A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the people of the United States should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate health information.

This resolution expresses the Senate’s sense that the Department of Health and Human Services should provide the public with continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate health information.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 37 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 37

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the people of the United States 
   should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate 
                          health information.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2025

Mr. Schatz (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Welch, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, and 
 Ms. Klobuchar) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
       to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the people of the United States 
   should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and accurate 
                          health information.

Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services provides crucial external 
        communications to protect the health and well-being of the people of the 
        United States;
Whereas urgent communications provided by the Department of Health and Human 
        Services help health care providers and the public learn about and 
        respond to public health incidents and threats, including outbreaks of 
        infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and the opioid overdose 
        epidemic;
Whereas the United States has published the epidemiological digest, Morbidity 
        and Mortality Weekly Report, every week since 1961;
Whereas foodborne disease outbreak notices published by the Department of Health 
        and Human Services are essential in coordinating and investigating 
        illness, helping to respond to the estimated 48,000,000 people who get 
        sick from foodborne disease each year in the United States; and
Whereas, in 2024, public health information reported through the Health Alert 
        Network of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included 
        information regarding increased risks in the United States of avian 
        influenza, dengue virus, and measles: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the people of the 
United States should have continuous access to timely, up-to-date, and 
accurate health information provided through the Department of Health 
and Human Services.
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