US Stocking Up On Radiation Sickness Drugs

 

Daily Mail: Do they know something we don't? US stocks up on $300m worth of radiation sickness drug - but officials insist it has nothing to do with Vladimir Putin's nuke threats 

* The US Government makes its first purchase of Nplate for 'nuclear emergencies' 

* The drug treats radiation sickness by stopping life-threatening bleeding 

* Putin's nuclear warning did not spur the purchase, the Government said 

The US has stocked up on radiation sickness drugs just weeks after Vladimir Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons against the West. 

Officials said the deal — worth $290million — was ‘part of ongoing work’ and ‘has not been accelerated’ by the Kremlin leader's escalating rhetoric. 

The US Health and Human Services (HHS) - whose motto is to 'improve the health, safety, and well-being of America - announced the purchase of romiplostim Tuesday. 

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Update #1: US splashes $290m on anti-radiation drugs after Putin ups nuclear threats (The Telegraph)  

Update #2: US purchases $290 million of drug for use in radiological and nuclear emergencies (The Hill)  

WNU Editor: These anti-radiation doses are super expensive. And that is a lot of doses. Do they know something that we do not know?