FDA acted improperly approving experimental anthrax injections for general use

Article published Thursday, October 28, 2004 (note to self to find archived post in my main blog, on anthrax vaccines and squalene):

The Defence Department must immediately stop innoculating soldiers with anthrax vaccine, a federal judge ruled yesterday, saying the Food and Drug Administration acted improperly when it approved the experimental injections for general use.

U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan said the mandatory vaccination program - which has innoculated more than 1.2 million soldiers since 1998 - is "illegal." He wrote that his ban on involuntary vaccination will remain until the FDA reviews the anthrax vaccine properly or until President Bush determines the normal process must be waived due to emergency circumstances.