 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Bird Flu Vaccine Priority
Washington (UPI) May 17, 2006 U.S. heath ethicists are considering bird flu pandemic priorities -- specifically, when there isn't enough vaccine for everyone, who gets the first doses? University of Vermont ethicist Alan Wertheimer, professor emeritus of political science and current visiting scholar at the National Institutes of Health, along with NIH's Bioethics Chief Ezekiel Emanuel, recommend placing healthy people from early adolescence to middle age toward the front of the line for vaccination. They argue vaccine policy should consider the amount an individual has invested in his or her life. A 20-year-old, they suggest, has developed more unfulfilled interests, plans and hopes than a baby and, therefore, deserves a higher priority for vaccine. Wertheimer concedes the subject is controversial. "People don't like to ask the sorts of the questions in this paper," Wertheimer said. "It would be nice if we did not have to confront this issue. And we may not have to. But at some point, it seems likely that we may have to confront a pandemic or something else that poses a similar dilemma." The study appears in the journal Science.
Source: United Press International Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links - Epidemics on Earth - Bird Flu, HIV/AIDS, Ebola
Hundred cases a day of HIV infections in Russia: officials
Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2006 Russian health authorities register 100 new cases of HIV infection every day, four percent more than in 2004, a senior health official said Monday. |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
