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Safety of Smallpox Vaccine among Military Recipients Questioned_JAMA Mon, 3 Nov 2003 The government’s hasty and ill-advised smallpox vaccination policy for US civilians was roundly rejected by scientists and the public alike. Scientists agreed that public concerns about the vaccine’s adverse effects were valid. Military personnel, however, were given no choice–500,000 were inoculated. Surely their reactions to…

References: Impact of FDA inclusion of children as test subjects

References for THE IMPACT OF THE FDA MODERNIZATION ACT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN FOR RESEARCH Vera Hassner Sharav Published in ETHICAL HUMAN SCIENCES & SERVICES Summer 2003, vol. 5 pp. 83-108 Agency for Health Care Research & Quality. (1999). Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Summary, evidence Report / Technology assessment…

Infomail Archive Pre 2003

Infomail Archive – Pre 2003 News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav December 28, 2002: Will 2 to 5 year old Amer. kids be exposed to Smallpox Vaccine? Israeli Intelligence says “No immediate threat” December 24, 2002: Moral turpitude: Herpes experiment surpasses Tuskegee December 20,…

Editorial: Trial Lawyers and Clinical Trials_WSJ

October 11, 2002 Editorial: Trial Lawyers and Clinical Trials_WSJ Daniel Hennenger, the editor of the Wall Street Journal would give doctors free reign to experiment on human subjects unencumbered by ethical or regulatory considerations: just let every self-proclaimed ” genius who somewhere is dreaming of the next L-dopa, lithium or…

Institute of Medicine worries that public trust is threatened by deaths

April 4, 2002. Boston Globe. Institute of Medicine worries that public trust is threatened by deaths. By Michael Kranish and Alice Dembner. The IOM report did not satisfy some longtime observers. ”The IOM committee, headed by a Harvard University dean, disingenuously recommended entrusting `the responsibility for ensuring that protective rules…