Military study finds smallpox vaccinations are safe
Emergency Management Alert, July 2, 2003
A military study published June 24 found the Defense Department's smallpox vaccination program for military personnel has produced few serious adverse reactions and is safe, Reuters reports.
From December to May, the Defense Department administered more than 450,000 smallpox vaccinations to military personnel, according to the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. One case of encephalitis (brain inflammation) and 37 cases of acute myopericarditis (an inflammation of the heart or sac surrounding the heart) developed after vaccination, but all patients recovered.
The program exempted pregnant women, people with weakened immune systems, and those with chronic skin diseases. People at risk of heart disease were also excluded from the program following the deaths of two female health care workers and a 55-year-old male solider from heart attacks shortly after vaccination.
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