U.S. President George W. Bush signed a smallpox vaccine compensation bill into law yesterday to reinforce public confidence in the stalled smallpox immunization program, Reuters reported (see GSN, April 14).

Fears of the vaccine’s side affects and the lack of compensation for those sickened or killed have crippled the national program.

Bush signed the bill without publicity, Reuters reported (Reuters/New York Times, April 30).

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