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Monday October 22, 2001

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Week of October 22, 2001

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10:00Pharmaceutical Preparedness

A panel talks about what Congress, pharmaceutical companies, and the health care infrastructure are doing to make sure there are enough antibiotics and other tools available to cope with the anthrax attacks.

Guests

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH

Dr. Steve Bende, of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association

Dr. Shelley Hearne, executive director of the Trust for America's Health and visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sen. Bill Frist,

11:00Auster & Lyden: "The National Story Project" and "I Thought My Father Was God" (Henry Holt)

In 1999, NPR's Weekend All Things Considered invited listeners to submit short, true stories for a new feature called the National Story Project. Acclaimed novelist Paul Auster selected, edited, and read on-air some of his favorites. Auster and NPR special correspondent Jacki Lyden join Diane to talk about the project and the new anthology I Thought My Father Was God and Other Tales from NPR's National Story Project (Henry Holt).

Guests

Paul Auster, Author

Jacki Lyden, Author

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