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Former Chairman & CEO of Merck & Company Dr. Roy Vagelos was presented the Fries Prize for Improving Health. In 1987 Dr. Vagelos led the effort for Merck’s donation of its new medicine to tr…

As part of the National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. James Marks talked about accomplishments and initiatives of the Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention. Topi…

Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke to reporters about the investigation into Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and about a new tes…

Julie Gerberding, CDC Director, spoke to reporters about the investigation into the deadly disease known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). She reviewed the numbers of domestic and…

Forum participants spoke about innovations in the area of vaccines. Mr. Blane and Ms. Bumpers received awards for their efforts at immunization. The audio for this program is occasional…

Participants talked to reporters about new data on cancer rates in the U.S. They gave statistics about the decline of incidents and deaths related to cancer. They attributed the decline in t…