ADVISORY/Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary, HHS, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter and Leading Federal Healthcare Officials Scheduled to Give Remarks on HIV Testing and Prevention Strategies at OraSure Technologies on May 19th.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...Monday Monday: see week. (May 19) --(BUSINESS WIRE) - Media is Invited to Attend - Ambassador ambassador: see diplomatic service. ambassador Highest-ranking diplomatic representative of one government to another or to an international organization. Jack Chow, MD, U.S. State A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and Department; Dr. Joe O'Neill Joseph "Joe" O'Neill (born October 28 1982 in Blackburn, Scotland) is a footballer, currently playing for Altrincham. He struggled to establish himself in the Football League with Preston North End but had several loan spells with other clubs until he left for York City in 2005. , The White House; Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of the Navy will also speak at Bethlehem Bethlehem, city, United States Bethlehem, city (1990 pop. 71,428), Northampton and Lehigh counties, E Pa., on the Lehigh R. near Allentown and Easton; inc. as a city 1917. Local manufacturing, once dominated by the giant Bethlehem Steel Corp. , PA Headquarters of OraSure Technologies
WHO: OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSUR), manufacturer of
the OraQuick(R) Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test, the only
FDA-approved, CLIA waived rapid HIV-1 test in the United
States.
WHAT: Leading federal healthcare officials will offer remarks on
HIV testing and prevention strategies on Monday, May 19,
from noon to 1:00 p.m. EDT, at OraSure Technologies, Inc.
in Bethlehem, PA. The following officials are scheduled to
participate:
-- Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
-- Ambassador Jack Chow, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Health and Science, U.S. State Department
-- Dr. Joe O'Neill, Director, White House Office of
National AIDS Policy
-- U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
-- Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Department of the Navy, Military
Sealift Command
Also present will be officials from:
-- Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS
(PACHA)
-- National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS
Directors (NASTAD)
-- Institute for Youth Development
-- National Minority AIDS Council
-- Children's AIDS Fund
Honored guests and OraSure executives will be available on
site for interviews.
Interview footage and b-roll will be available.
Refreshments served following remarks.
WHEN: Monday, May 19, 2003
NOON - 1:00 P.M. EDT
WHERE: OraSure Technologies Headquarters
220 East First Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
CONTACTS: For more information or to RSVP for the event, please
contact:
Jennifer Moritz: 718-623-0355
Email: jmoritz@zer0to5ive.com
Amy Renfrow: 212-689-6335/917-855-0207
Email: arenfrow@zer0to5ive.com
Ron Ticho: 610-360-0205
Email: ron@zer0to5ive.com
Bill Bruckner: 610-882-1820
Email: wbruckner@orasure.com
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