June 4, 2003 

Vaccines expert warns studies are useless - The Telegraph, UK

FDA & CDC Bumbling at the Expense of Mercury-Poisoned Children - www.medicalnewsservice.com

West Nile vaccine could be causing equine abortions - www.thoroughbredtimes.com

Is there any research going on to find out if the MMR vaccine is linked to autism? - NIH

“Direct Order”: An Award-Winning Documentary Tells the Story of Members of the Military who were Ordered Against their Will to Take the Controversial Anthrax Vaccine - www.democracynow.org

Avoiding Allergic Reactions to Childhood Vaccines (And What to Do When They Occur) - Medscape

'Smart' flu vaccines loom - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/

Global Polio Eradication Partners Applaud Rotary's New Pledge To World's Largest Public Health Initiative - WHO via www.intelihealth.com

Vaccine Court Cases - United States Court of Federal Claims

Biodefense Plan Greeted With Caution - Drug Firms Want Better Guarantees - The Washington Post

Aids Vaccine Years Away From Production, Fund Warns - AllAfrica.com

Australian doctors trial HIV vaccine - www.abc.net.au

“600 Police College Students Come Down With Flu” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Aussie, US Researchers Homing in on 'Smart' Flu Vaccines” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Chickenpox Injections Drive Urged” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease After the Introduction of Protein-Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in Older Adults” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Fed: Australian-Developed HIV Vaccine Trial Announced” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Germany Offers Aid to Refugees in Tanzania” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Killer Virus” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Renewed Effort Needed Against Polio” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Sudan: Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign Begins” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

“Taiwan Reports Drop in New SARS Cases” - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

Merck Financial Report

Recovering from autism - Going beyond the stereotype to therapies that work - www.canoe.com

Autism's little brother - For kids like Ben, leading a normal childhood becomes a wrenching struggle, due to Asperger’s Syndrome. And it isn’t easy on the neighbors. - www.newsreview.com

NIH Awards Grants for Six New Autism Research Centers - NIH

L.I. (Long  Island) Autism - New website - The mission of the LI Autism is to promote lifelong access and opportunity for all individuals within the autism spectrum, and their families, to be fully participating, included members of their community.

The Miller Method® for children with autism spectrum and severe learning disorders - website

Our Children Left Behind - website

Autism One Videos - Now for sale (to order)

Vitamin C touted to fight virus - Proponents say huge doses could counter SARS - Recommended levels too low, says Toronto doctor - www.thestar.com

Mental illness costs England more than crime - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Hospitalized Children Experience Medical Errors at the Same Rate as Adults - Johns Hopkins

Belt-Positioning Booster Seats and Reduction in Risk of Injury Among Children in Vehicle Crashes - journal article

Study Boosts Case for Booster Seats - HealthDayNews via Yahoo!

Study Finds Booster Seats Safer Than Seat Belts - The New York Times

Pediatricians call for more action on phthalates - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Good dirt: finding new antibiotics in farm soil - BioMedNet

Germs can lurk in water bottles - The Boston Globe

Going Vegetarian? - American Dietetic Association via www.intelihealth.com

Mystery increase in use of vitamin B12 - www.stuff.co.nz

Grandson's death turns Grove City woman into fighter for safe meat laws - www.post-gazette.com

U.S. court lifts ban on human tests of pesticides - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Pfizer sues over counterfeit Lipitor - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

FDA warns of additional counterfeit lots of Lipitor - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Health officials warn of fake Lipitor - AP via The Herald Sun

Two painkillers fail to slow Alzheimer's in study - Reuters Health via Yahoo!

Study Says Drug Group Can't Help Alzheimer's - The New York Times

Prozac blamed for woman's death - A psychiatrist has told an inquest the antidepressant Prozac probably contributed to a woman's suicide. - BBC

FDA chief looks to speed diabetes, obesity drugs - The Boston Globe

Transplants For Diabetics Are A Success In Early Results - www.diabetesnews.com

Americans confused about cancer prevention: survey - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Concerted Global Action Is The Only Answer To Rising Cancer Deaths - WHO via www.intelihealth.com

Biotech start-up takes step toward personalized cancer treatment - Mercury News via www.bayarea.com

Lilly's drug for cancer 'exciting' - Effectiveness moves firm to seek approval for wider use of Alimta against lung cancer. - www.indystar.com

What makes the body absorb too much iron? - Researchers at EMBL and Harvard gain new insights into the most common inherited disease in the Western world - www.eurekalert.org

Children's Love Linked to Social Competence - Ivanhoe

More people are going to emergency rooms - AP via The Herald Sun

Vaccine Table of Contents, June 20, 2003