Associated Press – A firsthand look at the quaint system of producing flu vaccine, which is based on seasonal egg-laying and has harsh implications for what would happen if new batches had to be made in a hurry to fight a super-strain pandemic.
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Associated Press – Efforts to distribute the government’s stockpile of drugs and vaccines in the event of a biological attack would fall short in “the last mile” of distribution to state and local areas, according to a Democratic report critical of the Bush administration.
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