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• Mass. defense industry under attack

  This three part series investigates the effect of defense spending cuts on Massachusetts. The state has a multibillion-dollar defense industry, and if cuts continue, the economy in Massachusetts may be in jeopardy. Armstrong examines the trends of unemployment in the defense industry, and what would happen if defence industry workers left the region to find new jobs.

  Tags: Massachusetts Defense Department; Defense Budget Project; Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training; defense industry; Massachusetts Miracle

  By David Armstrong

  Boston Herald

  1990

• Outbreak: A Common Virus, A Military Recruit - And a Mysterious Death

  The Wall Street Journal exposes the failure of the Pentagon to provide military training camps with vaccines against a wide-spread virus that in some cases can lead to death. The story reveals that the so-called adenovirus is a common one that causes respiratory illnesses, but "poses a unique problem for the military's nine basic-training camps" because of the "combination of cramped living quarters, close contact and stress." The report sheds light on the deaths of two recruits believed to have lost their lives because of the virus. A major finding is that in the 80s, because of tightened health budget, the military turned down Wyeth Laboratories' offer to buy vaccines, and now is expected to end up spending between $15 and $25 million on a far more expensive project to find a new manufacturer.

  Tags: FDA; Armed Forces Epidemiological Board; vaccines; army; Pentagon; military; adenovirus; viral encephalitis; doctors; recruits; respiratory illness; Wyeth Laboratories; health; infectious diseases; defense

  By Sarah Lueck

  Wall Street Journal (New York)

  2001