National
Experts hear testimony on whooping cough vaccine
WASHIXtiTON. I At’) \
panel nl experts heard eonllut
ing views Uednesdav nil
whether the vaccine used to
prevent wdumping i ough is sale
nr i .111 i ause hrain damage and
death in some i hildren
Offit ials ot the the \menian
Ai .ideim nl Pediatric s main
tamed that there is nil si lentilii
proof the vat i ine i auses severe
neurologic al damage nr death,
lint said it can worsen pre-ex
isling problems nr bring them
In light where the\ had prcn i
ously been unknow u
Others, including some par
(•ills, disagreed and said the
government is Irving to down
play the risks
I'he Institute nl Medic ine
panel ot \2 medical and puhlit
health experts was formed at
the request of the Department
ot Health and Human Services
to review si ientilic data on pus
sible problems resulting from
vnci ines that prevent pertussis
nr w hooping i ough and rubel
la. better known as Herman
measles The review is required
In ( aingress
Jetlrcn 11 Schwartz a Wash
inglon lawver who sa\s his
daughter's death from a seizure
m HIH4 was diagnosed as
i ausnd In the pertussis \ai
i ine i barged that the govern
menl has been engaged in a
i imspir.u \ nl silent e and deni
.iI In \\ ithholding informal ion
about llu' danger nt the v.11
i ine
I If said the more than I duo
reported rases ot severe pertlis
sis vaccine real lions are being
Imished oil as aneedotal with
no si jenlifil basis
Government publii health ot
In ials in their zeal to promote
mass immunizations to wipe
out i onlagiuus diseases, are de
hberatek understating the se
vere side ettei Is the pertussis
vat i me ran cause, he said
l lu1 vat i me lor the disease is
usually given in one shot with
the \ ai i me tor diphtheria .mil
tetanus which together are re
(erred to as the DPT vat.t ine to
( hildreu in a series ot tour
shots beginning at around
months It is reipiired In stale
law s lor admission to school
"We have not advot ated that
parents not gel the van ine
S< hvvart/ said ' Hut w e are
pushing lor a saler \ at i me
and more i notion in giving the
vat i ine to i hildreu w ho have a
family history ot seizures oi
have had a severe re.it lion to an
ear her I )I’T shot
Schwartz spoke on behnll ot
Dissatisfied I'.nenls togelhei i
nat ionvvide group ol parents
w hose i hitdren have been in
jured or killed by i hildhood
v ai « i nes Ills group was ms I in
mental m pushing through the
Harris named first black
woman Air Force general
BILOXI Miss IA I1) Col
Man elite I I larris will bei nine
I he lirsl hi.a k unman to hold
I In * i .ink ol Ah lour biigadiet
funeral I’enta^on olfii ials an
DiHlIli rd Wednesday
I till I IS Hi U .Is hoi II III I Ions
loll I r\,|s A 1*11)1 r r.lllllillr ol
Npelman College hi All.iiii.i
she also earned a degree in
business management at I ho
Cniversilv ol Man land
As the An I on e s lust wum
an aiu rail mainlenaiue oltu er
she rose through the ranks in
that s|>e< i.i11\ unlit when
she was named personnel stall
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lei’s m \\ilsIiniKtoii
Sin* *i I si i scrvdl .is a White
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Jiimm < barter
In 1‘ittl she u.is ii.uni’ll the
iust woman m.iiiileii.ini e
si)ii.iilrou 11limit.imler in the
Sti.ili‘nil An t omni.mil .it
Mi l omioll An 1 on e lias, m
Kansas In Man h I ‘*tH> she
nas in i hdrge of all tnainlen
Hlli e at keeslei \n lorte Ha.se
I lei del ail at inns mi hide the
Hrnn/e Star and the Meiilori
mis Servile Medal with lour
oak le.il i lllslei s
Other Noriega confused for
deposed Panamanian leader
MIAMI III \<ll I l.i I AIM
Manuel Noriega is tree ami 11\
ing in Miami Heat li
This Noriega. however sa\s
hr is na eiving harassing i alls
limn people whn apparunth
havf him i ontu.sed w till Ins nn
lor ions namesake
Kiev have hffir ver\ nastv
i .ills I tr\ to explain. I ook
\ouTi* lalkmg to ihf wrong
gu\ saiil Ihf 84 \f.u old
I S Xa\ \ veteran a nalivf ol
Mexir o
Ilf is ihf only Manufl
Noriega listed the telephone
I look rtnt'ring Miami, uhrrr
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nuiT Antonio Morirga was ar
Mint'll last ut'fk mi tiluleaf
fit.king i li.irgcs
Tim Miami Hi mi li N’oritiga
wnrkril Ini tin- l.a(in Ann i it .in
division nl Dul’oiil lii-fuit- n-tir
inn anil liraiis an i• xpi• rt Inisi
llfss
In Mi-mi ii tin- lalhi-r of Mi
ami Hi-ai h's Mnrit-ga appi-.iri-il
in tlo/ims of niovifs
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said Maruit-I I! N'oimga of tin
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son who aftci Ins lliiril 111'I
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disclosure nl what adverse
events i ail and do oi i or Irom
all \ ai i mi’s sin- said I’ar
mils must lif told wlial t lit
svniptoms are like so tlifv will
ret ngni/f tin-in as \ ai i ini’ if
lalfd
I Ilf \ asl m.i|onl\ ul pfdialri
i ians ifli parents dial pertussis
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i a it* i . i st*s possililf pfiiuanfiil
brain damage said Dr lames
Strain r\rt lit»\ #* dlirt toi ot thr
.it adrtm m .1 telephone mtn
v lew fnun I Ik (irovr ( Inago
I It* said that it thr \ a< < inr
t ausr permanent brain
damage it would hr at tin* 1.11»*
ot about onr in KMI (HID
lint I )i Stanlev I’lotkm an
titln lal ot thr Amri n an V adr
im ot IVdiatfn s and a pedial
lit' professor at tin* I'lmersitv
ot l>t,nns\ Ivania said thru* an
no m irntitu data that show thr
prrtussis vat « inr » arises srvrrr
neutnlogii at damage or drath
llmn-vi-i thr v .i< < inr < an tiring
to light 01 r\at rrbalr pn* r\isl
mg t ondilions hr said
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toi am 1»t thr srrious rr.u lions
1 ausrd b\ ritliri of thr two vat
t int-s tlist ussrt| todav hr
sa it I these an trri 1 bit * sto
lies regrettable but thru- air
ot hr 1 1 ausrs t >t biam damage
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approvr this v.ii i ini' .irr prmi
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in i nisl i til ion
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sv ill pit nils 11 smi 11V Iasi otllv lol
a lrv\ liav s
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lirvr it s anvlhmv; linin' than
that hr said
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