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Article: CDC begins shipping smallpox vaccine to the states.
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- M2 Presswire
- Article date:
- January 23, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 January 2003-CDC: CDC begins shipping smallpox vaccine to the states(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that the agency has begun distributing smallpox vaccine to state and local governments that will coordinate the vaccination of smallpox
response teams. The teams are part of the nation's voluntary vaccination program to protect Americans from the potential threat of a terrorist attack involving the release of the smallpox virus.
"At this time, our highest priority is to vaccinate members of smallpox response teams in the states," said Dr. ...