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Smallpox

What Everyone Should Know

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  Overview of the disease & what CDC is doing to protect you...

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  What you need to know about the vaccine, what happens after…

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News & Highlights

• Notice from CDC to vaccine holders to destroy Dryvax vaccine
  Form for reporting destruction of Dryvax to CDC Drug Services.
• Letter showing Wyeth's intent to withdraw the license for Dryvax vaccine
• What We Learn About Smallpox from Movies - Fact or Fiction
• Online Training: Smallpox Vaccine Storage & Handling
• Evaluate a Rash Illness for Risk of Smallpox
• Video: "The History of Bioterrorism: Smallpox"
• Training: "Smallpox: Disease, Prevention, & Intervention"
• Pre-Vaccination Information Packet
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