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Vaccine insufficient for elderly, study says - The Seattle Times

Pneumonia Vaccine Doesn't Work for Elderly - www.wlns.com

Infant pneumonia vaccine may cut families' illness - Seattle PI

Theory Links Hepatitis C to Polio Syringes in Italy - Reuters Health via www.thebody.com

Bush signs smallpox vaccine compensation law - AP via CNN

National campaign against smallpox falters - As fears over bioterrorism fade and SARS spreads, health officials are rethinking the goals of vaccination. - www.philly.com

Doctors' children avoid MMR - Daily Mail, UK via www.femail.com

Failure of Targeted Urban Supplemental Measles Vaccination Campaigns (1997-1999) to Prevent Measles Epidemics in Mozambique (1998-2001) - journal article

Measles Eradication in the Americas: Experience in Haiti - journal article

Immunogenicity of Measles and Rubella Vaccines in Oman: A Prospective Clinical Trial - journal article

Minnesota kids will need two new shots, judge rules - www.startribune.com

Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine - journal article - NEJM

New Pneumonia Vaccine Showing Results - Study: New Pneumonia Vaccine for Infants Dramatically Reduces Serious Illness in Young Children - AP via ABC News

Study: Pneumonia Vaccine Works On Infants -AP via www.intelihealth.com

World Bank Approves $28 Million for Polio - AllAfrica.com

Scientists race to devise SARS vaccine - AFP via www.ninemsn.com.au

SARS Could Recur Anywhere At Any Time - Officials Warn of Virus's Ongoing Threat - The Washington Post

The SARS Epidemic: Hong Kong; 12 Sars Patients Report Relapses - The New York Times

Glaxo steps up work on SARS vaccine - www.tribuneindia.com

Trials of AIDS vaccine to start in India - BMJ

Trials of AIDS vaccine to start in Switzerland and United Kingdom - BMJ

Vaccine with University of Rochester roots saves thousands from illness - www.eurekalert.org

Microgel polymer beads may provide general vehicle for vaccines, gene therapy - www.brightsurf.com

Autism spectrum disorder is not as certain as implied - BMJ

Einstein and Newton 'may have been autistic' - www.ananova.com

When Silence Speaks - The Way My Mother Taught Me - http://trainland.tripod.com

Anthrax genome unveiled - DNA sequence may help stop killer in its tracks. - Nature

Evaluation of Urban Measles Mass Campaigns for Children Aged 959 Months in Mali - journal article

Kalu On UN Measles Mission - AllAfrica.com

Doctors aim to end conflicts of interest - Cancer specialists issue new guidelines - The Houston Chronicle

Study: Kids With Disabilities at Risk - AP via www.accessibility.com

Parents Seek Expanded Newborn Testing - AP via www.intelihealth.com

New ventilation system can reduce deaths from acute respiratory distress syndrome - BMJ

Deadly virus effortlessly hops species - Genetic engineering helps reveal origin of deadly 'flu - Nautre

investigational drugs, therapies and vaccines - www.bioscorpio.com - website

The OARacle - The Monthly E-Newsletter for Autism Research - "Research and Resources That Help Families  Today!" - www.researchautism.org

Double threat decimates apes - Hunting and the Ebola virus killing chimpanzees and gorillas. - Nature

Borrowing from Ebola virus could aid cystic fibrosis gene therapy - www.brightsurf.com

New study suggests that women eating PCB contaminated fish are less likely to give birth to boys - www.eurekalert.org

New England Journal of Medicine Table of Contents – May 1, 2003

BMJ Table of Contents May 3, 2003 (Volume 326, Issue 7396)

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