Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - November 25 -December 1, 2002

Smallpox/smallpox vaccine

Preemptive vaccination for smallpox would bring more harm than benefit http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/PreemptiveSmallVax25.htm

Bush faces fateful smallpox decision http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/BushFaces27.htm

President Nearing Decision on Who Receives the Smallpox Vaccine http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/PresidentNearing28.htm

Canada, Fearing Attack, to Buy Smallpox Vaccines http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/CanadaFearing28.htm

Officials Asked to Speed Smallpox Plan http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/OfficialsAsked29.htm

Little resistance to smallpox shots expected http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/LittleResistance29.htm

ER Workers Ready for Smallpox Vaccine http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/ERWorkers30.htm

Public confidence at risk in vaccine plan http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/December2002/PublicConfidence1.htm

Smallpox: To Be Vaccinated or Not To Be Vaccinated http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/December2002/SmallpoxToBeVaxed1.htm

Drug/Vaccine Manufacturers re: Homeland Security Bill

Whose Hands Are Dirty? http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/WhoseHands25.htm

US Government Asks Court to Seal Vaccine Records http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/USGovtAsks26.htm

Big Government Moves to Suppress Evidence Linking Mercury Preservative in Vaccines to Autism - Advocacy Groups Call for Congressional Investigation http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/BigGovtMoves27.htm

Mercury Falling - Homeland Security Act inoculates drug makers against autism lawsuits http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/MercuryFalling27.htm

A Capitol Hill Mystery: Who Aided Drug Maker? http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/CapitolHillMystery29.htm

Why Judges Should Make Court Documents Public http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/WhyJudges30.htm

No one in Washington wants to admit helping Lilly http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/December2002/NoOneInWashington1.htm

Letter to the WSJ re: "Politicizing Facts" http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/LetterPatscott26.htm (You must have a paid subscription to read the editorial, "Politicizing Vaccines ".  For a synopsis, click here)

(More Homeland Security related articles posted starting on 12/3/02)  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm

Autism

Rising Autism Could Put Strain on System http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/RisingAutism27.htm

Autism/mercury

Drug Found To Be Safe/ Study: Mercury in vaccine was too low to cause harm http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/DrugFound28.htm 

Safe Minds and Mercury Policy Project Statement on "Mercury concentrations and metabolism in infants receiving vaccines containing mercury: a descriptive study" http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/SafeMinds29.htm

Autism/MMR

Autism: A Recent Serious Rise in Finland http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/AutismRecent26.htm

MMR

Doctors accused of scare tactics over measles outbreak warning  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/DocsAccused28.htm

Docs Bribed To Bully Parents Into MMR Jabs http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/December2002/DocsBribed1.htm

Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf War Syndrome

The needle and the damage done
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-492718,00.html

Lawsuit Claims Link Between Mercury-Based Thimerosal Exposure and Symptoms Suffered By Tens Of Thousands Of Gulf War Veterans http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/LawsuitClaims27.htm

Whooping cough/DPT vaccine

Call for whooping cough jab for adults http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/CallWhooping28.htm

Polio/polio vaccine

Families don't allow administration of polio drops to children http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/FamiliesDon'tAllow28.htm

Flu/flu vaccine

New Evidence Backs Flu Shots for Healthy Children
http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/NewEvidence25.htm (How long before it's mandated?)

Hepatitis B/hepatitis B vaccine

Chronic adverse reactions associated with hepatitis B vaccination http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/ChronicAdverse29.htm

Alzheimer's disease/vaccine

Alzheimer's... Is It Autism... In The Elderly?© http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/AlzheimersAutism26.htm

Pet vaccines

Other vaccines

Vaccine Madness http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/VaccineMad25.htm

India wary of billionaire's AIDS grant http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/December2002/IndiaWary1.htm

Vaccines in general

Adverse reactions

Vaccines and Genetic Mutation                                  http://www.freeyurko.bizland.com/vacgen.html (I haven't read all of this yet, but didn't want you to miss it.)

Ethics

Vaccine tests on kids raise ethics debate http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/VaccineTests27.htm

Pharmaceutical Industry

Conflict of Interest

Doctor Who?  Scientists are treated as objective arbiters in the cloning debate. But most have serious skin in the game.           http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0211.munro.html

Parental/health rights

Bottlenecks arise in mock attack http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/BottlenecksArise26.htm

When Parents Say No to Child Vaccinations http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/WhenParentsSay29.htm

Vaccination foes worry health officials, here and nationwide http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2002/VaccinationFoes30.htm

Miscellaneous