Update: Ramifications of Swine Flu Vaccine Immunity
In 2006, PREPA was passed due to fear of an avian flu pandemic, in the event the avian
flu virus mutated to enable person-to-person spread. Avian flu then had a 70% death rate.
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Does the FDA have the authority to trump the Declaration of Helsinki?
The FDA is sliding rapidly down the slippery slope, abandoning widely accepted, international ethical research standards articulated in the internationally accepted, Declaration of Helsinki–to facilitate commercial medical experiments.
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Is This Permissible Medical Research?
Is This Permissible Medical Research? Fri, 27 Sep 2002 A federally funded experiment for the treatment of acute respiratory distress (ARDS) conducted at 12 major research centers, 1996-1999, has come under sharp criticism. The ARDS researchers sought to find a method for reducing the death rate among acutely ill patients…
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Medical Science Violating Children – 450 healthy children targeted – Redflagsweekly
Aug 20, 2002 Medical Science Violating Children – 450 healthy children targeted – Redflagsweekly FYI Redflagsweekly is the first online health news service to pick up on a news item provided in yesterday’s AHRP Infomail about a proposed experiment (whose researcher seeks government funding) to be conducted on 450 children…
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Article
China Daily update: Harvard genetic research in rural China Wed, 1 Oct 2003 “It’s the responsibility of the dean of the School of Public Health and, ultimately, it’s my responsibility as president of [Harvard] university to see to it that where wrong can be put right it is and, more…
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Risk Bearing Children
Risk Bearing Children February 27, 2001 Would you volunteer your child to be a "risk-bearing" subject in drug experiments? When Jonathan Swift published A Modest Proposal in 18th century Ireland, he offered a sure solution to the country’s hunger and economic ills: The poor could sell their year-old children as…
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Mental Health System called "Snake Pit"
Subject: Mental Health System called “Snake Pit”_Editorial WJN Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:06:57 -0400 A Sept 15 report by the National Council on Disability found that mental health services are in crisis nationally: “many public mental-health systems are stuck in neutral gear, content that people with psychiatric disabilities will…
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OHRP Retreats from Providing Public Info re: Compliance Activities
August 26, 2002 OHRP Retreats from Providing Public Info re: Compliance Activities FYI A newly posted announcement by the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP), dated July 15, rescinds the agency’s announced policy of making public the content of its letters of determination following the agency’s investigation of compliance /…
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Research Protection for Children
AHRP Campaign to Protect Children from Harm Oct 15: FDA Orders Black Box Warnings on Antidepressants labels and Patient Information Guides to Warn about Suicide risk Oct 3: BBC PANORAMA TONIGHT – Taken on Trust – 13 years-Medical Deception Sep 30: GSK Sales Reps told NOT to Divulge Paxill Data…
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IOM Committee Considers Prison Research
IOM Committee Considers Prison Research Sun, 24 Jul 2005 Today¹s New York Times Magazine cover story, Planet of the Retired Chimpanzees By CHARLES SIEBERT, reports that chimpanzees who have served as subjects in biomedical research can look forward to being set free in one of 12 specially built chimp sanctuaries…
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Critique: U.S. to Vaccinate 500,000 Workers Against Smallpox 7
July 08, 2002 Critique: U.S. to Vaccinate 500,000 Workers Against Smallpox 7 Jul 2002 FYI Dr. Meryl Nass, a member of the board of The Alliance for Human Research Protection and a recognized expert on Gulf War Syndrome and the use and consequences of experimental vaccines, raises serious concerns about…
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Infomail Archive 2005
Infomail 2005 News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav Subscribe to the AHRP infomail list Dec 16: Drugs, Devices & Doctors – NYT Paul Krugman Dec 11: Scientific Fraud & Corruption on Both sides of Atlantic: Merck / Proctor & Gamble Dec 11: Gov Accountability…