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...Price (Ph.D. in general physiology) reported tests run on 100 children exposed to an outbreak of colds resulting from the virus. Those who got no vaccine caught eight times as many colds as those who did get it (in two 1-cc. hypodermic shots a month apart). Indications are that the vaccine will give protection for eight months, maybe longer...
...vaccine, in reduced dosages, is now considered safe for children, even though youngsters are more susceptible than adults to fever reactions from the shots. Recommended dosages: two shots of 0.1 cc. each, one to two weeks apart for children under five, two shots of 0.5 cc. each for children five to twelve (v. single adult dose of 1 cc...
...souped-up, specially streamlined MG that curved around his short frame like a futuristic coffin, Britain's Stirling Moss whipped over the rain-dampened Bonneville Salt Flats in northern Utah to set a new record for class F (up to 1,500 cc.) cars in the flying mile: 245.11 m.p.h...
...Britons (especially physicians) with U.S. connections are getting "unsolicited gifts" of American vaccine for their children. More U.S. vaccine is being smuggled in, sold on the black market. The Sunday Express asked angrily: "Why did the Ministry refuse to import the Salk vaccine offered by America [4,000,000 cc., offered last winter]? How can they pretend it is unsafe, yet at the same time allow the privileged few to accept presents of the vaccine from American friends...
...ravages of acute leukemia, which threatened her with early death. Laura is one of identical twins. When her disease became resistant to drug treatment, doctors gave her a massive dose of whole-body X rays to destroy bone marrow that was making abnormal blood cells, then took 40 cc. of marrow fluid (containing an estimated 2 billion healthy cells) from twin Mary, injected the material into Laura's bloodstream. Though pleased that Laura's blood returned to near normal and she soon showed no signs of active leukemia, the doctors refused to predict how long the improvement might...