ONLINE PRESS KIT

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

Thursday, September 23, 2004
10:00 a.m. Eastern

PRESS RELEASE
U.S. Health Officials Stress Importance of Influenza Vaccination as Season Opens; Cite New Report Showing Increase in Influenza Hospitalization Rates

FACTS ABOUT INFLUENZA

FACTS ABOUT PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE

STATE-BY-STATE INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL
VACCINATION RATES – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence Data

INFLUENZA VACCINATION RATES FOR ADULTS 65+

PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION RATES FOR ADULTS 65+

BIOGRAPHY: William Schaffner, MD
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases & Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine

BIOGRAPHY: Walter A.Orenstein, MD
Associate Director, Emory Vaccine Center & Associate Director, Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats & Former Assistant Surgeon General

 

BIOGRAPHY: Keiji Fukuda, MD, MPH
Team Leader, Epidemiology Unit, Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

               

BIOGRAPHY: Carol J. Baker, MD
American Academy of Pediatrics & Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

 

BIOGRAPHY: Gregory Poland, MD
Director, Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic

 

BIOGRAPHY: Herman I. Abromowitz, MD
Board of Trustees, American Medical Association

 

BIOGRAPHY: Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services


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