Merck sued by Fox journalist over faulty vaccine5/14/2003 6:37:20 PM NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - A Fox News journalist who contracted hepatitis A despite being inoculated before an assignment in Afghanistan sued Merck & Co. (MRK) , the maker of the vaccine, on Wednesday.Merck recalled batches of ineffective hepatitis A pre-filled syringes in December 2001. The journalist, Claude Novak, could be one of thousands of people who develop hepatitis A, which causes liver damage, after taking the faulty Merck vaccine. Unlike hepatitis B and C, the disease is rarely deadly. The suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court,...