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Died. Gaston Ramon, 76, French microbiologist, who followed in Louis Pasteur's footsteps at the Pasteur Institute, in 1923 developed the first safe and effective diphtheria vaccine, later produced the first antitetanus vaccine; of a heart attack; in Paris.
The magic word in U.S. industry is research, which has created everything from transistor radios to measles vaccine since World War II. This year the U.S. will invest a record $17 billion in research and development, or an average of $300 for every family. Businessmen, economists and scientists are increasingly...
Right from the start of the first field tests, doctors and parents alike were troubled by the new measles vaccines. A single dose of the attenuated (weakened but live) virus vaccine produced nearly 100% immunity to the disease and its possibly serious aftereffects, but it also caused fevers and rashes...
After a two-year study among 601 children, Dr. Samuel Karelitz and a medical team at Long Island Jewish Hospital have reported in the A.M.A. Journal on "simple, safe and effective" alternatives using both vaccines. The doctors found that the killed virus provides 100% immunity if given in three monthly...
Preparations took two years. The U.S. expedition assembled at Katmandu, capital of Nepal. Finally, late in February with 895 Nepalese porters and 32 Sherpa tribesmen (for high-altitude work), the climbers set out on an 180-mile northward trek. Along the way, team doctors took time out to battle a...