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Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management
Department of Public Health
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Disease Control & Prevention

Agents, diseases, and other threats to public health

Information and resources for the general public and public health and healthcare partners

Threats to public health can take various forms from naturally-occurring infectious diseases to man-made disasters. Read more on biological, chemical, and nuclear and radiological threats.

What you need to know

Biological threats 
Chemical threats 
Nuclear and radiological threats 

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