Harvard World Health News
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brdgtHighlights from this week's Harvard World Health News:
A Key Stem-Cell Finding Was Faked, Korean Co-Author Claims
Choe Sang-Hun (International Herald Tribune, Dec. 15, 2005)
"Hwang Woo Suk, who stunned the world by announcing breakthroughs in stem cell and cloning research, faked one of his two landmark papers, one of the scientists' South Korean co-authors said Thursday in an interview broadcast on television."
False Positives From HIV Test
Denise Grady (The New York Times, Dec. 10, 2005)
"Health officials in New York and San Francisco said yesterday that a widely used rapid test for the virus that causes AIDS had been producing too many false-positive results, frightening healthy people into thinking they might be infected."
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Medical Journal Criticizes Merck Over Vioxx Data
Alex Berenson (The New York Times, Nov. 9, 2005)
"An influential medical journal accused Merck yesterday of misrepresenting the results of a crucial clinical trial of the painkiller Vioxx to play down its heart risks."
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DuPont Hit with $10 Million Fine for Not Disclosing Toxin Data
Michael Hawthorne (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 15, 2005)
"DuPont will pay a record $10.25 million fine for failing to tell the Environmental Protection Agency what the company knew about a chemical used to make Teflon, including studies that found the substance in human blood and said it should be considered 'extremely toxic.'"
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Malaria Health Warning to Britons
(BBC News Online, Dec. 9, 2005)
"Health experts have issued a warning about malaria, after four people from northwest England contracted the disease during holidays overseas."
A Key Stem-Cell Finding Was Faked, Korean Co-Author Claims
Choe Sang-Hun (International Herald Tribune, Dec. 15, 2005)
"Hwang Woo Suk, who stunned the world by announcing breakthroughs in stem cell and cloning research, faked one of his two landmark papers, one of the scientists' South Korean co-authors said Thursday in an interview broadcast on television."
False Positives From HIV Test
Denise Grady (The New York Times, Dec. 10, 2005)
"Health officials in New York and San Francisco said yesterday that a widely used rapid test for the virus that causes AIDS had been producing too many false-positive results, frightening healthy people into thinking they might be infected."
Free registration required.
Medical Journal Criticizes Merck Over Vioxx Data
Alex Berenson (The New York Times, Nov. 9, 2005)
"An influential medical journal accused Merck yesterday of misrepresenting the results of a crucial clinical trial of the painkiller Vioxx to play down its heart risks."
Free registration required.
DuPont Hit with $10 Million Fine for Not Disclosing Toxin Data
Michael Hawthorne (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 15, 2005)
"DuPont will pay a record $10.25 million fine for failing to tell the Environmental Protection Agency what the company knew about a chemical used to make Teflon, including studies that found the substance in human blood and said it should be considered 'extremely toxic.'"
Free registration required.
Malaria Health Warning to Britons
(BBC News Online, Dec. 9, 2005)
"Health experts have issued a warning about malaria, after four people from northwest England contracted the disease during holidays overseas."
