"the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability."
https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/mission-goals
"CDER is charged with advancing public health through the review, regulation, and research of potential treatments."
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/studying-how-pathogens-cause-disease
"The FDA is particularly concerned that products that claim to cure, treat or prevent serious diseases like COVID-19 may cause consumers to delay or stop appropriate medical treatment, leading to serious and life-threatening harm."
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-update-fda-and-ftc-warn-seven-companies-selling-fraudulent-products-claim-treat-or
"The USDA will operate the new $1.25 billion biosafety level-4 laboratories the federal government is building in Manhattan, KS. A biosafety level 4 laboratory provides the highest level of containment facilities to isolate the most dangerous biological agents, meaning those with high fatality rates and no known treatments, such as the Ebola virus."
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/06/usda-will-operate-new-lab-for-most-dangerous-biological-agents/
"Since health resources are limited, decisions have to be made as to whether their use for an elimination or eradication programme is preferable to their use elsewhere. The costs and beneflts of global eradication programmes concern direct effects on morbidity and mortality and consequent effects on the health care system. The success of any disease eradication initiative depends strongly on the level of societal and political commitment, with a key role for the World Health Assembly. Eradication and ongoing programmes constitute potentially complementary approaches to public health. Elimination and eradication are the ultimate goals of public health, evolving naturally from disease control."
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su48a7.htm