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

Alzheimer's treatment makes mice brains bleed - Immunization used in halted human trial may weaken blood vessels.  - Nature

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

Rubella - www.health.org.nz

Newborns might help malaria kids - Blood from umbilical cords could treat anaemia caused by tropical disease.

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

Multicentre aneurysm screening study (MASS): cost effectiveness analysis of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms based on four year results from randomised controlled trial - 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

Nurse led follow up and conventional medical follow up in management of patients with lung cancer: randomised trial - BMJ

Engagement of patients with psychosis in the consultation: conversation analytic study * Commentary: Understanding conversation  - BMJ

Evaluation of a structured test and a parent led method for screening for speech and language problems: prospective population based study - BMJ

Prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure in high risk patients: community based epidemiological study - 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

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