Smallpox Ampuls Sicken 8 Children
From Times Wire Reports
Eight children were hospitalized with high fevers and skin eruptions after playing with smallpox vaccine they found at a garbage dump in Vladivostok, Russia, officials said. They said the children, ages 11 to 14, were not seriously ill and there was no risk of them catching smallpox. Police said the ampuls were found near a public health station and they surmised that the facility had not followed proper procedure in disposing of them.
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