Tainted Polio Jabs - Did Australian Govt Knowingly Release Them?
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Australia - The Federal Government will investigate a report that a contaminated polio vaccine, which has since been linked to cancers like mesothelioma, was knowingly released in the 1960s by the then government.
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The sudden, major flu vaccine shortage that shocked health authorities last week highlights two vulnerabilities in the nation&#39;s immunization system: a reliance on a few private manufacturers that use old technology, and government&#39;s faith that companies
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With influenza season just around the corner, the East Bay maker of half the nation&#39;s 100 million flu shots has temporarily halted distribution after tests found that up to 4 million doses of unreleased vaccine might have been tainted.
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Austrlia&#39;s chief medical officer has moved to reassure people vaccinated against polio in the 1950s and &#39;60s they are not at increased risk of cancer.
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Sudanese children are to be vaccinated against polio as part of a campaign kicking off on Tuesday, after the first case in two years was discovered last month, the UN children's fund said.
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In Nov 29 WASHINGTON story headlined &quot;Spray could stop spread of flu, TB, SARS - study&quot;, please read in 6th paragraph ...biotechnology firms Pulmatrix and Inamed ... instead of ...biotechnology firms Pulmatrix and Inamed ... (Corrects RIC).
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Public-health and homeland-security officials admitted to slip-ups in their handling of the Andrew Speaker TB case. Will the government be ready next time?
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Suspected case of cattle disease in Surrey, days after government declared outbreak over.
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Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America&#39;s influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.
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By Rosie Murray-West, City Correspondent (Filed: 11/12/2004). Chiron, the US drug company that bought Liverpool-based flu vaccine manufacturer PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, yesterday received a warning letter
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TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government has promised an inquiry into reports that the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories knowingly released batches of the polio vaccine contaminated with a virus linked to cancer.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S chief medical officer has moved to reassure people vaccinated against polio in the 1950s and &#39;60s they are not at increased risk of cancer.
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TWELVE Tasmanians will receive letters telling them they may have been exposed to a disease for which there is no known cure. The 12 have all had brain or spinal surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in the past 18 months.
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Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has ordered a departmental review into contaminated polio vaccine, released into the community in the 1950s and 1960s by the then government, and its possible links with cancer.
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The Food and Drug Administration found serious problems of bacterial contamination at an influenza vaccine plant in England in 2003, 16 months before British regulators effectively closed the
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A haemophiliac exposed to contaminated blood products over 20 years ago gives evidence at an independent inquiry.
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Government questions about &#39;&#39;basic data integrity&quot; derailed publication of a report raising safety concerns about arthritis drug Vioxx on the eve of a