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Drug makers say vaccine shortage will diminish by year's end.(Brief Article)
2002 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An acute shortage of vaccines for many common childhood diseases should subside by year's end, but drug makers, doctors and lawmakers say that without government intervention more shortfalls could occur.
Immunization in the United States has been enormously successful, reducing preventable diseases by more than 95%, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Yet the vaccine supply is fragile, depending on only four major vaccine manufacturers using live viruses and bacteria that can grow unpredictably.
Supplies have been running low in vaccines against 8 of 11 preventable childhood diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, pneumococcal infection, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella, or chickenpox.
The shortages are "unique and unprecedented," said Walter Orenstein, director of the National Immunization Program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But, he added, "I would like to point out some good news - current information from manufacturers indicates that many of these shortages will be over before the end of the summer, and most will be resolved by the end of this year."
The causes of the problem will persist, several witnesses said during a hearing of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The industry and physician groups want expanded government stockpiles, along with boosting the Vaccine Injury ...
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