June 7, 2002—Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker has delivered nearly $7 million to the Allegheny County Health Department and the University of Pittsburgh for vital health projects that will better prepare the Commonwealth in its fight against terrorism.
Allegheny County received more than $900,000 to help build a new health-department laboratory to deal with the threat of bioterrorism. The University of Pittsburgh received more than $6 million to develop and test a new biosurveillance system with early-warning capability for detecting symptoms that may indicate a potential bioterrorism incident.
For more information, contact the Governor’s deputy press secretary, Dave Hixson, at 717/783-1116.
