Posted on 11/06/2001 12:35:45 AM PST by sarcasm
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:30 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Russian scientists yesterday suggested a worldwide vaccination effort may be needed against smallpox, even as American researchers began administering a diluted dose of smallpox vaccine to 680 volunteers to see if existing supplies here can be stretched to cover the U.S. population.
Dr. Sharon Frey, principal investigator of the vaccine dilution study, said the St. Louis University School of Public Health -- one of four centers involved nationwide -- gave the vaccine to six volunteers on Friday. The other three centers were to follow suit beginning yesterday.
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