Pentagon Gets Ok to Resume Anthrax Shots

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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Wednesday lifted his injunction halting the military's mandatory anthrax vaccination program, and the Pentagon swiftly ordered the resumption of shots for all its personnel except the six anonymous people who brought the suit.

The judge, Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ordered lawyers for the government and the plaintiffs to return in a week for a "status hearing" to discuss the next steps in what promises to be a protracted legal fight.

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Pentagon Gets Ok to Resume Anthrax Shots

"We are disappointed but not surprised that the injunction has been stayed for all but the six plaintiffs," said Mark S. Zaid, a lawyer for the six "John Doe" military or Pentagon pe...

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