Congress examines childhood vaccine safety
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Congress is holding hearings on the safety of childhood vaccines prompted by parental concerns that their children have suffered adverse effects. CDC data show a possible link between hepatitis B vaccination and type 1 diabetes.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 1999
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Business group presses for broader release of scientific data
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The US Chamber of Commerce is upset because a law designed to release research data to the public exempts medical records. Scientists believe the industries represented by the chamber might use the data to harass researchers.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2000
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Indecision over human pesticide data
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An EPA-convened advisory committee has failed to reach consensus over whether humans should be used to study the effects of pesticides. Giving human volunteers a non-therapeutic chemical creates many ethical problems.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 1999
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