HHS to Hold News Conference to Announce A Biosecurity Initiative for Life Sciences Research

3/3/2004

From: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Press Office, 202-690-6343

News Advisory:

WHAT: Announcement of a government-wide effort to put in place improved biosecurity measures for classes of legitimate biological research that could be misused to threaten public health or national securityso-called "dual use" research.

WHO:

-- Tommy G. Thompson, HHS secretary

-- John H. Marburger III, director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

-- General John A. Gordon (Ret.), assistant to the President for Homeland Security

-- Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, director, National Institutes of Health

-- Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

WHEN: 3 p.m., Thursday, March 4

WHERE: HHS Auditorium, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.