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...rotavirus-related diarrhea to 200,000 a year. As with oral rehydration treatment and zinc supplements, though, distribution remains a hurdle. "The rotavirus vaccine is a potential silver bullet," Simpson says, "but you've still got to get it to them." The cost of a vaccine - about $60 a dose in countries such as Canada, France and South Korea - makes distribution difficult in poor parts of the world. Beatrice De Vos, Glaxo's director of worldwide medical affairs, says her company has adopted a "south first" strategy of pricing to provide steep discounts on Rotarix for poorer countries if they...
...With FluLaval, the US will have an additional 10-15 million doses of flu vaccine available, but Santoli notes that distributing the doses doesn't mean that they all get used. " Every year, we have more doses available than are administered, " she says. " We know that's an issue; that means that there are doses that go to waste. Last year, we distributed 81-82 million doses of vaccine, and we don't think that every dose was administered. We have work to do to make sure that these doses are used, and that people get as much protection...
...good news is that when College administrators okayed the women’s center last year, they seem to have injected a healthy dose of reality and vision into the plans...
...Americans (36%, according to the poll cited) who question the official explanation of what happened on 9/11 are simply unable to deal with the magnitude of the atrocity and the randomness of life-was dismissive and shallow. What about those of us who simply approach life with a healthy dose of skepticism? I would feel much more optimistic about our nation if more people questioned what happened on 9/11. If people had been a little more skeptical, maybe we would have questioned whether Iraq really had WMD, whether the war and reconstruction would pay for themselves and whether...
...even Hatch could halt the industry's dose of bad press, though, over ephedra. The FDA received more than 800 reports of adverse effects from the Chinese weight-loss herb before it proposed limiting doses in 1997. A subsequent study tied 155 deaths to various ephedra products, but uncontrolled sales weren't banned until 2004. Utah company Neutraceutical Corp. is still arguing that lower doses are safe, but in August the firm was overruled by an appeals court...