll ask each of our witnesses to summarize their remarks in five minutes. following that, each senator will have five minutes for questions and answers in order of seniority. dr. fauci, let's begin with you. welcome. >> th

direct deaths from coronavirus, but also indirect deaths, part of which is caused by nhs and public health services not being able to do what they normally can to look after people with other conditions. it is important at whatever point we are at, that they have below one at all times, ,referably significantly below operate it allows it to not just in doing emergency , but also to do other important things like elective surgery and all the other things, like screening, which we need to do to keep people healthy. those two things, from my someoneive as responsible for speaking about health, those seen critical. >> i completely agree with that. at the beginning of this, we talked about the doubling time. we are talking about it being below one. we want to keep it going down, so it has to be below one. we need to get numbers down to a number that is manageable in order to make changes. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon. good to have you back, prime minister. you made the important point that we have avoided the reasonable worst-case, but by your own chart, the death toll in the u.k. is possib

public health service commission for 2025. now we'll ask each of our witnesses to summarize their remarks in five minutes. following that, each senator will have five minutes for questions and answers in order of seniority. dr. fauci, let's begin with you. welcome. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. rfrnging member murray and members of the committee. thank you for giving me the opportunity to discuss with you today the role the national institutes of health and research addressing covid-19. the strategic plan that we have is fourfold, one, to improve our fundamental knowledge of the vi virus and the disease it causes. next, to develop new point of care diagnostics, next to characterize and test therapeutic, and finally, develop safe and effective vaccines. first with regard to diagnostics. as you probably heard, going back to francis collins last thursday, the nih has developed the rapid acceleration of diagnostics program with an award to that specific program up to a half a billion dollars to support the development of c

citing figures from the public health service, she pointed out that non-smokers spend1/3 more time away from work because of disease. bell did not take her advice. donna decided the courtroom would be the only venue that could provide her relief, so she decided to sue. but how? how could a customer service representative living in rural new jersey find a lawyer with expertise in employment law and perhaps even a sympathy for non-smokers'plight? the answer to this question should warm the hearts of booklovers everywhere. donna schempp called a librarian. [laughter] [applause] she called the reference librarian at rutgers university, and that librarian happened to know about a law professor teaching a course on employment discrimination. alford had been a lawyer and the johnson administration, and an important one at that. he had been an architect of the equal employment commission, the organization charged with banning discrimination at work. donna, it turned out, had a real-world need for the legal theory that bloom was developing in his law class. he agreed to take on her case pro bono

she cited figures from the public health service and pointed out that smokers spent one third more time away from their jobs because of illness than persons who had never smoked cigarettes. the company did not take her advice. having exhausted the normal channels of regular workplace decision-making, she decided that the courtroom would be the only venue to provide her relief. so she decided to sue. but how? how could a customer service representative living in rural new jersey find a lawyer with expertise in employment law and perhaps sympathy for a non-smoker's plight? the answer to this question should warm the hearts of book lovers everywhere. she called a librarian. she called the reference librarian at rutgers university and that librarian happened to know about a law professor at rutgers who was teaching a course on employment discrimination. been a lawyer in the johnson demonstration and an important one. he had been an architect of the equal employment opportunity commission, the federal agency charged with enforcing the civil rights act at work. he was an advocate for the fede

shemp argued, at least it could do so on behalf of the bottom line, citing figures from the public health service, shemp pointed out that smokers spent a third more time away from their jobs because of illness than do persons who have never smoked cigarettes. now, bell telephone did not take donna shemp's advice. having exhausted all the normal channels of regular workplace decision making, donna shemp decided that the courtroom would be the only venue that could provide her relief. so she decided to sue. but how? how could a customer service representative living in rural new jersey find a lawyer with expertise and employment law and perhaps even a sympathy for non-smokers' plight? the answer to this question should warm the hearts of book lovers everywhere. donna shemp called a librarian. she called the reference librarian at rutgers university. and that librarian just happened to know about a law professor at rutgers who was teaching a course on employment discrimination. alfred bloomrosen had been a lawyer in the johnson administration and an important one, at that. he had been an architect o

he asked about local public health services, that is incredibly important that local public health servicesr all nhs staff. it is in fact there across the board and one of there across the board and one of the interesting things in this crisis is that paediatric mental health services have discovered that many services provided over computers are in fact better received, especially by children then face—to—face and in some cases that service therefore is better provided over a distance, over the screen, rather than face—to—face but he is absolutely right to highlight the importance of mental health services in this crisis and beyond. we now go across to the chair of the select committee, who i understand is audio only. jeremy hunt. thank you, mr speaker. iwouldjust like to ask the health secretary three pieces of data please, all of which are essential for this strategy. first of all, what level of new daily infections do we need to be down to before contact tracing will happen for all new infections? secondly, how many daily tests will attest and trace system need? and thirdly, if we‘re go

the service command labs and the general, regional and station laboratories. public healthatory responsibilities were delegated to the ten service command laboratories. each service command has one of these public health type laboratories except the large ninth service command which had two labs. one in washington and one in california. in new york the second laboratory served an area which included new york, new jersey and delaware. the service command laboratories were designed to supplement the diagnostic facilities. they investigated outbreaks of disease, inspected facilities and instructed personnel. their staff included trained bacteriologists,e bacteriologists and other specialists. they performed such can examinations for headquarters units, camps under construction and other installations not equipped to do such jobs. the lab technicians are searching for bacteria. stool cultures are examined. in the serology section of the laboratory, it was not uncommon to make as many as 2,000 tests for sif ldiseases a day. they sent specimens. when the reports came back, the se

there's also incredible career people with the united states public health service and all the way from dr. ann shuka, many people in the cdc that are simply terrific and the best in their business. not only nationally but recognized internationally. and let them do what needs to be done to get out of the epidemic will be critical. if we don't respect the science or what comes out of cdc and don't implement it, we're not going to be in a good position and i think we as citizens, need to be wondering because these are our best people. >> and one of the things, one of the hold-ups, actually, finally, i want to ask you about positive results we've seen for this vaccine. one of the vaccines having been tested on monkeys. johnson & johnson urging caution but i wonder, if you are optimistic or if you're sort of reserving your chance to be optimistic. >> it's important to be optimistic but i want to see data and outcomes. i don't want to see press releases which are geared primarily to the media and investors. i need to see science and data, what needs to go on. my experience with the hiv vacc

your console will not only focus on better jobs, but will expand to better fortify public health servicest will improve medical and social health outcomes and uplift our most distressed communities. the american people will come out and the other side of this crisis stronger and more determined than ever. thanks to the authority you have invested in the revitalization, we will leverage these powers to heal america's hardest hit communities and return to prosperity and safely and swiftly as possible, and thank you for not giving in to the naysayers, and to the people who use fear to control people. and instead, giving people hope, not with just your words, but with your actions. thank you. >> president trump: thank you very much. i had to run against him, and he was very tough. he was even tougher when he would run onto a stage holding a bible up in the air. that was tough. i said that's tough to beat, but if i'm ever so lucky i have to get him into the administration, that's what happened, and you've done a great job. where are we and what are we doing? >> i am pleased to report your admi

to bring more jobs and better jobs, but also expand to better fortify public health services that will improve medical and social health outcomes and uplift our most distressed communities. the american people will come out the other side of this crisis stronger and more determined than ever, thanks to the authority you have vestedi. we will leverage these powers to heal america's hardest-hit communities and return to prosperity as safely and swiftly as possible. thank you for not giving into the naysayers and to the people who use fear to control people, and instead giving people hope, not with just your words but with your actions. pres. trump: thank you very much, ben., i had to run against him, and he was very tough. he was even tougher when he would run onto the stage holding a bible up in the air. i said, that is tough to beat, but if i'm ever so lucky i have to get him in the, administration. that's what happened and you have done a great job. steve, what are we doing? >> i am pleased to report, your administration has been hard at work implementing the cares act. we've really m

good, now we can go out to the bar in your state, which means more potential tax on your public health services. this sounds to me like chaos. >> well, absolutely. it's a patchwork now. they are following right in line with president donald trump, who offered no streamline set of rules or set of standards that the federal government should operate by, leaving the states to figure it out. and now that our safer at home order has been struck down by the hyperpartisan supreme court here, we are seeing, you know, cities and municipalities figuring it out and playing by their own set of rules. they can take milwaukee county, for example, city of milwaukee has a stay-at-home order. it's a little bit different. the rules are different no matter where you go. the fact is what i've tried to explain to people is that there's no municipal boundary, no county line road that's going to prevent the disease from coming into your area and into your community. it's very irresponsible on behalf of the legislature. have they offered any plan we've said no to? no, they have not. they are just critical without bein

tracers the existing infrastructure that could be expanded, is this part of the cdc, part of the public health service >> it's an excellent question. we want to make sure in our bill, we want to make sure that we fund the existing workforce that's already there, people who are familiar with the communities, rather than having an outside influence come in. we want to make sure that it's sort of the ground up. people already have the wherewithal, have the cultural knowledge and the cultural sensitivities of the populations they are contacting. now, it can be reinforced with people from be it fema, be it from cdc, be it a national workforce, which i think is smart, especially considering the numbers that we're asking for, that we're calling for, that you're seeing governors call for. my governor, gavin newsom, is asking for a health force of close to 20,000. up north in santa clara county here on the central coast, they want 1,000. here in monterey county, we want about 68. so it's going to depend on the region, on the town, how many is needed. hopefully, we can use -- we want to use the existing infrast

public health service commission corps, the uniform service i am honored to lead. 3,471 men and womenave deployed in support of this pandemic. on the cruise ship in japan, to our military bases, to our community-based testing sites and international airports, to fema and our task forces, to nursing facilities including king county, washington, and to field hospitals in hard-hit communities across our nation, i thank each and every one of these officers and their families and on their behalf, i thank the members of this committee for supporting our training needs and the establishment of a ready reserve to supplemental our ranks in future national emergencies. thank you for the opportunity to provide these remarks. >> thank you, admiral. and now dr. stephen hahn, our fourth and final witness. >> chairman alexander, ranking member murray and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to participate in this hearing today. i first want to start by thanking the american people for their incredible efforts at mitigation and extend my condolences to those who have lost loved ones. f

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health service cause, the means of prevention of z's are among the most .mportant the laboratory was established in 1901. in 1930, congress changed the name to the national institute of health. the publicealth service is conducted. the disease is not conditioned. public enemy number one, first on the list of causes of death. thousands of persons die every year in the united states from this cause. the electrocardiograph has aided in the study of heart disease. next most important it's cancer. this results in the death of in the35,000 people united states annually. -- the fight against malaria is the fight against the malaria mosquito. no containers are left lying around to provide breeding places for mosquitoes and in certain -- regions, effective mosquito control has been accomplished. dusting is done from trucks. by hand dusting machines. and, by airplanes. another effective method is the killing of larvae by the oiling of stagnant water. other methods include draining ditches, and keeping mosquitoes out of the home by screening. other can watch this and american history programs on our website, where all our video is archived. >> the association of the u.s. army hosts a book forum w