Pandemic
Health Experts Come Together to Address Pandemic, Avian Influenza, Outline the Outlook of Infectious Diseases Threats and Strategies for Containment
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 24th, 2007
An update on the government's avian and pandemic influenza preparedness efforts was given today by leading infectious disease experts from around the country at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The news conference, sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), addressed key issues and developments in the control and prevention of emerging infectious diseases, as well as highlighted global health risks of foodborne and water-related illnesses and the threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
"Emerging, and in some cases re-emerging, infectious diseases, notably avian and pandemic influenza, pose a very serious...
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