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Article: Much ado about the flu.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The front-page story HHS admits overstating flu-vaccine availability (Page 1, Thursday) illustrates the challenge of large-scale immunization. Health officials in the United States are not alone. The H1N1 flu pandemic is a global issue.
Taiwan, too, has begun its efforts to vaccine some 12 million people (half of its population) by February. The domestic private pharmaceutical firm Adimmune Corp. has cooperated closely with Taiwan's government. Clinical trials for a vaccine similar to that produced by Novartis AG (a Swiss firm) were completed already this month. A schedule for administering the vaccine is under way, beginning ...