Preparedness and Response Related News

2006

December 5, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services on the Senate Passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

December 4, 2006

• CDC Awards $11.4 Million to Develop New Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Avian Influenza

November 20, 2006

• HHS Buys Additional Vaccine for Potential Use in an Influenza Pandemic

October 27, 2006

• HHS Completes Allocation of $75 Million for World Trade Center Medical Care

September 27, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services on the House of Representatives’ Passage of the Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2006

August 31, 2006

• Medical Reserve Corps Now In All 50 States

July 28, 2006

• HHS to Acquire Anthrax Immune Globulin for Stockpile

July 26, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services On the Appointment of RADM Craig Vanderwagen, M.D. As Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness

July 20, 2006

• HHS Assists States With Another Antiviral Drug Purchase

July 11, 2006

• HHS Announces Additional $225 Million for State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Efforts

July 05, 2006

• HHS Announces New HIPAA Privacy Decision Tool for Emergency Preparedness Planning

June 30, 2006

• HHS Assists States With Antiviral Drug Purchases

June 20, 2006

• HHS To Acquire New Anthrax Therapeutic Treatment For Stockpile

June 15, 2006

• Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding Passage of Emergency Funding for Pandemic Preparedness

June 7, 2006

• HHS Announces $1.2 Billion In Funding To States For Bioterrorism Preparedness

June 1, 2006

• HHS Awards BioShield Contract For Botulism Antitoxin

May 5, 2006

• HHS Buys Additional AVA Anthrax Vaccine

May 4, 2006

• HHS Awards Contracts Totaling More Than $1 Billion To Develop Cell-Based Influenza Vaccine

March 24, 2006

• HHS Releases First Round of Katrina Aid To 32 States To Help With Evacuee Health Cost

February 13, 2006

• HHS Awards BioShield Contract for Two Additional Medical Countermeasures for Radiological or Nuclear Incidents

January 18, 2006

• New Initiative Announced to Transform the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news.