Ready or Not 2023: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism

Trust for America's Health released a new report titled, Ready or Not 2023: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism. The report emphasizes the urgent need to strengthen both national and state public health emergency preparedness and assesses states’ readiness to respond to a spectrum of health emergencies and provide ongoing public health services. It gives federal and state health officials and policymakers actionable data and recommends policies to improve the nation’s emergency preparedness at a time when health emergencies are on the rise. The report tiers states and the District of Columbia into three performance levels for health emergency preparedness: high, middle, and low. This year’s report placed 19 states and DC in the high-performance tier, 16 states in the middle performance tier, and 15 states in the low performance tier. Read the report here.