WHAT: The nation's top infectious disease experts will provide updates on the control and prevention of current infectious disease threats at the 14th Richard J. Duma/NFID Annual News Conference and Symposium on Infectious Diseases, sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). Topics will focus on infectious disease education and late-breaking infectious disease news.
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WHO & TOPICS: David Martin, MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Neither Gone Nor Forgotten
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Larry K. Pickering, MD, Centers for Disease and Prevention
Infection Risk From Animals in the Home and in Public Settings
Carol J. Baker, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza - Killers Both
Robert V. Tauxe, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Foodborne Diseases: The Continuing Challenges to Public Health
Panel Discussion, featuring infectious disease predictions for the coming year.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
12:30 - 2:35 p.m. (Immediately following a complimentary luncheon)
WHERE: The First Amendment Room
National Press Club,
529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Sharon Cooper-Kerr
Phone: (301) 656-0003 x14
Fax: (301) 907-0878
E-mail: [email protected]
NFID was established in 1973, as a nonprofit, tax-exempt, non-governmental organization dedicated to educating the public and health care professionals about the causes, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases.
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- July 16/
SOURCE National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
