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Article: CDC begins shipping smallpox vaccine to the states.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )
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- Bioterrorism Week
- Article date:
- February 10, 2003
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2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 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. Julie Gerberding, CDC director. "Several months of detailed planning and training, and the development of scientifically sound and ...