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Published: August 10, 2007
Health officials still unsure what caused child's skin rash
By Julie Bisbee
LAWTON — State health officials still are trying to determine the cause of a skin rash on a Lawton patient that shut down a hospital for several hours when doctors feared it was smallpox.

Test results for the virus used in the smallpox vaccination came back negative Friday, said Kristy Bradley , state epidemiologist.

The child arrived at the Southwestern Medical Center emergency room Tuesday evening with a s...

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