VIDEO WEBCAST
Originally broadcast live on September 23, 2004

CDC, LEADING HEALTH OFFICIALS TROUBLED BY
RISING INFLUENZA HOSPITALIZATION RATES
Call for High-risk to Get Immunized as Influenza Season Draws Near;
High-risk, 65+ Also Urged to Receive Pneumococcal Vaccination

PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

Presented By:
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI)

In Collaboration With:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Medical Association (AMA)

 

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PRESS CONFERENCE AGENDA:
 

10:00 a.m. 

Introduction/Welcome
 William Schaffner, MD, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases & Professor and Chairman,
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
10:05 a.m.


 Upcoming Influenza Season a Clear and Present Danger to High-risk
Walter A. Orenstein, MD, Associate Director, Emory Vaccine Center & Associate Director, Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats & Former Assistant Surgeon General
10:10 a.m.

Unpredictable Influenza Season, Variable Vaccination Compliance -

Heaviest Toll among High-risk Groups, General Population

Keiji Fukuda, MD, MPH, Team Leader, Epidemiology Unit, Influenza Branch,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:20 a.m.

Household Contacts Need to Get Vaccinated to Help Protect Children;

Vaccination Rates of High-risk Children Need to Improve

Carol J. Baker, MD, American Academy of Pediatrics & Professor of Pediatrics,

Baylor College of Medicine
10:30 a.m.

Pneumococcal Vaccination Essential for High-risk and 65+

Gregory Poland, MD, Director, Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic
10:35 a.m.

Health Care Providers: Responsibility to Ensure Immunization among Patients

Herman I. Abromowitz, MD, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association
10:40 a.m.

Medicare Coverage for Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines

Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
10:50 a.m. Questions and Answers

This press conference is supported, in part, by unrestricted educational grants to the National Foundation
for Infectious Diseases by Aventis Pasteur, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Chiron Vaccines, and MedImmune Vaccines.

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