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How prepared are we for all that? Not very. To its credit, this Administration has struggled to get ahead of the curve. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson considered influenza among his highest priorities. In his last speech as Secretary, he called it his gravest concern. Under him...
When the Senate voted last week to add $4 billion to a defense-spending bill to prepare for a bird-flu epidemic, three-fourths of the money was earmarked for Tamiflu and other antiviral medications. But a dilemma looms. It's difficult to predict when--or if--the current strain...
The personal health records would also facilitate more individualized treatment, according to Mandl. For example, Mandl said that during the flu vaccine shortage earlier this year, the electronic system could have recommended vaccinations for high-risk patients only.
A better prospect is a vaccine, which the government has commissioned the Melbourne-based biopharmaceutical company CSL to fast-track. CSL will soon begin clinical trials on a prototype vaccine based on H5N1. With this head start, the company would be capable of producing enough vaccine to inoculate every Australian...
Macquarie's Curson envisages delays in the vaccine project that could mean a pandemic was over before anyone had received a shot. Officials have tended to sugarcoat the prospect of an outbreak, he says, and there's nothing in NIPAC's plan about managing public hysteria. "There's a feeling...