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« on: April 26, 2009, 11:31:53 PM »

HHS RELEASE--Public Health Emergency for Swine Flu

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Date:  April 26, 2009
For Release Immediately
Contact:  HHS Press Office

Phone:+1-202-690-6343

HHS Declares Public Health Emergency for Swine Flu

The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a nationwide public health
emergency declaration in response to recent human infections with a newly discovered
swine influenza A (swine flu) virus.

The formal declaration of a Public Health Emergency (PHE) is a tool that facilitates
HHS' preparation and mobilization for disasters and emergencies.  For example, PHEs
were recently declared for flooding in North Dakota, the Inauguration, and several
2008 hurricanes.

Today's declaration, made under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, will
help HHS prepare for prevention and mitigation activities by enabling Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) emergency use authorizations of drugs, devices, or medical
tests under certain circumstances.

Specifically, today's PHE will enable the FDA to review and issue emergency use
authorizations (EUAs) for the use of certain laboratory tests to help detect the
newly discovered strain of influenza and for the emergency use of certain
antivirals.

"HHS is taking these steps today to be proactive in responding to this new influenza
virus by offering national tools in support of community-led preparedness and
response efforts," Acting HHS Secretary Charles Johnson said.  "The declaration
allows us the flexibility, while we learn more about the virus and its impact in the
United States, to take additional steps to fully mobilize our prevention, treatment
and mitigation capabilities should those actions become necessary."

In addition to the declaration, HHS leaders are working together across operating
divisions to coordinate response to the swine flu outbreak.  For example, the FDA,
the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention are working  together to develop a vaccine precursor that could be used
to develop a vaccine for this swine flu virus.

To date, there have been 20 confirmed cases of swine Influenza A (swH1N1) in
California, Texas, Kansas, New York, and Ohio.  No deaths in the U.S. have been
reported due to the illness. Additional cases of the virus have been confirmed in
Mexico and Canada.

Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly
causes outbreaks of influenza among pigs.  Swine flu viruses do not normally infect
humans; however, human infections with swine flu do occur, and cases of
human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses have been documented.

The public health emergency declaration is available at
www.hhs.gov/secretary/phe_swh1n1mhtml

.For information on swine flu, visit
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu

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Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at
http://www.hhs.gov/news.
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