Smallpox

Advisers want broader warning for vaccine

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 27th, 2003

People at high risk for heart trouble, not just those with heart disease already, should avoid the smallpox vaccine, federal advisers recommend in a move that would place new limits on the troubled antiterrorism program.

The recommendation would eliminate even more people from the pool of potential vaccinees at a time when the government is trying to increase its numbers.

Three states, New York, Illinois, and California, temporarily suspended their programs while questions about the link to heart disease are investigated.

At press time, 17 recipients of the vaccine had suffered heart problems afterward, and federal health...

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