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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The federal government ordered a new $877 million anthrax vaccine last month, but the vaccine is still unproven in humans.
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The Defense Department must stop inoculating troops with anthrax vaccine, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that the Food and Drug Administration acted improperly when it approved the injections for general use.
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Oct 28, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The Department of Defense (DoD) has suspended its anthrax vaccination program in response to a federal court ruling that military personnel should not have to accept the shots against their will unless the president orders
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The US government has awarded VaxGen a contract to supply 75 million doses of anthrax vaccine for civilian defense. The contract is valued at $877.
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WASHINGTON - The reddish bacterium to blame for this yearâs shortage of flu vaccine has a colorful history. Until the 1960s, Serratia marcescens was considered harmless - so safe, in fact, that the military
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Medical chiefs call for a crackdown on cheap drink sales and a ban on alcohol advertising at sporting and entertainment events.
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Indonesian authorities have confirmed that anthrax cause the deaths of six patients who had eaten the meat from a sick goat. 300,000 vaccines have been distributed as a measure to stop the spread of the disease.
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The study found about 70 percent of anthrax cases could be prevented if antibiotics were distributed within 6 days after exposure and patients were to take them for 60 days.
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Continuing leaks from within the Justice Department describing former Army biologist Steven Hatfill as a &quot;person of interest&quot; in the FBI&#39;s investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks must be halted, a federal judge has demanded.
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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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Four military recruits died in the past year and thousands others were sickened by a flu-like virus that the military once had a vaccine program for but abandoned to save money.
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A court halts the Pentagon&#39;s mandatory anthrax shot program, saying the government failed to follow rules to ensure the drug&#39;s safety.
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Baltimore scientists say rapidly getting antibiotics to people exposed to anthrax spores in a bioterrorist attack could prevent 70 percent of infections.
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The government stands to waste $100 million a year if two federal agencies cannot agree to coordinate the use of a vaccine for the deadly anthrax bacterial disease.
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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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WASHINGTON A federal judge ordered the Defense Department to stop requiring members of the armed forces to be vaccinated against anthrax without their consent.