Anthrax

Serious adverse effects from anthrax vaccine low

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 31st, 2002

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Evaluation of the reports of harmful effects of the anthrax vaccine that were submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) revealed six serious adverse events (AE) from vaccination.

Approximately 400,000 U.S. military men and women have been inoculated against anthrax. Negative side effects caused by the vaccine are reported to VAERS, which documents adverse events from all vaccines. John L. Sever and his colleagues on the Anthrax Vaccine Export Committee reviewed the data on anthrax to "assess the causal relationship between vaccination and the reported AEs and [seek] to identify unexpected...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-07-31)

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