<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Smallpox</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/smallpox?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><description>Smallpox</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile at Risk]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59516-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59516-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just three years after the most serious shortage of childhood vaccines in two decades, the federal government's stockpile of childhood vaccines is nearly empty.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Polio Virus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45317-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45317-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  This 1953 photo provided the first-ever glimpse of a fearsome villain -- the polio virus, responsible for afflicting more than 400,000 Americans, mostly children, between 1930 and 1955. Fifty years ago today, the world learned that Jonas Salk had developed a safe and effective vaccine to prevent the crippling disease. The Salk and, later, the Sabin vaccines virtually eliminated polio in the United States by 1979 and have almost eradicated it worldwide.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Weekly Shot of News and Notes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55833-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55833-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     WHOOPING SHOTS  Hoping to halt the rise in whooping cough cases, a Food and Drug Administration panel last week recommended approval of two new booster vaccines.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rubella Virus Eliminated In the United States]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51912-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51912-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fewer than 10 people a year now contract the infection known popularly as German measles.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meningitis Stopper]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35339-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35339-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New Weapon  For parents alarmed by the recent death of a District boy from what appears to be meningitis, an infection of the fluid surrounding the spine and brain, news of an improved children's vaccine may offer some reassurance. The new vaccine, expected to be available within the next month, is designed to last eight years (roughly twice as long as its predecessor) and prevent transmission, something the old one doesn't claim to do. The vaccine protects against meningococcal disease, a contagious and potentially deadly bacterial infection and the leading cause of bacterial meningitis. With the new vaccine come new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internal Dissension Grows at CDC]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10399-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10399-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being roiled by internal dissension  as the nation's top public health agency is facing unprecedented threats.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treatment for Prostate Cancer Shows Promise]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30777-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30777-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An experimental treatment that triggers the immune system to attack tumors can extend the lives of men fighting advanced prostate cancer, according to a study released.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon to Revive Anthrax Shots]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55554-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55554-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense said use of the vaccine will be voluntary for now, in contrast to the mandatory program that was blocked by a federal judge in October.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last-Minute Shots]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52757-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52757-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Get the Shot or Not?  Now that Maryland and the District have lifted all restrictions on who may receive flu shots, you may wonder whether there's any point in getting one so late in the season. We did. So we asked around.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[$1 Billion Donated to Vaccinate Poor Children]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33696-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33696-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft founder Bill Gates's foundation and the government of Norway yesterday gave grants of more than $1 billion to immunize children in poor countries against common diseases -- a blockbuster philanthropic gesture intended to save hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa and Asia.]]></description><author> Shankar Vedantam</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists' Exposure Casts Doubt on Lab Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27646-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27646-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Incident has fueled criticism of a plan to build a state-of-the-art research lab to study some of the world's most lethal germs in Boston.]]></description><author> Jonathan Finer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bioterrorism War Game Shows Lack Of Readiness]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10746-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10746-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A real-life distinction between the nations with sufficient smallpox vaccines and those with far too little was a key element of the day's events.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terrorists Separated From Biowarfare]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35011-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35011-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Myriad technical obstacles could face terrorists who try to manufacture biological weapons, problems that would confound even skilled scientists who tried to help them, biological warfare experts say.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridge Project Yields Long-Forgotten Graves]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10776-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10776-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Discovery of Native American burial ground halts multimillion-dollar repair project in Washington State.]]></description><author> Blaine Harden</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine Rules Relaxed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8944-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8944-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal health officials, concerned that scarce flu vaccine may go unused, Friday announced plans to amend the guidelines on who should receive shots.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buying a Front-Row Seat For a Future in Biodefense]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36163-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36163-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When the maker of the country's most widely used anthrax vaccine cut the ribbon on its new plant in Frederick County last week, an array of public officials, including Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., praised the package of financial perks that drew the company here.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whooping It Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20878-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20878-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[      Need a Boost?  Even if you manage to duck the flu this season, you may pick up another nasty respiratory ailment. Pertussis, or whooping cough, has been on the rise in the United States for two decades. Last year's 11,000 cases were the most reported since 1964; teens accounted for 39 percent of cases. Two drug makers (GlaxoSmithKline and Aventis Pasteur) are developing new booster vaccines for adolescents, who generally lose immunity from childhood shots by age 11. The effort has the backing of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Both companies say they expect the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve their vaccines by the middle of next year.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Nigeria, Talking Up Two Drops of Vaccine]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11163-2004Nov24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11163-2004Nov24.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Polio eradication efforts get back on track in African nation after hostility to treatment reignited disease.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Flu Vaccine Available Soon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46993-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46993-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A steady rain drenched and shivered the region Friday, but Southern Maryland health officials found a silver lining in one recent development: More doses of flu vaccine are on the way.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York City Plans to Import Flu Shots]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41321-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41321-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/smallpox</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mayor Bloomberg's decision to join other jurisdictions in ordering vaccine from Europe increases pressure on the Bush administration to authorize the shipments.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item></channel></rss>