Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - April 14-20, 2003

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Smallpox/smallpox vaccine

U.S. Smallpox Vaccine Program Lags - Workers Decline Immunizations

E-News: Smallpox Compensation (NVIC)

Smallpox: agreement and action

Smallpox Vaccination and Adverse Reactions - Guidance for Clinicians

Frontlines - Smallpox Vaccination and (Unnecessary?) Caution

Frist bills/Eli Lilly et al protection/VICP  -  for more, click here

Ripping Off the Rights of Children - Drug Companies are Enlisting the Help of Heavy Hitters to Protect Themselves from Liability-Senators Frist and Gregg Look Like Minions of High Profit-Vaccine Industry

Frist bill further safeguards doctors from vaccine lawsuits - The legislation also would enhance the rights of children injured by vaccines.

Roll Call Ad

Other Bioterror-related

(More Homeland Security related articles posted starting on May 1, 2003)  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm

Autism

Seeking the First Signs of Autism - Researchers Hope Early Diagnosis, Intervention Can Improve Outcomes

Investigating Autism

Company to warn of possible Risperdal stroke risk

Food Allergies Linked To Autism?

Family fights to get help for autistic son

Autism/mercury

Study: Childhood Vaccines Exceed Federal Guidelines for Mercury & Link with Neurological Disorders & Heart Disease in Children - Complete Ban Could Prevent Autism, Speech Disorders - The study

Professor Boyd Haley’s Response to ADA article, “Reserves group calls for amalgam availability to support military forces”

Even 'safe' lead levels in blood may be unsafe - The study - might the EPA/FDA standards for mercury also be too high?

Autism/MMR

Autism and vaccines

AIDS/AIDS vaccine

Trial suggests vaccines could aid HIV therapy

Alzheimer's disease/vaccine

Aluminum in Drinking Water Tied to Alzheimer's - I can't help but wonder what aluminum in vaccines does?

Autopsy Exposes Adverse Effects Of Alzheimer's Vaccine

Scientists hope for one vaccine against brain diseases

Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf War Syndrome

Cancer/cancer vaccines

FDA lifts hold on CancerVax vaccine trials

Chickenpox/chickenpox vaccine

Flu/flu vaccine

Haemophilus Influenza Vaccine

Hepatitis A/hepatitis A vaccine

Hepatitis B/hepatitis B vaccine

Hepatitis  C

Meningitis/meningitis vaccine

MMR/measles,mumps,rubella

MMR Jab: ‘Overwhelming Evidence It Is Effective and Safe’

Campaigner slams new report on MMR vaccine

Clinicians tested by MMR controversy

Swiss reject German measles fears

Pet vaccines

Pneumonia/prevnar

Polio/polio vaccine

RECALLS

Voluntary Recall of Single Dose Menomune® - A/C/Y/W-135 (Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine, Groups A, C, Y and W-135 Combined (see Vaccine Recall Reply Form)

SARS

SARSTravel

U.S. urges vaccine, drug firms to tackle SARS

Homeopath claims cure for SARS

SARS: Who Needs To Worry?

In Hong Kong, SARS fears infect hearts and minds

In U.S., Fear Is Spreading Faster Than SARS

FDA Moves to Keep SARS Virus Out of Donated Blood

CDC lowers U.S. count of 'probable' virus cases

SARS Bubble Implodes As The Sewage Hits The Fan!

Whooping cough/DPT vaccine

Pertussis immunisation

Delayed immunisation increases risk of whooping cough

Other vaccines/screening

Vaccine makes blood toxic to mosquitoes - Gosh, what will this do to the human host in the long run?

Asthma vaccine shows promise

Pediarix Simplifies Vaccine Schedule—or Does It? - Impact on hepatitis B birth dose unclear. - note recent report on reduced effectiveness with another vaccine combo.

Vaccines in general

Concern over global vaccine divide

Smallpox Planning Vs. Polio Shots?

Vaccine additives & contaminants

Vaccine testing

Adverse reactions/VAERS/VICP

Alternative Treatments

Homeopath claims cure for SARS

"The Condition Our Condition Is In" (The State of Medicine)

Emergency room errors usually include drug mistakes

Conflict of Interest

Academics' Ties to Business Muddy Disclosure Decisions - Entrepreneurs and lawmakers are unclear on what constitutes conflict of interest

Letters - Competing interests

Death and Disease

U.S. Offers Communities Cash to Curb Chronic Disease

Effectiveness/herd immunity

Ethics

Funding

Government/science/industry/medicine clearly run amok

A dearth of data - Psychiatric prescriptions for kids outpace pediatric research

Mental Illness Strikes Babies, Too - can medicating babies be far behind?

Vietnam dioxin spray estimate quadruples - Flight records reveal full extent of Agent Orange contamination.

FDA: Rules Violated in Deadly Experiment

Legal/legislation

*Pending Immunization Legislation - bookmark this link

Parental/health rights/exemptions/mandatory/privacy/health freedom

The Erosion of Public Trust & Informed Consent through Immunization Harrassment, Discrimination  and Coercion - PROVE - I have not read this yet, but Dawn Richardson always does an excellent job.

Tommy Thompson (Again) sides with "Health Freedom" on MAJOR issue...

742 pupils lack shots, face action - Funny, they aren't telling parents that Arizona allows for philosophical exemption.

New Coverage on HIPAA Privacy Rules: The good, the bad and the ugly

Medical privacy takes a hit with new rule

CDC Accessed Private Records

Pharmaceutical industry/pharmaceutical industry oversight

Politics

Research/publishing/other research results

Letter to Sens. Kennedy and Judd re: Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003 (S 650).

Letters From Parents &others

Miscellaneous

Formula-Fed Babies May Metabolize Drugs Faster

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