First of many programmes to educate physicians and the public on the smallpox vaccine

Clinicians and the public are turning to the CDC Smallpox Vaccination web site to learn about the vaccine, how to vaccinate, and how to distinguish normal, easily treated reactions from those requiring urgent attention. The web site, created by Logical Images for the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control (CDC), provides extensive medical information on the vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine and its reactions, including high-quality diagnostic images, clinical management descriptions, and references to the medical literature.

According to Donald A. Henderson, MD, MPH, Principal Science Advisor for Public Health Preparedness to HHS secretary Thompson, "The CDC Smallpox Vaccination website is becoming an important national resource for educating our healthcare providers and the population at large."

Logical Images was selected because of our expert capabilities in disease recognition, differential diagnosis, and unique ability to combine analytics, reference images, and a medical knowledgebase to create educational and diagnostic tools.