Following the recent news that the new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reached an urban area where its spread can accelerate, congressional attention to reauthorizing the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) is timely.
The re-emergence and spread of this disease in the country where it was discovered four decades ago should remind us all that domestic and global health security preparations are only as strong as their weakest links.