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Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309182743 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. It was initially used to protect people who might be exposed to anthrax where they worked, such as veterinarians and textile plant workers who process animal hair. When the U. S. military began to administer the vaccine, then extended a plan for the mandatory vaccination of all U. S. service members, some raised concerns about the safety and efficacy of AVA and the manufacture of the vaccine. In response to these and other concerns, Congress directed the Department of Defense to support an independent examination of AVA. The Anthrax Vaccine: Is It Safe? Does It Work? reports the study's conclusion that the vaccine is acceptably safe and effective in protecting humans against anthrax. The book also includes a description of advances needed in main areas: improving the way the vaccine is now used, expanding surveillance efforts to detect side effects from its use, and developing a better vaccine.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309182743 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. It was initially used to protect people who might be exposed to anthrax where they worked, such as veterinarians and textile plant workers who process animal hair. When the U. S. military began to administer the vaccine, then extended a plan for the mandatory vaccination of all U. S. service members, some raised concerns about the safety and efficacy of AVA and the manufacture of the vaccine. In response to these and other concerns, Congress directed the Department of Defense to support an independent examination of AVA. The Anthrax Vaccine: Is It Safe? Does It Work? reports the study's conclusion that the vaccine is acceptably safe and effective in protecting humans against anthrax. The book also includes a description of advances needed in main areas: improving the way the vaccine is now used, expanding surveillance efforts to detect side effects from its use, and developing a better vaccine.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 39
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This audit was requested by Congressman Walter B. Jones to review the financial and contractual relationship between the DoD and BioPort Corporation, the sole U.S. manufacturer of the anthrax vaccine. Specifically, Congressman Jones requested we review the renegotiation of the sole source Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed contract that increased financial assistance to BioPort Corporation. In 1970, the Food and Drug Administration granted the only Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed license in the United States to the State of Michigan. Prior to September 1998, Michigan Biologic Products Institute, a facility in Lansing, Michigan, owned by the State of Michigan, manufactured the Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed. In December 1995, the State of Michigan decided to initiate a privatization of Michigan Biologic Products Institute. In November 1996, the Food and Drug Administration inspected the Michigan Biologic Products Institute and in March 1997 issued a notice of intent to revoke their license. On September 4, 1998, BioPort Corporation acquired the Michigan Biologic Products Institute from the State of Michigan for about $24.75 million in a combination of cash, loans, products, and royalties. As part of the sale, Michigan Biologic Products Institute agreed to enter into a novation agreement that transferred three DoD contracts to BioPort Corporation.
Author: World Health Organization Publisher: World Health Organization ISBN: 9241547537 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 219
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This fourth edition of the anthrax guidelines encompasses a systematic review of the extensive new scientific literature and relevant publications up to end 2007 including all the new information that emerged in the 3-4 years after the anthrax letter events. This updated edition provides information on the disease and its importance, its etiology and ecology, and offers guidance on the detection, diagnostic, epidemiology, disinfection and decontamination, treatment and prophylaxis procedures, as well as control and surveillance processes for anthrax in humans and animals. With two rounds of a rigorous peer-review process, it is a relevant source of information for the management of anthrax in humans and animals.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 88
Author: Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures During the Gulf War Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309171628 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 426
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The men and women who served in the Gulf War theater were potentially exposed to a wide range of biological and chemical agents. Gulf War and Health: Volume 1 assesses the scientific literature concerning the association between these agents and the adverse health effects currently experienced by a large number of veterans.
Author: Michael Kinch Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1681778203 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 486
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If you have a child in school, you may have heard stories of long-dormant diseases suddenly reappearing—cases of measles, mumps, rubella, and whooping cough cropping up everywhere from elementary schools to Ivy League universities because a select group of parents refuse to vaccinate their children. Between Hope and Fear tells the remarkable story of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and their social and political implications. While detailing the history of vaccine invention, Kinch reveals the ominous reality that our victories against vaccine-preventable diseases are not permanent—and could easily be undone. In the tradition of John Barry’s The Great Influenza and Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies, Between Hope and Fear relates the remarkable intersection of science, technology, and disease that has helped eradicate many of the deadliest plagues known to man.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 368
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Author: World Health Organization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations
Author: Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures During the Gulf War
Author: David E. Cooper
Author: Michael Kinch
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Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel