U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi: Plans must evolve with science.(Series: The Avian Flu Threat: How our suburbs and state are preparing for the worst)(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August, 2006

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi is heavily involved in the logistics and planning for a future pandemic. The pediatrician and former Florida secretary of health recently spoke with Daily Herald staff writer Marni Pyke about preparedness, the role of hospitals and why individuals should care about this pending health crisis.

The following is an edited transcript. Q. What's the situation with avian flu? Could it become a pandemic? A. I want to differentiate between avian flu and pandemic influenza. There are millions of viruses out there. One of the viruses that infects birds is H5N1 and on occasion it infects humans. We have a vaccine for H5N1, and we're stockpiling it. H5N1, however, is...

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