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Recall of possibly tainted hepatitis B vaccine

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. is voluntarily recalling its hepatitis B vaccine because the glass vials are cracked, federal health officials announced Friday.

Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the recall was initiated out of an abundance of caution because of a possibility of bacterial contamination.

Doctors, pharmacists and hospitals are being asked to quarantine...

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