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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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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Several key Republicans urged Gov. Rick Perry on Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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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 nation's largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to "exercise a little common sense" and call off its investigation of a group of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during anti-war protests.
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A respiratory virus affecting US military recruits has killed four so far this year and has sickened thousands more. Moreover, the Seattle Times reports, the Pentagon once routinely administered a vaccine
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A federal judge on Wednesday barred  the U.S. military from forcing troops to be vaccinated for  anthrax without either getting their informed consent or  obtaining a special order from President Bush.
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The Department of Defense said use of the vaccine will be voluntary for now, in contrast to the mandatory program that was blocked by a federal judge in October.
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espite pledges two years ago to maintain a stockpile of drugs to protect Americans in the event of a bioterrorism attack, the federal government has so far set aside only 159 vials of anthrax vaccine for the civilian population enough for ...
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. Aug. 20, 2004 - 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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Scientists working for the government have developed standards to measure the accuracy of anthrax detection tests, hoping to steer first responders away from tests that have delivered too many false readings.
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Thousands of low-income adults won&#39;t be getting their annual flu shot from county health centers or hospitals this year because the Harris County Hospital District&#39;s entire 60,000-dose order has been canceled.
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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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Federal health authorities warned Monday that it is unnecessary and potentially dangerous for old and frail people to wait in long lines for flu shots.
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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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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 Defense Department suspended anthrax vaccinations for the second time in a year after the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that more public input was required on the dangers of the controversial inoculation.