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E-News: NVIC Warns of Risk With Smallpox Vaccine Policy - www.prnewswire.com
Smallpox vaccinations: A shot in the dark - USA Today
US Ready to Vaccinate Everyone for Smallpox - Reuters via Yahoo!
Two fall ill from smallpox vaccination - www.haaretzdaily.com
Most MMR studies are meaningless, investigation claims - The Guardian, UK
Seven Held Over Polio Sabotage - AllAfrica.com
Flu shot guidance renews old fears - An encouragement to inoculate young children worries those who think the vaccine contributes to autism. - St. Petersburg Times
New immunization is working, experts say - Research notes drop in serious infections including meningitis - www.dallasnews.com
Diminished Antibody Response to Hepatitis B Immunization in Children With Sickle Cell Disease - journal article
Institute of Medicine: Why Can’t This Group Issue A Report That Is On Target? - AHRP via www.redflagsweekly.com
Vaccines Containing Thimerosal - Updated Fall 2002 - http://autism.about.com
"Health Officials Back Offering Smallpox Shots to the Public" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Pediatricians Group Favors Limited Smallpox Vaccines" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Precautions Needed for Those at Risk of Reaction" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Schools Deliver Truancy Reports; Unimmunized Students at Issue" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Phase I Trials for Cholera Vaccine Encouraging" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Ranbaxy Labs, Aventis Tie Up for Vaccines" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Rubella Strikes Males" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Polio: Lagos Targets 3 Million Children for Immunization" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Burundi: Meningitis Outbreak Leaves Three Dead in Eastern Province" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Serum Sickness - www.emedicine.com - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
Most definitive study of its kind shows that sleeping on the stomach increases infant SIDS risk - www.eurekalert.org
Quantitative neuropathological analysis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - journal article
Why is smoking a risk factor for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? - journal article
Infantile Pertussis Rediscovered in China - CDC
How Safe Is Methylphenidate in Preschoolers? - Medscape
Doping our kids - WorldNetDaily
Autism Events Worldwide - October Calendar - Autism Awakening
Brief and Cordial Confirmation Hearing for F.D.A. Nominee - The New York Times
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