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Article: Smallpox vaccination program authorized. (Updata).(HHS secretary Tommy Thompson signs a declaration allowing states to launch the smallpox vaccination program)(Brief Article)
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- Healthcare Financial Management
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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On January 24, 2003, HHS secretary Tommy Thompson signed a declaration allowing states to begin the smallpox vaccination program authorized by the Homeland Security Act. Under the program, healthcare workers who volunteer for smallpox response teams are to be vaccinated first so they will be able to vaccinate others and provide critical healthcare services in the days following an attack.
Healthcare advocacy groups continue to seek more clarification from Thompson and HHS about the liability provisions in Section 304 of the act. A January 27 letter from ...