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	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Press Releases 2007 \| 2006 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000 2007 Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On the Approval of the First U.S. Vaccine for Humans Against the Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 (Apr 17, 2007) HHS Funds Advanced Development of H5N1 Influenza Vaccines: Three New Contracts Will Focus On Antigen-Sparing Vaccines (Jan 17, 2007) HHS Pursues Advance Development of New Influenza Antiviral Drug (Jan 4, 2007) 2006 HHS Buys Additional Vaccine for Potential Use in an Influenza Pandemic (Nov 20, 2006) U.S. and Mexico Pledge Increased Cooperation in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Along Border (Nov 14, 2006) Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On the WHO Global Pandemic Influenza Action Plan to Increase Vaccine Supply (Oct 23, 2006) Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, On the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, United Nations General Assembly (Sep 20, 2006) HHS Announces Additional $225 Million for State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Efforts (Jul 11, 2006) Statement by Mike Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding Passage of Emergency Funding for Pandemic Preparedness (Jun 15, 2006) HHS Issues New Tool to Help Offices and Clinics Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic (Mar 13, 2006) HHS and Institut Pasteur Partner on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (Feb 6, 2006) FDA Approves New Laboratory Test To Detect Human Infections With Avian Influenza A/H5 Viruses: Lab Test Developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Feb 3, 2006) 2002 HHS Awards Additional $6 Million to Help States and Cities Fight West Nile Virus (Aug 28, 2002) HHS Provides Additional Funds Through CDC to Help States Combat West Nile Virus (Aug 8, 2002) 2001 Federal Agencies Take Special Precautions to Keep "Mad Cow Disease" Out of the United States (Feb 5, 2001) 2000 Clinton Administration Provides Additional Funds to Prevent the Spread of the West Nile Virus (May 25, 2000)

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	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Press Releases West Nile Virus News (Note: Site not updated after Jul 2003) 2008 \| 2007\| 2003 \| 2002 2008 CDC Finds Some Bird Flu Strains have Acquired Properties that Might Enhance Potential to Infect Humans (Jun 10, 2008) 2007 CDC Researchers find possible animal source for Marburg virus (Aug 22, 2007) 2003 CDC Confirms Nation's First Human Case of West Nile in 2003 (Jul 8, 2003) CDC Confirms Monkeypox in Rodents Interim Recommendations Aim to Curb Further Spread (Jul 3, 2003) 2002 CDC Continues to Track West Nile Virus in United States (Sep 5, 2002) CDC Investigation Continues West Nile Virus Possible Transmission Through Organ Transplant (Sep 3, 2002) CDC Investigates Possible West Nile Virus Transmission Through Organ Transplant (Sep 1, 2002) HHS Awards Additional $6 Million to Help States and Cities Fight West Nile Virus (Aug 28, 2002) HHS Provides Additional Funds Through CDC to Help States Combat West Nile Virus (Aug 8, 2002)

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	Food and Drug Administration Press Releases 2007 \| 2005 \| 2003 FDA Approves Second West Nile Virus Screening Test for Donated Blood and Organs (Aug 28, 2007) FDA Approves First U.S. Vaccine for Humans Against the Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 (Apr 17, 2007) FDA Approves First Fully Automated Test to Screen for West Nile Virus in Blood and Tissue Donors (Mar 2, 2007) 2005 FDA Acts to Protect Public from Fraudulent Avian Flu Therapies (Dec 13, 2005) FDA Approves First Test to Screen for West Nile Virus in Donors of Blood, Organs, Cells and Tissues (Dec 1, 2005) FDA Announces Rapid Response Team to Combat Pandemic (Avian) Flu (Oct 24, 2005) 2003 Interim Rule to Prevent Transmission of Monkeypox (Nov 3, 2007) FDA Clears First Test for West Nile Virus (Jul 9, 2003)

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	National Institutes of Health News National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) News Releases 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 2007 Human Antibodies Protect Mice from Avian Flu (May 28, 2007) NIAID Expands Capability for Influenza Research and Surveillance (Apr 2, 2007) NIAID DNA Vaccine for H5N1 Avian Influenza Enters Human Trial (Jan 2, 2007) 2006 Inexpensive Test Detects H5N1 Infections Quickly and Accurately (Nov 13, 2006) H9N2 Avian Flu Vaccine Paired with Adjuvant Provokes Strong Human Immune Response at Low Doses (Sep 25, 2006) Live H5N1 Avian Flu Virus Vaccines Show Protection in Animal Studies (Sep 11, 2006) H5N1 Avian Flu Virus Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Healthy Adults (Mar 29, 2006) NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine (Mar 23, 2006) Mutation that Protects Against HIV Infection May Raise Risk of West Nile Virus Illness (Jan 17, 2006) 2005 Scientists Show that Tick-Borne Flaviviruses Use a Novel Mechanism to Evade Host Defenses (Sep 28, 2006) Promising New West Nile Therapy Cures Disease in Mice (Apr 24, 2005) NIAID Begins Clinical Trial of West Nile Virus Vaccine (Apr 18, 2005) 2004 NIAID Launches Program to Improve Medical Tools Against Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 1, 2004) NIAID Taps Chiron to Develop Vaccine Against H9N2 Avian Influenza (Aug 17, 2004) NIAID Expands West Nile Virus Treatment Trial (Jul 13, 2004) NIAID Announces Contracts to Develop Vaccine Against H5N1 Avian Influenza (May 27, 2004) 2003 NIAID Opens Innovative Treatment Study for West Nile Virus (Sep 8, 2003) Promising West Nile Virus Vaccine Protects Monkeys (Aug 18, 2003) 2002 Two Viruses Team Up in West Nile Vaccine (Mar 4, 2002)

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