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Smallpox: New York Might Dump Hundreds of Smallpox Doses New York state might have to destroy hundreds of doses of smallpox vaccine because so few volunteers took part in the immunization program, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, June 30). In January, state officials ordered 8,000 doses, in 80 vials, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As part of U.S. President George W. Bush’s smallpox immunization campaign, New York officials estimated that 16,000 volunteers would receive the vaccine, but only 747 have so far stepped forward. The expiration date is nearing for some of the doses left in the 26 vials that were opened, AP reported. The opened vaccine expires after 90 days and will have to be destroyed, according to New York state Health Department spokeswoman Kristine Smith (Associated Press/Newsday, July 15).
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