My interview with Christine Dolan on how nothing about the Novavax vaccine is traditional

Op-Ed piece by Col. Lawrence Sellin, Ret. …Reinforced by a number of armchair detectives from academia, the FBI produced a profile of the anthrax mailer who was described as a lone person living within the United States, who had experience working in labs and was smart enough to produce a highly refined and deadly product. …

The NY Times’ Scott Shane and Nicholas Wade are drilling down on the essentials, elaborating on who had access to the particular anthrax found in Ivins’ lab and, purportedly, the letters: But at least 10 scientists had regular access to the laboratory and its anthrax stock — and possibly quite a few more, counting visitors…

Not sure why this is still a subject for debate.  Animal models establish that Ebola can be transmitted via aerosol secretions under lab conditions.  The question remaining is how often this happens in humans. Maybe it does; maybe it doesn’t. Despite CDC protestations regarding airborne spread, the new guidelines for personal protective equipment issued by…

 In Ireland, nobody pays. I updated my knowledge of the United States’ CICP on April 16, through a seminar put on by the RAND Corporation’s Justice Policy program. In the US, you have the right to apply to the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program.  Of the 700 plus people who have applied, 500 cases have been…

Sen. Charles Grassley has been pursuing various forms of medical malfeasance for years. On November 17 he honed in on the practice of ‘ghostwriting,’ in which medical ‘opinion leaders’ are sought after as authors of medical journal articles supporting a new drug, vaccine or medical device. Only problem is, the articles they ‘author’ were actually…

Marcia Angell (Harvard professor, writer and former NEJM editor) has penned another excellent book review for the NY Review of Books.  This time, she discusses Stephen Brill’s new book on Obamacare, “America’s Bitter Pill”.  Two excerpts follow: … Practically every serious economic analysis of the American health system has concluded that the most efficient way…