[DHS-News] Vol. 5, No. 13 -- Jan. 8, 2004

[WHITEHOUSE Gary]

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dhs-news
January 8, 2004
Volume 5, Issue 13
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Director's message: Potential budget cuts
2. Special message: More on budget cuts
3. The flu and epidemic preparedness

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1. DHS Director Jean Thorne discusses the draft plan for recommended cuts to
the DHS budget should Measure 30 not pass. Read the message:
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/news/messages/2004messages/2004-0106.html
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2. Jean Thorne gives more details about potential DHS budget cuts should
Measure 30 fail on Feb. 3. Read it here:
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/news/messages/2004messages/2004-0108.html

Read more about the process on the DHS Web site:
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/aboutdhs/budget/disapprec1.html
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3. Grant Higginson, M.D., state public health officer, discusses Oregon's
preparedness to face potential future epidemics on the scale of the 1918
influenza pandemic. Read about it here:
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/news/2003news/2003-1227.html
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