TIMES OF INDIA– Even as questions are being raised about whether the swine flu scare was exaggerated to benefit pharma companies, evidence has surfaced that several members of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) vaccine board which pushed countries to buy the H1N1 vaccine have had significant ties with pharma companies. This fact, which is bound to raise issues of conflict … Read More
WASHINGTON INDEPEDENT– Employees of the CIA-connected private security corporation Blackwater diverted hundreds of weapons, including more than 500 AK-47 assault rifles, from a U.S. weapons bunker in Afghanistan intended to equip Afghan policemen, according to an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee. On at least one occasion, an individual claiming to work for the company evidently signed for a … Read More
NY DAILY NEWS– The embattled developer of three towers at Ground Zero wants a bailout, a report says. In a desperate bid to complete the long-stalled towers, Larry Silverstein has reached out to the Port Authority for financial help, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Silverstein is requesting cash for at least two of the three planned office towers, sources … Read More
NEW YORK TIMES– In a first-year pharmacology class at Harvard Medical School, Matt Zerden grew wary as the professor promoted the benefits of cholesterol drugs and seemed to belittle a student who asked about side effects. Mr. Zerden later discovered something by searching online that he began sharing with his classmates. The professor was not only a full-time member of … Read More
SD UNION TRIBUNE– Northrop Grumman Corp. on Wednesday said its first-quarter profit rose almost 50 percent, boosted by higher sales of military products like aerial drones and a larger contract for a satellite-based tracking system. The No. 2 defense contractor seems largely insulated from the recession, which has hurt earnings at other U.S. manufacturers like Boeing Co., Caterpillar Inc. and … Read More
