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ASM Participates in Coalition Meeting with CDC Director Print E-mail
Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., the newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), met with members of the CDC Coalition on 15 July at the American Public Health Association in Washington, D.C.
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ASM Attends Meeting on Biological Threat Reduction Policy Print E-mail

On 13 August, Ronald Atlas, cochair of the ASM Biodefense Committee of the Public and Scientific Affairs Board, and Janet Shoemaker, ASM Public Affairs Office, were invited to attend a meeting on biological threat reduction and counterterrorism policy at the White House Conference Center.

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FY 2010 Public Health and Research Budgets Print E-mail

Health and Human Services Appropriations. On 24 July, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 3293, the FY 2010 House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill.

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ASM Responds to Lab Copay Proposal Print E-mail

On 4 August, ASM sent a Public Affairs Alert to its clinical members to inform them of a proposal that the Senate Finance Committee is considering in its health care reform legislation.

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ASM Selects Congressional Science Fellow for 2009–2010 Print E-mail

 

The ASM Congressional Science Fellowship has been awarded to Jennifer A. McPartland for 2009-2010.
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