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http://rncnyc2004.blogspot.com [Republican National Convention Blog NYC 2004] Earlier this year, Secretary Leavitt established an HHS-wide Influenza Task Force to coordinate all HHS activities affecting the public health preparedness for seasonal influenza outbreaks and an influenza pandemic. Long-term objectives include an effective and efficient global surveillance network for outbreaks of influenza-like illness in humans and animals, and interoperable local, state, and federal government response plans for influenza outbreaks within the United States.

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http://ipbiz.blogspot.com [IPBiz] India to produce Tamiflu?: The Indian generic drugs maker, Cipla, was among the first companies to announce it wanted permission to produce a version of Tamiflu. According to the Times of India, both Cipla and another manufacturer, Ranbaxy, wrote to Roche requesting permission to make the drug under a licence agreement but received no response.

http://neuropsychological.blogspot.com [Neuropsychological.blogspot.com] BrainBlog: Pandemic-Flu (H5N1, Avian Influenza, "Bird Flu ...: [comment: A very readable account of what happened and why in the 1918 pandemic, with an emphasis on the political expediences and cronyism of the day and media complacency - along with accounts of the public-health leaders who needed to fight not only the virus, but politicians and newspaper editors in order to eke out ways of dealing with the virus. Also, a good description of how this type of influenza differs from the typical, yearly bouts of influenza that most all of us are aware of.]

[Epidemi.ca] EPIDEMIca | 3.0 | A weblog about infectious disease by MJ Milloy: Item: Left-wing US Congressman Dennis Kucinich: "Compromising public health in order to preserve patent monopoly rights is inexcusable. We strongly urge you [Dennis Leavitt, secretary of Health and Human Services] to immediately issue a compulsory license for Tamiflu and Relenza so that generic manufacturers can get to work shoring up our defense against avian flu."

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