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Health Care

Chicago’s NBC Affiliate Covers Key CDC Hearing for Meningitis Vaccine

Heartland’s Kendall Antikeier mentioned our efforts to bring the public’s attention to the Centers for Disease Control’s seeming reluctance to recommend — after the FDA has done so — a new infant vaccine for meningitis. This shot will save lives, but the CDC is balking over price. It’s rationing, ObamaCare-style.

Chicago’s NBC affiliate was at the meeting we attended this week in Chicago. Here’s their report. It’s worth watching.

 

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— Jim Lakely

Jim is the the director of communications at The Heartland Institute. Prior to joining Heartland, he was an ink-stained newspaperman for 16 years with many stops in "old media." Jim covered Congress and The White House during the George W. Bush administration for The Washington Times, and worked as a reporter, editorial writer and columnist for newspapers in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and California. He has appeared on the Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, and many local and national talk radio shows to talk politics and policy.

  • http://profiles.google.com/lynn.nma Lynn Bozof

    As a parent who lost her son to bacterial meningitis, because at the time no meningitis vaccines were recommended, I urge the CDC to protect our infants and all children from a killer disease that is potentially vaccine-preventable.  There is no dollar amount to put on the life of a child, and I am sure all parents would agree that they have a right to know what they can do to protect their children.  Please visit the National Meningitis Association Web site http://www.nmaus.org for more information.