November 20, 2002 search the site
Politicizing Vaccines - editorial - The Wall Street Journal
Letter from Shamez Kanji to the Wall Street Journal
Lilly wins shield from autism suits - Protection may be temporary; lawmakers and White House must revisit issue next year. - Indianapolis Star
SafeMinds' Rebuttal to Senator Frist and Gramm's Comments on Senate Floor 11-18-02
Senate Passes Homeland Security Bill - AP via The New York Times
Senate approves Homeland bill - CNN
CDC rolls up sleeves for crucial challenge - www.accessatlanta.com
Byrd, at 85, Fills the Forum With Romans and Wrath - The New York Times
Homeland security bill passes Senate, 90-9 - www.accessatlanta.com
An anti-social security process - editorial - The Oregonian
New US security bill 'pays back the donors' - The Guardian
Rumsfeld and the horseshoe crab that could save your life - www.hippopress.com
Drug Industry Seeks Ways to Capitalize on Election Success - The New York Times
Senate approves Homeland Security bill - Macomb Daily via www.zwire.com
Schaeffer's Market Observation Features AMEX Pharmaceutical Index (AMEX: DRG) And Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) - www.prnewswire.com
U.S. aid urged in battling autism - State can't handle the rise in cases, an Assembly panel is told. - The Sacramento Bee
CNN Connie Chung Tonight - "Vaccinations Contributing to Rise in Autism?"
Parent advocate for autism urged - Assemblyman wants to cut confusing messages and 'buck passing' for families of such children - www.bayarea.com
CDC funds Utah autism study - NewsNet
Parents Flock To Single Jabs Clinic - The Daily Record, UK
UK Safety Committee Advises Suspension of Mumps Vaccine - Reuters Health via Medscape
Hepatitis Vaccination Rates Among US Adolescents Have Increased - Reuters Health via Medscape
Manitoulin residents get shots of wrong flu vaccine - The Sudbury Star
Doctors Laud Cervical Cancer Vaccine - The Washington Post
Cervical cancer vaccine has 100% success rate - Yahoo!
Vaccine policy leaves millions at risk - BBC
Vaccines Benefit Mainly the Rich, U.N. Finds - Reuters via Yahoo!
Vaccine groups take advantage of Wyeth exit - Ft.com via biz.yahoo
Reactogenicity and immunogenicity of a live attenuated tetravalent measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine - journal article
The Brighton Collaboration: addressing the need for standardized case definitions of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) - journal article
"Uzbek Flu Epidemic to Peak in Jan-Feb 2003" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Scots in New Flu Alert; 700,000 Hit by Symptoms So Far" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Cases of Hepatitis B and C Are Surging" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Canada to Help Eliminate Polio in Nigeria" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Polio 'Will Be Conquered in Months'" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"DNA-Based Rabies Vaccine May Soon Be Tested on Humans in India" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"S. Africa in Drive for HIV Vaccine" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"UNICEF Warns on Vaccine Shortage" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Wyeth Stops Making Flu Vaccine; Goal Now Is to Develop Inhalant" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Vaccine Liability Protection Stays in U.S. Bill" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Vaccines Could Halt Third World Health Crisis" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Hepatitis C Outbreak at Neb. Clinic - AP via Yahoo!
Protest over hyperactivity drug - BBC
HIV/AIDS—An Emerging Geopolitical Crisis - www.jrnyquist.com
Malaria tablets for children - BBC
If You Are Taking Pills For Arthritis Or Know Anyone Who Is, Read This: The Double-Edged Sword Of Celebrex And Vioxx - www.cmaj.ca via www.redflagsweekly.com
And Here's Another New Arthritis Drug With A New Warning: FDA Alert On Bextra - FDA via www.redflagsweekly.com
Chip IMplant Warning: Applied Digital Solutions Warned For Improperly Marketing Its Implanted Microchip For Medical Uses - Reuters via www.redflagsweekly.com
RCMP lays criminal charges decades after Canadian tainted-blood scandal - www.therecord.com
Florida firm seeks to microchip Americans - Reuters via Yahoo!
Vaccine: Volume 21, Issues 3-4 (13 December 2002) - journal now online
Panel, Citing Health Care Crisis, Presses Bush to Act - The New York Times
Experimental Vaccine Appears to Prevent Cervical Cancer - The New York Times
Schafer Autism Report 11-20-02
Schafer Autism Report (Media Alert) 11-20-02
Schafer Autism Report (Extra Edition) 11-20-02
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