June 20,
2003
Parents
should have the final word on MMR - The Telegraph, UK
Health
officials probe ‘inadvertent’ vaccinations of pregnant women - Some women
conceived before smallpox vaccination, CDC officials said. -
www.idinchildren.com
Panel Urges
Caution on Smallpox Inoculation - The Washington Post
Experts Urge
Hold on Smallpox Shots - NIH
After The War:
Biological Defenses; 2 Programs To Vaccinate For Smallpox Come to a Halt -
The New York Times
Ill. to Offer
Vaccine Against Monkeypox - AP via The Herald-Sun
Invasive
pneumococcal disease reduced after vaccine introduction - Study also
demonstrates significant decline in rates of resistant disease. -
www.idinchildren.com
Rotavirus
vaccines on the horizon offer some hope - Future vaccines may include bovine and
attenuated human rotavirus strains. -
www.idinchildren.com
Hepatitis A Vaccination - Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A virus infection among
school children in Delhi and north Indian patients with chronic liver disease:
Implications for HAV vaccination - journal article
UNICEF Vows to
Eradicate Polio in 3 Years - AllAfrica.com
Therapeutic Vaccines Against HIV Need International Partnerships - Nature
Immunology
Trials on
Possible HIV Vaccine To Be Conducted in South Africa -
www.voanews.com
FluMist
- VRBPAC II Briefing Document - FDA
Aids vaccine
trials only weeks away -
www.iol.co.za
“Encephalitis Outbreak in Mainland China Jitters SARS-Weary Hong Kong” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Few
Sickened by Smallpox Vaccine” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Flu Vaccine
Supply Viewed as Adequate” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Namibia:
Minister Launches Measles, Polio Immunization Drive” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Officials
Warn of Pertussis Outbreak” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Panel
Urges Caution on Smallpox Inoculation” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“South Africa
Approves First AIDS Vaccine Trial” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“Tetanus
Continues to Pop up in U.S.” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“U.S. Army,
Emisphere to Study Oral Anthrax Vaccine” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“U.S.
Health Official Is Optimistic on Containing Monkeypox Virus” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“WHO Urges
Investment in SARS Vaccine” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
“WHO Warns of a SARS
Recurrence Next Flu Season” -
http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Senate
considers Pediatric Rule - The AAP is against an amendment added to the Rule
that would allow the legislation to expire by the end of 2007. -
www.idinchildren.com
Isolation, an
Old Medical Tool, Has SARS Fading - The New York Times
WHO warns
that SARS is mutating - www.smh.com
Study Faults
WHO Guidelines on SARS - HealthDay via Yahoo!
Officials
Say Monkeypox Milder in U.S. - AP via The Herald-Sun
U.S. Health
Official Is Optimistic On Containing Monkeypox Virus - The New York Times
Avian
influenza outbreak reported in the Netherlands population - The outbreak of
influenza A (H7N7) is the second avian flu strain to jump the species barrier
this year. -
www.idinchildren.com
Encephalitis Breaks Out in China - AP via The Herald-Sun
Infighting
Halts Allergy Drug Progress - AP via The Herald-Sun
F.D.A. Clears
Asthma Drug That Short-Circuits Attacks - The New York Times
Readers want
transparency in link between doctors and drug firms - BMJ
Malpractice
outlook still grim - A report said medical insurers faced 2 more years of
trouble. It blamed the legal system, but said no easy cure existed. -
www.philly.com
Doctors Group
Struggles With Image - AP via The Herald-Sun
The spread
of epidemiology - With the United States on high alert over the possibility of
bioterror attacks, epidemiologists are in huge demand, says Virginia Gewin.
- Nature
AstraZeneca
Pleads Guilty In Cancer Medicine Scheme - The New York Times
Court Upholds
Tougher Rule On Arsenic Limits in Water - The New York Times
Cities Made for
Walking May Be Fat Burners - The New York Times
FDA Statement
Regarding the Anti-Depressant Paxil for Pediatric Population - FDA
FDA Warns Against
Giving Children Paxil - Reuters via The Washington Post
Brain Region
More Active in Shy People - Reuters via Yahoo!
McDonald's
Curbs Antibiotics in Meat - Reuters via Yahoo!
Shopping
Carts May Pose Hazard to Children: Study - Reuters Health via NIH
Regulators
Seize Supplement,Charge Companies With False Statements - The Associated
Press
Schafer Autism Report June 20,
2003
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