Another death a week after anthrax vaccine

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Questions concerning Sgt.

The family of Army Sergeant Glenn is not the only party keenly

interested in the Army's investigation of his death. Here is what we know: The

24-year-old Pittsfield man, strong and healthy enough to pass an Army physical,

was " getting over the flu " when he received his deployment order for Iraq,

according to his sister. Before he left, he received a number of vaccinations,

including an anthrax vaccine. Six days later, he died while participating in a

routine running exercise, an exertion that should not normally kill a fit young

soldier. The day news of his death appeared in The Eagle, another front page

story reported that a federal judge ordered the military to stop giving an

" experimental " anthrax vaccine to servicemen and women. Could there be a

connection? Seeing as some 900,000 others got this vaccine, it's a possibility

the Army should consider.

Meryl Nass, MD

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