Bad vaccines risk encephalitis epidemic in India

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 09/17/2008 - 03:46

LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- India's government sent thousands of ineffective vaccines to a northern Indian state, halting a planned immunization drive against a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis that has killed more than 200 children since June, officials said Wednesday....


 

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