Topic: Thomas Frieden
AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-06 22:00:27
<div><p>Health care workers lined up Tuesday to be inoculated against swine flu as the United States began a massive campaign to administer 250 million vaccinations by year's end.</p><p>"Vaccine efforts are starting. All states in the US have ordered vaccine. It is being delivered," said Thomas Frieden ...
Getty Images | 2009-09-29 20:02:53
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Frieden testified on "The Administration's Flu Vaccine Program: Health, Safety, and Distribution ...
AP Features | 2009-09-06 14:21:52
<div><p>The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says his kids are going to get the swine flu vaccine when it's available.</p><p>Dr. Thomas Frieden says health officials have "very high confidence" in the safety of the vaccine. He says it's a vaccine that ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-09-03 19:47:18
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 swine flu virus has killed 36 U.S. children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.</p><p>It said 67 percent of them had medical conditions putting them more at risk of severe disease, such as asthma, or were ...
