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It isn't hard to understand how the U.S. wound up with a major shortage of flu shots this year. Making the vaccine is notoriously difficult, and the process is prone to production problems and manufacturing delays. In addition, only two companies--Chiron and Aventis Pasteur--were licensed to produce...
Some students are not concerned about contracting the illness. “The vaccine shortage doesn’t bother me,” said Michael B. Schnall-Levin ’05.
“It’s more important that people who need [the vaccine] get it,” said Laura H. Chirot ’08, who has been vaccinated only once.
Presidential candidate John F. Kerry has also used the vaccine shortage to criticize the Bush administration during several campaign speeches.
Victories in the global fight against malaria are few and far between, so researchers cheered the news that a vaccine being tested in Africa protected children from the disease 30% of the time and lessened the severity of illness in nearly 60% of cases. The vaccine isn't ready for...