Mar 06 Bush Administration Proposes Smallpox Vaccine Compensation With only a small number of health care workers volunteering to be vaccinated against smallpox, the Bush administration proposed a plan to compensate those injured by the vaccine in hopes of encouraging participation in the vaccination program. Continue reading
Jan 17 Smallpox Vaccination of Health Workers to Begin Soon, CDC Says Despite concerns voiced by health care workers' unions and a scientific panel, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that mass vaccination of a half-million medical workers could start as soon as next week. Continue reading
Dec 20 Americans Are Misinformed About Smallpox, Study Finds Americans are misinformed about smallpox and that lack of understanding could potentially be dangerous, according to a new study published by Harvard University. Continue reading
Dec 12 U.S. to Make Smallpox Vaccine Available President Bush said Wednesday that he has decided to begin vaccinating members of the military and health workers against smallpox and will eventually allow all Americans to receive the vaccine that remains the only protection against the disease. Continue reading
Nov 28 Bush Administration Orders Smallpox Vaccine By ordering 155 million doses of the smallpox vaccine today, the administration has increased the nation's stockpile to cover the entire population by the end of next year. Continue reading