We outline the implementation of a new method of measuring the quality of medical care that
counts cases of unnecessary disease and disability and unnecessary untimely deaths. First …

In 1968, 572 persons in the United States had confirmed vaccination complications. Of these,
82.5 per cent had received Vaccinia Immune Globulin. Sixty-eight per cent of the patients …

Direct surveys of physicians were used to identify patients with complications of smallpox
vaccination occurring in 1968 in 10 states, which comprise 11.6% of the total population of the …

Smallpox vaccination of health care workers, military personnel, and some first responders
has begun in the United States in 2002–2003 as one aspect of biopreparedness. Full …

The WHO declared smallpox eradicated in 1980. However, concern over its potential use by
terrorists or in biowarfare has led to striking growth in research related to this much-feared …

Foege, WH, JD Millar and JM Lane (CDC, Atlanta, Ga. 30333). Selective epidemiologic control
in smallpox eradication. Amer J Epidem 94: 311–315, 1971.—A change of strategy was …

Because smallpox could be a factor in bioterrorism, the United States has provided guidelines
for smallpox vaccination of certain members of the population, including health care …

Myocarditis was reported after smallpox vaccination in Europe and Australia, but no association
had been reported with the US vaccine. We conducted surveillance to describe and …

Background. Numerous literature reports describe clinical efficacy of intramuscular vaccinia
immune globulin (VIG) for complications of smallpox vaccination, prophylaxis of individuals …

ContextNeurologic illness is an infrequent but severe adverse event associated with smallpox
vaccination. The reinstatement of smallpox vaccination in the United States in response to …