NIH holds flu preparedness summit in Maryland
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-MD, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and John O. Brennan, White House homeland security advisor, participate in a news conference during the National Institute of Health's H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 9, 2009. Health leaders are predicting and preparing for a particularly bad flu season. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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