Jim Binns, chairman of VA’s Research Advisory Committee on GW Veterans’ Illnesses since its inception, authored a detailed memo, with supporting documents, to show how Congress’ statutory charge to the IOM was changed to exclude animal studies and raise the bar for granting presumptive disabilities to ill Gulf War veterans. Jim deserves enormous thanks for…

No Signs of Criminal Misconduct Found Yet in Disappearance of Virus, Official Says This rather inconsequential article (lacking context) says Fort Detrick is still working on its inventory…going on 3 months now? Not surprisingly, the Army hasn’t found anything to be concerned about, according to Fort Detrick’s PR person. The article implies that much of…

Comments on: Ryan, MAK, et al. Birth Defects among Infants Born to Women Who Received Anthrax Vaccine in Pregnancy. American Journal of Epidemiology; July 2008. Meryl Nass, MD April 20, 2009 Dr. Margaret AK Ryan reports that of the 95,595 military women who delivered babies between 1998 and 2004, anthrax vaccine (one dose or more)…

Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton’s healthcare economist who has previously been featured in this blog, has posted a very interesting article to his NY Times blog. In it, he dissects the various roles of the healthcare system, using the German model to explain how some roles can be performed by government and others by private health insurance…