Posts Tagged ‘DHHS’
Ethics of ARDS lung experiment debated
Alliance for Human Research Protection Fri, 18 Jul 2003 Dear Dr. Campbell and others concerned about ethical research: This is in response to your July 11 comments objecting to AHRP’s criticism of the ethics of two controversial ARDS experiments sponsored by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute conducted at participating ARDSNetwork centers. Your comments…
Read MoreUS Government PlansTo Test Anthrax Vaccine on Children
Help stop the US government from injecting children with anthrax vaccine in an experiment whose aim is to justify increased expenditure for the vaccine (BioThrax) for civilian stockpile.
Read MoreAnthrax Vaccine: history, excessive stockpile & the human and Financial Costs
Anthrax Vaccine: Its checkered history, excessive stockpile and the human and financial costs By Meryl Nass, MD* The current vaccine (Biothrax, manufactured by Emergent Biosolutions or EBS) has never been proved effective in humans. One human trial took place in the 1950s using a different, Merck-manufactured anthrax vaccine. Efficacy studies of the current vaccine have…
Read MoreAmerica’s Healthcare Crisis–Part III-Vaccine Controversy
Part III. The Untouchable Third Rail in Healthcare—The Vaccine Controversy: Core Issues
Read MoreAmerica’s Healthcare Crisis–Part IV-Vaccine Injury Compensation
Autism: Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) data.
Read MoreInfamous Endorsement of Anthrax Vaccine for Children
The single National Biodefense Science Board panelist who voted against the recommendation in support of an anthrax vaccine test in children was Patricia Quinlisk, M.D., M.P.H. State Epidemiologist and Medical Director Iowa Department of Public Health, who chaired the NBSB panel.
Read MoreAHRP Letter to DHHS Secretary: NO Anthrax Vaccine Test in Children
To date, the available evidence about the safety and efficacy of the anthrax vaccine is resoundingly negative. Three US government anthrax vaccine initiatives represent a reckless deviation from the precautionary principle of medical ethics and fiscal responsibility.
Read MoreObama Administration Seeks to Test Anthrax Vaccine in Children
Whose children will be sacrificed in an illegal and unethical experiment in the name of Biodefense Preparedness?
Read MoreHospital Safety: NEJM Study Finds No Progress
Two major analyses of U.S. hospital safety found that: "harm to patients was common and the number of incidents did not decrease over time."
Read MoreAHRP Complaint Results in Research Protocol Change
"OHRP shared your concerns and discussed them with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. They appreciated the concerns and have revised the protocol to address them."
Read MoreGMC Damning Wakefield Verdict Does Not Address Autism-Vaccine Validity
Given multiple prior investigations of Dr. Wakefied’s 1998 paper, why did it take the Lancet editors 12 years to discover a lack of proper IRB approval?
Read MoreSafety Concerns about the of H1N1 Swine flu Vaccine & Public Policy
History is about to repeat itself: This is a follow up to a July 26, 2009 I nfomail.
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