TECHNOLOGY OUTDATED Efforts to develop new defenses are at issue Washington Post

02.12.09

Haleness and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that she ordered the evaluation in part because the H1N1 vaccine deficit had highlighted the nation's dependence on antiquated technology.

"We'll look for the fastest ways to move to new technologies that will let us quick produce countermeasures that are more dependable and more robust," she told the American Medical Association's Third Nationwide Congress on Health System Readiness, which is being held in Washington. "Not just for flu and not just for infectious diseases, but for all the civic health threats we face today."

The review will be led by Nicole Lurie, assistant secretary for fitness and response, and will be complete by "early next year," Sebelius said.

"Today, we lineaments a wider range of public health threats than ever before in our history," Sebelius said. "It could be anthrax delivered in an envelope. It could be a slatternly bomb set off in a subway car. It could be a new strain of flu that our bodies have no immunity to."

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