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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 27 > Stretching the supply

Stretching the supply

Flu vaccine additive has backers, but U.S. is doubtful

By Andrew Pollack • New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
September 27, 2009

Are Americans obligated to use an unproven vaccine to help protect people in other countries from the flu pandemic?

That is the crux of a debate over adjuvants — a class of substances that somewhat mysteriously increase the potency of vaccines. Early studies suggest that adjuvants (pronounced....

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