Military told to stop mandatory anthrax shots
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WASHINGTON -- For the second time in a year, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the military to stop requiring anthrax vaccines for US military personnel.
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They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their blood.
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California&#39;s top medical officer, underscoring the gravity of the nation&#39;s sudden shortage of influenza vaccine, ordered all health care providers in the state Friday to stop giving flu shots to healthy adults and to vaccinate only those deemed at highest
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Mass vaccination programs aimed at protecting most or all Americans against anthrax are impractical and would save fewer lives than a speedy, localized response in the event of an attack, a new report concludes.
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SAN ANTONIO - Government health officials are urging stronger infection control procedures in military hospitals following a number of infections among troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Federal health officials are potentially wasting a stockpile of anthrax vaccine worth more than $100 million, according to a government report to be released today.
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The federal Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it is purchasing 75 million doses of a new generation anthrax vaccine from Brisbane, Calif.
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(CBS/AP) Four military recruits died in the past year and thousands others were sickened by a flu-like virus for which the military once had a vaccine program that was abandoned to save money.
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Federal health officials on Wednesday said doctors should temporarily stop giving children the final booster shot of the Hib vaccine because of expected shortages caused by a recall.
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A US health official has urged senior Americans to stop standing in long lines to get a shot. US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said that there will be enough
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US health officials are demanding better infection control methods in military hospitals after a number of infections were reported among forces injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Giving a new-generation anthrax vaccine along with antibiotics in response to a terrorist attack wouldn&#39;t prevent much disease, but it could help by letting people take the medicines for a briefer time, a study suggests.
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The Department of Defense, insisting that servicemen are still at great risk of becoming exposed to anthrax in the Mideast and South Korea, wants to resume inoculating them against the bacteria.
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The Minnesota Department of Health on Tuesday asked health-care workers to skip getting flu shots this year, saying it was necessary to get vaccine to those who need it most.
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HONOLULU -- The Health Department is asking healthy adults not to get flu shots because of a drastic shortage of vaccine this year.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating blood.
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The Pentagon is seeking special authority to resume administering the anthrax vaccine to military personnel, contending that troops in South Korea and the Middle East are