Panel spurns WFU expert
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A local researcher&#39;s invitation to participate in a federal drug-safety board meeting was rescinded after he spoke out about his concerns regarding the safety of some arthritis drugs.
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Scientist chairing panel assessing risks to children from food additives denies conflict of interest.
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George Bush pointedly declined to support the United Nations secretary general yesterday after the head of a Senate committee investigating multibillion-dollar abuse of a
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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Dick Pound has rejected criticism that sanctions against athletes who contravene doping regulations are too harsh.
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Business & money: Â· Fund chiefs stonewall on domicile questionÂ· MPs expected to demand answers next week
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The former finance chief of WorldCom testified yesterday that the company called off 2001 merger talks with Verizon after he and chief executive Bernard Ebbers worried Verizon would discover WorldCom had cooked its books.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration silenced one of its drug experts who raised safety concerns weeks before Merck & Co. yanked the blockbuster drug Vioxx due to increased risks for heart attack and strokes, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday...
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Alan Greenspan, when chairman of the  Federal Reserve, brushed off an idea to boost scrutiny of  subprime mortgage lenders, a former Fed governor told the Wall  Street Journal.
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Fertility expert says industry exploits women and watchdog is failing them.
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Dr. David Van Wyck , a respected researcher and kidney disease specialist, seemed a natural choice to lead a National Kidney Foundation panel charged with updating physician guidelines for treating anemia in kidney patients.
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An international panel of experts urged Washington on Monday to join other nations in a drive to avert the "ecological time bomb" of global warming.
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It's been described as outdated,  bureaucratic, out of touch and at least one leading fertility  expert has called for it to be scrapped.
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An expert panel of the nation's premier science advisory organization yesterday gave a failing grade to a federal risk analysis used to justify construction of a controversial high-security bioterror laboratory in inner-city Boston.
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A prominent drug safety expert has been removed from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel meeting on Vioxx and other arthritis drugs because of comments he made this week suggesting that the entire class of medications may be unsafe.
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An anti-corruption unit at the World Bank heavily promoted by ousted president Paul D. Wolfowitz needs to be overhauled to mend tense relations with the rest of the bank's staff, according to a report released yesterday by a high-level outside review panel.
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A drug safety expert says his invitation to participate in a meeting on the risks of arthritis drugs like Vioxx and Bextra has been rescinded by government officials because he publicly expressed concerns about the medications.
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It's been described as outdated, bureaucratic, out of touch and at least one leading fertility expert has called for it to be scrapped.