National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
abstract:The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), formerly known as the National Immunization Program until April, 2006, is charged with responsibility for the planning, coordination, and conduct of immunization activities in the United States. NCIRD is a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, located in Atlanta, Georgia, and housed in the CDC’s Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases (CCID).
That would total about 159 million people, according toAnthonyFiore, MD, MPH, of the influenzadivision of CDC's NationalCenterfor ImmunizationandRespiratoryDiseases.
But Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of the NationalCenterforImmunizationandRespiratoryDiseases, said the estimate gives a "more accurate picture" of the scale of the pandemic.
But due to manufacturing delays, "we think at most it will be 10 to 12 million doses less, " said Dr. Anne Schuchat, CDC's director of the NationalCenterforImmunizationandRespiratoryDiseases.