December 5, 2003*
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A Not-So-Perfect Vaccine: The Diphtheria, Tetanus and Acellular Pertussis vaccine: An Investigation - by RFD columnist F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP in the Online Vaccine Conference at www.redflagsdaily.com
Anger over vaccines festers (requires registration) - The Orlando Sentinel - "When Zack Johnson enlisted in the Navy in 1996, he planned to make it a career...That was before the Miami resident refused to take a mandatory anthrax vaccination -- a decision that left him court-martialed, jailed and booted out of the military without so much as a customary bus ticket home...Still, Mike Girard would trade places with him any day."
To learn about and/or order an excellent documentary, narrated by Michael Douglas, on the military's anthrax vaccine program, click here. "Direct Order tells the story of members of the military who were ordered against their will to receive the controversial anthrax vaccine. Years later, after all the disturbing facts about the vaccine have surfaced, the US military still intends to vaccinate all our troops."
Kids MD - Autism and Vaccines - “I think (vaccines) played a role. I think a lot of things play a role. I (also) think it's genetic.” - Tiffany Fleming, whose son Connor has Autism. - www.wtoctv.com
MedImmune Flu Vaccines Show Response Against Current Strain - Dow Jones Newswire via www.immunizationinfo.org - "A new report from MedImmune indicates that its live, attenuated flu vaccine, FluMist, is 86 percent effective against the A/H3N2 flu strain, which circulated during the 1997-1998 season. MedImmune, which collected data from studies on children and ferrets, noted that the currently spreading strain is a drifted A/Fujian/411/2002 (H3N2)-like strain. "These new data demonstrate that live, attenuated, influenza vaccines may have a greater potential to produce a broad immunity to influenza, including drifted strains, than the inactivated strains," said Dr. Robert B. Belshe, a professor at St. Louis University and the lead investigator for the FluMist pediatric trial."
As the Flu Spreads Early and Quickly, Colorado Expands Its Vaccination Campaign - New York Times via www.immunizationinfo.org
Flu Vaccines Running Low In Wyoming - AP via www.intelihealth.com
As the Flu Spreads Early and Quickly, Colorado Expands Its Vaccination Campaign - The New York Times (registration and/or subscription required)
Smart
money is on flu shots - The Telegraph
Dire
news has patients lining up for flu shots - S.C. has regional outbreak so
far, with most cases in Richland, Charleston counties -
www.thestate.com
Officials urge early vaccinations against flu - Potomac News via Manassas
Journal Messenger
Flu And You - www.thestate.com
Flu
shot makers say they are out of vaccine - AP via The San Diego Union-Tribune
As flu catches on, so do shots - The Wichita Eagle
Animal trials raise hopes of SARS vaccine - Reuters via ABC News
Human Trials in Sight for SARS Vaccine - Atlanta Journal-Constitution via www.immunizationinfo.org
326T kids in Cordillera up for measles vaccination - Sun Star, Philippines
Hepatitis A/B Vaccination Cost-Effective for STD Clinic Attendees - Reuters Health Information Services via www.immunizationinfo.org
Killer
flu headed for valley - Times Herald-Record
Flu Hits First Coast - First Coast News
Aggressive Flu Strain Hits Early and Hard -
Los Angeles Times via
www.immunizationinfo.org
Researchers fake AIDS study data - The Washington Times
Guyana Official Proposes Condoms For Prisoners To Help Fight Spread Of AIDS - AP via www.intelihealth.com
53rd
Victim Dies Of West Nile - AP via
http://news4colorado.com
Study Reviews Discussion of Medical Errors at Hospital Conferences - UCSF Today - "Doctors participating in internal medicine hospital conferences designed to review adverse medical events do not often discuss related medical errors, according to a study led by researchers from the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC)."
Superbug crackdown to be launched - Action to tackle the high rate of infections picked up by patients in English hospitals is to be announced by ministers on Friday. - BBC
Knee Ligament in a Transplant Leads to Illness - The New York Times (registration and/or subscription required)
First Cases of Flu Confirmed in Mass. - Officials Wonder if It Is Same Strain That Killed Others - AP via ABC News
Pills Urged For People Near Nuke Plants - AP via www.intelihealth.com
Redflagsdaily.com - www.redflagsweekly.com
Breaking News Archives - from December 1, 2003 (check here for breaking news you might have missed)
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All the News - a running tab of everything posted on this website since October 29, 2003
Top Stories Archives - daily breaking and other important news stories
Daily News Archives - all the news posted on this website each day (from April 2001)
*Note: Starting December 10, 2003 news will be posted in the "daily news" pages based on when it was posted on this website, not by publication date. Look for the rest of the news/information published on December 5 in the daily news pages from December 10 on.
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