Experts: U.S. must invest in public health to combat coronavirus outbreak
"If the U.S. wants to remain fully prepared to protect its residents from diseases such as COVID-19, it must invest in public health readiness. Doing so will help shore up an already-taxed public health system,” according to a new editorial in the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) American Journal of Public Health.
Editorial authors Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health; and Michael Fraser, PhD, MS, president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials say the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is a reminder “how critical it is to continue to sustain and strengthen our nation’s public health infrastructure.”