Pandemic/Avian (H5N1) Influenza News and Features Archive

2009 |2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

2009

• 04/07/2009—FDA Clears Rapid Test for Avian Influenza A Virus in Humans (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

2008

• 12/15/2008—HHS Releases Guidance for the Use and Stockpiling of Antiviral Drugs for Pandemic Influenza
• 12/05/2008—Two-Year Update on the Implementation Plan for the President's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Now Available
• 10/26/2008—United States Pledges $320 Million More to the Fight Against H5N1 Influenza
• 10/25/2008—U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance Approaches $950 Million
• 10/24/2008—HHS Secretary to Lead Live Webinar on Pandemic-Influenza Preparedness
• 10/20/2008—U.S. Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Discusses Sharm el-Sheikh Conference on Voice of America
• 09/30/2008—FDA Clears New CDC Test to Detect Human Influenza
• 09/01/2008—U.S. Government Releases Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic-Influenza Vaccine
• 09/01/2008—United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Monthly Overview (September 2008) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• 08/08/2008—President Bush Talks About Regional Cooperation on Avian Influenza on Visit to the Kingdom of Thailand
• 04/18/2008—HHS Secretary Concludes Visit to Southeast Asia
• 04/15/2008—HHS Secretary Visits Singapore
• 04/14/2008—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Meets with Top Officials in Indonesia to Discuss Collaborative Efforts to Fight Disease
• 02/19/2008—HHS Secretary Discusses Collaboration in Medicine and Public Health with the First Lady of Ukraine

2007

• 12/11/2007—View Webcast of HHS/World Health Organization Workshop on Immune Correlates of Protection Against Influenza A Viruses, in Support of Pandemic-Vaccine Development
• 12/04/2007—HHS Assists Ugandan Ministry of Health to Control Outbreak of Ebola Virus and to Investigate Cases of Schistosomiasis
• 09/26/2007—President Bush Cites U.S. Work Against HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Pandemics in Address to the United Nations General Assembly
• 08/21/2007—Two "Ask the White House" Online Events This Week
• 08/21/2007—North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Announced
• 07/19/2007—HHS Food and Drug Administration Sponsors International Workshop on Good Manufacturing Practices
• 07/18/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt Announces Revised International Health Regulations Enter into Force for the United States
• 07/17/2007—HHS Assistant Secretary for Health ADM John Agwunobi Discusses Pandemic-Influenza Preparedness Activities with Officials of the United Kingdom
• 07/11/2007—Acting HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan Discusses Food Safety and Pandemic Influenza with Japanese Officials
• 06/20/2007—Canada to Host the North American Leaders Summit in August 2007; Pandemic Influenza Preparedness on the Agenda
• 05/24/2007—World Health Assembly Agrees to Framework on Sharing Influenza Samples
• 05/23/2007—International Health Regulations (2005) To Into Force This Summer
• 05/07/2007—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt Applauds WHO Vaccine Grants
• 05/03/2007—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt Testifies Before the U.S. Congress on Global Health
• 03/26/2007—HHS Secretary Makes Statement on WHO Pandemic-Influenza Action Plan to Increase Vaccine Supply
• 02/07/2007—HHS Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi Welcomes Belgian Health Minister Rudy Demotte
• 02/01/2007—HHS Unveils Two New Efforts to Advance Pandemic Flu Preparedness
• 01/19/2007—HHS Funds the Advanced Development of Vaccines Against the H5N1 Influenza Strain
• 01/16/2007—Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness Planning for U.S. Businesses that Have International Operations
• 01/10/2007—HHS Seeks Advice on Allocating Pandemic Vaccine
• 01/10/2007—Implementation of the U.S. National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Six-Month Status Report
• 01/03/2007—Ambassador John E. Lange Leads U.S. Delegation to Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza

Last revised: April 09, 2009