Homeland Security to be lead in flu crisis [View All]

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But DHS will defer all medical response to Health and Human Services

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WASHINGTON - If the nightmare of an avian flu pandemic emerges from the dark chapters of doomsday scenarios, it will fall to the Department of the Homeland Security, not the medical establishment, to manage the crisis, according to federal documents and interviews with government officials.

The DHS lead role, however, seems at odds with operational plans that call for the Department of Health and Human Services to be the government�fs go-to agency in such a crisis.

According to current documents outlining operational plans for public health and medical emergencies, HHS �gis the primary Federal Agency responsible for public health and medical emergency planning, preparations, response, and recovery.�h

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