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This resolution expresses the Senate's view that Americans should have ongoing access to current and precise health information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The resolution highlights the critical role of HHS in providing essential public health communications, including urgent alerts about infectious disease outbreaks, health threats like antimicrobial resistance and the opioid epidemic, and specific health risks such as avian influenza, dengue virus, and measles. It acknowledges the long-standing tradition of health reporting, such as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published since 1961, and emphasizes the importance of timely communications like foodborne disease outbreak notices, which help address the approximately 48 million annual cases of foodborne illness in the United States. The resolution ultimately affirms the Senate's commitment to ensuring that the public can continuously receive reliable health information through HHS channels.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/37/all-info