Quarantine – A Key Component of Public Health Emergency Operations
Quarantine is a set of measures that are designed to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and environmental toxins within an area. It is often a key component in the…
Quarantine is a set of measures that are designed to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and environmental toxins within an area. It is often a key component in the…
A natural disaster is any calamitous event generated by the effects of naturally, rather than humanly caused, phenomena that result in great loss of life and the destruction of private…
A trial is a formal legal proceeding that follows established rules of evidence and operates as an adversary process in court overseen by a judge or jury. It is a…
A doctor, also known as a physician (American and Canadian English) or medical practitioner (British English), is a healthcare professional who provides treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disease. Doctors work…
Biodiversity is the variety of living organisms, from plants to animals to microorganisms, and the interactions among them. It also includes the genetic variation within a species and between species.…
The terms money and currency are often used interchangeably, but they have different meanings. Money is an intangible system of value that supplanted bartering thousands of years ago, while currency…
Banks are intermediaries that take funds from those with money (depositors) and lend them to those who want it (borrowers). The difference between what a bank pays for deposits and…
The smallest of all life forms, viruses are microscopic infectious agents that infect many types of living cells. They are found everywhere, in every ecosystem on Earth. Viruses are distinct…
Violence in the workplace is a problem with no easy answers. Although more information is becoming available on the causes of workplace violence, it is still rare for Federal agencies…
Crime is behavior that violates laws and causes harm to people. Most crimes involve an illegal act or omission that is defined by law as deserving of punishment, but some…