ADVISORY/ Institute of Medicine Calls for Improved Immunization System.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2000 TOPIC: The Institute of Medicine released a report warning there may be a risk in disease outbreaks in the United States unless the immunization immunization: see immunity; vaccination. system is improved, according to a Nandotimes.com report. The institute allegedly is asking the state and federal governments to contribute $1.5 billion over the next five years for inoculations and to prevent at-risk people, such as poor, inner-city children and adults, who may be skipped over. Allegedly, almost 70,000 adults die because they did not receive vaccines for illnesses such as pneumonia and hepatitis B. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Burger, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AVI BioPharma, Inc., has a B.A. in Bacteriology bacteriology Study of bacteria. Modern understanding of bacterial forms dates from Ferdinand Cohn's classifications. Other researchers, such as Louis Pasteur, established the connection between bacteria and fermentation and disease. and Immunology from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal , and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. . He has held the positions of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at the Oregon Health Sciences University from 1969 to 1986. 503/227-0554 PR: Ellen Berg, Young & Roehr (eberg@young-roehr.com). Professor Samuel Lee, of the University of Calgary, is an expert in medicine and hepatology. 403/220-8457 Dr. Elliott Dan Kieff, of Harvard University, can provide expert knowledge on health sciences, virology virology, study of viruses and their role in disease. Many viruses, such as animal RNA viruses and viruses that infect bacteria, or bacteriophages, have become useful laboratory tools in genetic studies and in work on the cellular metabolic control of gene expression , hepatitis and infectious disease. 617/525-4252 617/495-1000 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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