Saturday, February 28, 2009

NY Times "Postscript" to Scott Shane's article on Ivins of Jan 4, 2009

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A two-paragraph article in today's NY Times, sans byline, appears to end discussion of the so-called "chemical signature" sai...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

Revealed: Scientific evidence for the 2001 anthrax attacks

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from an article by Debora MacKenzie, who has been knowledgeably reporting on anthrax and bioterrorism at the New Scientist for more than a...
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How to Heal the Ailing FDA

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Six spot-on suggestions from Steve Nissen, MD to the Obama administration.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Anthrax investigation still yielding findings: Chemical composition of spores doesn't match suspect flask.

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Nature article by Roberta Kwok discusses the American Society for Microbiology's Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting in ...
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Monday, February 2, 2009

NICE on Mars

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Merrill Goozner discusses a BMJ article by Nigel Hawke about Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and how...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

Good for Business, Bad for Patients?

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Excerpts from Dr. Jon Abramson's ABC News Op-Ed : It's perfect. Pfizer buys Wyeth 's pipeline, the behemoth marketing power of P...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

More pictures +/- the complete exosporium

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Here (or here , if you are having trouble viewing the first set of images) is a side by side comparison of the Sandia pictures (from Anonym...
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More on health financing (NYT Blog): How Do Hospitals Get Paid? A Primer

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Wonderful article by economist Uwe Reinhardt clarifying bizarre hospital charges and third-party reimbursements, and how much of the health...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Army releases some e-mails from anthrax suspect/Frederick News-Post

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Article by Justin Palk The U.S. Army released 33 pages of Bruce Ivins' e-mails Thursday from his account at Fort Detrick. The e-mails,...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Defense attempting to block report about anthrax trial/Haaretz

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Excerpts from the article : ... IDF soldiers were given seven doses of an anti-anthrax vaccine developed by the Nes Tziona biological instit...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Fixing the financial incentives in medicine

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Medco (this is the pharmacy benefits company that settled for $155 million over charges of defrauding the federal government and paying kic...

Coated and uncoated spores may look alike

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Pictures of coated and uncoated spores are here , courtesy of Anonymous.
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Litigants Argue U.S. Regulators Lacked Basis to OK Anthrax Vaccine

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Global Security Newswire article National Journal Group Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 By Elaine M. Grossman WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administ...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Critique of the "chemical signature" assertion and other points by Barry Kissin

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Barry Kissin, an attorney in Frederick, Maryland, analyzes several assertions in Scott Shane's January 4 article , by reviewing media a...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Frederick Police Report out

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The Frederick Post has made available a pdf of the Frederick Police Department report regarding its investigation of Ivins' last days. ...
Monday, January 5, 2009

NYT: Portrait Emerges of Anthrax Suspect’s Troubled Life

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Scott Shane's newest, detailed exploration of Bruce Ivins can be summarized in Shane's statement, "unless new evidence were to ...
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Thursday, January 1, 2009

Rockefeller vows fight on Gulf War syndrome

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Excerpted from an article in the December 29 Charleston, W.V. Daily Mail: .... The senator said it was shameful that neither the Departmen...
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Monday, December 29, 2008

Correction:

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There are 2 errors in what I posted below about the forensic analysis discussed in Professor Jacques Ravel's slides. The first correct...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

New details from the genomic forensic analysis

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Dr. Jacques Ravel of U Maryland, formerly of the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), spoke at the MIT faculty club on December 16, 2008 ...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Military: Repeat of anthrax attacks harder today/AP

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From the Annapolis Capital , Maryland "Lennox said military safety reviews in recent months endorsed many of the security changes alrea...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Confirmation: Letter spores grown in medium to which silicon added

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Although this conclusion is nothing new to many of us, it is gratifying to get confirmation from the National Academy of Engineering of the...
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Who is Responsible for Zimbabwe's Current Anthrax and Cholera Epidemics?

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Zimbabwe media are reporting that Zimbabwe government officials are blaming British operatives during the liberation struggle--and today--fo...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Are We Safer From Bioterrorism?--ProPublica

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A 3-part series of articles by Marcus Stern looks into the financial costs, usefulness and risks of the $48 billion dollars spent on bioter...

Off Topic: Egalitarian Approach to Improving the Health Care System

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This is an introductory talk I gave in 1995 about health care reform. It seems equally relevant today. I will post additional thoughts on...
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Monday, December 1, 2008

Anthrax poses new threat in cholera-hit Zimbabwe: charity (Agence France Presse)

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If you drop anthrax spores in areas where livestock graze or wild animals roam, anthrax's bitter harvest may keep returning. Under the ...

WP Editorial: The Next Attorney General (and the anthrax letters)

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Editorial from the Washington Post: ...The new attorney general also should ensure that an independent commission or the inspector general ...
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Self (inflicted) defense can up risk / Balt. Examiner

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Op-Ed , 11/23/08 Two clear facts shine from the clouded mystery of anthrax attacks on America and our government’s tenuous claim seven ...
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Friday, November 21, 2008

Blinded by the Science: Research Advisory Committee Report Includes Data from 9 Studies of Anthrax Vaccine and Gulf Illnesses

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And every one of the nine studies found a relationship between receiving anthrax vaccine and developing symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome. In ...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Costly program with a shady past // Sickening results

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Deborah Rudacille of the Baltimore Examiner has two more excellent articles exploring the underside of anthrax vaccine; its manufacturer Eme...
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Md. lawmakers consider anthrax investigation commission

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By Sara Michael http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/local/112108emsANTHRAX.html Baltimore Examiner ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

GWS Report: Funny How the Vaccine Message Changed

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Reading the entire chapter on vaccines, the RAC report does a fairly good job of reviewing the evidence (with a few notable omissions) and ...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans: Scientific Findings and Recommendations

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A major report on Gulf War Illness written by the VA Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses (RAC) was made public ...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Scientific impossibility: Did FBI get their man in Bruce Ivins?

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"Bruce Ivins was a cold-blooded murderer, a deranged psycho-killer, who in the fall of 2001, cooked up a virulent batch of powdered ant...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

US military chem-bio warfare exposures website unveiled

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Justin Palk, Frederick News-Post http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/archives/fnp...
Monday, November 10, 2008

My letter explaining the October PREPA Declaration, new anthrax vaccine purchases, the CDC vote on civilian vaccinations and their impact

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October 2008 Dear Representative --------, I am writing with concerns about a liability shield just issued for anthrax vaccine, a huge new ...
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Bioterrorism’s Deadly Math

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From Judith Miller, let go from the NY Times for her poorly sourced, Iraq war drumbeat articles, who is now at Manhattan Institute for Polic...
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Sunday, November 2, 2008

NY Post: Scientists Slam FBI 'Thrax Probe In Bid To Clear Buddy 'Dr. Doom'

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Susannah Cahalan's NY Post story provides a needed counterpoint to last week's Washington Post puff piece on the Bruce Ivins case....
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Trail of Odd Anthrax Cells Led FBI to Army Scientist: Washington Post

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Today's front page Washington Post article by Joby Warrick on the Ivins case appears to present the FBI's side of the story. I wil...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

ACIP opens door to anthrax shots for first responders

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Robert Roos News Editor Oct 23, 2008 ( CIDRAP News ) – The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

CDC: 1-2% of anthrax vaccinees may die or become disabled...but consider expanding vaccinations

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CDC published a report October 1 on its very expensive, 43 month-long trial of anthrax vaccine, but inexplicably discussed only the first ...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Congressman Holt Asks National Academy of Science to investigate holes in FBI's anthrax letters case

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Representative Rush Holt, Chairman of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel of the House Committee on Appropriations, and a Represen...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Congressional Research Service Legal Report on PREPA

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The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, also known as Division C of P.L. 109-148 (2005) limits liability with respect to pande...
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Emergent Biosolutions Hits New 52-Week High On Positive Outlook

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Mayur Pahilajani - iStockAnalyst Writer New York, NY Shares of Emergent Biosolutions Inc (NYSE: EBS) topped 52-week mark after the bell on F...

Emergency declarations smooth way for vaccine makers

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Fri, Oct. 17, 2008 By ALAN BAVLEY The Kansas City Star Sure, the economy is causing a crisis, but what a...