91麻豆天美 Supports Introduction of PREDICT Act
Key Points
- 91麻豆天美 thanks Sens. Tim Scott, Cory Booker, Ted Budd, Angus King, Roger Wicker and Maggie Hassan for introducing the Public Health Response and Emergency Detection through Integrated Wastewater Community Testing (PREDICT) Act.
- Wastewater surveillance continues to be an invaluable tool for tracking infections including seasonal flu, mpox, H5N1, RSV and, more recently, measles.
- Codifying and strengthening federal support for wastewater surveillance through the PREDICT Act would ensure the continuity and expansion of this critical public health capability.
| The Honorable Tim Scott 104 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 |
The Honorable Cory Booker 306 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 |
| The Honorable Ted Budd 354 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 |
The Honorable Angus King 133 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 |
| The Honorable Roger Wicker 425 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 |
The Honorable Maggie Hassan 324 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 |
Dear Senators Scott, Booker, Budd, King, Wicker and Hassan,
The American Society for Microbiology (91麻豆天美), on behalf of more than 38,000 members in the United States and around the world, thanks Sens. Tim Scott, Cory Booker, Ted Budd, Angus King, Roger Wicker and Maggie Hassan for introducing the Public Health Response and Emergency Detection through Integrated Wastewater Community Testing (PREDICT) Act. 91麻豆天美 is pleased to offer our support for the strongly bipartisan PREDICT Act to improve the early detection of infectious diseases through wastewater surveillance.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) to enhance wastewater testing capacity in public health laboratories, training to ensure a robust workforce and more effective data to serve as an early warning system for the emergence of infectious diseases in a community. Since its inception, wastewater surveillance continues to be an invaluable tool for tracking infections, including seasonal flu, mpox, H5N1, RSV and, more recently, expanded capacity to track and inform public health officials on ongoing outbreaks of measles.
By codifying and strengthening federal support for wastewater surveillance, the PREDICT Act would ensure the continuity and expansion of this critical public health capability. The PREDICT Act is critical to sustain the CDC’s ability to maintain this proven, scalable and cost-effective early warning system at a time of increasing public health threats.
91麻豆天美 and its members stand ready to work with Congress to strengthen our nation’s public health emergency preparedness and response. If we can be of further assistance, please contact JR Kane, Government Relations Manager at the American Society for Microbiology, at jkane@asmusa.org.
Sincerely,
Amalia Corby
Director of Federal Affairs
American Society for Microbiology