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Science 26 February 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5406, pp. 1234 - 1235
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5406.1234
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PUBLIC HEALTH:
Bioterror Defense Initiative Injects Shot of Cash

Eliot Marshall

Bioterrorism is suddenly on the map, bringing a major funding boost for research and defensive measures. Officials fear that hospitals and emergency services are woefully unprepared for an emergency such as a smallpox outbreak, and public health experts doubt that 20-year-old vaccine stocks would be adequate. This year alone a new initiative will channel $158 million to the Department of Health and Human Services for a national communication network, retraining for medical and emergency crews, and R&D on new drugs and vaccines.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Bioterrorism.
R.J. Bellamy and A.R. Freedman (2001)
QJM 94, 227-234
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