October 11, 2002 search the site
The Controversial Smallpox Vaccine - Eighteen Points You Should Consider - by Meryl Nass, MD - www.redflagsweekly.com
Federal officials debate whether to recommend, or simply offer, smallpox vaccine - AP via www.boston.com
Medical workers to get vaccine - www.clarionledger.com
Amish wary of West Nile - www.cantonrep.com
There's a Safer Smallpox Vaccine ...And thanks for asking, but you can't have it. - The Slate
Cheers on knocking out polio - The Monitor
Drive-through program draws seniors in for shots - www.harktheherald.com
"Liberia: Polio Eradication Exercise Starts" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Seniors Targeted for Free Flu Shot" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"More Smallpox Vaccines Ordered" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Vaccine Institute Looks for Funds to Help North Korea, Africa" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Crofton School Sees Outbreak of Chickenpox" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Meningitis Death Prompts Action" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Now Adults Have an Immunization Schedule, Too" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Bioterrorism Threat Spurs Local Action" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Study Tests Defrosted Smallpox Vaccine, Just in Case" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
"Federal Officials Debate Whether to Recommend, or Simply Offer, Smallpox Vaccine" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org
SEER update of incidence and trends in pediatric malignancies: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia - journal article
In Utero DNA Damage from Environmental Pollution Is Associated with Somatic Gene Mutation in Newborns - journal article
Childhood circumstances linked to health in later life - www.eurekalert.org
Gene Therapy Likely Caused Cancer in Child-Experts - Reuters via Yahoo!
Rules on gene therapy are tightened after leukaemia alert - BMJ
Understanding acetaminophen poisoning - www.eurekalert.org
Shadow proteins in thymus - Clues to how immune system works? - www.eurekalert.org
Lump sums for children taking part in research may distort parents’ judgment - BMJ
Henrietta Darwin's unnatural dissection - BioMedNet
Bush's Science Advisers Drawing Criticism - The New York Times
Study Sees Cancer Survival in a More Optimistic Light - The New York Times
F.D.A. Clears Study to Inject Gene in Parkinson's Patients - The New York Times
This Week In BMJ - October 12, 2002
Schafer Autism Report 10-11-02
RFW Thursday Edition, October 10, 2002
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