PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News ReleasesWelcome to the PandemicFlu.gov RSS news feed provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.$75 Million in Supplemental Funding to States for Pandemic Flu Preparedness- August 30, 2007 HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that the Department is making available another $75 million to states, territories and four metropolitan areas to help strengthen their capacity to respond to a pandemic influenza outbreak.http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/08/pr20070830a.html Clinical Management of Human Infections with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus (World Health Organization)- August 15, 2007 Clinical management of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virushttp://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/clinicalmanage07/en/index.html HHS Announces $25 Million Available For Health Care Partnership Emergency Care Competitive Grants Program- August 10, 2007 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that $25 million is available to hospitals and other health care facilities via a competitive emergency care grant program focused on hospital surge capacity, emergency care system capability, and community and hospital preparedness for public health emergencies.http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/08/pr200708010a.html NIH Scientists Target Future Pandemic Strains of H5N1 Avian Influenza- August 9, 2007 Preparing vaccines and therapeutics that target a future mutant strain of H5N1 influenza virus sounds like science fiction, but it may be possible, according to a team of scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a collaborator at Emory University School of Medicine. Success hinges on anticipating and predicting the crucial mutations that would help the virus spread easily from person to person.http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2007/niaid-09.htm Community Measures Prevent Deaths During Pandemic, New Study Finds- August 8, 2007 School closures and other community strategies designed to reduce the possibility of spreading disease between people during an epidemic can save lives, particularly when the measures are used in combination and implemented soon after an outbreak begins in a community, according to a new study based on public records from the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2007/r070807.htm |