U.S. Officials Urge Postponement Of Smallpox Virus Stockpile Destruction
Associated Press/ABC News: Scientists Urge Delay in Destroying Last Smallpox
“More than three decades after the eradication of smallpox, U.S. officials say it’s still not time to destroy the last known stockpiles of the virus behind one of history’s deadliest diseases…” (Neergaard, 5/2).
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