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> With Britain reporting more than 2,000 cases of poliomyelitis this year (three times the U.S. rate, in proportion to population), the government still banned importation of American-made Salk vaccine except as a gift from U.S. donors, relied on British vaccine, which is in short supply. Commented the Lancet...
Who Gets It & When. These disquieting facts emerged last week from a conference on flu and vaccination prospects sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service. Nub of the problem: the U.S. population has no immunity against this new mutant strain (TIME, June 24), can gain immunity only from contracting the...
With these facts in mind, PHS's Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney has asked six manufacturers* to churn out vaccine as fast as possible, and in response they are putting their virus laboratories on two or three shifts, seven days a week. But there is only so much vaccine...
The first 4,000,000 doses (1 cc. each) are already earmarked for the armed forces and their dependents overseas. For the next 4,000,000, Surgeon General Burney suggested, doctors, nurses, hospital attendants and practical nurses (totaling about 3,000,000) should have top priority. Next, he thought, should...
How Many Shots? For those who can get it, the vaccine will probably cost $1 (in bulk military orders it costs only 20? to 40?), plus doctor's fees. One shot should trigger the production of protective antibodies in ten to 14 days. Because single shots of flu vaccines...