China Vaccine Scandal Sparks Outrage

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Beijing has ordered an investigation into Changsheng Biotechnology over its rabies vaccine as panic grows over product safety. The company was found to have falsified production data.The BBC's Kerry Allen describes the ongoing social media storm, while Heidi Larson at the Vaccine Confidence Project explains the wider implications. Then, should women's sanitary products be taxed? India has ended its so-called "Tampon Tax", but how likely are others to follow? Also, Starbucks has announced that staff at one of its outlets in Washington DC will all be trained in American Sign Language. Gemma Twitchen at the campaign group Action on Hearing reacts to the news. Finally, our regular workplace commentator Pilita Clarke looks at whether a glass of wine helps or hinders those workplace creative juices. Photo: A worker fills a syringe at a hospital (Credit: Aytug Can Sencar/Getty Images)