Download or read book The Anthrax Vaccine written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Anthrax Vaccine Debate written by Richard A. Hersack and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Anthrax Immunization Program written by Christopher Shays and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnesses: Dr. Sue Bailey, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Dept. of Defense (DoD); Lt. General Ronald R. Blanck, U.S. Army; Deputy Surgeon General Todd Fisher, U.S. Navy; Lt. General Charles H. Roadman II, U.S. Air Force; Capt. Thomas L. Rempfer & Major Russell E. Dingle, Connecticut Air National Guard; Pfc. Stephen M. Lundbom, U.S. Marine Corps; Mark S. Zaid, attorney at law; Col. Redmond Handy, Reserve Officer Association; & Lorene K. Greenleaf, Denver, CO.

Download or read book The Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program written by Joseph H. Alexander and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to service members' complaints of program insensitivity to adverse health effects, inadequate medical record-keeping, & heavy-handed program operation, the Committee initiated an oversight investigation into the design & implementation of the DoD force-wide, mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. The Committee measured the program against this standard: any expanded use of the same vaccine should be undertaken only with the greatest care & only to the extent necessary. As currently designed & implemented, the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program fails on both counts. The Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program lacks a consistent standard of care & is designed to reach far beyond those at risk.

Download or read book The Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program AVIP written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medical Readiness written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book DOD s Mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program for Military Personnel written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program AVIP written by W. J. Tauzin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnesses: Rudy de Leon, Dep. Sec. of Def.; Tommy Franks, Jr., U.S. Army, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command; Randall West, U.S. Marine Corps, Sr. Advisor to the Dep. Sec. of Def. for Chem. & Biol. Protection; J. Jarrett Clinton, Public Health Serv., 1st Assist. to the Assist. Sec. of Def. for Health Affairs; Anna Johnson-Winegar, Dep. Assist. Sec. of Def. for Chem. & Biol. Def.; Gaston Randolph, Jr., U.S. Army, Dir., AVIP; Fuad El-Hibri, CEO, Bioport Corp., accomp. by Robert Myers, Chief Scientific Officer, & Robert Kramer, CFO, Bioport Corp.; April Stephenson, Chief, Policy Programs Div., Defense Contract Audit Agency; & Kathryn Zoon, Dir., Center for Biologics Evaluation & Res., FDA

Download or read book Anthrax in Humans and Animals written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Anthrax Immunization Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program written by John Warner and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnesses: Rear Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, U.S. Navy, Director, Intelligence Directorate, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Rudy de Leon, Deputy Secretary of Defense; David R. Oliver, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Technology; Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck, U.S. Army, Surgeon General of the Army; Major General Randall L. West, U.S. Marine Corps, Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness; Carol R. Schuster, Associate Director for National Security Preparedness Issues, National Security & International Affairs Div., U.S. General Accounting Office.

Download or read book The Impact of the Anthrax Vaccine Program on Reserve and National Guard Units written by Christopher Shays and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program has 2 major problems. Reserve & Nat. Guard members are leaving mil. service citing unresolved safety & efficacy questions; & DoD is not keeping accurate medical records. Witnesses: Charles Cragin, Prin. Dep. Assist. Sec. for Reserve Affairs, DoD; MG Paul Weaver, Dir., Air Nat. Guard (ANG); Col. Fred. Gerber, Dir., Health Care Oper., Office of the Army Surgeon Gen., DoD; Col. James Dougherty, Air Surgeon, Nat. Guard Bur.; Lt. Col. Thomas Heemstra, Indiana ANG, Erlanger, KY; Maj. Cheryl Hansen, A.F. Reserves, Beaver, PA; Capt. David Panzera, N.Y. ANG; & Tech. Sgt. Wm. Mangieri, N.Y. ANG, Hopewell Junction, NY.

Download or read book Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-12-25 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, the Department of Defense (DoD) began a program of mandatory immunization against anthrax for all military personnel. As the program proceeded, however, some military personnel and their families raised concerns about the safety and efficacy of the anthrax vaccine. Acknowledging both the need to protect military personnel and the concerns about the anthrax vaccine, congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to carry out a research program on its safety and efficacy. To assist in the development of this program, CDC requested the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a committee to review the completeness and appropriateness of the research program. In An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program, the committee makes an overall assessment of the CDD research plan and reviews the specific studies proposed by CDC in the three areas of efficacy, safety and acceptability. The committee also notes additional research needs that became evident following the bioterrorist events of 2001 and makes recommendations about the leadership of the research program.

Download or read book The Impact of the Anthrax Vaccine Program on Reserve and National Guard Units written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: