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                    [Title] => Philippines working to get smallpox jabs for monkeypox vaccination
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Here is a beautiful story from our medical history.

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The U.S. health secretary says the last-known stockpiles of the smallpox virus won't be destroyed anytime soon in part out of fear that one of the world's deadliest diseases could be used as a bioweapon.

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The third-generation smallpox vaccine LC16m8 was found to be as immunogenic as existing smallpox vaccines but appeared to be safer in a study of more than 3,000 Japanese adults.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202521 [Title] => Smallpox vaccine in flux for doctors [Summary] => The risk of exposure to smallpox is too small-and the risk posed by the vaccine too great – to justify vaccinating most physicians at this time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended at its annual summer meeting.

In the absence of an act of smallpox bioterrorism, ACIP advised against vaccinating physicians other than those on designated smallpox response teams and selected health care personnel in facilities to be designated as smallpox referrals centers.
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[DatePublished] => 2001-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
Smallpox
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                    [AuthorName] => 
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Here is a beautiful story from our medical history.

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The U.S. health secretary says the last-known stockpiles of the smallpox virus won't be destroyed anytime soon in part out of fear that one of the world's deadliest diseases could be used as a bioweapon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-17 17:38:08 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 537332 [Title] => New smallpox vaccine immunogenic and safe [Summary] =>

The third-generation smallpox vaccine LC16m8 was found to be as immunogenic as existing smallpox vaccines but appeared to be safer in a study of more than 3,000 Japanese adults.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202521 [Title] => Smallpox vaccine in flux for doctors [Summary] => The risk of exposure to smallpox is too small-and the risk posed by the vaccine too great – to justify vaccinating most physicians at this time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended at its annual summer meeting.

In the absence of an act of smallpox bioterrorism, ACIP advised against vaccinating physicians other than those on designated smallpox response teams and selected health care personnel in facilities to be designated as smallpox referrals centers.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180591 [Title] => Trouble with vaccines to fight bioterrorism [Summary] => After last fall’s anthrax attacks, talk about treating and preventing illnesses cause by bioterrorism agents took on new urgency. While vaccines to prevent diseases like anthrax or smallpox may seem like an obvious line of defense, available drugs are not currently viable options. At an Annual Session presentation on vaccines, explained that vaccines for both diseases are problematic, either because of their administration or their side effects.
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[DatePublished] => 2001-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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