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Congress approves compensation for vaccine.
2003 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Congress approved a package of payments for people injured by the smallpox vaccine, a move praised by health care unions and those hoping to move the stalled inoculation program forward.
Under the bipartisan agreement, people disabled by the vaccine could get up to $50,000 per year in lost wages. That's significantly more than the Bush administration proposed.
It took the administration months to propose any compensation. Many blame that for a lackluster response from health care workers asked to get the shot, which carries rare but serious risks.
"Health care workers sounded the alarm about the shortcomings in the smallpox vaccination program, and their elected leaders heard them," said Andrew Stern, president of Service Employees International Union, the nation's largest health care union. "Providing federal compensation for victims of the smallpox vaccine solves one of the major problems with this program."
As many as 40 out of every million people vaccinated for the first time will face a life-threatening injury, and 1-2 will die. Three people have died this year after receiving the vaccine, but it's unclear whether the vaccine caused their heart attacks.
Reactions include severe rashes, blindness and life-threatening infections.
Officials hope that establishing payments for those injured by the vaccine will encourage more people to be vaccinated.
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