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Smallpox Vaccination Program
Smallpox vaccination in the U.S. and around the world is credited with eliminating the disease by 1980. Routine vaccination for smallpox was discontinued in the U.S. in 1972.
In 2002, the CDC led a program to vaccinate key healthcare workers across the country, in preparation for a potential smallpox-related bioterrorism event. In Minnesota, almost 1,500 health volunteers were vaccinated. In addition, the U.S. military runs an ongoing smallpox vaccination program.
- Smallpox
Vaccination
CDC's information on smallpox vaccination, primarily the program to vaccinate key healthcare professionals in 2002. Attention: Non-MDH link- Smallpox Vaccination:
Implementation of National Program Faces Challenges (PDF: 36 pages)
General Accounting Office (GAO) report from April, 2003
- Smallpox Vaccination:
Implementation of National Program Faces Challenges (PDF: 36 pages)
- Smallpox
Vaccine: What You Need to Know
CDC Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) on smallpox in English and other languages. Note that smallpox VIS should be used in conjunction with a packet of five supplements (A through E), which have not been translated. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Smallpox
Vaccination Program
The U.S. military continues to vaccinate against smallpox. Attention: Non-MDH link- Smallpox Vaccination: Review of the Implementation of the Military
Program (PDF: 11 pages)
General Accounting Office (GAO) report published December 1, 2003, about the military smallpox vaccination program
- Smallpox Vaccination: Review of the Implementation of the Military
Program (PDF: 11 pages)
