Word: cdc
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...July 31, more than 39,000 people in the United States had died from AIDS and AIDS-related conditions, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC...
...CDC estimates that by 1991, as many as 10 million people in this country will be infected with the AIDS-causing Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) (also known until recently as HTLV-III and LAV). Researchers estimate a large proportion of them will develop the disease...
...drug makers said they were late in gearing up vaccine production because of late notification from the CDC on the strains that will need to be targeted this flu season. Also, some of the strains targeted by the CDC require a vaccine that takes longer to produce than usual...
...CDC was a month later than usual in identifying the three prevalent strains, according to Beth Waters, spokesperson for Connaught, a Swiftwater-based pharmaceutical firm...
Suzanne Gaventa, an epidemiologist with the CDC, denied the federal agency was late in notifying the drug companies. She said the strains to be targeted were identified in conjunction with the World Health Organization and published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report April 22. She said the decision is routinely made in March or April...