1.   Because of the seasonal nature of Lyme disease, the drug agency cautioned that the time of year the vaccine was taken was important.

2.   Because the polio virus enters the bodies of those it infects through the intestinal tract, the vaccine can be taken orally.

3.   Defense Secretary William Cohen has taken the vaccine.

4.   Even while arguing it is impossible to determine the safety of an HIV vaccine by testing it in monkeys, Farthing said he would take the vaccine.

5.   Military experts briefed the Capitol Hill workers this week and recommended that they take the vaccine.

6.   Notably, top government officials did not make a strong recommendation for or against taking the vaccine.

7.   Rogeness filed the bill after one of her constituents, a member of the military, told her that he suffered lung problems after taking the vaccine.

8.   So far, seven of nine soldiers refusing to take the vaccine have been discharged, with two other cases pending, Army spokeswoman Elaine Kanellis said.

9.   Some soldiers were so fearful of the side effects that they refused to take the vaccine.

10.   Some members of various Air National Guard units around the nation have resigned rather take the vaccine.