An extraordinary public health event as declared by the Director of the WHO that constitutes a public health risk to other countries through the international spread of the health hazard and potentially requires a coordinated international response.

DOD’s syndromic surveillance tool that monitors and provides alerts for rapid or unusual increases in the occurrence of infectious diseases and biological outbreaks.

Diseases transmissible under natural conditions between vertebrate animals and humans.

An illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that arises through transmission of that agent or its products from an infected or affected individual, animal, or a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly through an intermediate animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment.

Rapid access to shared and remote medical expertise by means of telecommunications and information technologies to deliver health services and exchange health information for the purpose of improving patient care.

A public site designed for dispensation of medications to the general population.

An occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that poses: A high probability of a significant number of deaths in the affected population considering the severity and probability of the event;  A significant number of serious or long-term disabilities in the affected population considering the severity and probability of the even...

A diverse national and international laboratory network of local, State, and Federal public health, hospital-based, food testing, veterinary and environmental testing laboratories that provide rapid detection assays and laboratory diagnostics and the capacity to respond to biological and chemical terrorism and other public health emergencies. The LRN is a...

The DOD medical and dental programs, operating pursuant to chapter 55 of Title 10 U.S. Code, under which medical and dental services are provided to DOD health care beneficiaries.  The term includes all activities described in the definition of the term “TRICARE Program” in section 1072(7) of Title 10 U.S. Code.

The unlawful use of violence or threat of violence, often motivated by religious, political, or other ideological beliefs, to instill fear and coerce governments or societies in pursuit of goals that are usually political.

A threat or an incident, natural or manmade, that warrants action to protect life, property, the environment, and public health or safety, and to minimize disruptions of government, social, or economic activities. It includes natural disasters, cyber incidents, industrial accidents, pandemics, acts of terrorism, sabotage, and destructive criminal activity...

Sites with adequate warehouse space, cargo management, and logistics assets that accept Strategic National Stockpile assets deployed to state, local, tribal, territorial public health authorities for secure storage.

A site intended for the dispensation of medications to a select or pre-defined population, not the general public.

Temporary supervision and monitoring of an individual or group, who may have been exposed to a quarantinable communicable disease to determine the risk of disease spread.  Supervision is accomplished through in-person visits, telephone, or through electronic or Internet-based monitoring.

Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, U.S. Army Public Health Center.