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Friday, February 14, 2003While much of the U.S. public has balked at starting a smallpox vaccination program, the military said on Thursday it has vaccinated more than 100,000 troops with just three serious "adverse events." Two soldiers developed encephalitis, a potentially life-threatening brain inflammation, but both recovered fully, Col. John Grabenstein of the U.S. Army Surgeon-General's office said. An airman developed an even rarer side effect called myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that can sometimes lead to heart failure, but also recovered, Grabenstein told a meeting of the Institute of Medicine. And it should be noted, no one has given the cowpox to anyone else, either. posted by Sydney on 2/14/2003 06:06:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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