Posted in ‘Drug Discovery & Development 08 October 2010 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced three new contracts to fund research on vaccines to protect against emerging infectious diseases and biological threats that could be used in a terror attack. Each project focuses on […]
Tall Tales and Other Vaccine Myths
By: Catherine J. Frompovich 30 September 2010 Autumn finally has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere in 2010 along with admonitions to get the annual flu vaccination to prevent contracting any of the various strains that now circumnavigate the globe, including one or two that may have resulted from scientific ‘tinkering’. Daily, if not hourly, prompts […]
CU Center Slated to Test Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Sentinel Reports The Aurora Sentinel 27September 2010 Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center are set to start human trials for a new cervical cancer vaccine in coming months, according to officials from the college. According to Bob Garcea, a UCCC researcher and a professor at the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus, researchers could […]
Observations from UPENN’s "The Science, Ethics and Politics of Vaccine Mandates"
UPENN By: Louise Kus Habakus 27 September 2010 (exerpts) Compulsory vaccination represents a severe limitation of our human, civil, individual and parental rights. It is very important to understand the arguments and justifications for vaccine mandates offered by doctors and public health officials. While the public health system usually appears anonymous and impersonal, a conference […]
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Developed at CU Cancer Center Ready for Trials
Denver Business News 22 September 2010 An experimental cervical cancer vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center in Aurora is ready to begin testing in human clinical trials, the center announced. The vaccine is intended to be less expensive than others now available and therefore better suited for developing countries such […]
