HHS Pressured By Lawmakers To Release Pandemic-Flu Plan
Executive Summary
Two House Committee leaders are asking HHS Secretary Tom Price about the current status of an overdue pandemic influenza preparedness plan, including diagnostic advancements, that was promised last August. The lawmakers say they are worried about a US return of the H7N9 avian influenza virus, which re-emerged in China earlier this year.
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