Military told to stop mandatory anthrax shots
Associated Press
October 28, 2004
WASHINGTON -- For the second time in a year, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the military to stop requiring anthrax vaccines for U.S. military personnel.
In response, the Pentagon halted mandatory anthrax vaccinations "until further notice."
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said the Food and Drug Administration violated its procedures when it gave final approval to the vaccine last year because it failed to give the public an adequate opportunity to comment.
"The men and women of our armed forces deserve the assurance that the vaccines our government compels them to take . . . have been tested by the greatest scrutiny of all -- public scrutiny," Sullivan said.
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