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09/01/2010

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CDC Admits No Rigorous Study Refuting Thimerosal-Autism Link Ever Conducted

Salmonella Is No Danger to Vaccines

CDC No Longer Recommends Delaying Influenza Vaccination for Elderly

US gov support needed for overhaul of vacc production

China to vaccinate 100 million children to fight measles

Is the cervical cancer vaccine good to go?

Teen’s win on MMR

MMR Vaccine Compensation Claim Victory for Disabled Man

MMR: The zombie controversy that still lurches on

MMR Vaccine Can be Dangerous: Doesn't Mean It Causes Autism

Fears of measles epidemic

Recommendation That Mumps Vaccine Coverage Be Improved

Use Proven Strategies to Ease Fear of Shots

Triumph of evil: medical experiments on children in care of the Irish state

To Combat Rise in Whooping Cough, Vaccinate Caregivers

August 31: Midday Fix - Back to School Immunizations

Cervarix license amended for additional HPV strains

Dynavax gets grant for hepatitis B work

GreenVax Selects Xcellerex XDR Single-Use Bioreactors for New Vaccine and Biotherapeutics Program

Emergent BioSolutions Awarded NIAID Contract That Increases Potential Funding to Over $58 Million for Advanced Development of Third Generation Anthrax Vaccine New Contract Valued at up to $28.7 Million for Phase II Clinical Trial (includes video)

What is the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)?

The RSV M37 Clinical Challenge Virus Manufactured by Meridian Life Science is a Powerful Tool for the Development of New RSV Vaccines and Therapeutics

Low CD4 cell count associated with poor response to swine flu vaccine for those with HIV

New flu patch: Pain-free protection

Vaccine Deaths In Flu Season

Perceptions of Immunization Information Systems for Collecting Pandemic H1N1 Immunization Data within Canada's Public Health Community: A Qualitative Study

Parents urged to sign up for free flu shots for kids

Vaccines Don't Cause Autism, No They Don't

CVS Offers Free Flu Shot with $30 Puchase

Texas Children's Vaccine Book Helps Spanish-Speaking Parents Understand Consequences of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Over 4,000 Caála women vaccinated against tetanus

How vaccinations save lives, money across Pacific

Genesee Co. will offer vaccines against five diseases

Beyond College Immunizations: How Students Can Avoid Getting Sick

Do children infected with HIV receiving HAART need to be revaccinated?

Can I keep my child from getting Chickenpox? (includes video)

2 vaccines added to requirements

Health Alerts: flu vaccines, green diets

Mysterious ‘It Starts With the Flu’ Countdown Ends In One Week, What Is It For?

Open Health Forum Workshop Report : Health in All Policies – What Role for Stakeholders?

Medicago named in Presidential report on meeting the challenges of pandemic influenza

Drug delivery options for flu season

PPE Use, Absenteeism Escalates in a Pandemic, Study Says

Flu fears lead to better personal hygiene

Avian flu still likely to strike in humans, says Welsh expert

Nanotherapeutics Files Investigational New Drug Application for NanoDTPA Capsule

Whooping cough is back in Asheville, Buncombe County

Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures: Differentiating Accidental Trauma From Child Abuse

As a doctor, I knew the signs of meningitis. So why didn't I spot it before it nearly killed my own son?

Plano Mother Warns About Bacterial Meningitis (includes video)

Inmate died of bacterial meningitis, officials say

Prunedale girl raises $1,300 for friend stricken with meningitis

Meningitis scare on cruise ship

Immunological and regenerative properties of cord blood stem cells

TRIMming SIV Transmission between Species

TRIM5  Suppresses Cross-Species Transmission of a Primate Immunodeficiency Virus and Selects for Emergence of Resistant Variants in the New Species

Last-ditch drug bid as superbugs bite

TB Risk Could Be Identified Using Blood Test

Diagnostic approaches for paediatric tuberculosis by use of different specimen types, culture methods, and PCR: a prospective case-control study

Our Lungs Are 'Innately Prone' To Silicosis And Related Diseases According To New Discovery

Severe Pneumonia Among Kenyan Infants and Children

Severe Pneumonia Among Kenyan Infants and Children—Reply

Assessing Strategy and Equity in the Elimination of Malaria

Ecology: A Prerequisite for Malaria Elimination and Eradication

Distinct Olfactory Signaling Mechanisms in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Reducing Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Transmission in Africa: A Model-Based Evaluation of Intervention Strategies

Risk factors for cervical cancer

Top strategies for recruiting and retaining trial participants

The Costs and Underappreciated Consequences of Research Misconduct: A Case Study

Randomized Controlled Trials With Statistically Nonsignificant Results

Randomized Controlled Trials With Statistically Nonsignificant Results—Reply

New Rules Call for More Oversight, Fewer Hours for First-Year Residents

Quantifying the Impoverishing Effects of Purchasing Medicines: A Cross-Country Comparison of the Affordability of Medicines in the Developing World

WHO Advises Countries to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Mayo Clinic Works to Resolve Hepatitis C Infection Investigation

FDA seeks court order against Michigan dairy

Antiviral effective in clinical trial for common cold

Prisoners plagued by 'flu-like' illness

City raises West Nile virus risk of infection level

CMS Will Hold A Meeting To Review Provenge

AstraZeneca Given More Time to Settle 6,000 Seroquel Cases Before Trials

21 Drugs Facing FDA Approval Decisions

Spain - Advocating more drugs for pigs

Claims Versus Proof

Almost 69,000 Pounds of Cheese Recalled Over Possible Contamination

Scientist Devises Faster Test for Detecting E.Coli

Researchers Exploring 'Fusion Strategy' Against E-coli

Physician Focus: Preventing food-borne illness is everyone's job

UAB researchers develop shellfish bacteria test

Achaogen Wins $64M BARDA Contract to Develop Antibiotic for Biothreats

Moradabad deaths: Diphtheria cases not uncommon, say CSMMU doctors

Living is dangerous; to the public health!

A bad dose of arrogant doctors

Social Relationships Are Key to Health, and to Health Policy

Make the rich pay to jump the health-care queue, says Calgary doctor

Harmful and Misleading Information Being Spread about Infant Sleep

Myopia and ambient lighting at night


33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True, What Every Person Should Know...

Don’t stem promising research

A New Research and Development Policy Framework for the Biomedical Research Enterprise

Lessons Learned From Genetic Testing

Research and Markets: A Strong Case for Telehealth in Europe as Healthcare Providers Juggle Tighter Budgets

Obstetrics Group Relaxes Guideline for Trial of Labor After Cesarean Delivery

Cerebral Palsy Among Term and Postterm Births

Cerebral Palsy

Allergan Pays $600M To Settle Federal Botox Probe

‘Miracle’ drugs push up health insurance bills to record levels

Vitamin A supplementation and neonatal mortality in the developing world: a meta-regression of cluster-randomized trials

Home visits by community health workers to prevent neonatal deaths in developing countries: a systematic review

EPA denies bid to ban lead ammo

Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims

Redd Remedies(R) Helps Fight Back-to-School Colds, Flu and Allergies with Children's Sinus Support(TM) and Seasonal Sinus Support Aromatherapy Inhaler(TM)

Canada approves GW Pharma’s cannabis-based drug

Lifestyle diseases 'now rival infection'

Health Buzz: Multiple Sclerosis Worsens When Weather is Warm

Benaroya Research Institute gets $2.2M grant

Sun Pharma Announces USFDA Approval for Generic Strattera(R) Capsules Company receives 180 days marketing exclusivity

Sun Pharma And Its Incredible, Imploding Bottles

Pharma Job Cuts Fell In August: Survey

Sanofi Will Gobble Up Genzyme: Big Investors

Preemies Not Born in Specialized Level III Hospitals More Likely to Die

Prenatal and Postpartum Depression in Fathers and Mothers

Prenatal and Postpartum Depression in Fathers and Mothers—Reply

Fragile X Syndrome - Potential New Treatment

Presence of epileptiform discharges on initial EEGs are associated with failure of retention on first antiepileptic drug in newly diagnosed cryptogenic partial epilepsy: A 2-year observational study

Efficacy of ketogenic diet in severe refractory status epilepticus initiating fever induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy in school age children (FIRES)

Hey! New Jersey Has a Situation:The SafeMinds Funnyraiser.

Bipolar disorder: Your thoughts

Department of Ed Awards $28.8 Million in Emergency Management Grants

School district awarded $196,000 in grants

Special Education

Circadian Rhythms: Their Role And Dysfunction In Affective Disorder

Body clock drugs could ease psychiatric disorders

Physical Illness and Autism: What's the Connection?

Reading it right: Spotting symptoms of dyslexia in children is key to treatment

Don’t blame Mom

Bus vanishes, NY transit impostor arrested again

Autism Support Network and Autism Hangout Band Together, Guide Those Touched by Autism

Scientists Using Motion Capture to Help with Autism, Couples Therapy

Angie Dickinson recounts daughter's struggle with autism

Global Autism Advocate to Keynote National Conference

Trapped minds at risk of playful addiction

When to have your child tested for autism

The other child

Autistic artist Alex Masket mounts a show at Ramapo College

A primer on inflammatory bowel diseases

Children with celiac disease have high levels of oxidative DNA damage

Celiac patients have similar colorectal neoplasia risk to general population

Children with newly diagnosed IBD have low vitamin D levels

Comparison of metabolism of vitamins D 2 and D 3 in children with nutritional rickets

What Is the 'Green' Medicine Revolution? (Part II)

The case for boosting vitamin D

Mainstream media now citing ridiculous junk science to discredit omega-3s

Why alternative medicine is winning out against conventional (chemical) medicine

Switch to fish, poultry and nuts may lower chance of developing heart disease

Oral-systemic link and the potential impact of probiotics

Did Layoffs Help Hassan And Weldon Prosper?