June 8, 2003       

        

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Hope for cheaper, better vaccines - Scientists in Scotland have come up with a new way of making vaccines which they believe would prove especially useful in developing countries. - BBC

Flu vaccine supply ample, demand lagging - Public health questions persist, ranging from the number of vaccine manufacturers to how well matched the vaccine will be to the upcoming season's active strains. - www.ama-assn.org

Novel flu vaccine shows promise in mice - Anti-Infective Drug News via www.inpharm.com

Herpes vaccine research aims for prevention - Summer Online Forty-Niner via www.csulb.edu

Non-specific effect of measles vaccination on overall child mortality in an area of rural India with high vaccination coverage: A population-based case-control study - W.H.O. Bulletin

Transgenic mice as an alternative to monkeys for neurovirulence testing of live oral poliovirus vaccine: Validation by a WHO collaborative study - W.H.O. Bulletin

Meningococcal conjugate vaccine for Africa: a model for development of new vaccines for the poorest countries - journal article

Childhood tetanus in Australia: ethical issues for a should-be-forgotten preventable disease - journal article

20 Cases of Disease Related to Smallpox Found in the U.S. - The New York Times

4 get monkeypox virus from prairie dogs - AP via The Herald-Sun

Pox-Like Outbreak Reported - 19 Ill in Midwest; CDC Issues - The New York Times

U.S. SARS cases still rare, but worries are more common - The illness may not have spread in the United States to the same degree as in some other nations, but fear of it has. - www.ama-assn.org

Study: Maternal care affects adult stress - AP via The Herald-Sun

Physicians told not to fear discipline for pain treatment - Medical boards are better at evaluating pain-management cases, but pain specialists still warn doctors to be careful to provide appropriate care. - www.ama-assn.org

Can-DO strategy: Osteopathic medicine survives, and thrives - The discipline has flourished since its 19th-century birth. Osteopathic physicians, now nearly 50,000 strong, say collegiality spurs their progress, and the future looks bright. - www.ama-assn.org

The Toxic Pharmacist - The New York Times

Diet and chronic disease: Balance intake and expenditure of energy - W.H.O.  News

Cash-strapped schools eliminate nurses - AP via The Herald-Sun

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