You may be hearing about smallpox vaccinations in the news. This page is designed to answer your questions about smallpox and the vaccination. There are currently no cases of smallpox. Information provided to state and county officials continues to assess the risk of an intentional release of smallpox as low. Health officials stress that upcoming, pre outbreak vaccination efforts are part of a comprehensive bioterrorism preparedness program in development by the state and Atlantic County.

Click on the following links for more information about Smallpox:

The US Dept. of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control (CDC) Smallpox information page: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/index.asp

For Frequently Asked Questions about Smallpox review this Adobe Acrobat file from the CDC CLICK HERE . For a free copy of the Acrobat Reader CLICK HERE.

To read Atlantic County Press Releases on this subject CLICK HERE.

If your questions are not answered here please call the Atlantic County Division of Public Health at 609/645-5935.