August 9, 2002                                 search the site

Letters Start Pouring in to Stop Sen. Frist's 'Dump Injured Kids' Bill - FEAT

Deciding Who Is Protected Against Smallpox - Senator Frist - The New York Times

Cork parents encouraged to join campaign - Cork parents, who believe their children may have suffered brain damage from a vaccine, are being encouraged to join a national campaign, it emerged today. - www.utvinternet.com

Cause of Hepatitis A Virulence Pinpointed - NIAID News

Experts reject latest MMR research - BBC

Measles mystery baffles officials - Hoovers Online

Adverse reactions to the preschool (fifth) dose of adsorbed diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine in Canadian children. - journal article

Reactogenicity of fluid compared with adsorbed diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine. - journal article

Measles inclusion-body encephalitis caused by the vaccine strain of measles virus. - journal article

Shortage of meningococcal meningitis vaccines looming - ABC News Online, Australia

"Deciding Who Is to Be Protected Against Smallpox" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Amid Bioterrorism Concerns, Smallpox Scare Tests Hospital" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Flu Vaccinations for All Elderly Urged" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Herpes Simplex Viruses: Is a Vaccine Tenable?" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Measles Mystery Baffles Officials" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Polio Campaign Criticized for Lack of Controls" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Flu Epidemic Ravages Madagascar" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"At Least 200 Dead From Meningitis in Southern Rwanda" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"South Africa: Parents Urged to Immunize Their Children" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

Breast is best for avoiding obesity - journal article

Drug Comes Under Fire: Anti-malaria pill's role in Army spousal violence questioned - www.newsday.com

Congress Homes In on New Department's R&D Programs - Science Magazine

NIEHS Toxicologist Receives a 'Gag Order' - Science Magazine

Panel Hears Ideas for Overhaul of NIH - Science Magazine

Drugs in the waters - BioMedNet

Deaths from alcoholic liver disease are rising - BMJ

Over-matching can cause bias - BMJ

Polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines - BMJ

Cochlear implants carry risk of meningitis, agencies warn - BMJ

UK smallpox vaccine comes under fire from US - BMJ

Adverse reactions to dietary supplements under investigation by FDA - BMJ

Risk factors for early onset neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis: case-control study - BMJ

Role of endogenous oestrogen in aetiology of coronary heart disease: analysis of age related trends in coronary heart disease and breast cancer in England and Wales and Japan - BMJ

Mortality from liver disease in the West Midlands, 1993-2000: observational study - BMJ

Removal of radiation dose response effects: an example of over-matching - BMJ

U.S. to Step Up Antitrust Effort on Health Care - The New York Times

Hot Weather Cited in Spread of a Virus - The New York Times

Surgeon Who Left an Operation to Run an Errand Is Suspended - The New York Times

Citizens' Council on Health Care Press Release 8-9-02

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