<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=31aXqr_0wCpWxhn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=31aXqr_0wCpWxhn00" width="1200" height="322" >MADISON COUNTY — Just under $375,000 in expenses for the purchase of various vaccines was approved by the Madison County Board at its regular monthly meeting held on Wednesday, October 16, after having been brought forward on the basis of unanimous recommendations from two of its committees, one chaired by Stacey Pace of Troy and the other by Chris Guy of Maryville.Passed through the health department and finance committees prior to the final vote of approval, the multiple resolutions okayed by the county board authorize vaccine acquisitions from suppliers Sanofi Pasteur of Chicago, FFF Enterprises of Memphis, Tennessee, McKesson Medical Surgical Government Solutions LLC of Henrico, Virginia, Merck Sharp &amp; Dohm Corporation of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, and Glaxo Smith Kline of Philadelphia.Included among the vaccines being purchased are those related to coronavirus curtailment for ages 12 and over defined as Spikevax and for ages 11 and under as made by the Moderna pharmaceutical corporation through FFF Enterprises covering both the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons at a total cost of $34,668.20 following a recommendation by the county health department and paid, as all of these are, from its budget.The single greatest amount being spent with one vendor allows for up to $105,000 going to Glaxo Smith Kline for a one-year period starting in November to include vaccines named FluLaval, Fluarix, Shingrix, Arexvy, Engerix-B, Hibrex, Kinrix, Boostrix, Infanrix, Pediarix, Rotarix, Twinrix, and Bexsero.Those vaccines are intended to fight the spread of various infectious diseases such as meningitis, flu, shingles, polio and Respiratory Syncytial Virus.Many of those same diseases are covered by the vaccines offered to the county by the other companies and purchased as part of the series of legislation approved this month including, as provided by the Merck and McKesson, those designed to combat pneumonia while Sanofi Pasteur and FFF will supply a high dose version of Fluzone.The vaccines mentioned herein represent only a sampling of the many targeting a broad range of communicable and infectious diseases.At a meeting of the health department committee held earlier this month, Doug King, the county’s public health administrator, reported that in both Illinois and across the country, respiratory diseases such as RSV, COVID and flu are trending downward in the recent past.</div></body>

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Madison County Loads Up on Vaccines

MADISON COUNTY — Just under $375,000 in expenses for the purchase of various vaccines was approved by the Madison County Board at its regular monthly meeting held on Wednesday, October 16, after having been brought forward on the basis of unanimous recommendations from two of its committees, one chaired by Stacey Pace of Troy and the other by Chris Guy of Maryville.