U.S. working up new birdflu plan, official says
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. health experts are putting together a plan for dealing with a pandemic of avian influenza should one break out, a Health and Human Services Department official said on Wednesday.
The plan includes deciding who should be vaccinated and who should get antiviral drugs first, said Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, an HHS vaccine adviser.
"We know that an influenza pandemic will occur," Schwartz told a news conference organized by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. health experts are putting together a plan for dealing with a pandemic of avian influenza should one break out, a Health and Human Services Department official said on Wednesday.
The plan includes deciding who should be vaccinated and who should get antiviral drugs first, said Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, an HHS vaccine adviser.
"We know that an influenza pandemic will occur," Schwartz told a news conference organized by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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