Shortages in medicine supply are usually associated with the now well-known representation of impoverished, underdeveloped countries suffering famine, episodes of vast epidemics, and accounts of immeasurable morbidity and mortality. However, it has become alarmingly clear that medicine shortages are now occurring in the most developed countries in the world and for several reasons. 1 Media head...

T HREE OF THE petitioners in Moffatt v. Commissioner,' owners of all the stock of Moffatt & Nichol, Inc., an engineering consulting firm, employed an independent accountant to study the tax problems presented by that firm's accumulation of substantial undistributed earnings. In accordance with the accountant's recommendation, a new firm was incorporated to handle all new business and to perform...

In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Strausbaugh et al. [1] present the results of 2 surveys of the Emerging Infections Network (EIN) performed in 1999 and 2000 regarding shortages of certain antibiotics. The EIN is a group of nearly 800 infectious disease physicians from all regions of the country, representing individual , group, and academic practices. They are supported by a contr...