HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt to speak at international HapMap press conference
11:45 a.m. MOUNTAIN, Weds., Oct. 26 Salt Lake City The International HapMap Consortium holds a news conference to announce the completion of a map of human genetic variation. Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown, 75 South West Temple....... U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt is scheduled to participate in the event....... ....... Reporters may also take part i...HHS awards $232 million in biodefense contracts for vaccine development
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced four new contracts totaling more than $232 million to fund development of new vaccines against three potential agents of bioterrorism: smallpox, plague and tularemia. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will administer the contracts. ... ..."We are moving as quickly as...