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...Howard Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan and a historical consultant to the CDC on flu pandemics, says the most vexing decision facing health officials is when to institute mass vaccination programs. Vaccines carry risks of complications, leading to agonizing ethical dilemmas. In 1976, Ford offered indemnity to the vaccine manufacturers. But according to reports, President George W. Bush decided in 2002 not to administer a nationwide smallpox vaccination program - despite Vice President Dick Cheney's belief that doing so was a prudent counterterrorism step - because it could have resulted...
...ARIANNA MARKEL...
...game because my friends basically dragged me there,” Ko said. “And I changed my mind because I thought that it would be a good idea to go to my senior year Harvard-Yale game.” —Staff writer Arianna Markel can be reached at amarkel@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Arianna Markel can be reached at amarkel@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Aditi Balakrishna can be reached at balakris@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Arianna Markel can be reached at amarkel@fas.harvard.edu...