November 15, 2002 search the site
Vaccine Shocker -Homeland Security Bill Incorporates Expanded Liability Protection For Vaccine Manufacturers Including The Mercury-Based Preservative Thimerosal - www.govexec.com via www.redflagsweekly.com
Burton Statement on Homeland Security Provision Prohibiting Vaccine-Injury Lawsuits
Oppose the New Homeland Security Bureaucracy! - by Congressman Ron Paul - www.lewrockwell.com
Senate Eyes Vaccine Liability Reform - http://apnews.excite.com
Homeland Bill Rider Aids Drugmakers - Measure Would Block Suits Over Vaccines; FBI Powers Also Would Grow - The Washington Post
Terror Insurance Stalls in Senate - www.newsday.com
Smallpox study says small-scale vaccinations work best - Chicago Tribune
Smallpox shots for targeted population probably will be sufficient, doctor says - Reuters via www.sunsentinel.com
Smallpox strategies simulated - Models call for vaccinations before bioterror attack. - Nature
Controlling Smallpox - Science Magazine
Bush moving toward approval of smallpox vaccine plan - USA Today
Ministers criticised over failure to test smallpox vaccine - The Independent, UK
Smallpox vaccine passes initial safety tests - www.philly.com
Low mortality after mild measles infection compared to uninfected children in rural west Africa - journal article
Airmen vaccinated against anthrax - Researchers and those going to the Middle East and Turkey get shots - www.thestate.com
Factors affecting uptake of childhood immunisation - journal article
Doubt on potential Alzheimer's cure - Study finds once-promising vaccine tends to double the risk of stroke - www.nj.com
MMR jab alternative rejected by government advisers - The Scotsman
Many seniors failing to get flu vaccinations - www.nj.com
Malaria vaccine trials make progress - BioMedNet
West Nile virus vaccine trials for humans could come by spring - www.9news.com
"Antibody Persistence and Immunological Memory at Age 4 Years After Meningococcal Group C Conjugate Vaccination in Children in the United Kingdom" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Report Criticized French Hepatitis B Vaccination Campaign" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"New Chicken Pox Vaccine Developed in China" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"CDC: Seniors Need Flu Shots" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"U.S. May Assume Liability for Smallpox Vaccine" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Military Smallpox Vaccinations Planned" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Targeted Smallpox Vaccination Could be Effective" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Tennessee: Volunteers Vaccinated Against Smallpox" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Acambis to Seek OK for Human Trials of West Nile Vaccine" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Doctors Are Ordered to Stop Using Mumps Vaccine Amid Safety Fears" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Study will explore digestive ills of autistic children - The Oregonian
A riddle wrapped in an enigma - www.theage.com.au
Fury over minister's hepatitis C delaying tactics - The Scotsman
Dengue and climate change - BioMedNet
Killing chronic pain in the brain - - BioMedNet
UN soldiers prove invaluable in war against malaria - - BioMedNet
Government: Mercury in dental fillings still safe - CNN
Prevention Campaign against Skin Cancer - journal article
Predicting Women's Heart Problems - Ivanhoe
Drug for Bacterial Meningitis - Ivanhoe
Screening for aneurysms in men is cost effective - BMJ
Patients with psychotic illness want to discuss their symptoms - BMJ
Bezafibrate has limited effects on heart attacks and strokes - BMJ
Parents and screening tests miss children's language problems - BMJ
Nurse led follow up of cancer patients is safe and acceptable - BMJ
Patients with IHD warrant screening for heart failure - BMJ
Iron supplements don't affect incidence of infections in children - BMJ
Screening men for aortic aneurysm - BMJ
New BMJ policy on economic evaluations - BMJ
Improving iron status in children in poor environments - BMJ
Infection as a cause of multiple sclerosis - BMJ
Poor team work is killing patients - BMJ
Long term HRT may protect women from Alzheimer's disease - BMJ
FBI investigates cardiac surgeries - BMJ
Controversial stroke trial is under review following BMJ report - BMJ
Deadly parasitic disease grips southern Sudan - BMJ
MMR vaccine is not linked with autism, says Danish study - BMJ
Serious adverse events associated with perinatal drugs - BMJ
India must change health priorities to tackle HIV - BMJ
US public health system needs major overhaul, says report - BMJ
"Telephone stroke" identified in Canada - BMJ
Bezafibrate in men with lower extremity arterial disease: randomised controlled trial - BMJ
Effect of iron supplementation on incidence of infectious illness in children: systematic review - BMJ
Making regulation responsive to commercial interests: streamlining drug industry watchdogs *, includes Commentary: Concern over drug industry's influence on regulatory policy in Europe * Commentary: Much ado about a good thing * Commentary: The freedom of informed choice - BMJ
WHO in 2002: WHO's management: struggling to transform a "fossilised bureaucracy" - BMJ
Undisclosed payments in research - letters - BMJ
Iron deficiency is neglected in women's health - letters - BMJ
Schafer Autism Report 11-15-02
ALL INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.