Aug 12 Panel Cautions Against General Public Getting Smallpox Vaccine Members of the general public should not get vaccinated against smallpox unless they are part of a carefully monitored study, a committee of scientists said Tuesday in a report. Continue reading
Mar 28 Third Person Dies of Heart Attack After Smallpox Vaccine A 55-year-old National Guardsman is the third person to die from a heart attack after receiving the smallpox vaccine, the Pentagon said Friday. Continue reading
Feb 24 Experimental AIDS Vaccine Has Mixed Results The first AIDS vaccine to be tested on humans failed to prevent HIV infection in the general population but may protect blacks and Asians in the U.S. and Europe, vaccine-maker VaxGen Inc. said late Sunday. 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