PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News ReleasesWelcome to the PandemicFlu.gov RSS news feed provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.Two Contracts Awarded to Expand Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity- June 14, 2007 The two cost-reimbursable contracts totaling $132.5 million over five years are to retrofit existing domestic vaccine manufacturing facilities on a cost-sharing basis and to provide warm-base operations for manufacturing pandemic influenza vaccines. In warm-base operations, the contractor does not shut down the facility.http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/06/pr20070614a.html WHO Moves Ahead with Plans for Global Stockpile of H5N1 Vaccine- June 13, 2007 The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it is working with vaccine manufacturers to move ahead on plans to create a global stockpile of vaccine for the H5N1 avian influenza virus.http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2007/s14/en/index.html |