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April 30, 2003
U.S. IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"SARS Outbreak in US Signals Advent of Menacing Ailments of the Future: CDC Head"
Agence France Presse (www.afp.com/english/home) (04/30/03); Griffith, Stephanie
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Julie Gerberding warned at a Senate health hearing Tuesday that the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome is a sign of the deadly diseases that will plague the world in the future. Gerberding said that preparedness for the unexpected is essential, because the next disease could be more dangerous. At the hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) asserted that gaps in the American health infrastructure reveal that the country is still vulnerable to this and other diseases. In addition, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist noted that a lack of health infrastructure worldwide could lead to a lack of information and other hurdles to preventing the spread of future diseases.
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