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The April 2006 newsletter, print versionUse this version to print and distribute the newsletter. It is in Adobe Acrobat. If you don't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it for free. Past Issues |
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The April 2006 issue, online version. |
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North Carolina is planning for a pandemic flu and will respond to a pandemic just as it has to past natural disasters, but it needs more federal dollars to be prepared. That was the message from Gov. Mike Easley when he hosted the state’s first pandemic flu summit on March 21, 2006. |
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North Carolina hosts flu summitNorth Carolina is planning for a pandemic flu and will respond to a pandemic just as it has to past natural disasters, but it needs more federal dollars to be prepared. That was the message from Gov. Mike Easley when he hosted the state’s first pandemic flu summit on March 21, 2006. “In
North Carolina, we will not look to the federal government to ride in,
mid-pandemic, to save us,” Easley said. “We were one of the first states
in the nation to create a pandemic flu response plan and our emergency
workers will be ready to lead the charge on the front line, but it is
going to take a bigger federal investment.” Easley was joined by top federal and state public health and homeland security officials at the summit. At the request of the federal government, all states are holding pandemic flu summits. In addition to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, who is speaking at all of the state summits, North Carolina also hosted U.S. Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, who released checklists to help child cares, colleges and universities prepare for a possible pandemic. Much of the summit was dedicated to explaining state and federal efforts to plan for a pandemic flu. More information about state efforts, including a video of the summit, is available at www.ncpublichealth.org; more information about federal efforts, including a series of checklists to help citizens, businesses and government prepare for a pandemic flu, are available at www.pandemicflu.gov. What is a pandemic flu?Many people find this whole talk of pandemic flu and avian flu confusing. There are three types of flu:
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