Tuesday, November 09, 2004

US COMPANY FINED FOR SELLING VACCINES TO CUBA
"In early June, Chiron Corp was slapped with a $168,500 fine by the U.S. Treasury Department for having shipped vaccines to Cuba for infants and children from its plants in Germany and Italy in 1999-2002. The vaccines included those for polio, haemophilus influenza, flu, rabies and a vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. The sanction, according to this Cuban site, "came only two months after the Bush administration had unveiled its program to 'aid the Cuban people' in which it promised that once the current Cuban government is removed, the United States will launch a program to assure that all children under 5 years of age will be vaccinated against the very diseases prevented by these vaccines."
(MEDICC.ORG)

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