►March 2004 - Death by Medicine - by Gary Null, PhD, Carolyn Dean, MD, Martin Feldman, MD, Debora Rasio, MD, and Dorothy Smith. PhD - LE Magazine - "Natural medicine is under siege, as pharmaceutical company lobbyists urge lawmakers to deprive Americans of the benefits of dietary supplements.  Drug-company front groups have launched slanderous media campaigns to discredit the value of healthy lifestyles.  The FDA continues to interfere with those who offer natural products that compete with prescription drugs…These attacks against natural medicine obscure a lethal problem that until now was buried in thousands of pages of scientific text.  In response to these baseless challenges to natural medicine, the Nutrition Institute of America commissioned an independent review of the quality of 'government-approved' medicine.  The startling findings from this meticulous study indicate that conventional medicine is 'the leading cause of death' in the United States.”

Dr. Andrew Wakefield and the MMR Controversy - Second Opinion by Nicholas Regush - www.redflagsdaily.com - "It doesn’t look very good for Dr. Andrew Wakefield, an English physician and researcher who has championed the need to investigate the potential relationship between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism...Today, the scavengers of British journalism surfaced and attacked him and his work, and attempted to destroy whatever chance he may have to rescue his scientific reputation."

►February 23, 2004 - LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER - Bill forces shots on all children - Homeschoolers fight state legislation that criminalizes parents who object - WorldNetDaily - "Commented Euteneuer in a statement: "Along with Mississippi, West Virginia is the only state to forbid religious vaccine exemptions. This bill goes even further by prohibiting physicians from granting medical exemptions according to what they believe is best for each patient. Senate Bill 439 would also make West Virginia the only state to force homeschoolers to be immunized."

►February 23, 2004 - GMC asked to investigate MMR research allegations - www.4ni.co.uk - "While the substance of Dr Wakefield's research findings are not challenged, the Sunday Times article has sparked calls for an investigation into whether the research broke established rules for these types of scientific studies...Dr Wakefield said that he stood by his findings and would welcome an inquiry."

►February 24, 2004 - The corporate stooges who nobble serious science - The MMR scandal shows a business riddled with conflicts of interest - "It looks like a conflict of interest and his failure to disclose it was wrong. But the crime for which he is being punished is everywhere. The scientific establishment is rotten from top to bottom, riddled with conflicts far graver than Dr Wakefield's....In other words, the great majority of the scientists with conflicts of interest are failing to disclose them...So, given that undisclosed conflicts of interest in science are everywhere, why is it only Dr Wakefield whose bloody remains are being dragged through the streets? The obvious answer is that his alleged cooption works against the interests of the drugs companies, while almost everyone else's works in their favour."

Comment:  Very interesting article.

►February 24, 2004 - Mountain Views: Precipitous Increase in Autism Cases May Be Tied To Childhood Vaccines - "There aren't enough special-ed teachers in any state to even begin to approach the problem.  It costs states about $2 million for each child with autism for the first 18 years of life.  The Department of Education disabilities data bank shows autism cases in school-age children rose from about 5,500 nationwide to an astonishing 79,000 during the 1990s...Despite drug company studies from 70 years ago that concluded mercury-containing serum was not fit for cattle or dogs, and with all the huge, expensive federal agencies to protect us from just such a mistake -- the Centers for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Institute of Medicine -- not one had taken the time to total up how much thimerosal and mercury had been added to the average child's intake with the new increased immunization schedule." 

Comment:  Excellent article.

►February 22, 2004 - Vaccine hurdle - The Telegraph, India - "Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee administered polio drops to three children at Karaya in south Calcutta in the morning and it had a smooth run in the city but about 1,500 children across the state could not be given the drops following boycotts."

►February 23, 2004 - 3 lakh children get pulse polio drops - Times of India

►February 23, 2004 - Bengal districts yet to achieve total polio immunisation - The Statesman

►February 23, 2004 - Defiant MMR doctor insists on an inquiry - The Independent, UK

►February 22,2004 - World Briefs: Journal: It was wrong to publish medical study - The Daily Herald via www.harktheherald.com

►February 22, 2004 - Procedure douses fire of acid reflux disease - Troy State University via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

►February 22, 2004 -Scientists developing more 'super vaccines' (requires registration) - www.king5.com

►February 22, 2004 - Report on avian-flu source expected - CanWest News Service via www.canada.com

►February 23, 2004 - Peptech straightens it relationship with UK Domantis - Shaw Stockbroking via www.egoli.com.au

►February 23, 2004 - Lancet admits mistake in publishing vaccine article - radio transcript - BBC via The World Today via www.abc.net.au

►February 22, 2004 - CDC flu experts to discuss vaccines - AP via www.citizenonline.com

►February 23, 2004 - Bird flu control reported in many regions across Viet Nam - Vietnam News Agency

►February 23, 2004 - New group formed to aid adults who have autism - Knoxville News Sentinel via www.knoxnews.com

►February 23, 2004 - Elvis lives, MI5 murdered Diana, MMR is dangerous (requires subscription) - Times Online, UK

►February 23, 2004 - Wheat Intolerance may Lead to Schizophrenia - BMJ via Ivanhoe

►February 21, 2004 - Finger on pulse of polio, other vaccinations take backseat - Ahmedabad Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com

►February 22, 2004 - Finger on polio pulse, other schemes suffer - www.indianexpress.com

►March 1, 2004 - Fourth pneumococcal vaccine dose suspended temporarily - American Medical News via www.ama-assn.org

►February 23, 2004 - Australian drug could combat avian flu - ABC Rural via www.abc.net.au

►February 23, 2004 - MMR doctor faces investigation over claims research was flawed - The Scotsman

►February 23, 2004 - MMR Doctor Accused of 'Mixing Spin and Science' - PA News via The Scotsman

►February 23, 2004 - Profile: Dr Andrew Wakefield - BBC News Online profiles the man at the centre of the MMR controversy. - BBC

►February 23, 2004 - Should there be an MMR inquiry? - The General Medical Council is preparing to investigate the research methods of the doctor at the centre of the MMR debate (includes letters from readers) - BBC

►February 23, 2004 - MMR study doctor calls for probe - The doctor behind controversial research linking autism with the MMR jab has called for an investigation into claims his work was flawed. - BBC

►February 23, 2004 - MMR study branded "poor science" - Reuters

►February 23, 2004 - MMR doctor 'must face investigation' - Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson has said the doctor at the centre of the MMR row must be investigated. - www.itv.com

►February 23, 2004 - Demand grows for full MMR inquiry - Public deserves an independent investigation, says MP - The Guardian, UK

►February 23, 2004 - Parents of autistic children battle on - www.telegraph.co.uk - "The parents who believe that the measles, mumps and rubella jab caused their children's autism were battling on yesterday in their fight to get their case recognised by the Government...They were undeterred by new allegations which claim that the research from Dr Andrew Wakefield, first linking autism and the MMR vaccine, was flawed by a conflict of interest...'They are not going to get the genie back in the bottle,' said David Thrower, whose 16-year-old son Oliver has severe autism...'New research is coming in. These people do not see our children. Oliver's autism is the regressive type. He was a normal baby until his vaccination.'"

►February 23, 2004 - A pariah and a firebrand in the eye of the storm - www.telegraph.co.uk

►February 23, 2004 - Doctor in gun on autism link - New Zealand Herald

►February 23, 2004 - I will welcome inquiry, says doctor attacked on MMR (requires subscription) - Times Online, UK

►February 23, 2004 - Blair calls for end to MMR jab fears - www.express.co.uk

►February 23, 2004 - Nigerian Islamic state rejects polio vaccine evidence as outbreak spreads - AP via Billings Gazette

►February 23, 2004 - Anthrax vaccine no threat to troops: Hill - AAP via www.smh.com.au

►February 22, 2004 - Sydney: Defence chiefs under fire over vaccine - Australian defence chiefs were criticised today for failing to warn soldiers heading to Iraq that side effects from an anthrax vaccine had forced them to suspend their inoculation progamme during the Afghanistan campaign. - New Straits Times via www.emedia.com.my

►February 23, 2004 - Smear Test Mum's HIV Nightmare - exclusive: Joyce tells of agony wait - Daily Record, UK

►February 22, 2004 - Bird Flu Comes to Texas - www.kfdx.com