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CBS covered Capitol Hill public health hearings into the H1N1 influenza outbreak. Wyatt Andrews followed up on Monday's Eye on Health feature on Peramivir, the experimental intravenous antiviral medicine that is not yet approved by the Food & Drug Administration. Health Secretary Kathleen Sibelius testified that emergency approval of antivirals in IV form is "imminent." Dean Reynolds told us that nationwide almost 200 schools have been closed because of the 'flu, affecting 65,000 students and 4,000 teachers. Education Secretary Arne Duncan testified that closing a school should be a last resort: "It puts a strain on families. I worry about children who do not eat--who rely on the school lunches."
"Federal health officials say there is not actually a shortage of vaccine but so far it has not always made it to the right place at the right time." That was how CBS' Don Teague updated us on the pace of inoculations on Tuesday. Now ABC's Lisa Stark reports the opposite. She watched the queuing residents of Rockville Md being turned away as shots ran out. "Maryland has received only half of the 1m doses it expected by now; Arizona is 800,000 doses short; same with Texas."
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