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Program to vaccinate health workers against smallpox is faltering.
2003 AUG 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of health care workers vaccinated against smallpox varies widely across the country, a top federal health official said in July, offering the most detailed picture yet of the foundering vaccination program.
Nationally, only about 38,000 people have been vaccinated against the virus, which has been wiped from earth but could return in an act of bioterrorism. Federal officials believe the nation needs a substantial core of vaccinated workers prepared to treat patients should an outbreak occur. But while some states have many hospitals with a substantial core of vaccinated workers, about a dozen have none.
"Some states and jurisdictions are doing quite well," Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a Senate committee. "Others are lagging behind."
It's far short of the initial target of vaccinating some 450,000 people nationally in a first stage of shots, including people on public health response teams and hospital workers. Smallpox vaccinations, which carry rare but serious risks, have come to a virtual standstill amid doubts about the seriousness of the threat and resistance among health workers.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., expressed deep concern about the flagging program and about the nation's overall preparation against the bioterrorism threat.
"In one area where this administration has tried to take action - smallpox vaccination - the result has been a shambles," Kennedy said. "Instead of a coordinated plan ... the administration rushed forward with a poorly planned program of vaccination. The result is that the vaccination program is off course and behind schedule."
Kennedy also expressed dismay that, while Congress approved compensation for people injured by the vaccine nearly 3 months ago, the Bush administration has not published the table of injuries needed to implement the program. This table indicates how much money someone will receive for various types of injuries.
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- Six Washington State Hospitals Opt Out of Smallpox Vaccination Program.
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Frieden, Joyce June 15, 2003 700+ words
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- DOD DETAILS MILITARY SMALLPOX VACCINATION PROGRAM.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire December 13, 2002 700+ words
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- MILITARY STUDY SHOWS SAFETY OF SMALLPOX VACCINATION PROGRAM.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire June 26, 2003 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 30, 1992 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, Program to vaccinate health workers against smallpox is faltering.