Scientific panel says slow approach best for smallpox shots
Saturday, January 18, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Federal officials prepared to ship smallpox vaccine to about a dozen states as a scientific advisory panel urged them to move cautiously. The panel said reactions to the first round of inoculations should be analyzed before giving shots to millions of health-care and emergency workers.
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