October 8, 2004, Hour One: Parkfield Quake / Flu Vaccine / Mt St Helens

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Hour One: Parkfield Quake / Flu Vaccine / Mt St Helens

Scientists watching Mt St. Helens say seismic activity at the volcano has slowed down since last week, and that the danger of an imminent eruption has passed -- at least for now. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll get an updtae on the volcano and find out how scientists are monitoring it.

Plus, sorting through the data of the most monitored earthquake in history--the Parkfield quake, which shook parts of California last week. Will the data collected from the recent quake lead to better quake prediction?

And we'll hear about the stocks of flu vaccine. Why is it so hard to produce adequate supplies of influenza vaccine? Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (2-3 Eastern).

Guests:
William L. Ellsworth
Chief Scientist, Earthquake Hazards Team
U.S. Geological Survey
Menlo Park, California

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Frank Sloan
Chairman, Committee on Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing in the United States
Institute of Medicine
J. Alexander McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management, and
Professor of Economics
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Theodore Eickhoff, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado

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John Pallister
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
Cascades Volcano Observatory
Vancouver, Washington

This segment produced by Annette Heist

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