April 12, 2003                  search the site               subscribe Vaccination NewsLetter

When Your Doctor Is Wrong: Hepatitis B Vaccine & Autism - by Judy Converse - book review by Jane Orient, MD - www.jpands.org

E-News: VICP Legislation (NVIC)

Congress Acts to Compensate Victims of Smallpox Vaccine - The New York Times

Smallpox Compensation Fund Proposed - AP via http://kyw.com

Smallpox Compensation Deal Reached - AP via CBS News

Medic dies month after getting smallpox vaccination - AP via www.gazetteextra.com

ESPID: Hospitalization Rates for Varicella Infections Fall in US after Vaccine Introduction - www.pslgroup.com

ESPID: Researchers Find No Evidence of Need for Hepatitis A Boosters - www.pslgroup.com

Vaccine Attacks Four Childhood Diseases - UPI via NIH

National Infant Immunization Week - Urges Parents to Vaccinate - Federal Occupational Health

For Children and Adolescents Who Start Late or Who Are > 1 Month  Behind - CDC vaccination catch-up recommendations

"Angola: Measles Kills 150 Children in Maquela do Zombo" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Baltimore Tops National Infant Immunization Rate" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"CDC Steps Up Precautions" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Germans Warned of Measles Risk in Switzerland" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Lawmakers, White House Agree on Smallpox Compensation" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Meningitis, Pneumonia Vaccine in Short Supply" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"National Infant Immunization Week Urges Parents to Promise to Vaccinate" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Outbreak of Chickenpox at School in Manchester" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Smallpox Vaccinations Resume in New York" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Theory Links Hepatitis C to Polio Syringes in Italy" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"U.S. Bill Takes Aim at Global Disease Outbreaks" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

California: Lawsuit About Mercury Warnings - New York Times

Autism conference has promising tales - www.wisinfo.com

Thoughts from a Hot Zone: Give Me a New Immune System - www.betterhumans.com

Medicating Kids - FrontLine - PBS

Group Says DuPont Withheld Risk of Toxic Chemical - Reuters via Yahoo!

BMJ Table of Contents – April 12, 2003

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