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

Cross sectional survey of meningococcal C immunisation in children looked after by local authorities and those living at home - 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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