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Grassley seeks full accounting of H1N1 purchase by government/ Senate website

Press Release from Senator Grassley , asking many unasked questions about the vaccine supply; its cost; safety studies; efficacy data; and government oversight, given the PREPA liability shield: WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services for additional information about the government’s supply…

Army: Broken procedures led to lab infection/ Frederick NewsPost

Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory (BL4) March to Irrelevance/ HuffPo

While millions of gallons of oils are spewing from under the earth’s mantle in the Gulf of Mexico, and no one has a sure-fire idea of how to stop the river of oil , we have the perfect backdrop for a discussion of Boston’s Highest-Containment (BL-4) biodefense lab. The lab…

Australian parents describe flu vaccine reactions/ ABC

But many of the parents had trouble getting their children’s reactions reported to the authorities and followed up.

Illinois Public Health spends $2 Million to advertise swine flu vaccinations in April/ Chicago Tribune blog

Chicago Tribune blogger Eric Zorn wondered what was up with a “shock radio” commercial for swine flu vaccine this month.

How much did Swine Flu Cost?/ Business Week

The US and UK won’t tell what they spent.

Seasonal flu risk–benefit/IBT Australia

Why so many reactions following seasonal flu vaccination?

H1N1 vaccine study investigating hints of complications from vaccine/ Washington Post

Rob Stein at the Post discusses a “hint” that swine flu vaccine may have caused increased cases of Guillain Barre Syndrome, Bell’s Pallsy and thrombocytopenia. The US CDC, unlike its counterpart in Australia, manages the news on vaccine adverse events closely, especially for swine flu.

Don’t give children flu jab: chief medical officer/ Sydney Morning Herald

Australia’s chief medical officer halted seasonal flu vaccinations for children under five , due to a high number of children in Western Australia experiencing fever and convulsions after the shot.

Colleague Rebuts Idea That Suspect’s Lab Made Anthrax in Attacks/ NY Times

The New York Times’ Scott Shane reports on the testimony of Henry E. Heine, former Ivins colleague, at the National Academy of Sciences panel reviewing the FBI’s science at its meeting today. … Asked by reporters after his testimony whether he believed that there was any chance that Dr. Ivins,…