What evidence exists regarding Gulf War Illness and anthrax vaccination?
To date, only one study has been published which looked at this question. It examined British Gulf War vets: “Vaccination against biological warfare and multiple routine vaccinations were associated with this CDC multi-symptom syndrome in the Gulf War cohort.” Catherine Unwin, et al. “Health of U.K. Servicemen who served in Persian Gulf War. ” The Lancet; Volume 353, January 16, 1999. “Vaccination against plague and anthrax before deployment to the Gulf correlated highly with illnesss. The investigators speculate that these vaccines more so than the routine ones give to service personnel had unanticipated effects.” Stephen E. Straus, NIAID, NIH. “Commentary on the Unwin Study”. The Lancet, Vol. 353, January 16, 1999. Central to the issue of whether vaccination contributed to or caused Gulf War illnesses is the question of missing immunization records. At the last hearing, Army Surgeon General Blanck reported that anthrax vaccinations had been entered into servicemembers personal medica
