Judge: You can’t change anthrax filing yet. Government must “show good cause”/ McClatchy

From the Kansas City Star, a McClatchy paper, Frontline and ProPublica authors: A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, a Justice Department attempt to back away from court admissions that appeared to undercut previous FBI assertions that an Army researcher was responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks. In an order issued Monday, U.S. District…

European Medicines Agency confirms that Pandemrix vaccine caused narcolepsy/ EMA

According to the European Medicines Agency press release: The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) considered that the epidemiological studies relating to Pandemrix in Finland and Sweden were well designed and the results show an association between Pandemrix vaccination and narcolepsy in children and adolescents in those countries. The results indicate a six- to…

“Oops! We hoped you wouldn’t notice”/NYT, CIDRAP, Glenn Greenwald, Marcy Wheeler

After seriously undercutting the FBI claims about Bruce Ivins’ guilt 5 days ago, the DOJ revised its filing yesterday in the case brought by Bob Stevens’ wife against the government. Marcy Wheeler provides great details and links to the filing and other useful documents.  Scott Shane gives us the usual FBI response when challenged:  “We…

Justice Department Filing Casts Doubt on Guilt of Bruce Ivins, Accused in Anthrax Case/ PBS, McClatchy, ProPublica

From Mike Wiser, Greg Gordon and Stephen Engelberg come the following story: Justice Department lawyers filed a brief on July 15 that said Bruce Ivins did not have access to equipment in the Fort Detrick hot suites that would have enabled him to make the dried anthrax found in letters to two Senators.  … the…

Hugh Grant gets back at Newscorp by bugging the guy who hacked him/ New Statesman

There has been plenty written about the nefarious tactics of Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp (and other publications) to get the dirt on celebs, politicians, and anyone unfortunate enough to be newsworthy.  It is hard to get one’s arms around the scope of these revelations.  When Price Charles and the UK’s top police are also victims of…

FACT CHECK: Obama tells Muslim world vaccines aren’t CIA front, then runs CIA vaccine front/ AP

From Matt Appuzzo at the AP, published in the Washington Post, comes this amusing piece: WASHINGTON — In his 2009 speech to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama announced a new effort to eradicate polio, which persists in three Muslim countries. One of the biggest hurdles had been persuading some local leaders that vaccination campaigns…

DHHS continues to push for testing anthrax vaccine in children

Although the DHHS recently field-tested an informed consent document for parents (whose children were sought for an anthrax vaccine clinical trial in the Washington, DC public schools) it was reported that so far there were no takers.  This information was stated at a public meeting held July 7 by DHHS to discuss the ethics and…

In Ireland, Pandemrix vaccination associated with narcolepsy, but we’re to rejoice it did not cause Guillain Barre/

Today, one Irish website (Irish Medical Times) rejoiced that a study just out in the BMJ showed Pandemrix swine flu vaccine, containing a novel GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) adjuvant, did not cause Guillain-Barre syndrome, a life-threatening form of temporary paralysis from which over 90% survive and make partial to full recoveries.  No mention is made in the article of…

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