First bird-flu vaccine shows partial protection
Washington reports the first human test of a bird-flu vaccine, requiring two mega doses for 54 percent protection in young healthy volunteers, far below the 75 to 90 percent protection of regular winter shots. Elderly responses remain under study as researchers weigh safety and effectiveness.
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John Treanor
University of Rochester
Fauci calls vaccine a stopgap amid limited stockpile
The plan’s weak effect leaves the stockpile a stopgap. Doses cover only about 4 million people, far from a 20 million goal, reserved for health workers and flu factory staff if a HSN1 epidemic hits. Global factories pursue regular shots but could only supply bird flu vaccine at high doses, enough to immunize 75 million people, or 1.25 percent of humanity, with many underprotected per Mayo expert Dr. Gregory Poland.
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Anthony Fauci
National Institutes of Health
New England Journal of Medicine
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Mayo Clinic
Gregory Poland
Bush backs trial of former Liberian president Taylor
President Bush voiced confidence that Charles Taylor will be tried at an international tribunal for crimes in Sierra Leone. Taylor, Liberia’s ex leader in exile in Niger ia, was captured while on the run with money, facing charges of backing rebels and crimes against humanity. Nigerian police guarding Taylor were arrested. Obasanjo denied aid in the escape.
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Washington
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Sierra Leone
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Liberia
Nigeria
International Criminal Tribunal
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IRS privacy proposal eyed by House lawmakers on data scope
IRS Commissioner Mark Everson told House members the draft privacy rule changes tighten standards for tax preparers handling taxpayer data. Consumer groups fear wider disclosure and sales of personal information while the IRS says reforms require clearer notices, permit consent based sharing, and allow preparers to advertise third party financial products with client consent. The agency seeks to update 1974 regulations as electronic filing grows and would drop the affiliated company requirement for marketing.
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Washington
IRS
Mark Everson
House
Internal Revenue Service
Court weighs Vienna treaty rights for foreign defendants
Supreme Court justices questioned whether police must inform foreign suspects of consular rights under the 1969 Vienna Convention. Lawyers argued failure to inform could trigger ineffective representation, not treaty violation, as justices weighed potential overturning of convictions and impact on numerous foreign nationals in U.S. prisons.
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Kennedy
Stephen Breyer
Mark Stancil
Mario Bustillo
Virginia
Stancil
USS
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Supreme Court weighs in on patent fight between eBay and MercExchange
The Supreme Court debated rights of inventors on a dispute between eBay and MercExchange. The case is part of several patent law battles critics say need updating to reflect rapid technology change. The court considers whether judges must automatically issue injunctions after juries find patent violations.
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Washington
eBay
Virginia
MercExchange
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