November 30, 2003
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New Campaign To Market Tough-Sell FluMist - by Sherri Tenpenny, DO - Online Vaccines Conference @ www.redflagsdaily.com
Influenza Virus Vaccine - CBER/FDA
Japan lags behind in taking measures against measles - The Asahi Shimbun - "Previously, the antibody created from measles vaccination replicated itself whenever the carrier was exposed to the disease. But exposure to measles has decreased as the number of cases of the disease has fallen. Therefore, the antibody simply wears off...Experts also note that vaccines produced in Japan are less effective than in other countries because Japanese drug makers try to minimize side effects. In addition, different types of measles viruses are increasing, and vaccines simply do not work for around 3 percent to 5 percent of people, they say."
For more on this "boosting of immunity" by circulating virus, go to Scandals: Playing With Fire - It's Not EASY To Fool Mother Nature and Scandals: Don't Worry, Be Happy.
For more on how other countries seem to pay more attention to vaccine side effects go to Scandals: Vaccine-related infant deaths - When is enough, enough?
Flu shots for kids a judgment call - New strain hits children hard. Little ones tend to be heartier than adults but there are many reasons to immunize - CP via www.canada.com
Health Department Pushes Vaccinations As Flu Cases Rise - www.ny1.com
Comment: I wonder if the Health Department is disclosing that the current flu vaccine is not the same strain as the current flu, and that it is only speculated that it will work. For more on this, see CDC News Conference Transcript.
Workshop on Development of Clinical Trial Plan for Pandemic Inluenza Vaccines - FDA
Visceral - A Medical Research Charity for Intestinal Disease - www.visceral.org - "Objects - The objects of Visceral are the promotion of education and research into the study and cure of gastro-intestinally mediated disease, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and an increasingly common combination of gastrointestinal disease with a regressive developmental disorder (autistic enterocolitis) through making grants to appropriate institutions and individuals."
Comment: Can this be true? If so, how long before this terrible situation is described as "normal", which it may well have become, and dismissed as a problem. When will what has become normal instead be compared both to what used to be normal and what is optimal?
Autism turns sons into strangers - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Couple use music to treat autism, dyslexia, other disorders - North County Times
Analysis and Characterization of Mercury in Injectable Products - CBER Research Project - FDA (last updated April 2002)
Mercury Compounds in Drugs and Food - CBER/FDA (last updated August 2001)
Walter Eager: High mercury levels in fish increasing - www.tcpalm.com
National Autism Association - Action Center - action of the week
Hospitals kept quiet on cause of infant deaths - Star-Telegram - "Two years later, the hospital learned that Rachel was among dozens of premature babies nationwide after being given E-Ferol Aqueous Solution, an intravenous vitamin E preparation intended to help prevent blindness. But the hospital didn't notify White of the finding. In fact, it would be 11 more years before she learned why her daughter died."
Comment: What else aren't we being told?
Patients
say state safety net faulty - ABQ Journal (subscription required)
AIDS rising among minorities, women - AP via Newsday
Humanitarian group: AIDS could be worst crisis of all time - CNN - "Monday marks the 15th anniversary of the first World AIDS Day, aimed at raising awareness about the deadly pandemic. Although awareness of the disease has been increasing, the numbers of infected and dead continue to rise."
Interview with Peter Piot, UNAIDS Director - Kaisernetwork.org via www.allafrica.com
Taking the gloves off in war against HIV/Aids - Sunday Tribune via www.iol.co.za
Nursery rejects child with HIV-infected parent - Japan Today
Aids Treatment Plan Begins In January - www.allafrica.com
India Announces Plans to Expand AIDS Therapy Programs - The New York Times
Mutated gene may block AIDS - Study finds those whose ancestors survived smallpox are resistant or immune to HIV - The Oakland Tribune via www.thestate.com
Flu reaches epidemic proportions in three states - WNDU-TV
Next flu pandemic could wreak global havoc, scientists warn - USA Today
Health experts urge calm in flu outbreak - www.ctv.ca
Growing concern over sick, infested produce - Boston Herald - "Contaminated vegetables and fruits are infecting consumers in record-high numbers, up 20-fold from three decades ago, experts said."
Feds Search For Source Of Hepatitis Outbreak - CBS News, New York
Bad produce producing bad results - Boston Herald via Milford Daily News
Chi-Chi's outbreak raises questions about FDA's ability to screen produce - AP via pennlive.com
Danger of gene-swapping bacterium - A superbug with resistance to virtually all known antibiotics gained its power by hijacking genes from other bugs. - BBC News
Comment: And what of potential problems re: combination and multiply administered vaccines, as demonstrated in the 1986 Science article, Two avirulent herpes simplex viruses generate lethal recombinants in vivo? And why has there not been recognition and study of this potentially disastrous problem with vaccines?
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