Flu vaccine funding
Executive Summary
President Bush's FY 2004 budget includes $100 mil. to fund flu vaccine development. The funding would "ensure the reliability of vaccine production and increase our ability to produce greater quantities of vaccine in case of a pandemic," Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson tells Feb. 3 press briefing. Flu vaccine supply has been erratic in recent years and two manufacturers have left the market (1"The Pink Sheet" Nov. 25, 2002, p. 23)...