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At-Risk Doctor Deals with Vaccine Shortage in Maine

By Noah Adams
Published October 19, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Noah Adams talks with Sean McCloy, a family doctor in Portland, Maine, about how his clinic is handling the flu vaccine shortage. Maine will soon exhaust its supply of the vaccine, and thousands of high-risk patients -- including Dr. McCloy himself -- may not get vaccinated.

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Noah Adams
Noah Adams, long-time co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, brings more than three decades of radio experience to his current job as a contributing correspondent for NPR's National Desk., focusing on the low-wage workforce, farm issues, and the Katrina aftermath. Now based in Ohio, he travels extensively for his reporting assignments, a position he's held since 2003.