1.   Dr Hallauer summed up the importance of vaccinating healthcare workers against hepatitis B, not only to protect their own health but also for the good of others.

2.   Each hospital would determine which workers to vaccinate and to train to care for smallpox cases, the panel said.

3.   Earlier this month, the FDA allowed the disease centers to vaccinate workers after exposure to spores.

4.   At the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, several dozen health care workers have been vaccinated against smallpox.