UK: Drugs firms ‘creating ills for every pill / US ‘Bioshield’ Drug-Patent Plan Draws Fire Mon, 04 Apr 2005 Following the public revelations about the concealed safety hazards of antidepressant drugs whose risks of violence, drug dependency, and suicide, were hidden from physicians and the public, a committee of Parliament…
Anthrax shots may be required in military – Assoc Press Thu, 1 Dec 2005 After a US District Judge suspended the forced anthrax vaccine program in the military, the Bush Administration is attempting to reinstate mandatory anthrax vaccine inoculations for military personnel. The less evidence, it seems, that there is to demonstrate…
Walter Reed Seeking Volunteers to Test Anthrax Vaccine_WP Tue, 25 Mar 2003 A clinical trial to test the anthrax vaccine is being conducted at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The investigators are seeking civilian volunteers who are being solicited in the Washington area through newspaper advertisements. The Alliance for…
Twin Pharma Give-A-Ways: Biodefense Vaccine /Drug Development Act–S. 1873_ $7 bill Bird Flu Plan Wed, 2 Nov 2005 If the Administration were serious about preparing for an avian flu pandemic–or for ANY health disaster for that matter–the money would be spent on developing reliable infrastructures at the state and local…
FDA Anthrax vaccine documents show pentagon lied Mon, 11 Oct 2004 “A former Dover Air Force Base commander says military officials used his troops as guinea pigs in illegal medical experiments under the government’s controversial anthrax vaccination program.” “Government officials have acknowledged that the Department of Defense secretly tested squalene…
Anthrax Vaccine Consent Form / Should You Roll Up Your Sleeves_WSJ Sat, 29 Mar 2003 The Administration’s determination to push its two controversial vaccine programs forward–smallpox and anthrax–even as medical experts urge caution in light of the serious health risks posed by these vaccines – raises serious questions about whose…
Tamiflu Cited in 2 Teen Deaths – Global Plan for Influenza Action – Lancet Monday, November 14, 2005 Japanese newspapers report that two teenage boys – one 14 the other 17 – died after taking one dose of the antiviral drug, Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled in the event that…
Judge Bars Military from Forced Anthrax Vaccine – Victory for Infomed Consent Doctrine Thu, 28 Oct 2004 On October 27, a federal court ruled against the US government for violating the right of military personnel to informed consent. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled that the “involuntary anthrax vaccination…
Cover Letter – AHRP Ethical and Scientific Objections to FDA’s Proposed Licensure of Anthrax Vaccine related links: Comments Submitted to FDA re Anthrax Vaccine (312K pdf) Who Is Protecting The Public Health? By Meryl Nass, Z Magazine March 29, 2005 Lester Crawford, Ph.D., D.V.M. Acting FDA Commissioner U. S. Food…
CNN / Mercury News: Bioshield Vaccine Contracts to mfg with “closest ties with the government” Sun, 18 Sep 2005 Questions are being raised (again) about the government vaccine purchasing program, ostensibly as a measure to protect the American public in the event of a bioterrorist attack. Mercury News (Twin City,…
Critical GAO Report Belies Safety of Anthrax Vaccine – Insight Mon, 18 Nov 2002 A highly critical 50-page report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) has put into question the safety of the Anthrax vaccine and the credibility of government officials who have withheld information about the vaccine’s serious health…
Ethical and Scientific Objections to FDA’s Proposed Licensure of Anthrax Vaccine Fri, 01 Apr 2005 Government agencies are maneuvering to weaken legal protections prohibiting the exposure of human beings to experimental drugs, vaccines and procedures without their voluntary informed consent. Even after a federal court has ordered the Pentagon to…
