Recruitment of Smallpox Test Volunteers Halted
Submitted by Templar Titan on Mon, 04/19/2004 - 02:18.
Recruitment of Smallpox Test Volunteers Halted
(Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com>
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"Biodefense contractor Acambis PLC said [Tuesday] it would stop recruiting people to test a smallpox vaccine the U.S. government had purchased as a precaution against terrorist attacks after at least one volunteer experienced heart inflammation," reports the Washington Post. "The company said it would continue to study the vaccine's effect on people who had already taken the drug, but [Tuesday's] disclosure reopened debate over the safety of one of the government's primary defenses against the deadly infectious disease."
[View article <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9604-2004Apr13.html> ]
