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U.S. mayors support anthrax vaccine for police, firefighters.
2004 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the United States military announced plans to expand its soldiers' anthrax and smallpox immunization program, the growing debate about how best to protect America's police and firefighters has also gained momentum after receiving a strong endorsement from the nation's mayors.
Since 1998, some 1.1 million military personnel have been vaccinated against anthrax, one of the top biological warfare threats to U.S. troops. The expanded vaccine program will add hundreds of thousands more soldiers serving in South Korea, Pakistan and North Africa.
This Department of Defense policy announcement coincides with a new resolution endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors supporting the adequate supply of anthrax vaccine in the national stockpile.
Increasing the supply is seen as a necessary step toward protecting America's cities, particularly police, firefighters and other first responders, in case of another anthrax attack on U.S. soil.
"If there is an anthrax attack today in the United States, the American people and our first responders need to be prepared," the Mayor's Conference announced in its resolution. "Our cities, states and nation need adequate stockpiles of anthrax vaccine today."
The mayors' group, which held its 72nd convention in Boston June 25 - 29, 2004, ...
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