[quoteurl=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020707/ts_nm/attack_smallpox_dc_3]Report: U.S. to Vaccinate 500,000 Against Smallpox
Sun Jul 7,12:16 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to vaccinate half a million health care and emergency workers against smallpox in case of a bioterror attack and is preparing for mass vaccinations of the public, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
The newspaper said the government's aggressive plans, which it attributed to federal officials, are possible because the vaccine has been produced rapidly and stockpiled since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
"Now we can act differently because we have more vaccine," Dr. Donald A. Henderson, senior science adviser to Health and Human Services ( news - web sites) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. [/quoteurl]
Sun Jul 7,12:16 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to vaccinate half a million health care and emergency workers against smallpox in case of a bioterror attack and is preparing for mass vaccinations of the public, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
The newspaper said the government's aggressive plans, which it attributed to federal officials, are possible because the vaccine has been produced rapidly and stockpiled since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
"Now we can act differently because we have more vaccine," Dr. Donald A. Henderson, senior science adviser to Health and Human Services ( news - web sites) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. [/quoteurl]