*►March 22, 2004 - 3-Yr-Old Girl Gets Paralysed By Polio Vaccine - Weekly Trust via www.allafrica.com - "In the face of the raging controversy surrounding the polio immunisation, another evidence that tends to cast more doubt on the efficacy of the vaccine has emerged. A three-year-old girl, Aisha Bashir M. Tukur in Kano State has paralysis of both the upper and lower limbs."

►March 21, 2004 - Prosecute Polio Vaccination Opponents, FG Urged - ThisDay Online

►March 23, 2004 - Nigerian state boycotts polio vaccination campaign - Financial Times

►March 23, 2004 - Gusau stands still as Obasanjo launches polio eradication campaign - Daily Times of Nigeria

►March 23, 2004 - Nigeria: Zamfara Rejoins Polio Campaign As New Cases Recorded - IRIN via www.allafrica.com

►March 23, 2004 - Obasanjo, IBB fault campaign against polio vaccine - Vanguard

►March 22, 2004 - Nigeria Resumes Polio Campaign Despite Protest - Reuters

►March 22, 2004 - Kano Still Says No to FG Polio Vaccine - Daily Trust via www.allafrica.com

►March 22, 2004 - Polio Vaccine: SCSN Denies FG's Claim - This Day via www.allafrica.com -  "Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) has dismissed the recent report of a joint panel on the controversial Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) as inconclusive."

►March 23, 2004 - Good health: Oral polio vaccine: Matters arising - Vanguard

►March 22, 2004 - Some Nigerian states end polio vaccine ban - AP via www.mlive.com

►March 22, 2004 - 'Pakistan on track to become polio-free' - Hi Pakistan

►March 22, 2004 - EU extends bird flu ban on U.S. poultry imports - Reuters AlertNet

►March 22, 2004 - FAO: bird flu to continue in Indonesia for several more months - Xinhuanet via China View

►March 21, 2004 - Asian Bird Flu Crisis Continues, International Agency Warns - Kyodo News, KRT via The Miami Herald

►March 22, 2004 - Dutch cull birds in fourth find of bird flu signs - Reuters AlertNet

►March 22, 2004 - Vaccine Runs Out As Disease Hits Cattle - East African Standard via www.allafrica.com

Healthy in Houston: Help for Crohn's disease - www.news24houston.com

►March 22, 2004 - The Science of IgE - Allergic Asthma: Identifying and Treating the Most Common Form of Asthma - press release - American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology; Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America via Yahoo!

►March 22, 2004 - Molecules Further Cystic Fibrosis Inflammation - Discovery may lead to new treatments for lung disease - Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati via HealthDay News

►March 19, 2004 - Label extensions for Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health`s Swine Vaccines - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has received two important label extensions from health care authorities for the vaccines Ingelvac® PRRS MLV and Ingelvac® M.hyo, which reflects the company’s efforts to strengthen and improve its swine vaccines portfolio. - Boehringer Ingelheim via www.thepigsite.com

►March 22, 2004 - A Rested Development - Studies shed more light on why sleep deprivation is harmful to our health (requires registration) - The Kansas City Star

►March 22, 2004 - SIGA Announces Successful Smallpox Vaccine Trial and Possible Sale of Certain Non-Core Vaccine Assets - press release - SIGA Technologies, Inc. via Business Wire

►March 23, 2004 - Govt must support work on AIDS vaccine - Yomiuri Shimbun

►March 22, 2004 - Pertussis Vaccination During Infancy Does Not Appear Associated with Asthma or Atopy Through 7 Years of Age - BMJ via Doctor's Guide

►March 23, 2004 - Chinese firm develops gene therapy injection - Xinhuanet via China View

►March 23, 2004 - Country on mumps alert as outbreak affects young adults - The Herald, UK

►March 23, 2004 - Boarding school hepatitis outbreak localised - Itar-Tass

►March 22, 2004 - New hope for Alzheimer’s vaccine - Two years after an experimental Alzheimer’s vaccine was suspended over safety fears, Swiss researchers say they are still optimistic about the prospects for immunisation. - Swissinfo via www.nzz.ch

►March 22, 2004 - Ribozyme package effective against hepatitis B virus - Penn State via www.eurekalert.org

►March 23, 2004 - No New Meningitis Cases After Child's Death - www.wkyt.com

►March 22, 2004 - Nurse Loses License in Hepatitis Outbreak - AP via The Miami Herald

►March 22, 2004 - New insight into how tumors evade the immune system - Cell Press via Science Blog

►March 22, 2004 - Elderly Benefit from Early Pneumonia Therapy - Reuters via Yahoo!

►March 22, 2004 - Addressing Autism Gains Momentum in the East - Islam Online

►March 21, 2004 - Fifth disease is generally mild - Vail Daily

►March 22, 2004 - Obasanjo picks up needle amid polio fracas - SAPA, AFP via www.iol.co.za

►March 22, 2004 - Polio vaccine: Sharia council denies joint committee’s report - Daily Times of Nigeria

►March 22, 2004 - Nigerian state thwarts polio push - A national polio immunisation campaign is due to resume in Nigeria, but one northern state is refusing to join in. - BBC

►March 22, 2004 - Meningitis outbreak in Nigeria kills dozens - Borneo Bulletin via www.brunei-online.com

►March 21, 2004 - Children with rare disorder find hope at center - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

►March 22, 2004 - T-cell finding promises new hope - Scientists learn how to grow cells that kill invaders - Discovery could change all immune system therapies - The Toronto Star

►March 22, 2004 - Potentially limitless T-cells made in labs for HIV and cancer patients - Medical News Today

►March 22, 2004 - Looking medicine's future in the face - Los Angeles Times via The Providence Journal via www.projo.com

►March 22, 2004 - Antisoma plc -- R&D Update: AS1404 Advancing to Phase II Trials; AS1405 Starts Clinical Trials in Brain Cancer - press release - Antisoma plc via PrimeZone Media Network

►March 22, 2004 - Mercury Levels - EPA, area states have another chance to get it right - editorial - Detroit Free Press

►March 22, 2004 - Goa targets barbers for AIDS control - www.webindia123.com

►March 22, 2004 - Humane society gets free parvo vaccine - Palm Beach Post

►March 22, 2004 - South Korea Confirms New Case of Bird Flu - Reuters

►March 22, 2004 - Korea to cull 400,000 birds - Evening News via The Scotsman

►March 22, 2004 - DNR seeks ways to cut deer in areas with CWD - Wisconsin State Journal via www.madison.com

►March 18, 2004 - The Role of Interferon Therapy in Hepatitis B (requires registration) - Medscape

►March 23, 2004 - Flu jab plea as virulent viruses lurk - Bay of Plenty Times via www.mytown.co.nz
 
►March 22, 2004 - Keyser family to walk to benefit autism research - Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune

►March 22, 2004 - Immune cells grown in a dish - Lab-made T cells could deliver better cancer and HIV therapy. - Nature Science Update via www.nature.com

►March 22, 2004 - Mental illness plagues group - AAP via www.news.com.au

►March 22, 2004 - New coronavirus is a cousin to SARS - AFP via www.abc.net.au