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Pentagon to resume forced anthrax vaccine program By Kristin Roberts
Mon Oct 16, 4:43 PM ET



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday said it will force troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and South Korea to be vaccinated against anthrax, restarting a court-halted program after U.S. regulators declared the shots safe and effective.

But William Winkenwerder, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said the Pentagon has no plans to vaccinate troops serving elsewhere, including those in the United States -- site of the only major anthrax attack against Americans, which killed five people in 2001.

"There are terrorists operating in and around Iraq and in that part of the world," Winkenwerder said. "That's a higher threat area."

The move to reopen the mandatory vaccination program follows a final order from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2005 that found the anthrax vaccine safe and effective in preventing anthrax disease.



I sure hope the Anthrax Ninja makes a come back. I miss that guy.

[tiger fancini]

These guys rule!

[djsmnc]

Nah, he's talking about THIS anthrax