The U.S. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.

The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. Reflections on a Presidential Commission.

Like the National Commission and the President's Commission, the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments was formed to carry out specific ethical tasks. Yet the committee also had an "openness" mission, a charge to investigate allegations that the U.S. government secretly exposed Americans to environmental releases of radiation. Eighteen months later- and after sixteen public meetings...

The human radiation experiments: final report of the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

In November 1993, the Albuquerque Tribune published a series of articles about people whose lives had been devastated because they had been injected with plutonium-without their knowledge or consent-by medical researchers working for the U.S. government. When Secretary of Energy-designate Hazel O'Leary read about these experiments she was shocked. On 15 January 1994, immediately upon assuming o...

Executive Order 12891 of January 15, 1994: Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.

History and Evolution of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 1964–2014

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is chartered as a federal advisory committee to provide expert external advice to CDC and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on the use of vaccines in the civilian population of the United States. This report summarizes the evolution of ACIP over the 50 years since its establishment in 1964 by the Surg...

Immunization policy development in the United States: the role of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) consists of 15 experts in immunization and related fields, selected by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to provide advice and guidance on control of vaccine-preventable diseases. In its role as a federal advisory committee, the ACIP develops written recommendations, subject to approval of the Director of t...