Pandemic Preparedness

Why Weren't H1N1 Vacccines Available for Our Children Before School Started?

Sen. Bob Graham | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Whether the threat is from naturally occurring disease or bioterrorism, the United States needs to be able to produce vaccines and other medicines faster and less expensively.

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The Coming Ethical Crisis: Oxygen Rationing

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics

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One of the questions that will face our society when a future pandemic proves more deadly is how our public health authorities ought to allocate ventilators.

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Flu Pandemic: U.S. Still Not Prepared, Warns Government Watchdog

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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There are still major gaps in national and state plans to prepare for an influenza pandemic, according to recent reports issued by the Government Acco...

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GOP Stripped Flu Pandemic Preparedness From Stimulus [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

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[UPDATED, below] [with reporting from Ryan Grim] Remember way back in the day, President Obama delivered his Not Really The State Of The Union addre...