July 21, 2003
E-News: No Vaccine, No Glory (NVIC)
- LA Times via NVIC
Vaccine-exempt law expands -
As Texas joins 18 other states in allowing philosophical objections to
vaccination, public health searches for a balance between community and
autonomy. - www.ama-assn.org
Vaccine rollback bill may
die - Backers of conscientious objection bill fearless of any repeal threat
-
www.amarillonet.com
Smallpox Vaccine Is 20
Years Out Of Date - Doctors and nurses in terror frontline are given old jags
- www.sundaymail.co.uk
Diphtheria kills three
Afghan refugee children - Reuters Health via
www.laurushealth.com
“Angola: Optimism About
Poliomyelitis Eradication by 2005” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Australia Faces Flu Threat
From NZ” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“England ‘Unprepared’
for Disease Outbreaks” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“EU Slims Down Plans for Disease
Control Agency” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“FDA Approves GSK’s Infanrix
as Fifth Dose in DTaP Series” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Mystery Fever Identified as
Japanese Encephalitis” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Smallpox Vaccine for
Safekeeping” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Vaccine Lottery Protests
Health Policy” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Vaccine May Slow Herpes
Epidemic” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Autism cases 'levelling off' -
The controversial MMR vaccine has not triggered an increase in the number of
children being diagnosed with autism, according to experts. - BBC
CDC and Partners Launch
Autism Awareness Initiative - Agency Seeks Input from Parents of Children with
Autism - CDC Press Release
Children blamed for
hyperactivity 'are victims of poor parenting' - The Independent, UK
Misdirected
Attention? - Maybe “Attention Deficit” Isn’t the Real Problem - Second
Opinion (2000) by Nicholas Regush - ABC News via Redflagsdaily.com
Converting Millions
Of Healthy People Into Perpetual Patients - by Paul J. Rosch, MD, F.A.C.P. - Redflagsdaily.com
Bullshitting and
Rapid responses - BMJ
New W.H.O. Chief Plans Training
Program to Fight Epidemics - The New York Times
SARS - Nature
Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome: Providing Care While Minimizing Personal Risks - journal article
One in ten new HIV cases in
Europe is drug-resistant - AIDS meeting debates prescription and monitoring
problems. - Nature
Single protein is key in
response to bacterial, viral infections -
www.eurekalert.org
Hormone therapy's rise and
fall: Science lost its way, and women lost out - The Boston Globe via
www.susanlovemd.com
Make Sure Kids Get Enough Shut
Eye - HealthDay via Yahoo!
Pediatric food allergies:
What every parent should know - One of the nation’s foremost experts on food
allergies and children offers a roadmap for parents of children with adverse
reactions to food - www.eurekalert.org
MPs look at tax breaks for the
fit - The Guardian, UK
New vibration machine
promises to help heal hurts and boost flexibility - LA Times via
www.post-gazette.com
The power of an apology: Patients
appreciate open communication - Adverse events happen. Telling patients and
families that you're sorry will likely do more to prevent a lawsuit than to spur
one. - www.ama-assn.org
Measure stalls in Senate:
"We'll be back," say tort reformers - The AMA says the bipartisan offering in
the Durbin-Graham bill won't solve the crisis facing physicians and their
patients. - www.ama-assn.org
Doctors hesitate to
suggest treatment options that insurers won't cover - But an organization for
health plans said a study on the issue is flawed because it deals with perceived
coverage restrictions. - www.ama-assn.org
State damage caps linked to
boost in physician supply - States with caps on pain and suffering awards in
malpractice lawsuits have more physicians per capita than other states, a
government study found. - www.ama-assn.org
The Best Course of Treatment -
The New York Times
Redflagsdaily.com
- www.redflagsweekly.com
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