Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - February 10-16, 2003

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Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - February 10-16, 2003

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Smallpox/smallpox vaccine

The Smallpox Vaccine Controversy - Could most vaccine damage have been predicted, diagnosed, and treated 20 years ago?

In Times of Turmoil, Clarion Call for Doctors Often Goes Unanswered

Hospitals wary of smallpox shots - States got 204,000 doses for workers. Only 687 people have volunteered.

Homeland Security: News from the States - you might want to bookmark this

OHSU researchers study smallpox vaccination protection over time

Smallpox vaccine may have caused illness

Poll: Majority say they would get smallpox vaccine

Smallpox vaccines start with secrecy, publicity

Smallpox vaccine study on kids halted

Military Says Severe Reactions to Smallpox Vaccine Are Few -

Ethical Considerations in the Formulation of Smallpox Vaccine Policy

Key Information Regarding Smallpox Vaccine

BioterrorQ&A

DoD Smallpox Vaccination Program - Safety Summary

Smallpox Vaccine Program Launched Amid Concerns Raised by Expert Panel, Unions

Drug/Vaccine Manufacturers re: Homeland Security Bill

Mountain Views: Chaos Theory -- Mystery of Unintended Consequences Affects Your Civil Liberties 

Statement from Eli Lilly and Company Regarding Senate Decision to Seek the Repeal of the Vaccine Ingredient Provision of the Homeland Security Act of 2002

U.S. Congress votes to repeal vaccine provision

Other Bioterror-related

(More Homeland Security related articles posted starting on February 22, 2003)  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm

Autism

Autism/mercury

U.N. Conference Backs Efforts to Curb Mercury Pollution

Continuing use of mercury in vaccines questioned

Autism/MMR

Autism and vaccines

AIDS/AIDS vaccine

AIDS vaccine test suffers a setback - Monkeys that show resistance to virus appear to fall sick, die

Experimental AIDS vaccine safe for babies-US study

Alzheimer's disease/vaccine

Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf War Syndrome

The Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program: Unproven Force Protection - long overview which I haven't had a chance to read myself yet

Anthrax jab rejected by half troops

Sailors sent home for refusing shots

Anthrax vaccine 'safe and effective'

11 sailors refuse anthrax jabs

Sailors future uncertain after vaccination refusal

'No agreed view' on jab safety

Cosgrove flags more anthrax vaccinations

Anthrax row is not immune to wild claims of anti-vaccine lobby

Vaccine dangerous: US expert

Chickenpox/chickenpox vaccine

The other pox - Recent findings concerning the efficacy of varicella vaccine are disturbing.

Flu/flu vaccine

"Quarantine Imposed in Kindergartens in Ural City Because of Flu"

Nasal-spray flu vaccine has significant success

Haemophilus Influenza Vaccine

Hepatitis A/hepatitis A vaccine

Hepatitis B/hepatitis B vaccine

Meningitis/meningitis vaccine

MMR/measles,mumps,rubella

Vaccine 'blocked' in bid to boost MMR

Misled and confused? Telling the public about MMR vaccine safety

Error warning over separate MMR jabs

Public doubt lingers over MMR jabs

Pet vaccines

Polio/polio vaccine

Whooping cough/DPT vaccine

Other vaccines

Lung cancer vaccine shows promise

Vaccines in general

Evidence Against Vaccines

Vaccine additives & contaminants

Adverse reactions/VAERS/VICP

Mountain Views: Chaos Theory -- Mystery of Unintended Consequences Affects Your Civil Liberties 

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

Conflict of Interest

Death and Disease

"Millions of Children Live in Hazardous Squalor in Cities: UNICEF" - important points made here

Effectiveness/herd immunity

Ethics

Misled and confused? Telling the public about MMR vaccine safety

Prophylactic interventions on children: balancing human rights with public health

Ethical Considerations in the Formulation of Smallpox Vaccine Policy

Funding

Government/science/industry/medicine clearly run amok

Legal/legislation

Oregon judge tosses out most class action thimerosal lawsuits

Two Bills To Stop State Health Data Collection Pass House Committees In Minnesota

*Pending Immunization Legislation - bookmark this link

Parental/health rights/exemptions/mandatory/privacy

Refusal of parents to vaccinate: dereliction of duty or legitimate personal choice?

Government unveils privacy standards

Two Bills To Stop State Health Data Collection Pass House Committees In Minnesota

Pharmaceutical industry/pharmaceutical industry oversight

Politics

Research/publishing/other research results

Letters From Parents &others

Safer vaccines

Miscellaneous

Record Number of Cancer Cases Predicted

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