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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696609 Health & Science Part 1: Documents Suggest Merck Tried to Censor Vioxx Critics by Snigdha Prakash All Things Considered, June 9, 2005 · Because of intense interest in this report, NPR has decided to present a full transcript. Introduction: NPR's story about Merck and its efforts to suppress safety concerns about the painkiller Vioxx continues with a look at how Merck exerted its influence in the world of top medical institutions. NPR's Snighda Prakash presents part two of her report. Transcript: Introduction: At least 38,000 Americans are believed to have died from taking the pain pill Vioxx before it...

PUBLIC HEARINGS IN NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL ACS DRUG EXPERIMENTS ON BLACK & LATINO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2005, AT 10:00 AM CITY HALL, DOWNTOWN NYC The New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) has admitted that at least 465 allegedly HIV positive children in foster care were used to test highly toxic and possibly lethal experimental AIDS drugs during the1980s and 1990s. ACS Commissioner John Mattingly has stated that the agency has hired an outside research firm (Vera Institute of Justice) to investigate. The British Broadcasting Company documentary entitled Guinea Pig Kids exposed the scurrilous...