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Hovanessian and his team have submitted their research to the journal Science, where experts will review it before publication. Pasteur's head of vaccine research, Marc Girard, nicely described the promising but precarious place in which his colleague's research stands: "If these results are reproduced in the next weeks...
Each year the CDC coordinates the effort to customize the vaccine for the expected strain or strains. In order to be protected from new strains of the virus, patients must get immunized every year.
Most hospitals and clinics hope to meet the high demand this year by increasing supplies. "We got 1,000 extra doses [of the flu vaccine] from the state health department at the beginning of the season and we do not anticipate running out," said Jane P. Taylor, director of public...
According to UHS's Rosenthal, however, the demand for the vaccine still consistently exceeds the supply. Because of the shortage, he said, UHS has been forced to put people on waiting lists.
Marta R. Weiss '96 was told that UHS had run out of the vaccine and that she would not be able to get vaccinated by the health services until the middle of November at the earliest. She was referred to Cambridge Hospital, where vaccinations will be available this week.