October 17, 2002 search the site
M.I.N.D. INSTITUTE STUDY CONFIRMS AUTISM INCREASE - Press Release
Smallpox Inoculation Urged for Employees of Hospitals - The New York Times
CORRECTED: Smallpox Vaccination Plan Has Some Risks -Experts - Reuters
MMR tests "worthless" - www.mothers35plus.co.uk
Should The Baby Jab Be Replaced? - The Daily Record, UK
Single Minded - Scots parents terrified by the MMR vaccine drive 900 miles to get separate jabs for baby - www.dailyrecord.co.uk
Chickenpox vaccine should help adults - AP via www.chron.com
This time, DOD keeping tighter control over who will get anthrax shots - Stars and Stripes via www.afnkorea.com
Coeliac disease vaccine being developed - http://news.ninemsn.com.au
FDA Seizes Dietary Supplements With Drug Claims - FDA
FDA Seizes 'Autism' Supplements - Reuters via Yahoo!
Hepatitis Cases May Be Linked to Needles at Clinic - The New York Times
A guide to drug reps -"The Last Laugh" - www.medicalpost.com
Outcome of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis: a nested case-control study - journal article
Population-based epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infection in children in nine urban centers in Canada, 1994 through 1998 - journal article
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in the community pediatric population - journal article
Antimicrobial Resistance in Haemophilus influenzae Isolated during Population-Based Surveillance for Meningitis in Salvador, Brazil - journal article
Prion diseases' deadly action revealed - New Scientist via Yahoo!
Health Department Changes To Proposed Data Collection Rule Do Not Address Citizen Concerns For Privacy - CCHC Press Release
Poor U.S. Infant survival rates - www.healthsentinel.com
Study: Growth Spurt in Brain Causes Teenage Angst - Reuters via Yahoo!
Risks of Hormone Therapy Exceed Benefits, Panel Says - The New York Times
Parents of Sickened Children Ask for Tighter Rules on Food - The New York Times
Schafer Autism Report 10-17-02
RFW Thursday Edition - 10-16-02
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