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Federal Partners Work Together to Support the Hurricane Gustav Public Health and Medical Support Effort

Baton Rouge, LA, September 3, 2008 -- HHS Secretary Leavitt and Senior Director Catholic Charities Disaster Recovery Officer Kim Borga announced new HHS case management pilot program which assist individuals in areas recovering from disaster.

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Medical Planning and Countermeasures

• Building Domestic Cell-Based Influenza Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities
• Acquisition of Avian Influenza H5N1 Vaccine for Strategic National Stockpile
• Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Avian Influenza (H5N1), Afghanistan
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Isolated from Whooper Swans
• Public Workshop: Animal Models for the Treatment of Acute Radiation Syndrome
• HHS and DHS Announce Guidnace on Pandemic Vaccination Allocation
• Bacterial Pneumonia and Pandemic Influenza Planning
• Deaths from Bacterial Pneumonia during 1918-1919 Pandemic
• Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii Isolates
• Risk for Avian Influenza Virus Exposure at Human-Wildlife Interface
• Optimizing Use of Multistream Influenza Sentinel Surveillance Data
• RFP-HHS-BARDA-08-09-Draft: Request for Information on Building Domestic Cell-based Influenza Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities
• Guidance for Industry:  CGMP for Phase 1 Investigational Drugs
• Synopsis: Acquisition of Avian Influenza H5N1 Vaccine for Strategic National Stockpile
• HHS Awards Contracts for CRO Services for Safety and Immunogenicity Studies
• HHS Awards Contracts for CRO Services for Toxicology Studies
• NIAID Workshop:  Development of Animal Models for Dengue (September 18-19, 2008)
• HHS Awards Contracts for the Development of Faster Influenza Diagnostic Tests
• Recombinant Protective Antigen (rPA) Anthrax Vaccine for the Strategic National Stockpile

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In The Spotlight

• HHS Names First Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority
• Spending Reports to Congress
• Notice to Readers: Newly Licensed Smallpox Vaccine to Replace Old Smallpox Vaccine

Operations and Training

• OSHA's hurricane response and recovery resources available for storm season
• Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of Program Support Center’s Award Process for a Contract With North Central Texas Services, Inc.
• Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of Program Support Center’s Award Process for a Contract With CredentialSmart," (A-03-06-00524)
• CDC Update on Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Case
• New DVD Will Help Train Health Care Workers to Provide Respiratory Care during Disasters

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Communicating in a Crisis

• Communicating in the First Hours
• Emergency Risk Communication
• Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Reference Guide for Media
• Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Field Guide for Media
• Public Health Emergency Response: A Guide for Leaders and Responders

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News In Pictures

• ASPR host its first Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Stakeholders Meeting
• FEMA Activates National Ambulance Contract to Prepare for Hurricane Dean
• USNS Comfort Continues to Advance the Cause of Social Justice

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