Article: HHS focuses on flu pandemic preparedness plan.(Clinical Rounds)

BALTIMORE -- Acknowledging that "flu has a huge news factor," Bruce Gellin, M.D., spelled out the federal influenza pandemic preparedness plan at a biodefense research meeting sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology.

The Department of Health and Human Services' draft Pandemic Influenza Response and Preparedness Plan, developed in August 2004, includes influenza control, stockpiling vaccines, developing antiviral drugs and prophylaxis, providing quality medical care, and maintaining community services, said Dr. Gellin, director of the National Vaccine Program Office, a division of HHS. The World Health Organization originally developed pandemic ...

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