Anthrax

CDC Seeks Access To Vaccine Currently Reserved For Military Personnel

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 13th, 2001

Federal health officials are lining up access to the military's anthrax vaccine in case it's needed for a civilian who is allergic to antibiotics and thus needs some other protection after exposure to anthrax.

The vaccine would not be given routinely to civilians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it could be useful, however, if someone exposed to any of the anthrax-tainted letters circulating the East Coast could not use any of the antibiotics that fend off anthrax.

So the CDC has applied to the Food and Drug Administration seeking permission to use the vaccine experimentally in that special kind of situation.

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2001-11-13)

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