Is the Bird Flu Threat Still Real and Are We Prepared? (Audio)
Listen to global public health experts discuss the threat of an avian flu pandemic and steps that can and should be taken to address it.
Speakers: Bruce Gellin, Director, National Vaccine Program Office, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy; Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Author, "Unprepared for a Pandemic" (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007)
Presider: Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
April 12, 2007
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