►March 17, 2004 - Letting polio escape - Islamic fundamentalists try to scare Africans into shunning the vaccine - editorial - The Stuart News via www.tcpalm.com

►March 17, 2004 - Nigerian govt throws its weight behind polio vaccination drive - AFP via Yahoo!

►March 17, 2004 - Nigerian Leader Vouches for Polio Vaccine (requires registration) - AP via The Kansas City Star

►March 17, 2004 - Nigeria poised to launch major polio vaccination drive - UN envoy - UN

*►March 17, 2004 - Solid science and vaccines: No link between autism, shots; parents should immunize kids - opinion? - Grand Rapids Press via www.mlive.com

►March 17, 2004 - Liberia: One million children vaccinated against measles - IRIN

►March 17, 2004 - Tajikistan: Health ministry requests help to eradicate measles - IRIN

►March 17, 2004 - Revealed - how deadly bacteria evade immune system - Reuters AlertNet

►March 18, 2004 - Nigerian Government Supports Polio Vaccines (requires registration or subscription) - AFP via The New York Times

►March 18, 2004 - Nigeria polio jab row rages on - Nigeria's northern state of Kano has still to accept a UN-promoted polio vaccine, despite assurances from Nigeria's authorities that it is safe. - BBC

►March 18, 2004 - Govt, JNI affirm safety of polio vaccine - No going back, says Kano govt - Vanguard

►March 17, 2004 - Nigeria: Polio Vaccination Campaign in Kano Still in Doubt - Voice of America

►March 17, 2004 - UK Pullet Rearer Leads Way With Vaccines - Farming Life

►March 18, 2004 - Baby dies from bacterial meningitis in Polk County - www.baynews9.com

►March 18, 2004 - Officials worry teen may have exposed others to germ - The Daily Commercial

►March 18, 2004 - Blood centers get creative to lure donors - Domestic self-sufficiency seen in jeopardy as fewer young people give - Japan Times

►March 18, 2004 - Govt inaction on mercury-testing fishy - Kedgley - press release - Green Party via Scoop Media

►March 18, 2004 - China to continue on alert for bird flu - Xinhuanet via China View

►March 17, 2004 - Benign rashes seen in first-time smallpox vaccinees - CIDRAP News

►March 17, 2004 - Health officials warned against sale of anti-rabies vaccines - GNA via www.ghanaweb.com

►March 17, 2004 - Chronic Wasting Disease in deer has been recorded in DeKalb County - MidWeek News

►March 17, 2004 - Smallpox Vaccine May Cause Harmless Skin Rashes - Infectious Diseases Society of America via Doctor's Guide

►March 17, 2004 - Bird flu program takes shape - CP via CNEWS via www.canoe.ca

►March 16, 2004 - Canada sees no evidence of more bird flu spread - Reuters AlertNet

►March 18, 2004 - Five more bird flu outbreaks in Cambodia - AFP via www.theage.com.au

►March 18, 2004 - 2 crows test positive for bird flu in Osaka, Kyoto prefectures - Kyodo News via Japan Today

►March 17, 2004 - 2 Bird Flu Cases Confirmed in Netherlands (requires registration) - AP via The Kansas City Star

►March 17, 2004 - Light Drinking OK for Some Hepatitis C Patients - Cardiovascular benefits can outweigh minimal effect of liver disease progression - HealthDay News

►March 17, 2004 - Jury Convicts Doctor Of Diluting Vaccines - Cranston Doctor Also Found Guilty Of Evading Income Taxes - AP via www.turnto10.com

►March 17, 2004 - Bacterial Meningitis Kills Central Fla. Student - Bacterial Form Of Meningitis Is Contagious - www.local6.com

►March 17, 2004 - Piedmont Student Diagnosed With Meningitis - Child's Name Has Not Been Released - www.wxii12.com

►March 17, 2004 - New Web Site Helps Track Mercury in Fish - www.nbc11.com

►March 18, 2004 - Mercury risk strikes fish off - AAP via The Australian

*►March 17, 2004 - White House Agrees with SafeMinds, Mercury is a Health Threat to Our Children - SafeMinds via U.S. Newswire

►March 17, 2004 - Former EPA chief Carol Browner criticizes proposed mercury rule - Waste News

►March 17, 2004 - Measles Advisory - www.wilx.com

►March 17, 2004 - Hepatitis has restaurant owners worried sick - Marshfield Mariner via www.townonline.com

►March 17, 2004 - Worried sick - opinion - Marshfield Mariner via www.townonline.com

►March 17, 2004 - VA, DOD lag on electronic medical data exchange - Government Computer News

►March 17, 2004 - Anthrax appears under control (requires subscription) - Shepparton News

►March 2004 - Lack of Association Between Behavioral Inhibition and Psychosocial Adversity Factors in Children at Risk for Anxiety Disorders - journal article (American Journal of Psychiatry)

►March 2004 - Physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents: An overview - journal article (Canadian Journal of Cardiology)

►March 2004 - Unexplained poor outcomes in newborns - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 2004 - Complications of Otitis Media Before Placement of Tympanostomy Tubes in Children - journal article (Archives of Otolaryngology)

►February 2004 - Assessing the Impact of Parent and Teacher Agreement on Diagnosing Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - journal article (Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics)

►March 2004 - Effect of maternal antibody on immunogenicity of hepatitis A vaccine in infants - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 5, 2004 - Updated Recommendations on the Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: Suspension of Recommendation for Third and Fourth Dose - MMWR via CDC

April 2004 - Correlates of coping with perceived discriminatory experiences among African American adolescents - journal article (Journal of Adolescence)

►March 16, 2004 - Obesity Takes Years Off Diabetics Lives - Study - Reuters via Yahoo!

►March 16, 2004 - Govt Moves Closer to Poultry Drug Ban - AP via Yahoo!

►March 16, 2004 - Life expectancy of diabetics 12 years less than others - University of Toronto via www.eurekalert.org

►March 15, 2004 - Over-the-counter zinc nasal sprays reviewed for destroying sense of smell - The FDA is examining consumer complaints. Makers of the two products say no such problems were reported in clinical studies. (requires registration) - The Los Angeles Times

►March 12, 2004 - Researchers Model Embryo Implantation And Tumour Metastasis In Fruit Flies - University of Toronto via ScienceDaily

►March 16, 2004 - New, comprehensive tumor classification combines molecular biology and classic pathology - BioMed Central via  www.eurekalert.org

►March 2004 - Unusual phenotype of Hemoglobin EE with Hemoglobin H disease: A pitfall in clinical diagnosis and genetic counseling - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 2004 - The development of hepatocellular carcinoma among prospectively followed children with chronic hepatitis B virus infection - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 2004 - Childhood Poisoning - What should be done? - journal article (U.S. Pharmacist)

►March 2004 - Endocrine involvement in pediatric-onset Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: A population-based study - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 13, 2004 - Southall is cleared by GMC but faces new charges - journal article (BMJ) 

►March 13, 2004 - Mystery Disease Fells Hundreds of Wyoming Elk (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►March 12, 2004 - CWD possibly found in 12 new Wis. counties - AP via ESPN Outdoors via http://espn.go.com

►March 13, 2004 - An M.R.I. Machine for Every Doctor? Someone Has to Pay (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►February 28, 2004 - Why do doctors use treatments that do not work? - For many reasons—including their inability to stand idle and do nothing - journal article (BMJ)

►March 12, 2004 - E. Sadler, others fighting autism - www.thatsracin.com

►March 13, 2004 - B.C. to slaughter 36,000 chickens - Birds at Matsqui farm have most virulent avian flu strain - Vancouver Sun via National Post via www.canada.com

►March 12, 2004 - Bird flu restrictions tightened - CBC British Columbia

►March 12, 2004 - Testing for bird flu to be expanded - AP via www.mlive.com

►March 12, 2004 - FDA Recommends Changes to Food Labels (requires registration) - AP via The Los Angeles Times

►March 12, 2004 - HHS Moves to Acquire New Anthrax Vaccine for Stockpile - press release - Department of Health and Human Services via US Newswire

►March 12, 2004 - FDA offers guidance on testing drugs for smallpox-shot side effects - CIDRAP News via www.cidrap.umn.edu

►March 12, 2004 - Bad Mix: Alcohol and Hepatitis C - No Safe Alcohol Levels if You're Infected - WebMD Health

►March 12, 2004 - Research to Create Lung Cancer Blood Tests Receives $3.4 Million in Pennsylvania Tobacco Settlement Funds - The Wistar Institute via AScribe Newswire

►March 13, 2004 - Mice show SARS immunity possible - AFP via www.abc.net.au

►March 13, 2004 - 16.6-M kids immunized vs measles: 90% of target - Inquirer News Service via www.inq7.net

►March 12, 2004 - New veterans clinic to open in Columbus - AP via Sun Herald

►May-June 2002 - The Rising Storm: What Breeders Need to Know about the Immune System - Australian Shepherd Health & Genetics Institute, Inc.

►March 13, 2004 - Quick treatment is key if copperhead bites pet - Richmond Times-Dispatch

*►March 13, 2004 - Cherie 'took Leo to pendulum healer in place of MMR jab' - The Telegraph, UK

*►March 13, 2004 - Coach hopes no Expos exposed - Doctor says Batista's pox shouldn't spread - Florida Today

►Jab plea to adults after mumps outbreak - Young adults in the west of Scotland are being urged to get the controversial MMR vaccine after the worst outbreak of mumps in 20 years. - Evening Times, UK

►March 14, 2004 - Foster: 'Blair Chose Magic Over MMR' - Sunday Mail

►March 14, 2004 - Mercury & South Mississippi - www.wlox.com

►March 13, 2004 - Active Measles Case In Iowa - www.kwwl.com

►March 14, 2004 - Nanotechnology to visualize cellular processes for the development of cancer drugs - Medical News Today

►October 15, 2000 - Controversy About Mandatory Vaccinations Grows - www.naturalhealthline.com

►March 14, 2004 - Polio reappears in countries where it had been eradicated - USA Today

►March 14, 2004 - Alva Rotary Contributes to the Fight Against Polio - Alva Review Courier

►March 14, 2004 - Vietnam: WHO warns bird flu crisis not over - As Asian nations mop up their remaining bird flu outbreaks and prepare to restock their devastated poultry flocks, international health and animal experts are warning that the crisis is far from over. - AFP via New Straits Times via www.emedia.com.my

►March 13, 2004 - Hong Kong health chief apologizes for poor handling of last year's SARS crisis - CP via National Post via www.canada.com

►March 14, 2004 - Limiting Mercury Pollution Is Focus of Hot Debate - Industry, Environmentalists Argue Over How and When to Remove Toxic Metal (requires registration) - The Washington Post

►March 14, 2004 - Walk to raise funds for autism centre - Express News Service via Delhi Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com

Experimental Anthrax Vaccine - www.wilx.comImportance of Good Health Before Pregnancy - Saint John's Health Center via www.surfsantamonica.com

►March 2004 - Nephrotic syndrome in a neonatal premature infant: A report of a case - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 2004 - Aseptic meningitis: Comments on the current literature - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►February 2004 - Cocaine, Anemia, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children: A Longitudinal Study - journal article (Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics)

►March 2004 - Molecular Epidemiology of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Causing Sepsis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit over an 11-Year Period - journal article (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)

►March 2004 - Should we be concerned when children don't clear their plates? - journal article (Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 12, 2004 - Emergency Mask for Civilians Approved - AP via Yahoo!
 
►March 13, 2004 - WMA calls for retired academics to teach in developing world - journal article (BMJ)

►March 12, 2004 - Childhood obesity leads to adult diabetes, researcher says - Texas A&M University via www.eurekalert.org

►March 14, 2004 - Childhood abuse may predict social phobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD among adult alcoholics - University of Amsterdam via www.eurekalert.org

►March 14, 2004 - Light to moderate drinking during pregnancy may lead to learning and memory deficits in adolescents - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine via www.eurekalert.org

►March 14, 2004 - Deficits associated with prenatal alcohol exposure can be seen as early as infancy - Alcohol-exposed babies respond more slowly to their environment, and take longer to calm down - Emory University via www.eurekalert.org

►March 12, 2004 - Scientist works to interrupt early changes resulting in diabetic vision loss - Medical College of Georgia via www.eurekalert.org

►March 2, 2004 - Mistrial declared in case of fatally shaken baby - San Diego Union-Tribune via www.signonsandiego.com

►February 17, 2004 - Drug risks hidden from public - Drug companies keep test failures quiet, medical journal says - CanWest News Service via Edmonton Journal via www.familyrightsassociation.com

►December 9, 2003 - Records of Payments to NIH Staff Sought: Two congressmen ask health institutes' leader to detail researchers' links to drug companies. - Los Angeles Times via www.healthyskepticism.org

►December 10, 2003 - NIH to launch ethics review - Zerhouni promises comprehensive look at lucrative consulting payments to top officials - The Scientist via www.biomedcentral.com

►The Military Vaccine Education Center

►March 8, 2004 - MCCARTHY v. OZARK SCH. DIST., No. 02-3035, 02-3094, 02-3104, 02-3195 - 8th Circuit, ►March 08, 2004 (pdf) - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com - Appeal from an order preserving the statutory requirement that Arkansas schoolchildren be immunized was rendered moot when the legislature broadened the statute's exemption to encompass philosophical as well as religious objections; newly raised challenges to the revised statute were unripe for review.

►New Vaccination Protocol - Important Reading - www.naturalrearing.com

►Changing Vaccination Protocols by W. Jean Dodds, DVM

►Female Sergeant Dead from Anthrax Shot - When will the Pentagon End this Madness? - www.militarycorruption.com

►2003 - An adult case suspected of recurrent measles encephalitis with psychiatric symptoms - journal article (Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi)

►In the face of medical naysayers, Crohn’s sufferer takes different treatment - Gwinnett Daily Post

►March 5, 2004 - Aids still the biggest health issue - www.iafrica.com

►March 12, 2004 - Maryland hospital urges HIV retesting (requires registration) - AP via www.mlive.com

►CDC Knew of Potential Link between Vaccines, Autism - Excerpts from CDC Simpsonwood transcript via www.nationalautismassociation.org

►March 1, 2004 - Booster shots may reduce chickenpox rates - Pediatrics via Reuters

►April 17, 2000 - Opthalmologists Discover Relationship Between Eye Condition And Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - University Of California, San Diego via ScienceDaily

►Mother Fights For Recognition of Vaccine & Autism Link - www.nathhan.com

►Autism Update 2004 - Sponsored by the Doug Flutie Foundation and Children Making Strides - conference alert - April 29 - May 1, 2004 in Sturbridge, MA.

►March 11, 2004 - Five New Abstracts * The Autism Pandemic and the MMR VaccineConnection - The Schafer Autism Report

►March 10, 2004 - Aspex Gallery Showcases New Technology For Children With Autism *Sometimes It's the RNA - The Schafer Autism Report

►September/October 2000 - Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated Children in Day-Care Centers, Israel - Emerging Infectious Diseases

►March 11, 2004 - Five New Abstracts * The Autism Pandemic and the MMR VaccineConnection - The Schafer Autism Report

►March 10, 2004 - Aspex Gallery Showcases New Technology For Children With Autism *Sometimes It's the RNA - The Schafer Autism Report

►September/October 2000 - Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated Children in Day-Care Centers, Israel - Emerging Infectious Diseases

►March 3, 2004 - Autism conference highlights hope - Celeste Martin and her son Andrew are no strangers to new approaches for stabilizing autistic behaviors. - Narragansett Times via www.zwire.com

►March 11, 2004 - Six Months After Transplant, Astoria Boy Fighting The Odds - Dakota Kwiecinski’s health struggles continue, but now there is hope. The 3-year-old Astoria boy is six months removed from a stem cell transplant that saved his life, and according to his mom, Tristan Regnaudot, he is filled with energy and resilience. - Queens Chronicle - Western Edition

►March 4, 2004 - Mercury decision due next month - Packetonline via Hillsborough Beacon via www.zwire.com

►March 12, 2004 - Woman Charged with Murder for Refusing C-Section - audio - All Things Considered via www.npr.org

►March 12, 2004 - Workplace Testing Reduces Ulcer Rates - HealthDay via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

►March 10, 2004 - Sudan: Alarming Levels of Malnutrition in Darfur - IRIN

►March 2004 - Jurisdictions with Bicycle Helmet Laws - JEMS Magazine via www.jems.com

►March 11, 2004 - Health Advocates Rally for Sex Education - AP via Yahoo!

►March 11, 2004 - Antibiotics Overload? - Ivanhoe

►March 10, 2004 - Don't Over-Treat Kids Earache, Doctors Urge - Reuters via Yahoo!

►March 10, 2004 - 'R.E.A.L.' offers multicultural approaches to substance-abuse prevention among middle-schoolers - Penn State via www.eurekalert.org

►March 11, 2004 - Role of grandmothers crucial for tree of life - The Globe and Mail

►March 11, 2004 - Myopathy in Children Receiving High-Dose Inhaled Fluticasone (requires subscription to full article) - journal article (New England Journal of Medicine)

►March 5, 2004 - Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Adults-New Hampshire, 1991-2003 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report via CDC

►March 11, 2004 - Fizzy Drinks Are Major Cause of Teen Tooth Erosion - Reuters via Yahoo!

►March 11, 2004 -  Study Documents Trauma of Child Soldiers - AP via Yahoo!

►March 11, 2004 - Families, media and education crucial in preventing eating disorders - Texas A&M University via www.eurekalert.org

►March 11, 2004 - Researchers model embryo implantation and tumour metastasis in fruit flies - University of Toronto via www.eurekalert.org

►March 10, 2004 - Environmental Enrichment Lessens Protein Deficits In Mouse Model Of Huntington's - Society For Neuroscience via ScienceDaily

►March 10, 2004 - Despite college HIV outbreak, lack of funds stymies officials - AP via USA Today

►March 11, 2004 - What Prompts College Kids to Drink? - HealthDay via ABC News

*►March 12, 2004 - Parents' worries about thimerosal in vaccines are well founded! - letter in response to Addressing Parents’ Concerns: Do Vaccines Contain Harmful Preservatives, Adjuvants, Additives, or Residuals?  (Pediatrics)