An honest source for
information about policies that affect your freedom to choose
your health care treatments and providers and to maintain
your health privacy—including genetic privacy.
Shots in the Dark: Who should decide which vaccinations
children receive? - Today, U.S. vaccine policy is
set by a 12-member Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) appointed by the federal government's
Secretary of Health and Human Services. . . In effect,
12 people have the power to determine which vaccines will
be mandatory for millions of American children.
Are
Children Adequately Protected In Biomedical Research Trials?
Some advocacy groups are comparing the child-fenfluramine
experiment to the government-funded Tuskegee trials of
the 1940s, where blacks were intentionally denied treatment
for veneral disease.
