42 U.S.C. § 285b-7c

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 285b-7c - Tuberculosis

(a) In general

The Director of the National Institutes of Health may expand, intensify, and coordinate research and development and related activities of the Institutes with respect to tuberculosis including activities toward the goal of eliminating such disease.

(b) Certain activities

Activities under subsection (a) may include-

(1) enhancing basic and clinical research on tuberculosis, including drug resistant tuberculosis;

(2) expanding research on the relationship between such disease and the human immunodeficiency virus; and

(3) developing new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis, including public health interventions and methods to enhance detection and response to outbreaks of tuberculosis, including multidrug resistant tuberculosis.

42 U.S.C. § 285b-7c

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, §424C, as added Pub. L. 110-392, title II, §201, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4201.

Director

the term "Director" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service,

drug

the term "drug" means- (A) a beverage containing alcohol,(B) a controlled substance, or(C) a controlled substance analogue,