Morning Briefing

"A campaign to introduce new childhood vaccines to Haiti will save tens of thousands of lives over the next decade, [CDC Director] Dr. Thomas Frieden told [NPR's health blog 'Shots'] at the end of a two-day tour of the beleaguered country," the blog reports. "Frieden was part of a delegation to Haiti that included his boss, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius," according to the blog, which notes, "When the U.S. delegation arrived, a different vaccination campaign had just gotten started -- a pilot project to immunize against cholera" (Knox, 4/17). According to another article in "Shots," "U.S. health officials have been cool to that pilot project behind the scenes," but Sebelius expressed support for the project.