FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: BARBARA RILEY
6/2/08 202-224-2841
LAENA FALLON
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SUNUNU AND GREGG HOST VISIT TO NH BY TOP CDC, STATE, AND LOCAL OFFICIALS TO HIGHLIGHT PREVENTION AGAINST EEE,
STATE/FEDERAL EFFORTS TO FIGHT DISEASE
WASHINGTON, DC – At the invitation of Senators John Sununu and Judd Gregg (R-NH), Dr. Julie L. Gerberding, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), today (6/2) held a press conference attended by local activists from “Moms Against EEE,” and the state Department of Health and Human Services to highlight preventive steps in combating Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and federal and state collaborative efforts to fight the mosquito-borne disease that took two lives in New Hampshire in 2005.
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