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Smallpox – Study shows few serious problems among smallpox vaccinees

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:28:32 +0000

CIDRAP [Journal of the American Medical Association] – Exactly 100 of about 38,000 civilians who received smallpox shots in a federal program in 2003 suffered serious adverse events afterward, signaling that the program successfully screened out most people at risk for complications.
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Smallpox – Monkeypox often affects lymph nodes

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:02:33 +0000

Reuters [Clinical Infectious Diseases] – About three quarters of patients with monkeypox have affected lymph nodes, a condition that is rare in cases of smallpox or chicken pox, investigators report in two articles in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Other common features of monkeypox, in addition to rash and fever, include chills, sore throat, headache and muscle pain. Considered a possible agent of bioterrorism, it is important to recognize signs and symptoms of monkeypox and to differentiate it from other pox virus infections
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Smallpox – Mixed Report on Smallpox Inoculations

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:00:56 +0000

Washington Post – The voluntary smallpox vaccination campaign announced by President Bush three years ago did not produce the plethora of side effects many in the medical community feared, an analysis released yesterday found. But it remains a mystery why a few dozen adults who were inoculated suffered severe, and in some cases fatal, heart complications.
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Smallpox – Serious Adverse Reactions to Smallpox Vaccine Appear to Be Limited

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:35:45 +0000

Infection Control Today [Journal of the American Medical Association] – There was a low rate of life-threatening adverse reactions to the smallpox vaccine administered to potential first responders to a bioterrorism incident, possibly attributable to rigorous vaccine safety screening and educational programs, according to a study to be published in the Dec. 7, 2005 issue of JAMA.
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Smallpox – Safer Smallpox Vaccines In Works

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:53:37 +0000

Washington Post – New vaccine technologies are emerging that offer a fresh chance to devise a strategy against smallpox, the most fearsome potential weapon in the bioterror arsenal.
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Smallpox – Smallpox fears end project

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 06:35:03 +0000

Bismarck Tribune – A construction project is halted because of concerns that it could unearth smallpox from a nearby Native American burial ground.
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Smallpox – Smallpox vaccine to carry heart warning

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:04:51 +0000

Reuters – Wyethís smallpox vaccine will come with a new ìblack-box warningî about cardiac problems that have occurred after immunization.
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Smallpox – Research Could Lead To Treatment That Would Help Stop A Smallpox Outbreak

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:47:02 +0000

Science Daily [Journal of Virology] – Researchers have made a major advancement toward protecting society against a smallpox outbreak by identifying an antibody in humans that quickly fights the smallpox virus.
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Smallpox – Researchers develop new testing methods for potential monkeypox or smallpox outbreak

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:10:33 +0000

Reuters – The United States has issued a tender for up to 80 million doses of a smallpox vaccine to guard against terrorist attack.

CIDRAP – US seeks stockpile of safer smallpox vaccine.
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Smallpox – Researchers develop new testing methods for potential monkeypox or smallpox outbreak

michaeldalessandrouiowaedu — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:06:18 +0000

Medical News Today [Nature Medicine] – Researchers at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) at Oregon Health & Science University have developed new diagnostic methods to better detect future monkeypox or smallpox outbreaks. The research also sheds new light on the 2003 monkeypox outbreak in the Midwest — monkeypox is closely related to smallpox. This new information suggests that the 2003 outbreak was larger than the 72 cases reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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