Tfah Commends Administration Announcement of Intention to Buy More Pandemic Antiviral Medication and Vaccines

U.S. Newswire › July 21, 2005

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WASHINGTON, July 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) commends the Bush Administration's submission of a new budget amendment to Congress to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to purchase an additional allotment of the antiviral medications and vaccines necessary to prevent and contain a possible pandemic flu outbreak in the U.S.

HHS announced plans to purchase enough antiviral medication and H5N1 vaccine to treat 20 million Americans. This brings the U.S. closer to the percentage of antivirals ordered by other nations, yet falls short of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee's (NVAC) July 19, 2005, recommendation to purchase adequate antivirals to cover between 40 and 133 millions Americans. The Committee, along with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, also made recommendations to first address the highest "priority populations," which includes health care workers with direct patient contact, public health and safety responders, and those most at risk for death from the disease once infected.

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Tfah Commends Administration Announcement of Intention to Buy More Pandemic Antiviral Medication and Vaccines

"Shoring up our stockpile of antivirals and vaccine is our best possible line of de...

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