Are We Ready?: Public Health since 9/11

Index

INDEX 1 8 1 Aaron, Barbara, 23–24, 43–44, 46 Abramovitz, Mimi, 39–40, 52 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), and Model Act, 109, 112–13 AIDS, 5, 59; bioterrorism funding and, 82; budget deficits and, 89; civil rights issues, 108, 111–12, 113–14; federal involvement, 129; New York City Department of Health and, 15– 16; smallpox vaccination campaign and, 93, 100 “Air Pollution (and Deception) at Ground Zero” (Sierra Club), 32 airport security, 88 air quality safety: everyday, 92; 9/11, 9, 13–15, 20–31, 51, 121. See also chemical hazards; toxins Akhtar, Mohammed, 56 Allen, Tom, 84 American Public Health Association (APHA), 56, 66, 81, 102 American Red Cross, 35–36, 37, 128 Annas, George, 109 ANSER (Analytic Services) Institute for Homeland Security, 64–65, 136 anthrax, xii, 5; cutaneous, 123; EMAC and, 116; inhalation, 123; mock attacks (2000), 64 anthrax episodes, 6, 16–19, 67, 100, 123; CDC and, 17, 18, 120, 123–28, 143, 145, 146; Cipro antibiotic, 16, 17, 135; communications, 18, 58, 106, 124–28, 158, 162; Florida, 123, 143, 144, 152; labs, 78, 125, 126, 145; NBC News, 16–17, 123, 125; New Jersey postal workers, 17, 76–77, 123, 124; New York City Department of Health and, 16–19, 50–51; and regional coordination, 114; state public health effects, 59, 61–63, 68, 70–78, 101–2, 106, 144–45; Washington D.C. mail, 123, 124 antibiotics, 59–60; for anthrax, 16, 17, 135 Arizona: bioterrorism priority, 62, 73; budget deficit, 84; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome on Navaho reservation (1993), 129, 144; and Model Act, 111, 112; smallpox vaccination campaign, 92–93, 94, 97 Arkansas: budget deficits, 85; EMAC, ix–x art therapy, for traumatized children, 47 asbestos, 21, 22, 27, 28–31 Asian American Federation, 36 Associated Press, 78 Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, 109 Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), 66, 96, 106, 130, 149 Atlanta: CDC headquarters, 2, 123, 125, 126–27; mock attack, 136 Aum Shinrikyo sect, sarin gas release, 130, 132 Baird, J. Nick, 100–101 Beitsch, Leslie M., 82 Benjamin, Georges, 87; and bioterrorism funding, 81–82; on Maryland public health workforce, 69; and smallpox vaccination campaign, 97, 100; and state preparedness, 66–67; on “yoyo funding,” 82, 87 Bernstein, Nina, 52 Beth Israel hospital, 45 Bin Laden, Osama, 140 BioSense, 145, 148 bioterrorism, xii, 4, 129, 152–55, 162; federal response planning, 128–39; HHS responsibilities, 130, 132, 137; joint interdepartmental working groups on, 136; mock attacks, 64– 65, 132, 135, 136, 142–43, 147; 9/11 effect on preparedness, 14, 15, 18–19, 132, 143–52; public health infrastructure undercut by focus on, xii, 14, 58, 68–70, 75, 79–83, 90, 104–5, 147–52, 161; public health law and, 108, 114; public health strengthened by focus on, 49, 56–58, 61–62, 69–78, 80, 102, 145–47, 159–60; regional coordination and, 115, 117; sarin gas release on Japanese subway, 130, 132; smallpox vaccination campaign and, 72, 92, 98–99, 100, 105, 140–41, 160–61; state preparedness, 55, 56, 61–70, 106, 118. See also bioterrorism funding ; infectious diseases; labs; ricin bioterrorism funding, 130, 131–33, 137– 38, 144–50, 159; CDC, 66, 68–74, 79, 98–99, 131–32, 137–38, 145, 149; distortions caused by, 80–83; dual use, 70–75, 101; federal failure to deliver, 80, 88; mixed reactions to, 75–81, 144; public health law and, 145; social service aid redirected to, 42; state, 61–62, 68–83, 87, 88, 90, 102–4, 161; surveillance, 70, 76, 79, 147 BioWatch, 153–54 births, registration of, after 9/11, 14 Black Agency Executives, 36 Blank, Susan, 12, 15, 51 Bloomberg, Michael, 39 Bresnitz, Eddy, 76–77 Brokaw, Tom, 16, 123 Bruno, Joseph, 7–8 budget crises, 4; federal, 4, 147–51, 160; New York City, 15, 39, 49–50; and smallpox vaccination campaign, 94– 95, 105, 161; state, 4, 47–50, 60, 65, 83–91, 94–95, 104–6, 161, 162 Bullock, Jane, xi Burger, Ron, 9–10 Bush (G. W.) administration: and anthrax episode, 127; and bioterrorism funding , 68, 80, 138; failure to deliver promised funding, 80, 149; and federal role in preparedness, 137; FEMA put into DHS by, xi; hospital reimbursement system, 91; Iraq as focus of war on terrorism, 4, 160, 162; Koplan conflicts with, 104–5, 126–27, 139; smallpox vaccination campaign, 57–58, 105–6, 139–40, 161, 162 Cabrini hospital, 45 Caldwell, Michael, 161 California: bioterrorism...