News and Features - 2005

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December

• 12/29/2005—CDC Extends Rule on Embargo of Birds and Bird Products
• 12/28/2005—U.S. Co-sponsors U.N. Resolution to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries
• 12/22/2005—U.S., China Sign Amended MOU on Biomedical and Behavioral Research
• 12/20/2005—Inaugural Meeting of the Steering Group of the United States-Ireland Research and Development (R&D) Partnership (PDF - 110KB)
• 12/15/2005—Fogarty International Center Awards Research Training Grants to Tackle AIDS and Tuberculosis:

  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2005/fic-15.htm

   (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 12/02/2005—New Partners Initiative Launched
• 12/02/2005—Assistant Secretary Wade Horn Speaks to Bishops at the Vatican
• 12/01/2005—United States Becomes Party to Anti-Trafficking Protocol, Marks Slavery Abolition Day:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/December/20051201162702cmretrop0.8572657.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 12/01/2005—President Bush Commemorates World AIDS Day

November

• 11/22/2005—REDI Center Agreement Signed by U.S., Singapore
• 11/19/2005—Global Meeting to Develop Common Approach on Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza:

  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr56/en/index.html

   (World Health Organization)
• 11/09/2005—U.S. Officials Participate in WHO Meeting on Avian and Pandemic Influenza
• 11/04/2005—HHS and People’s Republic of China Partner to Combat Infectious Diseases:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2005pres/20051104.html

October

• 10/12/2005—Secretary Leavitt Leads High-Level Delegation to Asia
• 10/01/2005—Afghanistan Struggles to Rebuild Health Care System:

  http://www.ashp.org/import/news/HealthSystemPharmacyNews/newsarticle.aspx?id=1995

   (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) 

September

• 09/26/2005—Leavitt to PAHO Member Countries: "We are Global Neighbors":

  http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/pr050926.htm

   (Pan American Health Organization)
• 09/21/2005—HHS Works with Department of State and Military to Deliver Supplies to Marshall Islands
  
• 09/09/2005—Bush Thanks International Community for Hurricane Support:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/September/20050909140731ESnamfuaK0.2867395.html

   (U.S. Department of State)
• 09/09/2005—USAID Administrator Natsios Announces Launch of IraqPartnership.org:

  http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2005/pr050909.html

   (U.S. Agency for International Development)

August

• 08/30/2005—Agreement Signed to Expand Vision Research Collaborations Between the United States and India:

  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2005/fic-30.htm

   (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 08/08/2005—Joint U.S. and WHO Delegates Visit Angola

July

• 07/18/2005—First Lady Laura Bush Returns from Trip to Africa

June

• 06/30/2005—Fighting Malaria in Africa:

  http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050630-8.html

   (White House)
• 06/29/2005—Secretary Leavitt Meets with Georgian Minister Vladimir Chipashvili
• 06/13/2005—Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Exceeding Goals, Tobias Says:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/June/20050613171653wCyeroC0.234112.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 06/06/2005—Deputy Secretary Azar Meets with Senior Russian Delegation

May

• 05/25/2005—World Health Assembly Adopts New International Health Regulations:

  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr_wha03/en/index.html

   (World Health Organization)

April

• 04/07/2005—Remarks by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services at The Pan American Health Association Headquarters: "Make Every Mother and Child Count":

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/speech/2005/050407.html

• 04/04/2005—HHS Sends Team to Angola to Fight Marburg Virus Outbreak
• 04/04/2005—Secretary Leavitt Meets with Hungarian Minister of Health

March

• 03/24/2005—World Tuberculosis (TB) Day --- March 24, 2005:

  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5410a1.htm

   (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• 03/21/2005—Rubella No Longer Major Public Health Threat in the United States:

  http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r050321.htm

   (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• 03/09/2005—United Nation Urges Ban on Human Cloning:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/March/20050308165120atiayduj0.6647913.html

  (U.S. Department of State)

February

• 02/28/2005—U.S. Public Health Service Officers Help with Tsunami Relief:

  http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/pressreleases/sg02282005.html

• 02/22/2005—Health Situation Improving in Tsunami-Stricken Area:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/February/20050223132514cmretrop9.164065e-02.html

   (U.S. Department of State)
• 02/09/2005—Bush Seeks Additional $600 Million for Tsunami Relief:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/February/20050209185323lesnamfuak0.9900171.html

   (U.S. Department of State)
• 02/02/2005—HHS Staff to Assist Tsunami Survivors on Board USNS Mercy

January

• 01/25/2005—FDA Grants Tentative Approval to Generic AIDS Drug Regimen for Potential Purchase Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:

  http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2005/NEW01152.html

   (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• 01/07/2005—Secretary Thompson Urges Medical Community to Support Tsunami Victims:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2005pres/20050107.html

Last revised: March 29, 2010