The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services,and is headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia.
Aldona Zofia Wos is a Polish-American former physician and Republican politician who served in various positions at several government agencies under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump and nonprofit organizations. She was the United States Ambassador to Estonia from 2004 until early December 2006,the fifth since the country regained its independence in 1991. From 2013 until 2015,she was Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. From 2017 to 2021,Wos served as vice-chairwoman of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships,which is tasked with reviewing candidates for White House fellowships.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is a large state government agency in the U.S. state of North Carolina,analogous to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The NCDHHS has more than 18,000 employees. The NCDHHS has its origins in the former North Carolina Department of Human Resources (DHR). The head of NCDHHS (Secretary) is appointed by the governor of North Carolina,confirmed by the North Carolina Senate,and is a member of the North Carolina Cabinet in the executive branch of the North Carolina government. The NCDHHS was created in 1971.
Eric Goosby is an American public health official,currently serving as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Global Health Delivery,Diplomacy and Economics,Institute for Global Health Sciences at University of California,San Francisco. Dr. Goosby previously served as the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis as well as previously served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2009 until mid-November 2013. In the role,Goosby directed the U.S. strategy for addressing HIV around the world and led President Obama's implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Goosby was sworn in during June 2009 and resigned in November 2013,taking a position as a professor at UCSF,where he directs the Center for Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy,a collaboration between UCSF and the University of California,Berkeley.
Doctors for America is a 501(c)(3) national,multi-specialty organization of physicians and medical students in the United States with a stated goal of improving affordable health care access. The movement,which was created by the Obama campaign,was started in 2008 as "Doctors for Obama" and rapidly grew to 10,000 members within a few months. It was founded by Alice Chen,Vivek Murthy,and Mandy Cohen.
Ace Speedway is a 4/10 (.400) mile oval stock car racing track in Altamahaw,North Carolina. The track was constructed by Roy Maddren and opened in 1956 as a 1/3 mile dirt oval. In 1984,the track was expanded to a 3/8 mile dirt oval. In 1990,under the ownership of Fred and Jim Turner,the track was paved and was under the NASCAR Winston Racing Series banner. In 1999,the track was re-expanded to a 4/10 mile paved oval,the pits was expanded and other stuff was added to the track such as new bleachers.
James M. Galloway is an American public health physician. Galloway served as the Regional Health Administrator for the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the six eastern states that comprise Region V under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He also served as the Senior Federal Official for Health for Pandemic Influenza and Bioterrorism for the Department of Homeland Security's Region C,which includes an additional six states. Galloway was the lead for one of CDC's lead efforts as the Director of the Office of Health System Collaboration,integrating clinical care and public health at a national level.
The state of North Carolina is undertaking a comprehensive policy shift on how the government budgets for and manages resources for mental health,developmental disability,and substance abuse services. The 1915 (b)(c) Medicaid Waiver Program was chosen by the North Carolina Department of Health &Human Services,Division of Medical Assistance as a way to control and more accurately budget for the rising costs of Medicaid funded services. The 1915 (b)(c) Waiver Program was initially implemented at one pilot site in 2005 and evaluated for several years. Two expansion sites were then added in 2012. Full statewide implementation is expected by July 1,2013.
Leana Sheryle Wen is an American physician,author,professor,speaker,consultant,newspaper columnist and television commentator. She is former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood. She has written two books based on her experiences as a medical professional.
Marc K. Siegel is an American physician,clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center,author,and contributor to The Hill,The Wall Street Journal,Slate,Fox News,and member of the board of contributors at USA Today. He is the medical director of NYU's Doctor Radio on Sirius XM.
Gregory Francis Murphy is an American politician and urologist representing North Carolina's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019. He served as a representative in the North Carolina General Assembly from 2015 to 2019.
Jerome Michael Adams is an American anesthesiologist and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 20th surgeon general of the United States from September 5,2017,until January 20,2021. Prior to becoming Surgeon General,he served as the Indiana state health commissioner,from 2014 to 2017.
SreyRam Kuy is a Cambodian American surgeon,writer,researcher,and healthcare executive.
On December 31,2019,China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case was reported on January 20,and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency on January 31. Restrictions were placed on flights arriving from China,but the initial U.S. response to the pandemic was otherwise slow in terms of preparing the healthcare system,stopping other travel,and testing. The first known American deaths occurred in February and in late February President Donald Trump proposed allocating $2.5 billion to fight the outbreak. Instead,Congress approved $8.3 billion with only Senator Rand Paul and two House representatives voting against,and Trump signed the bill,the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act,2020,on March 6. Trump declared a national emergency on March 13. The government also purchased large quantities of medical equipment,invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950 to assist. By mid-April,disaster declarations were made by all states and territories as they all had increasing cases. A second wave of infections began in June,following relaxed restrictions in several states,leading to daily cases surpassing 60,000. By mid-October,a third surge of cases began;there were over 200,000 new daily cases during parts of December 2020 and January 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of North Carolina on March 3,2020.
Rachel Leland Levine is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health since March 26,2021. She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Patrick H. Conway is an American physician and an advocate of health system transformation and innovation in the public and private sector. He is a practicing pediatrician formerly serving at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Children's National Medical Center. He was the chief medical officer and acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) leading quality-of-care efforts for the nation. Conway also served as the Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation,and was responsible for new national payment models for Medicare and Medicaid focused on better quality and lower costs.
Rochelle Paula Walensky is an American physician-scientist who served as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023 and served as the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023. On May 5,2023,she announced her resignation,effective June 30,2023. Prior to her appointment at the CDC,she had served as the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walensky is an expert on HIV/AIDS.
Carole Johnson is an American health official serving as the administrator of Health Resources and Services Administration since January 2022. She was previously a member of the White House COVID-19 Response Team. Johnson is a former commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services.
