Friday, July 3, 2009

smallpox vaccine

Over the next four weeks, to make sure smallpox didn't take hold in the USA, health workers vaccinated 6 million New Yorkers, all to contain a 12-person
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-06-29-henderson-smallpox_N.htm

When a corpsman at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms jabbed Belken's arm 15 times to deliver the smallpox vaccine Jan
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/06/08/bioterrorism-vaccine-puts-soldiers-risk/

This morning's LA Times describes the sad case of Cory Belken, a 20 year old marine, who in January was given the smallpox vaccine while having undiagnosed acute leukemia. Two weeks after vaccination the diagnosis of leukemia was made http://haicontroversies.blogspot.com/2009/06/smallpox-vaccine-whatever-happened-to.html

SUBJECT: MEDCOM Participation in ACAM2000 Smallpox Vaccine Post-Licensure. Safety Surveillance and Research Requirements. 1. The Regional Medical Commands (RMCs) will support efforts between the vaccine
http://www.vaccines.mil/documents/1227ACAM2000_PARTICIPATION.pdf

CDC overview of the smallpox vaccine. Includes basic information on the smallpox vaccine, its safety and availability, and who should not be
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/vaccination/facts.asp

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