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Keep schools, workplaces & communities safe from COVID-19. More information available at Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities.
Keeping the US prepared and ready to respond to public health threats.
Clinicians and Health Departments
COCA prepares clinicians to respond to emerging health threats and public health emergencies by communicating relevant, timely information related to disease outbreaks, disasters, terrorism events, and other health alerts.
CDC’s Health Alert Network (HAN) is CDC’s primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with public information officers; federal, state, territorial, and local public health practitioners; clinicians; and public health laboratories.
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