Word: burney
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...added pointedly that Dr. Burney's statement, with supporting data, will be sent to state health officers and others in public health work "as a further step in bringing the matter of smoking and lung cancer to public attention...
Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney made this statement because of PHS concern "with broad factors which substantially affect the health of the American people." He was careful to add that "smoking is not the only cause of lung cancer." Therefore, "more research is needed to identify, isolate and try to eliminate the factors in excessive cigarette smoking which can cause cancer...
...Lilly & Co., which made two-thirds of all vaccine previously used, is only now getting all its virus pots cooking again. Other manufacturers are in similar plight. Surgeon General Leroy Burney of the U.S. Public Health Service suggested limiting shots to the under-20 age group, plus pregnant women, until the shortage eased. This would cut the number of unvaccinated eligibles to 23 million. But most city and county health departments could not meet even this goal: from Massachusetts to Illinois, Colorado and California, would-be vaccinees were all set to roll up their sleeves only to be told, "Sorry...
...week's end. with only 3,220,000 doses in the nation's pipelines (against 26 million on Jan. 1), Dr. Burney decided on a year-round drive to flatten the peaks in vaccination activity, permit even-schedule production. He was hopeful that the supply crisis might end by mid-April. In the light of HEW's past misjudgments, Massachusetts officials did not expect it to end before Labor...
...Burney's predecessor, who was involved in last year's troubles over polio-vaccine distribution, resigned (with a disability pension) to take a $60,000-a-year job. By a recent act of Congress, the new Surgeon General receives $22,626 annually-$5,826 more than Dr. Scheele...