October 7, 2002                                 search the site

Pediatricians Urge Smallpox Limits - Pediatrics Academy Recommends Against Universal Vaccination for Smallpox - ABC News

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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