Breakdowns Mar Flu Shot Program. / Sabin Russell and others.
by Russell, Sabin; Russell, Sabin; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
Material type: BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 4Health. Publisher: San Francisco Chronicle, 2001ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Communicable diseases -- Prevention | Avian influenza | Influenza | Influenza vaccines | Pharmaceutical industry | Product safety | Public health | Vaccination | Vaccines -- ContaminationDDC classification: 050 Summary: BREAKDOWNS MAR FLU SHOT PROGRAM -- "Last year [2000], the process that creates...[the flu] vaccine and delivers it to 75 million Americans was thrown into chaos, raising serious questions about the nation's ability to respond to an influenza pandemic." (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article provides an overview of the "major breakdowns in the nation's flu shot program" and provides a timeline that traces the significant events in this crisis.Subject: WAITING FOR SHOTS -- "In a three-month investigation, The [San Francisco] Chronicle found that...[flu vaccine] delays resulted largely from sanctions levied earlier in the year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration against two drug companies responsible for making almost half the nation's 75 million doses of flu vaccine. Two of the three flu strains in the vaccine had also proven difficult to produce." (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article examines the reasons for vaccine shortages in the 2000 flu season.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Breakdowns Mar Flu Shot Program, Feb. 25, 2001; pp. A1+.
Originally Published: Waiting for Shots, Feb. 16, 2001; pp. A1+.
BREAKDOWNS MAR FLU SHOT PROGRAM -- "Last year [2000], the process that creates...[the flu] vaccine and delivers it to 75 million Americans was thrown into chaos, raising serious questions about the nation's ability to respond to an influenza pandemic." (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article provides an overview of the "major breakdowns in the nation's flu shot program" and provides a timeline that traces the significant events in this crisis.
WAITING FOR SHOTS -- "In a three-month investigation, The [San Francisco] Chronicle found that...[flu vaccine] delays resulted largely from sanctions levied earlier in the year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration against two drug companies responsible for making almost half the nation's 75 million doses of flu vaccine. Two of the three flu strains in the vaccine had also proven difficult to produce." (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article examines the reasons for vaccine shortages in the 2000 flu season.
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