http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/20752/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/evening-news-blames-drug-industry-tb-scare <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The tuberculosis scare led all three major network news broadcasts on May 31. But CBS “Evening News” pointed fingers at one of the network’s favorite targets, the pharmaceutical industry.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reporter Nancy Cordes compared the lack of vaccinations and treatments of this specific strain of tuberculosis to other “fast-moving infectious diseases,” including SARS, West Nile Virus and Avian Flu. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/evening-news-blames-drug-industry-tb-scare" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Government CBS Evening News infectious diseases Nancy Cordes pharmaceutical industry PhRMA tuberculosis scare vaccines Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:37:52 +0000 admin 25501 at http://archive2.mrc.org