Politico reports that by September, the White House's Office of Management and Budget is expected "to complete the first major overhaul of the quarantine regulations in about three decades" – an approach "[t]hat would have at least some of the rules in place if swine flu returns with a vengeance later this year, though officials are reluctant to make that link publicly." While "White House officials aren’t saying what their rules might ultimately require," Politico looks at previous efforts by the Bush administration and reaction from public health experts, the travel industry and civil liberties groups (Gerstein, 8/5).

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