HHS Issues National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today unveiled the department's draft Pandemic
Influenza Response and Preparedness Plan, which outlines a coordinated national strategy to prepare for and
respond to an influenza pandemic. The draft plan can be
found online at and is available for public comment for 60 days. "This plan will serve as our roadmap on how we as a
nation, and as a member of the global health community, respond to the next pandemic influenza outbreak,
whenever that may be," Secretary Thompson said. Read
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