Bioterrorism Watch Archives – November 1, 2003
November 1, 2003
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Wise or ill-advised? Smallpox vaccine program hits hiatus
While experts argue whether it is a prudent pause or a dangerous delay, one thing is clear: National smallpox immunization efforts have ground to a virtual stop with some 38,000 health care workers immunized. -
Why has the smallpox program stalled out?
Analysts cite three mutually reinforcing errors that have dogged and delayed the governments national smallpox immunization campaign: -
IOM: Establish minimum levels of smallpox readiness
The Institute of Medicine committee on smallpox vaccination recently recommended the following to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): -
Smallpox immunity may persist from childhood
Health care workers who were vaccinated as children may be protected against fatal smallpox infection even if they declined to participate in recent immunization efforts, according to a recent study.