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Policy Issues: Pandemic Influenza
AAI believes that the threat of pandemic influenza requires the government to devote more funding to identifying new pathogens, understanding the immune response, and developing vaccines. ► See AAI’s FY 2008 testimony on pandemic influenza (p. 3, "Real and immediate threats...")

► See pictures (below) from CPA session at “Immunology 2006” (AAI annual meeting) entitled: “Pandemics and Biodefense: Why Immunology Research May Save the World”

 

 IMMUNOLOGY 2006 Session:
“Pandemics and Biodefense: Why Immunology Research May Save the World”

Speakers:

Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases,
National Institutes of Health

Jacqueline Katz, Ph.D.
Team Leader, Immunology and Viral Pathogenesis Unit,
Influenza Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Peter Palese
Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Attendees at the standing-room-only session
 

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