U.S. Will Stockpile Vaccine to Protect Against Bird Flu
Posted on: Friday, 16 September 2005, 15:01 CDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mass production of a new vaccine that promises to protect against bird flu is poised to begin, as the government on Thursday agreed to stockpile $100 million worth of inoculations.
The new contract with French vaccine maker Sanofi-Pasteur marks a major scale-up in U.S. preparation for the possibility that the worrisome virus could spark an influenza pandemic.
While the vaccine is still experimental, preliminary results from the National Institutes of Health's first testing in people suggest the inoculations spur an immune response that would be strong enough to protect against known strains of the avian influenza, sparking the new investment.
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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