Archives - anthrax vaccine news - General
(listed most recent first) 

• 13 Jun 2001 -- Departing National Guard Troops Won't Receive Anthrax Vaccinations, by Thomas D.Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 13 Jun 2001 -- Pentagon limits anthrax vaccinations, by Reni Winter, (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, MS)
• 11 Jun 2001 -- DoD Slows Anthrax Vaccination Program Again, by Jim Garamone (American Forces Press Service)
• 18 May 2001 -- Buck Quitting Air Force After Anthrax Vaccine Defense Fails, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 18 May 2001 -- Shays: Pentagon Acted Improperly, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 17 May 2001 -- E-mails Suggest Pentagon Pressured FDA On Anthrax Vaccine, by Thomas D. Williams (ctnow.com)
• 15 May 2001 -- DoD Anthrax Documents and E-mails Bolster Buck's Unlawful Order Defense, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 11 May 2001 -- General's Anthrax Vaccine Testimony 'Inconsistent With Honesty,' Says Inspector, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 3 May 2001 -- Lawsuit Filed Over Vaccine, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 3 May 2001 - Lawsuit on Anthrax Vaccinations Targets FDA Role, by Bill Miller (Washington Post)
• 2 May 2001 -- Officers Challenge Anthrax Program, by Randall Chase (Associated Press)
• Apr 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine: Ducking the Shot, by Timothy W. Maier (Insight Magazine) (14 May 2001 edition)
• 26 Apr 2001 -- Bioport Prepares ToAddress FDA's Anthrax Vaccine Plant Concerns, by Keith Costa (Inside the Pentagon)
• 26 Apr 2001 -- Potential Anthrax AntidoteShows Promise in Rats, by Amy Norton (Reuters Health)
• 20 Apr 2001 -- Ill captain blames anthrax, by John Lauerman (Springfield(MA) Union-News)
• 19 Apr 2001 - Anthrax Vaccine Devastated his Health, Army Ranger Tells Committee, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 18 Apr 2001 -- Massachusetts LawmakerTo Introduce Bill Banning Anthrax Vaccine Use On State's Military, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 2 Apr 2001 -- SHOTS IN THE DARK: What the Pentagon doesn’t want you to know about the anthrax vaccine, by Kent Miller (Air Force Times/Army Times Publishing Company) (April 9, 2001 edition)
• Mar 2001 -- "An Act Prohibiting The Administration Of Experimental Drugs And Vaccines  To Members Of The Connecticut Militia" (Connecticut State General Assembly, as amended)
• 26 Mar 2001 -- Ruling Could Derail Air Force Doctor's Argument for Refusing Anthrax Vaccine, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 23 Mar 2001 -- Stop Anthrax Vaccinations, Urges Connecticut Attorney General, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 23 Mar 2001 -- Blumenthal Urges Halt To Anthrax Vaccine Rule, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 22 Mar 2001 --  Attorney General Asks Secretary Of Defense, FDA To Drop Military's Anthrax Vaccination Program, Office of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
• 16 Mar 2001 -- Anthrax Vaccine Victims' Advocate: 'I Don't Want Them to Feel Alone' by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 9 Mar 2001 -- Army Sergeant Who Died Following Shots Told Sister: 'Don't Let This Go!', by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 9 Mar 2001 -- Dodd Questions Handling Of Anthrax Complaint, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 8 Mar 2001 -- CDC Set To Begin Wide-Reaching Anthrax Vaccine Studies This Month, by Keith Costa (Inside The Pentagon)
• 6 Mar 2001 -- AnthraxVaccine Maker Didn't Report Army Sergeant's Death, According to FDA, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 5 Mar 2001 -- Dr. Meryl Nass: On The Front Lines Of The Anthrax Vaccine Wars, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 23 Feb 01 -Patients' Survey At Dover AFB Indicates Anthrax Vaccine Ills, By Dave Ebehart (Stars & Stripes)
• 22 Feb 01 - Resistance To Anthrax Vaccine Ripples Through the Ranks, by Dave Ebehart (Stars & Stripes)
• 20 Feb 2001 - Anthrax Vaccine: A Doctor's Oath And A Military Code Collide, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 14 Feb 2001 - Keesler doctor to face trial for refusing shot - He wouldn't take disputed anthrax vaccine, By Christine Harvey and Reni Winter (The Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS))
• 13 Feb 2001 - Groups Seek Amnesty For Gis Who Refused Anthrax Shots, By Michael Kilian (Chicago Tribune)
• 12 Feb 2001 - Group Asks President Bush to Grant Amnesty for Anthrax Vaccine Refusers (PRNewswire)
• 5 Feb 2001 -- Making Chemical Weapons Is No Easy Task - Combating Such an Attack Would Prove Equally Difficult, By Vernon Loeb (Washington Post)
• 5 Feb 2001 -- Marine kicked out for refusing anthrax vaccine, Associated Press, 1 Feb 2001 (Air Force Times, 12 Feb 2001 edition)
• 25 Jan 2001 -- Military men--and a politician--battle mandatory anthrax vaccination, by Katherine A. Mason (New Haven Advocate)
• 22 Jan 2001 -- Doctor may face anthrax court-martial, by Deborah Funk (Air Force Times -- 29 Jan 2001 edition)
• 22 Jan 2001 -- State looks to control Guard, vaccinations -- Bills introduced in Connecticut House of Representatives, by Deborah Funk (Army Times Publishing Co.) January 22, 2001 (Jan 29 edition)
• 22 Jan 2001 -- FOIA Commission fines Conn. Guard, says it failed to provide anthrax records, By David Castellon (Army Times Publishing Co. -29 Jan 2001edition)
• 21 Jan 2001 -- Documents reveal flaws in Gulf War illness probe, by Dave Parks, Birmingham News
• 16 Jan 2001 -- Anthrax Vaccine Program Criticized [in new GAO report], by Harry Dunphy (Associated Press)
• 15 Jan 2001 -- Air Force Physician Refuses to Submit to Anthrax Vaccine, by Deborah Funk (Air Force Times)
• 12 Jan 2001 -- Marine Demoted, Confined [105 days] For Refusing Vaccine, by David Allen (Stars and Stripes)
• 12 Jan 01 -- Military physician arraigned - Doctor may face court-martial for refusing vaccine, by Paul Payne (Jackson MS Clarion-Ledger/ The Associated Press)
• 12 Jan 01 -- Keesler doctor awaits ruling in anthrax case, by Reni Winter (The Sun Herald)
• 09 Jan 01 -- Coastians face court martial over vaccine -- Air Force doctor, Seabee oppose anthrax order, by Reni Winter (The Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS)
• 01 Jan 2001 -- Family Bitter Over Terms Of Anthrax-Disabled Airman's Release From Service, by Terry Frank (Chautauqua Correspondent)
• 15 Dec 2000 -- Vaccine's role in man's death still uncertain, by A.J. Evenson and Tim Martin (Lansing State Journal)
• 14 Dec 2000 -- [CT Attorney General] Blumenthal To Oppose Use Of Anthrax Vaccine, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 6 Dec 2000 -- Another BioPort Scam?, by Sid Greeneit (Soldiers for the Truth (www.SFTT.org))
• 5 Dec 2000 -- State rules 3 ex-lab workers won't get vaccine royalties -Process to make anthrax drug never received patent, by Tim Martin and A.J. Evenson (Lansing State Journal)
• 1 Dec 2000 -- Pentagon Makes Further Cut in Anthrax Vaccination ProgramBy James Dao (New York Times)
• 30 Nov 2000 -- DoD Further Slows Anthrax Vaccination Effort (DoD Press Service)
• 20 Nov 2000 -- Vexing Vaccine, by William F. Jasper (The New American) -- "The Clinton administration is forcing an unproven, experimental anthrax vaccine on the military, risking our soldiers’ health, destroying their morale, and damaging military preparedness."
• 20 Nov 2000 -- Vaccine Maker Not Fully Investigating Anthrax Complaints, by Deborah Funk (Army Times)
• 20 Nov 2000 -- A Vaccine Compromise,  Editorial (Army Times)
• 17 Nov 2000 -- Anthrax vaccine opponents firm, by J.S. Newton (Fayetteville (NC) Observer)
• 16 Nov 2000 -- Bioport: Approval Process For Anthrax Vaccine Production On Track by Keith Costa (Inside The Pentagon)
• 15 Nov 2000 -- Prevalence and Patterns of Gulf War Illness in Kansas Veterans:  Association of Symptoms with Characteristics of Person, Place, and Time of Military Service, by Lea Steele  (American Journal of Epidemiology 152:991-1001)
• 14 Nov 2000 -- New concerns raised about anthrax vaccine maker by Kate Fodor (Reuters Health)
• 11 Nov 2000 -- Vaccine Manufacturer Faulted, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 10 Nov 2000 -- BioPort to track reactions to vaccine:FDA concerned that certain batches may have adverse effects, by A.J. Evenson and Tim Martin (Lansing State Journal)
• 3 Nov 2000 -- Man, Saying He's Sick From Shots, Fights Air Force, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 2 Nov 2000 -- Brewer testimony attacks BioPort: State representative says Lansing firm falsified records, by A.J. Evenson and Tim Martin (Lansing State Journal)
• 2 Nov 2000 -- Pentagon Will Consider Building 'GO-CO' Vaccine Production Facility, by Catherine MacRae (Inside The Pentagon)
• 31 Oct 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Maker Criticized, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 31 Oct 2000 -- BioPort to hire outside company: Lansing firm to seek help in packaging of anthrax vaccine, by Tim Martin and A.J. Evenson (Lansing State Journal)
• 27 Oct 2000 -- Anthrax shot thins Reserve ranks, by Bill Straub (Cincinnati Post)
• 26 Oct 2000 -- Threat of Unconventional Terrorism Is Overstated, Study Says, by Judith Miller (New York Times)
• 21 Oct 2000 -- Struggling BioPort will get some help: Defense contractor will fill jobs, may open door to FDA, By A.J. Evenson and Tim Martin (Lansing State Journal)
• 15 Oct 2000 -- Refusing shots killed pilot's military career, by Noble Sprayberry (Nashville Tennessean)
• 12 Oct 2000 -- Vaccine pushing military pilots out: Those leaving blame anthrax shots most, Congress' study says, by Tim Martin and A.J. Evenson (Lansing State Journal)
• 12 Oct 2000 -- Anthrax Rule Is Cutting Down On Pilots, GAO Says, by Thomas D. Williams, (The Hartford Courant)
• 11 Oct 2000 -- Study: Reservists Quit Over Anthrax, by David Briscoe (AP)
• 11 Oct 2000 -- Anthrax Shots Cause Military Exodus, by Thomas E. Ricks (Washington Post)
• 10 Oct 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Hearings To Resume, by Amy Forliti (AP)
• 9 Oct 2000 -- Gore, Bush vague on anthrax vaccine: Program's foes hope change will come with new president, by Tim Martin and A.J. Evenson (Lansing State Journal)
• 4 Oct 2000 -- Military Says Chemical Was In Anthrax Shot After All, by Michael Kilian (Chicago Tribune)
• 4 Oct 2000 -- Hearing Focuses On Anthrax Vaccine, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 4 Oct 2000 -- Vaccine sufferers relate tales: Widow of former BioPort worker talks to U.S. legislators, by A.J. Evenson and Tim Martin (Lansing State Journal)
• 3 Oct 2000 -- Anthrax Hearing, by Roberto Suro (Washington Post)
• 3 Oct 2000 -- Anthrax Shots, Illness Linked, Congress Told, by John Whitesides (Reuters)
• 29 Sep 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Had Unlikely Critic, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 29 Sep 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Had Unlikely Critic, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant )
• 28 Sep 2000 -- FDA advisers tied to industry, by Dennis Cauchon (USA TODAY)
• 28 Sep 2000 -- Medical examiner links death to anthrax vaccine: BioPort officials shocked by word of employee's autopsy, by A.J. Evenson and Tim Martin (Lansing State Journal)
• 26 Sep 2000 -- [Another] Pilot discharged over anthrax shots at Dover (Del.) Air Force Base -Sickened by first three, flyer says he refused inoculations, by Tom Eldred (Delaware State News)
• 21 September 2000 -- House Committee to Renew Anthrax Inquiry with Hearing Next Month, by Elaine Grossman (Inside the Pentagon)
• 14 September 2000 -- French to Check Liaison Officers for Gulf Syndrome, (Reuters)
• 11 September 2000 -- BioPort Voluntarily Recalls Lot of Anthrax Vaccine, FDA Says (Bloomberg
• 04 September 2000 -- Pentagon Opposes Limits On Vaccine Purchases, by Deborah Funk (Navy Times)
• 28 Aug 2000 -- "Military Reserves Are Falling Short in Finding Recruits", by Steven Lee Myers (New York Times)
• 25 August 2000 -- Documents Hold Anthrax Secrets, by A. J. Evenson (Lansing State Journal)
• 21 August 2000 -- Family Wins Care For Airman At Walter Reed -- Mother Suspects Either Vaccine Shots Or Service In Gulf Caused His Illness, by David Castellon (Air Force Times)
• 04 August 2000 -- Mom Pickets Military Over Son's Illness, By Eliza Bussey and Stephen Pincock (Reuters)
• 04 August 2000 -- Military.com Uncovers Epidemic of Adenovirus at Training Centers Nationwide, by Stephen Trimble (Military.com)
• 03 August 2000 -- Pentagon Moving Closer To Publishing Past Anthrax Vaccine Studies, by Keith J. Costa (Inside the Pentagon)
• 02 August 2000 -- Army leader says Scwarzkopf "flat wrong", by Pamela Hess (UPI)
• 01 August 2000 -- Gulf War Syndrome remains a puzzling legacy for veterans, by Mark Jaffe (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 31 July 2000 -- Army and Raytheon Concealed Truth About September 1999 Toxic Incident at Umatilla U.S. Army Depot (PRNewswire)
• 25 July 2000 -- Anthrax Fight Taken To State Panel, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 24 July 2000 -- Anthrax Retreat Do You Still Have To Take The Shot?, by Deborah Funk (Air Force Times)
• 20 July 2000 -- Lawmakers, critics question DOD's potential 'off-label' vaccine use -- FDA 'wouldn't object' to planned deviations in anthrax shot regime, by Elaine M. Grossman (Inside the Pentagon)
• 20 July 2000 -- U.S. Wants To Draft Antibiotic Against Anthrax, by Rita Rubin (USA Today)
• 18 July 2000 -- Response to bio attacks can traumatize - Reuters
• 18 July 2000 -- Anthrax Shots' Effect Challenged, by Thomas E. Ricks (Washington Post)
• 17 July 2000 -- Vaccine Maker Faltering, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 13 July 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccination Program Is Failing, Pentagon Admits, By Elaine Sciolino (New York Times)
• 12July 2000 -- Shays Asks Pentagon To Suspend Penalties,by Thomas D. Williams(The Hartford Courant )
• 12 July 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Supplier Sought, By David Briscoe (Associated Press)
• 12 July 2000 -- New Sources of Anthrax Vaccine Are Years Away, By John Whitesides (Reuters)
• 11 July 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Supplier Sought, By David Briscoe (Associated Press)
• 11 July, 2000 -- Shortage Forces Pentagon to Cut Anthrax Inoculations, by Elaine Sciolino (The New York Times)
• 11 July 2000 -- Pentagon Cuts Back on Anthrax Vaccine Program, by Tim Martin and A.J.Evenson (Lansing State)
• 11 July 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Failed Test, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 10 July 2000 -- U.S. Military Slowing Anthrax Vaccinations - Cohen, by Charles Aldinger (Reuters)
• 10 July 2000 -- Cohen To Cut Back Anthrax Vaccines, by Robert Burns (Associated Press)
• 7 July 2000 -- Pentagon's Anthrax Program In Limbo, by Thomas Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 6 Jul 2000 -- Decision Near on Anthrax Vaccination, by Robert Burns (Associated Press)
• 4 July 2000 -- Former airman questions use of anthrax vaccine, by Raygan Swan (Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune)
• 3 July 2000 -- The next big thing is small: Machines the size of molecules are creating the next industrial revolution, by Phillip J. Longman (U.S. News)
• 30 June 2000 -- End of Anthrax Vaccine? Military May End Program to Inoculate Personnel, by Barbara Star (ABC News)
• 29 Jun 2000 -- Non-Toxic Foam that Neutralizes Biological and Chemical Weapons, Arthur D. Little, Inc. (PRI News)
• June 2000 -- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Sue Bailey Transferred Out of DoD (U.S. Medicine)
• 26 Jun 2000 -- Fiscal year-end windfall blown on old vaccine, by Ann Rees, (The[Vancouver, Canada] Province)
• 25 June 2000 -- Their Dangerous Dose, by Anne Rees (The [Vancouver, Canada] Province)
• 25 June 2000 -- Art Goes Out on a Limb, by Ann Rees (The [Vancouver, Canada] Province)
• 24 Jun 2000 -- Military Praises Device That Detects Deadly Viruses, by Frank Curreri (Salt Lake City Tribune)
• 23 Jun 2000 -- House Panel Probes Anthrax Program - Possible Errors By Military Targeted Amid Fears That Vaccine Will Soon Run Out, by Michael Kilian (Chicago Tribune)
• 23 June 2000 -- Bioport official disagrees with inoculation survey , by Tom Eldred (Delaware State News)
• 22 June 2000 -- Lansing-based Bioport Corp. is under criminal investigation for its use of federal funds., by Tim Martin and A.J. Evenson (Lansing State Journal)
• 21 June 2000 -- Majority Of Military Gas Masks In Survey ‘Critically’ Defective, by John M. Donelly (Defense Week)
• 20 June 2000 -- 25 cadets given a vaccine overdose (Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Associated Press)
• 16 June 2000 -- Audit Provides Ammunition Against Anthrax Vaccine, by Thomas D.Williams (The Hartfourd Courant)
• 16 June 2000 -- Notes from the Pentagon…Vaccine Shortage, by Bill Gertz and Rowan Sacrborough (Washington Times(Inside the Ring column)
• 11 June 2000 -- BioPort Struggles to Become Viable - Lansing firm making anthrax vaccine seeks approval for new labs, by A.J. Evenson and Tim Martin (Lansing (Michigan) State Journal)
• 09 June 2000 -- Bayer to Ask FDA Panel to Support Use of Cipro for Anthrax, by Brian Reid (Bloomberg Business News)
• 09 June 2000 -- Congress wants answers about Anthrax; Delaware legislators maintain 'wait-and-see' stance, by Tom Eldred (Delaware State News)
• 09 June 2000 -- Reserve C-5 pilot resigns angrily in Dover, Delaware, by Tom Eldred (Delaware State News)
• 02 June 2000 -- Judge Denies Soldier Over Anthrax Shot, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 31 May 2000 -- Lawmakers hit military on anthrax vaccination, by Michael Kilian (Chicago Tribune)
• 29 May 2000 -- Threat of 'Rogue' States: Is It Reality or Rhetoric? , by Steven Mufson (Washington Post)
• 27 May 2000 -- Eugene pilot to be granted his discharge, by Eric Mortenson (Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard)
• 27 May 2000 -- Pilot Who Refused Anthrax Shots Given Option To Resign, by Michael Kilian (Chicago Tribune)
• 22 May 2000 -- Reports Criticize Anthrax Vaccine's Manufacturer, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 20 May 2000 -- Army halts discharge, by John Diedrich (The Colorado Springs Gazette)
• 20 May 2000 -- Soldier files motion to stop her ouster, by Karen Abbott (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
• 19 May 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Inquiry Sought, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 18 May 2000 -- Vaccines during deployment linked to Gulf War syndrome, by Patricia Reaney (Reuters)
• 17 May 2000 -- Defense Department Defends Anthrax Vaccine Requirement (Reuters)
• 17 May 2000 -- Protest Grows Against Use Of Anthrax Vaccine, by Peter Gorner (Chicago Tribune)
• 16 May 2000 -- Halt To Anthrax Program Sought, by John Hughes (Associated Press)
• 14 May 2000 -- At odds over anthrax: Some say no to vaccine, by Elizabeth Aguilera (The Orange County Register)
• 11 May 2000 -- Defense bill seeks funding for UAB's anthrax research, by Michael Brumas (Birmingham (AL) News)
• 11 May 2000 -- De Leon Defers To FDA On Legality Of DOD's Anthrax Vaccine Program, By Elaine Grossman (Inside the Pentagon)
• 11 May 2000 -- Sailors In Med Get Grim Surprise: Anthrax Shots, by Dave Mayfield (The Virginian-Pilot)
• 09 May 2000 -- Canada: Soldiers have right to refuse anthrax vaccine, by Ruth Walker (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 08 May 2000 -- Protest planned on anthrax vaccine, by Susan Vela (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
• 05 May 2000 -- Judge Agrees Anthrax Vaccine Unsafe; Halts Court Martial, by Scott Edmonds (Canadian Press)
• 05 May 2000 -- Protest planned on anthrax vaccine, by Susan Vela (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
• 04 May 2000 -- House Lawmakers To Review New Policies For Anthrax, by Keith J.Costa (Inside the Pentagon)
• 27 Apr 2000 -- Pentagon Official Lays Out Post-Exposure Anthrax Treatment, by Catherine MacRae (Inside the Pentagon)
• 23 Apr 2000 -- Anthrax vaccine draws protests, by Jerry Allegood (The [Raleigh] News and Observer)
• 23 Apr 2000 -- Fight about anthrax shot reaches Net, by Tom Eldred (Delaware State News)
• 23 Apr 2000 -- Dover - Air Force lawyers: Vaccines are illegal, violate Nuremberg Code, by Tom Eldred (Delaware State News)
• 23 Apr 2000 -- Maine doctor fights vaccine head-on, by Tom Eldred (Delaware State News)
• 20 Apr 2000 -- Vaccine refusals pose new military challenge, by Marlowe Churchill, (The Press Enterprise)
• 20 Apr 2000 -- Two USAF Reserve JAGs Contend Anthrax Vaccine Program Is Illegal, by Elaine Grossman (Inside the Pentagon)
• 19 Apr 2000 -- Unable To Quit, Air Force Pilot Who Refused Vaccine May Be Dishonorably Discharged, by Michael Kilian (Chicago Tribune)
• 19 Apr 2000 -- Air Force officials: Mandatory anthrax vaccine use is illegal, by Rod Hafermeister (Belleville, IL News)
• 15 Apr 2000 -- Camden, Delaware, captain tells of his experiences with anthrax, by Tom Eldred (Delaware News)
• 14 Apr 2000 -- Pentagon To Eye Gulf Illness Study, by John Hughes (AP)
• 13 Apr 2000 -- Pentagon gives anthrax maker another $12M, by Pamela Hess (UPI)
• 13 Apr 2000 -- Dover, Delaware Air Force Base Pilot: 'We would not be ready' Anthrax shots reduce ranks, officer says, by Tom Eldred (AP)
• 13 Apr 2000 -- Pilot Protesting Shots Asks To Quit, by Michael Kilian (Chicago Tribune)
• 13 Apr 2000 -- Pentagon Anthrax Program Ripped, by Tom Raum (AP)
• 13 Apr 2000 -- Audit Paints 'Bleak Picture' Of Anthrax Vaccine Maker's Viability, by Keith J. Costa (Inside the Pentagon)
• 13 Apr 2000 -- Institute Finds 'Paucity' Of Research On Anthrax Vaccine Safety, by Elaine Grossman )Inside the Pentagon)
• 11 Apr 2000 -- Gore: Sensitive to Troop Worries, by Sandra Sobieraj (AP)
• 11 Apr 2000 -- Vice President Al Gore discusses anthrax vaccine (Army Times Publishing Company)
• 30 Mar 2000 -- DOD Needs More Anthrax Vaccine By July to Keep Program on Track, by Keith J.Costa (Inside the Pentagon)
• 27 Mar 2000 -- Vaccine Refuser Faces Court-martial While Deployed (Navy Times)
• 27 Mar 2000 -- Pentagon Now Admits Reactions Much Higher, by Rod Hafemeister (Belleville )IL) News-Democrat
• 20 Mar 2000 -- Reservists Criticize Anthrax Shots, by Wayne Wilson (Sacramento Bee)
• 16 Mar 2000 -- Shot In The Arm: Anthrax vaccine opponents are finding more allies in Congress, by Laura Laughlin (Phoenix New Times)
• 14 Mar 2000 -- Survey indicates wide variety of reactions to anthrax vaccination, by Kate House (Dover (DE) Post)
• 11 Mar 2000 -- Waging war on  anthrax vaccine, by Meredith Goad (Portland (ME) Press Herald
• 7 Mar 2000 -- Offutt in Thick of Anthrax Dispute, by Mike Sherry (Omaha World Herald)
• 6 Mar 2000 -- Memo On Vaccine To Be Subject Of Congressional Inquiry, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 4 Mar 2000 -- Blumenthal Concerned Over Mandatory Anthrax Vaccination Program, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 2 Mar 2000 -- Lost In The Debate: Anthrax Is Very Survivable If Treated Immediately, by Elaine M. Grossman (Inside The Pentagon)
• 26 Feb 2000 -- Sen McCain calls on military to suspend the anthrax vaccine
• 24 Feb 2000 -- FDA Memo: Changes In Anthrax Shot Regime Require 'Informed Consent' (Inside the Pentagon)
• 19 Feb 2000 -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Bangor Daily News)
• 18 Feb 2000 -- Pentagon To Keep Anthrax Program
• 17 Feb 2000 -- Anthrax Jabs Put Cohen in a Battle Zone (Time Magazine)
• 17 Feb 2000 -- Anthrax takes a shot (CBS News)
• 17 Feb 2000 -- Documents Reveal Doubts About DOD Anthrax Vaccine Before Approval (Inside the Pentagon)
• 16 Feb 2000 -- Anthrax Vaccine Under Fire - House Panel Recommends Suspending Vaccination Program (Associated Press)
• 15 Feb 2000 -- Air Guard silent on anthrax refusals, by Frank Gray (The [Ft. Wayne, Indiana] Journal Gazette
• 13 Feb 2000 -- GI thinks anthrax vaccine is responsible for illness (Fayetteville (NC) Observer)
• 12 Feb 2000 -- The Anthrax Vaccine (Bangor Daily News)
• 11 Feb 2000 -- Pilots Punished for Refusing Vaccine (AP)
• 7 Feb 2000 -- Pentagon, foes locked in complex battle (Belleville (IL) News-Democrat)
• 7 Feb 2000 -- Resistance growing to anthrax vaccinations (Belleville (IL) News-Democrat)
• 4 Feb 2000 -- Anthrax dissenters land at Petersen [Air Force Base re-education camp] (Colorado Springs Gazette)
• 25 Jan 2000 -- Maryland National Guard Head Rescinds Anthrax-Vaccine Letter (Baltimore Sun)
• 12 Oct 1999 -- Research Said Lacking on Vaccine, by Catherine Strong (Associated Press Writer)
• 5 Oct 1999 -- Nearly Half Of The Pilots In Memphis Air Guard Refuse Anthrax Vaccinations, by Lela Garlington (Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal)
• 1 Oct 1999 -- Moratorium denied on anthrax shots for Memphis Guard (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
• 29 Sept 1999 -- Anthrax Shots Missing Targets?, by Bradley Graham (Washington Post)
• 11 Mar 1999 -- Armed Services opt to discharge those who refuse vaccine (New York Times)
• 22 Jan 1999 -- Veterans told gulf illness still a mystery, by Daniel Perez (El Paso Times)
• 22 Jan 1999 -- Clinton Describes Terrorism Threat for 21st Century (New York Times)
• 7 Aug 1998 -- Germ Defense Plan in Peril as Its Flaws are Revealed (New York Times) 
• 26 Mar 1998 -- Tests With Anthrax Raise Fears That American Vaccine Can Be Defeated, by Nicholas Wade (New York Times)
• 02 Oct 1996 -- Military Chiefs Back Anthrax Innoculations, by Bradley Graham (Washington Post)
• 29 Jan 1991 -- Army Faulted on Germ War Research, by R. Jeffrey Smith (Washington Post)
• 29 Dec 1990 -- U.S. Troops To Get Germ War Vaccines, by R. Jeffrey Smith (Washington Post)
• 22 Dec 1990 -- FDA Consents To Use Of Unapproved Drugs on U.S. Desert Troops, by Curt Suplee (Washington Post)
• 26 Jan 1989 -- U.S. Gave Iraq Bacteria, Sen. McCain Charges, by David B. Ottaway (Washington Post)

Archives - News on Major Bates
(listed most recent first)

• 26 Dec 2000 -- Not out of commission yet in Delaware-Bates continues anti-vaccine fight, by Tom Eldred, (Delaware State News)
• 14 Jul 2000 -- Buyer squares-off with Bates on anthrax debate By George Stoya  (Kokomo Tribune)
• 4 Jul 2000 -- Former airman questions use of anthrax vaccine, by Raygan Swan (Kokomo Tribune)
• 31 Mar 2000 -- Pilot Brings His Career - And Vaccine Battle - To An End (Delaware State News)
• 31 Mar 2000 -- Major Who refused Vaccine Leaves Service (Cincinati Enquirer)
• 22 March 2000 -- Military Discharges Vaccine Protester, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 12 Mar 2000 -- Major gets lawmakers' backing in vaccine flap, by Susan Vela (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
• 2 Mar 2000 -- High Ranking Anthrax Refuser Fined, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 16 Feb 2000 -- No Court-Martial in Anthrax Case (Associated Press)
• 4 Feb 2000 -- Pilot Waives Hearing In Anthrax-Vaccine Case (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 2 Feb 2000 -- Air Force Major's Hearing Canceled (AP)
• 2 Feb 2000 -- An Airman's Vaccination Becomes Test of Loyalty (Christian Science Monitor)
• 30 Jan 2000 -- Military Losing Some Good People Over Anthrax (Tacoma Daily News)
• 27 Jan 2000 -- Shot to Hell (Phoenix New Times.com Online) -- Mandatory participation in military's anthrax vaccine program pushes plunger on controversy
• 23 Jan 2000 -- Air Force Major May Be Jailed (AP)
• 15 Jan 2000 -- Air Force Officer Charged for Refusing to Take Anthrax Shot (Baltimore Sun)
• 14 Jan 2000 -- Pilot Who Refused Shots May Face Court-Martial (Hartford Courant)
• 14 Jan 2000 -- Anthrax vaccine refuser faces court martial (UPI)
• 9 Jan 2000 -- Lawmaker: Testimony On Vaccine May Have Prompted Retaliation (Hartford Courant) 
• 7 Jan 2000 -- Air Force Major Faces Court-Martial (AP)
• 12 Dec 1999 -- Delaware Major Fights Back Against Vaccine (Delaware State Newspaper)
• 12 Nov 1999 --  He's risking AF career over shot (Cincinnati Post)

News on Captain (Dr.) John Buck, MD

• 28 May 2001 -- Anthrax vaccine refuser avoids jail time -- Air Force doctoris restricted to base, must forfeit $21,000, by Deborah Funk (Air Force Times -- June 4, 2001 edition)
• 19 May 2001 -- Air Force Will Not Let Doctor Resign, by Thomas D. Williams (The Hartford Courant)
• 19 May 2001 -- Buck court-martial to proceed -- Air Force doctor asks Lott for help, by David Tortorano (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, MS)
• 18 May 2001 -- Buck Quitting Air Force After Anthrax Vaccine Defense Fails, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 18 May 2001 -- Shays: Pentagon Acted Improperly, by Thomas D. Williams (Hartford Courant)
• 17 May 2001 -- E-mails Suggest Pentagon Pressured FDA On Anthrax Vaccine, by Thomas D. Williams (ctnow.com)
• 15 May 2001 -- DoD Anthrax Documents and E-mails Bolster Buck's Unlawful Order Defense, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 4 May 2001 -- Air Force Doctor, Former Pilot Sue to Have Anthrax Vaccine Declared Experimental, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 20 Feb 2001 - Anthrax Vaccine: A Doctor's Oath And A Military Code Collide, by Dave Eberhart (Stars and Stripes)
• 22 Jan 2001 -- Doctor may face anthrax court-martial, by Deborah Funk (Air Force Times -- 29 Jan 2001 edition)
• 19 Jan 2001 -- Military judge recommends Buck court-martial, by Reni Winter, The Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS)
• 15 Jan 2001 -- Air Force Physician Refuses to Submit to Anthrax Vaccine, by Deborah Funk (Air Force Times)
• 12 Jan 2001 - The Buck Stops (the Anthrax Shots) Here - An Air Force doctor may face court-martial for refusing a controversial vaccine, by Mark Thompson (Time Magazine)
• 12 Jan 01 -- Military physician arraigned - Doctor may face court-martial for refusing vaccine, by Paul Payne (Jackson MS Clarion-Ledger/ The Associated Press)
• 12 Jan 01 -- Keesler doctor awaits ruling in anthrax case, by Reni Winter (The Sun Herald)
• 11 Jan 2001 -- Air Force Physician Becomes First Military Physician to Face Court Martial For Refusing to Take Anthrax Shots (PRNewswire)
• 09 Jan 01 -- Coastians face court martial over vaccine -- Air Force doctor, Seabee oppose anthrax order, by Reni Winter (The Sun Herald, Gulfport, MS)