2005 News Releases

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• December 13, 2005
  FDA Acts to Protect Public from Fraudulent Avian Flu Therapies (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

• December 7, 2005
  HHS Releases Checklist to Help Businesses Prepare for a Pandemic (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• December 5, 2005
  Federal Government Begins Pandemic Planning with States (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• December 5, 2005
  No Bird Flu Risk for Consumers From Properly Cooked Poultry and Eggs (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

• December 2, 2005
  Global Influenza Meeting Sets Key Action Steps, Agrees on Urgent Need for Financing (World Organisation for Animal Health)

• November 25, 2005
  Agricultural Workers at Increased Risk for Infection with Animal Flu Viruses (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• November 19, 2005
  United States Leadership on Avian Influenza (The White House)

• November 8, 2005
  Statement by Anthony F. Rock, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, on International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva)

• November 8, 2005
  Statement by Stewart Simonson, Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on Improving Influenza Surveillance and Developing a Rapid Response Plan for Pandemic Influenza (U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva)

• November 7, 2005
  Statement by Bruce Gellin, MD, Director, National Vaccine Program Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on United States National Strategy and HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan (U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva)

• November 4, 2005
  HHS and People's Republic of China Partner to Combat Infectious Diseases (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• November 4, 2005
  Global Meeting to Develop Common Approach on Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza Tổ Chức Y Tế Thế Giới

• November 2, 2005
  HHS Releases Pandemic Influenza Plan (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• October 27, 2005
  HHS Buys Additional Vaccine As Preparations For Potential Influenza Pandemic Continue (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• October 26, 2005
  USDA Efforts and Response to Avian Influenza in the United States (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

• October 26, 2005
  Efforts Underway to Study Bird Flu (U. S. Department of the Interior)

• October 24, 2005
  FDA Announces Rapid Response Team to Combat Pandemic (Avian) Flu (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

• October 20, 2005
  1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Declared a Select Agent (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• October 5, 2005
  Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus; Effort Designed to Advance Preparedness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• October 5, 2005
  Genomes of More than 200 Human Flu Strains Reveal a Dynamic Virus (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• October 5, 2005
  Joint Statement by Anthony S. Fauci and Julie L. Gerberding, Unmasking the 1918 Influenza Virus: An Important Step Toward Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• September 28, 2005
  NIAID and MedImmune Join Forces to Develop Potential Pandemic Influenza Vaccines (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• September 22, 2005
  U.S. Launches International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (U.S. Department of State)

• September 15, 2005
  HHS Buys Vaccine and Antivirals in Preparation for a Potential Influenza Pandemic (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• September 15, 2005
  Statement by HHS Secretary Leavitt, International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, United Nations General Assembly (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• August 3, 2005
  Researchers Model Avian Flu Outbreak, Impact of Interventions (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)

• July 18, 2005
  Mouse Studies of Oseltamivir Show Promise Against H5N1 Influenza Virus (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• July 4, 2005
  Bird Flu Situation in Asia Remains Critical (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

• March 23, 2005
  NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• March 1, 2005
  Creation of a New OIE/FAO Worldwide Mechanism to Fight Against Avian Influenza (World Organisation for Animal Health)