October 16, 2002                                 search the site

FDA Forces Fatal Chemo on Kids - Wired

500,000 Health Staff Should Get Smallpox Jab -Panel - Reuters via ABC News

People With Smallpox Vaccine Can Transmit Infection to Some Bystanders - Contact After Vaccination Can Transmit Infection in High-Risk People - WebMD

Smallpox vaccine not for everyone - The Seattle Times

Smallpox Vaccine Data Show Small but Serious Risk of Infecting Others - The New York Times

Fewer free flu vaccines available - www.metrowestdailynews.com

Red Crescent helps Iraqi polio eradication drive - www.reliefweb.int

Patterns of susceptibility in an outbreak of Bordetella pertussis: Evidence from a community-based study - journal article

"Expand Anthrax Vaccine Tests, Report Urges Kids, Elderly, Chronically Ill Should Be Given "High Priority"" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Firm to Do Human Tests of New Anthrax Vaccine" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Smallpox Vaccination Would Require Close Monitoring" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Big Question About Smallpox: What if . . . ?" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Metro in Brief: [D.C. Public Schools]" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Polio Eradication Drive to Begin on October 21" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Flu-Vaccine Fears Unfounded" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Germany Orders 11 Million Smallpox Vaccine Doses" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"UNICEF Extends $3 Million for Conflict-Stricken Areas" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Senegal: Two Dead From Yellow Fever" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

Reoccurrence of Culture-Positive Pertussis in an Infant Initially Treated With Azithromycin and Steroids - journal article

Medication Errors Not Uncommon in Pediatric Emergency Patients - Reuters Health via Medscape

Lorenzo's trial - A 10-year study has finally proved - after all the doubts and ridicule - that Augusto and Michaela Odone's home-made treatment for their son Lorenzo's genetic disorder really does work. - The Guardian, UK

Feds warn drugmakers: Gifts to doctors may be illegal - USA Today

Bacterial Meningitis: Appeal to Thwart Deadly Outbreak' - Science Magazine

Microbiology: Domino Effects From Battles Against Microbes - Science Magazine

Scent of trouble surrounds cosmetics - Women shun products with chemical linked to birth defects - Boston Globe

Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy may increase offspring’s breast cancer risk - www.eurekalert.org

Pediatricians Overestimate Importance of Physical Symptoms Upon Children's Health Concerns - journal article

Study Sees 2nd Fetal Benefit in Folic Acid - The New York Times

Schafer Autism Report 10-16-02

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