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Science 21 July 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5478, pp. 382 - 383
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5478.382
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BIOTERRORISM:
DOD Retreats on Plan for Anthrax Vaccine

Eliot Marshall

Anthrax bacterium, once the deadly scourge of goat-hair workers, has become the bane of the U.S. defense establishment. Without infecting a single soldier, it has created a logistical headache for the Pentagon, as military contractors have fallen far short of supplying a vaccine that will protect all troops and be acceptable to health authorities. Last week military officials were forced to beat a hasty retreat in their current efforts, raising the hackles of legislators who already had serious doubts about the program.

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