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...only holds sufficient quantities of the vaccine Tamiflu to inoculate about one percent of the population, Frist warned. “To acquire more anti-viral agent, we would need to get in line behind Britain and France and Canada and others who have tens of millions of doses on order,” he said...
...only holds sufficient quantities of the vaccine Tamiflu to inoculate about one percent of the population, Frist warned. “To acquire more anti-viral agent, we would need to get in line behind Britain and France and Canada and others who have tens of millions of doses on order,” he said...
...only holds sufficient quantities of the vaccine Tamiflu to inoculate about one percent of the population, Frist warned. “To acquire more anti-viral agent, we would need to get in line behind Britain and France and Canada and others who have tens of millions of doses on order,” he said...
...already placed an order for a limited supply of this shot, which can be mass-produced if needed. Health officials also plan to fund a year-round supply of the chicken eggs needed to grow the vaccine virus strains. In addition, they are stockpiling the antiviral drug Tamiflu, which is effective in preventing and treating even new viral strains like H5N1. --By Alice Park
...viciousness and intractability of bird flu are forcing the world to begin preparing for a pandemic. At the WHO's 32-nation executive board meeting last week, health officials debated plans to strengthen disease surveillance, stockpile antiviral drugs like Tamiflu, and boost research on a human vaccine that will soon go into clinical trials. In Thailand, where 12 people have died of the disease since the beginning of 2004, the government last week launched a $117 million fund to fight avian flu over the next three years, with an 800,000-strong team of volunteers. Experts say that kind...