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Bush to Offer Smallpox Vaccine to All Americans

President Bush is set to announce a national plan to vaccinate Americans against smallpox. The plan calls for vaccinating medical and emergency workers early next year, followed by offering the vaccine to the general public in 2004. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

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Since he joined NPR in 2000, Knox has covered a broad range of issues and events in public health, medicine, and science. His reports can be heard on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Talk of the Nation, and newscasts.
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