October 23, 2002                                search the site

Autism and MMR: Open up the debate - www.timesonline.com

E-News: Pilots Leave Over Anthrax (NVIC)

Anthrax Vaccine Package Insert - Bioport

Medical-Study Contracts Found Lacking in Safeguards - Reuters Health

Study Is Unsure on Tainted Polio Vaccine's Cancer Role - The New York Times

Panel says vaccine link to cancer is unclear - www.nj.com

Cancer Link to 1950s Polio Vaccine Unclear: Panel - Reuters Health

Cancer Link to Polio Vaccine Called Unlikely - But U.S. panel calls for further research - HealthScoutNews

Impure polio shots may have caused cancer-US panel - www.alertnet.org

Report downplays early polio vaccine, cancer link - Still, researchers can't rule out possible tie - CNN

Guest Editorial: A Family Doc Looks at Smallpox - Medscape

New Concerns About Modern Smallpox Vaccination - Medscape

Trust Will Fund MMR Research - www.thisisgloucestershire.com

Second phase of clinical trials on meningitis vaccine announced - www.stuff.co.nz

Need for Mass Hepatitis A Vaccination of Indian Children Questioned - Reuters Health via Medscape

Previous Vaccinia And BCG Vaccination Seems to Protect Against Melanoma - Reuters Health via Medscape

Written supplement to Oral Testimony - Jeffrey Bradstreet, M.D., Government Reform Committee Hearing, June 19, 2002 -

Childscreen - Research - www.childscreen.org

Testimony archives - www.unlockingautism.org

Prevnar for Acute Otitis Media Indication - FDA

Quark Soup/Pharm Phresh/Frankenfoods II - www.laweekly.com

A new generation of HIV vaccines - BioMedNet

Staphylococcal vaccines - BioMedNet

Recent advances and novel strategies in vaccine development - BioMedNet

Challenges for the development of vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis - BioMedNet

Immunisation recommendations updated - http://breakingnews.iol.ie

"U.N. Races to Save Afghan Children From Measles" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"UN Probes Deaths in Afghan Whooping Cough Epidemic" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Six Million Afghan Children to Receive Polio Vaccine" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Meningitis Kills 20 in Southern Angola" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Expert Calls for More Hepatitis Research" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Hepatitis Shots a Must for Teens" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"No Increase in Apnea/Bradycardia Spells Seen After Immunization in Preemies" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Flu-Vaccine Firms Await Verdict by FDA on Nasal-Spray Version" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Study Is Unsure on Tainted Polio Vaccine's Cancer Role" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Tanzania: Premier Pledges 90 Percent Reduction on Measles Deaths by Year 2005" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

"Zambia: Measles Breakout Contained" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

CORRECTION - "Ugly Side Effects of Vaccine for Smallpox Color Terror Plans" - http://www.immunizationinfo.org

Lorenzo's Oil brings hope for the afflicted - USA Today via Yahoo!

Food additives 'affect sight' - BBC

the aspartame epidemic - www.disinfo.com

The Drug Testing Debate - Parenting Magazine

Hidden Sources of Processed Free Glutamic Acid (MSG) - www.truthinlabeling.org

Herpes Rates Could Explode by 2025 - Study contends nearly half of U.S. women might be infected - drkoop.com

Health Professionals Still Blame Teething for a Variety of Infant Problems - Reuters Health via Medscape

VHA Launches Diabetes Education Campaign Aimed at Minority Children - Reuters Health via Medscape

Current respiratory syncytial virus prevention strategies in high-risk infants - journal article

Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children in Diyarbakir, the south-east of Turkey - journal article

Comparison of treatments of chronic hepatitis B in children with lamivudine and -interferon combination and -interferon alone - journal article

Is hygiene promotion cost-effective? A case study in Burkina Faso - journal article

UCLA geneticists find location of major gene in ADHD; targeted region also linked to autism - journal article

FDA Approves Zyrtec for Kids as Young as 6 Months - journal article

Management of childhood diseases in the Byzantine period: VII Epilepsy - journal article

Current respiratory syncytial virus prevention strategies in high-risk infants - journal article

Are pacifiers associated with early weaning from breastfeeding? - journal article

The Healthier Side of Health Care - The New York Times

Nurse-Patient Ratio Linked to Death Rate - The New York Times

Scientists Debating Future of Hormone Replacement - The New York Times

Amino Acid May Not Predict Heart Attacks - The New York Times

Schafer Autism Report 10-23-02 - The New York Times

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