National
Desk
| June 25, 2003, Wednesday
Vaccination For Smallpox Is Rated Safe
(NYT) 299 words
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ABSTRACT
- Military study finds Pentagon drive in
which 450,293 military personnel were
vaccinated against smallpox to protect
against feared biological warfare produced
few serious adverse reactions and is
basically safe; study authors John
Grabenstein and Asst Sec William
Winkenwerder report most adverse events
occurred at rates below historical rates,
article in Journal of American Medical
Association (M) The Pentagon's campaign to
vaccinate half a million military personnel
against smallpox has produced few serious
adverse reactions and is basically safe, a
military study published today found.
Over five and a half months beginning in
mid-December, the Defense Department
administered 450,293 smallpox vaccinations,
many to soldiers before the war in Iraq, to
protect against a feared biological warfare
attack.
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