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...general population to get a rare, fatal cancer called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. But for some mysterious reason, the veterans who suffer from this cancer were predominantly sailors who were stationed off the Viet Nam shore and who had relatively little exposure to the defoliant. Even though the CDC could find no link between Agent Orange and increased cancer, Veterans Affairs Secretary Edward Derwinski immediately authorized compensation for about 1,800 Viet Nam veterans who have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. They will receive monthly payments...
...birth defects in their children. Julio Gonzales, 42, who served in Viet Nam for six months in 1969, feels sure that the series of disorders he has suffered since 1971, which include cancer of the bladder and problems with his kidneys and liver, was caused by Agent Orange. "The CDC can't see the forest for the trees," he says...
...Hoffman, coordinator of the CDC study, admits that scientists have not ruled out the possibility that those directly involved in handling and spraying Agent Orange were hurt by the herbicide. But he thinks that his agency's research clearly shows that most soldiers were not at risk. In response, veterans' groups have denounced the CDC study as poorly designed and irrelevant. "The CDC is a commendable research institution," says American Legion spokesman John Hanson, "but with this study, they dropped the ball...
...first widespread cases of flu appeared in Montana, New Mexico and Utah in mid-December, slightly earlier than normal. Within weeks, the disease broke out in Texas, Mississippi and Georgia and then along the Eastern Seaboard. Says Dr. Margaret Tipple, an epidemiologist at the CDC: "At this point, it's virtually coast to coast...
This year the vaccine seems to work, but not enough people have received it. Ordinarily, the CDC recommends the shots for senior citizens, nursing-home residents, people with AIDS, anyone who is susceptible to lung and heart ailments, and for health workers and others who deal with flu patients. This A-Shanghai strain is so virulent, however, that anyone who wants to avoid it should probably be inoculated...