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COVID-19 treatment: Feds announce the allocation plan for the drug remdesivir

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On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced the allocation plan for the drug remdesivir. The allocation...

Anthrax antibiotic: Project BioShield funding targets health security threat

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This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the first Project BioShield contract to fund the advanced development needed to support the expanded use of an existing antibiotic...

Pandemic Influenza Vaccine: HHS awards Sanofi Pasteur $226 million contract

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a six-year, $226 million contract today to increase capacity to produce recombinant influenza vaccine in the United States. The contract is...

HHS supports development of investigational Ebola treatment

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An investigational treatment for Ebola virus disease will receive advanced development support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness...

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Tick-Borne Disease Working Group to hold first meeting next month

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According to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), The Tick-Borne Disease Working Group was established by Congress in 2016 as part of the 21st Century Cures Act to provide subject matter...

Zika: HHS sponsors new diagnostic test, boosting national testing capacity

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced an $8.9 million agreement with Siemens Healthineers, a Tarrytown,...

OraSure awarded $7 million to develop point-of-care Zika test

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a $7 million contract with Orasure Technologies, Inc. of Bethlehem,...

Puerto Rico health centers receive millions in funding to battle Zika

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HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today $5 million in funding to 20 health centers in Puerto Rico to further combat the Zika virus disease. Health centers will use this funding to expand voluntary...

Puerto Rico Zika update, HHS sends blood products

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The number of Zika virus cases in Puerto Rico since the first  locally acquired case was reported in late Dec. 2015 is now at 157 as of Mar. 3, according to the Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Of...

Johns Hopkins, Emory selected among the nine regional Ebola and other special pathogen treatment centers

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To further strengthen the nation’s infectious disease response capability, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected nine health departments and associated partner hospitals to become...