Almost half of the epidemiologists working in state health departments in the United States have no training in their area of specialty, according to a survey that raises questions about the nation’s ability to face a range of public health threats. Epidemiology, the branch of medicine that focuses on outbreaks of disease, has attracted considerable attention and funding in the United States since the Sept. 11 attacks and the spread of anthrax-contaminated mail in 2001. Full Story
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