February 13, 2003 search the site subscribe Vaccination NewsLetter
Prophylactic interventions on children: balancing human rights with public health - journal article
AIDS vaccine test suffers a setback - Monkeys that show resistance to virus appear to fall sick, die - Houston Chronicle
Experimental AIDS vaccine safe for babies-US study - Reuters Health - www.4woman.gov/
Smallpox vaccines start with secrecy, publicity - Star Tribune
Poll: Majority Want Smallpox Vaccine - www.medtech1.com
Poll: Public Still Fears Smallpox Attack - Public Anxiety Still High Over Possible Smallpox Attack, According to Associated Press Poll - AP via ABC News
India launches massive polio vaccine programme - BMJ
Herd immunity from meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination in England: database analysis - BMJ
Anthrax jabs mutiny widens amid fears of cancer, sterility - www.smh.com
Anthrax vaccine 'safe and effective' - www.theage.com.au
11 sailors refuse anthrax jabs - www.abc.net.au
Nasal-spray flu vaccine has significant success - Seattle Times
http://www.cbs4.com/html/spshot1.html (Part 1: "A Shot in the Dark") - CBS
http://www.cbs4.com/html/spshot2.html (Part 2: "A Shot in the Dark") - CBS
(Congressman Burton in this segment)
Elusive Autism Gene Discovered - WebMD via MSN
New York Will Sue 2 Big Drug Makers on Doctor Discount - The New York Times
Fluoridation for Millions in California - The New York Times
Government unveils privacy standards - www.upi.com
Ethics Group Gives Qualified Nod to Placebos - Science Magazine
RAC Hears a Plea for Resuming Trials, Despite Cancer Risk - Science Magazine
The UPSIDE of Good Behavior: Make Your Data Freely Available - Science Magazine
Childhood cancer in relation to infections in the community during pregnancy and around the time of birth - journal article
Sibling effect on atopy in children of patients with asthma - journal article
Which Blood Pressure Drug Is Best? - ABC News
World Community Autism Program (WCAP) - website
Rate of misdiagnosis of childhood epilepsy "may not be unusual" - BMJ
GMC suspends doctor for research fraud - BMJ
US seniors group attacks pharmaceutical industry "fronts" - BMJ
Sudden death in the shadows of epilepsy - BMJ
Not to be taken as directed - BMJ
Patients want their consent sought for use of personal information - BMJ
bmj.com Customised @lerts: Table of Contents for Saturday, 15 February 2003 - BMJ
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