NEWS> U.S. Probes Death of Nurse Vaccinated for Smallpox

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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:57:44 -0500 (EST)

Six people have encountered serious side effects after administration to
them of the small pox vaccine.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2003
U.S. Probes Death of Nurse Vaccinated for Smallpox
<http://news.findlaw.com/news/s/20030326/healthsmallpoxdc.html>

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has been
spearheading a campaign to vaccinate almost half a million front line
health care workers and technicians, said it was recommending that people
with heart disease not be vaccinated until an investigation was completed.

"We're adding a temporary deferral for the smallpox vaccine for persons
who have been diagnosed with a history of heart disease," CDC spokeswoman
Karen Hunter said. Hunter added that the unidentified Maryland woman had
suffered from heart disease before being vaccinated.

Earlier this month, top U.S. health officials said that reports of
side-effects linked to the current smallpox program were overblown.
Smallpox kills about 30 percent of its victims and scars the remainder for
life. It was eradicated in nature in 1979.

The United States stopped routine smallpox vaccinations in 1972, but
decided to resume them for select groups last year as fears grew that the
virus could be used as a weapon by radical groups or countries like Iraq.

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