How many people have suffered damage or death in Canada for GSK to take the drastic step of recalling 172,000 doses of Arepanrix (Pandemrix) vaccines over a "life-threatening" allergy?

AP on Fox News reports that the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccine for fear it may trigger life-threatening allergies.

Severe reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: WHO

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"We need to understand what happened in Canada," he added.

GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman Gwenan White told AFP that the affected doses of its Aprepanrix vaccine had caused reactions to the heart and lungs.

Posted: 11:57:42 PM  

From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks will release over half a million US national text pager intercepts.

The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

9/11 tragedy pager intercepts

The archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of our time. We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war.

Twitter users may use the hashtag #911txts. We will give status updates at twitter.com/wikileaks.

Posted: 12:13:45 PM  

We all 'need' an ICON.
To IDentify with.
To look up to.
To see as our saviour.
To bring out the best in us.

But why do you want to bring out the best in you, when you are already that?

I con, you con, we con ....

George

Posted: 12:05:46 PM