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Anthrax Evidence is Said to be Primarily Circumstantial
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Will big box medicine actually lower costs? There are valid grounds for doubt.
From the article “Reform Driving Physicians Out of Private Practice to Reduce Costs” a few issues are raised about rapid and dramatic changes occurring in health care, about which consumers have little knowledge. Health care conglomerates are being forcibly created due to the new payment structure, which can only increase costs considerably in the short…
Probe on narcolepsy–H1N1 vaccine link finds genetic risk factor/ CIDRAP
Sep 1, 2011 (CIDRAP News) – A final report from Finnish health officials on the link between the 2009 H1N1 Pandemrix vaccine and narcolepsy confirmed the link, finding a greater risk than their earlier estimate and identifying a genetic risk factor in all patients. In a statement on the findings today, a task force from…
Despite evidence of FBI bungling, new probe into anthrax killings unlikely/ ProPublica
From Pro Publica: A senior Republican senator says it would take a powerful grassroots movement or startling new evidence to reopen the Justice Department’s investigation that branded a now-deceased Army researcher as the anthrax mailer who killed five people a decade ago. Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and…
Novartis’ MF59 swine flu vaccines “Prequalified” by WHO/Novartis press release
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