National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System In 1878, congress authorized the US Marine Hospital Service, the precursor to the Public Health Service, to collect morbidity reports on cholera, sma
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System In 1878, congress authorized the US Marine Hospital Service, the precursor to the Public Health Service, to collect morbidity reports on cholera, smallpox, plague, and yellow fever from US consuls overseas. For the most part, these diseases have been eradicated, but the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System remains in place. […]
