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Gilead’s COVID-19 hopeful remdesivir may get swift Japanese approval
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Selected Findings and Research Recommendations of Eight Different Committees that have Studied Anthrax Vaccine since 1998
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New Information on FBI’s Case Against Ivins from NY Times and the FBI Briefing of Aug. 18
Today’s excellent NY Times piece by Scott Shane and Eric Lichtblau reveals that Ivins as “sole custodian” of the RMR-1029 anthrax flask was a fiction. The flask was not always stored in Ivins’ laboratory, but kept in another building at different times between 1997 and 2001, greatly increasing the number of those who had access…
Gardasil trial stopped in India after 4 girls aged 10-14 die/ dnaIndia
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