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Smallpox watch not linked to threat

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Experts in biowarfare say they have no knowledge of any specific threat that prompted the United States to put smallpox back on the list of reportable diseases nationwide in May of this year.

Public health departments in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York all received money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this spring to boost surveillance and preparedness.

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