Time to vaccinate kids for anthrax?

Millions of U.S. military personnel have been given the anthrax vaccine, which wards off lethal infection. But no one's sure if the vaccine will even work on kids

A U.S. Navy officer receives an anthrax vaccination: The government is considering expanding the inoculations that would protect from possibly bio terrorism acts from military people to child
(Image credit: Lance Cpl. Paul Fajardo/U.S. Marine Corps)

Better safe than sorry? The U.S. government is mulling the idea of testing healthy children with a vaccine meant to protect against potential bioterrorism attacks. The anthrax vaccine in question has already been tested on adults and given to more than 2.6 million people in the military. But critics worry that testing the vaccine on kids could be dangerous. Here's what you need to know:

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