Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - June 16-22, 2003

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Note 2:  A sentence or two from each article will be included right after the link in quotes in many cases.

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Picks of the week - updated 9/25/03

Smallpox/smallpox vaccine

Coroner rules vaccinations contributed to reservist's death - "A Minnesota coroner has determined that smallpox and anthrax vaccines contributed to the death of a Lynwood reservist this spring."

Smallpox Vaccine Program for Monkeypox Attracts Few Volunteers

Panel Warns on Danger of Smallpox Vaccine

Panel Urges Caution on Smallpox Inoculation

Few Health Workers Get Smallpox Vaccine

After The War: Biological Defenses; 2 Programs To Vaccinate For Smallpox Come to a Halt - I'm not sure everyone believes the "rate of dangerous side effects was lower than anticipated".  Might failure to  associate adverse reactions to the vaccine(s) be responsible for the lower rate? - SM

Health officials probe ‘inadvertent’ vaccinations of pregnant women - Some women conceived before smallpox vaccination, CDC officials said.

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

Other Bioterror-related

D.C. gearing up for a bio-defense - $5.6B. aimed at new vaccines

(More Homeland Security related articles posted starting on July 17, 2003)  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm

Autism

Autism now diagnosed early

Autism now diagnosed early Therapy for toddlers makes 'huge difference' - "A baby headed for autism, Landa says, often lacks that basic ability to connect. And there may be other signs. For example, instead of burbling and babbling with a variety of sounds, a baby in trouble may produce nothing but high-pitched squeals."

Autism/mercury

Product Approval Information - Department Of Health And Human Services - "The Supplement to your Biologics License Application for Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed (DT), for Pediatric Use, to include addition of a preservative-free, single dose vial presentation has been approved." - FDA

Toxic metal clue to autism - important article

Autism/MMR

Autism and vaccines

AIDS/AIDS vaccine

AIDS Vaccines Worse Than Useless? - And what if, as Dr. Peter Duesberg and others claim, HIV has NOTHING to do with AIDS? - SM

Don't Expect AIDS Vaccine Before 2009, Experts Say - "Scientists were stumped by the virus, as unlike most illnesses it leaves no survivors." - ????

Alzheimer's disease/vaccine

Mind games may keep the brain sharp - Mental stimulation wards off dementia, says 21-year study

Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf War Syndrome

Coroner rules vaccinations contributed to reservist's death - "A Minnesota coroner has determined that smallpox and anthrax vaccines contributed to the death of a Lynwood reservist this spring."

Court stands by decision on Gulf war syndrome

Autoimmunity/autoimmune disease

Cancer/cancer vaccines

Chickenpox/chickenpox vaccine

Varicella-Related Deaths Are 'Tragic Reminder' of Failure to Vaccinate - But how many deaths and other injury are caused by the vaccine?  And is the disease, once considered benign,  now more serious than it used to be, and if so why?  And what about the vaccine's apparent ineffectiveness.  And the fact that its use may cause shingles in adults who had chickenpox as children? - SM

Diabetes/diabetes vaccine

Vaccine Slows Progress of Type 1 Diabetes--Study - On the other hand, vaccination may be a CAUSE of type 1 diabetes....

Preventing Type 1 Diabetes Eludes Researchers - What, no mention of vaccines (and avoidance of them) as a possible means to prevent type 1 diabetes? - SM

Diphtheria/diphtheria vaccine

Flu/flu vaccine

Spray Vaccine For Flu Wins FDA Clearance - "But doctors warn that the initial impact of the vaccine will be limited because FluMist is not approved for use in children under 5 and adults over 49, two populations with the highest risk of developing flu-related health complications. People with asthma or respiratory diseases also should not use the spray, the FDA said."

Haemophilus Influenza/Hib Vaccine

Hepatitis A/hepatitis A vaccine

Hepatitis B/hepatitis B vaccine

Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections - Orwellian nightmare for 'persecuted' couple - "What was supposed to be a joyous occasion – the birth of their first child – turned out to be an Orwellian nightmare for a young Colorado couple whose newborn was vaccinated for hepatitis B over their religious and philosophical objections, while armed guards stood by to prevent them from intervening." - Friend or Foe?  Forced Vaccination  - Baby M website

Hepatitis C

Lyme disease/lyme disease vaccine

Meningitis/meningitis vaccine

Monkeypox/smallpox vaccine for monkeypox

Smallpox Vaccine Program for Monkeypox Attracts Few Volunteers

Officials Say Monkeypox Milder in U.S.

MMR/measles,mumps,rubella

Parents should have the final word on MMR - good article

MMR: 1,500 families to sue

gps call for resignation of chief medical officers over unfair mmr incentives - "Dr Love added:
'GPs want patients to make an informed choice about whether they would like to have their children immunised with MMR. However there is a danger that patients will think doctors are 'promoting' the triple vaccine in order to make money. Removing the target will remove that doubt.'"

The High Court has ruled that two children must be vaccinated using the controversial three-in-one MMR vaccine against their mothers' wishes.

Mother contests multiple jab order

Mumps outbreak fear as single jab runs out

Pet vaccines

Pneumonia/prevnar

Pneumococcal Vaccine May Be Cost-Effective For People 50 To 64 - ????

Invasive pneumococcal disease reduced after vaccine introduction - Study also demonstrates significant decline in rates of resistant disease. - "The rate of disease caused by vaccine and vaccine serotypes declined by 78% and 50% respectively." -  But have serotypes changed? - SM

Polio/polio vaccine

Rabies/rabies vaccine

RECALLS

SARS

E-News: Problems With Quarantines (NVIC)

Isolation, an Old Medical Tool, Has SARS Fading

Study Faults WHO Guidelines on SARS & Return of SARS would pose new challenges - Diagnoses in winter would be hard, WHO says & WHO warns that SARS is mutating W.H.O. and what to believe? - SM

SBS (Shaken Baby Syndrome)

West Nile virus/vaccine

Whooping cough/DPT vaccine

Other vaccines/screening

“Vaccine ‘Reduces Euphoric Effect of Cocaine’“

Rotavirus vaccines on the horizon offer some hope - Future vaccines may include bovine and attenuated human rotavirus strains. - What's the chance they are concerned with transmission of bovine disease via vaccine cell cultures? - SM (Also see Infections Now More Widespread - Animals Passing Them to Humans)

Vaccines in general/vaccine research

Physicians struggle when immunizations get off-track - Vaccine registries and good software could help doctors with the complex task of catching up on young patients' missed shots.

(Vaccine) additives & contaminants

Vaccine testing

Adverse reactions/VAERS/VICP

Vaccine Induced Demyelination - Note:  This site is run by an MD/PhD.

Anecdotes as evidence - We need guidelines for reporting anecdotes of suspected adverse drug reactions

Alternative Treatments/prevention

Acupuncture helps kids handle pain

Potentially Deadly Blend - Mixing Herbal Supplements, Migraine Medications Can Be Dangerous

Mind games may keep the brain sharp - Mental stimulation wards off dementia, says 21-year study

Vitamin D Wipes out Cancer Cells

Breastfeeding (vs. formula)

Breastfeeding may Counter Harm of Smoking in Pregnancy

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

Conflict of Interest

BMJ: Readers want transparency in link between doctors and drug firms

Death and Disease

Infections Now More Widespread - Animals Passing Them to Humans - Oh, but I thought we couldn't get diseases from animals.  Wasn't that why they decided to use animal cell cultures for vaccines? Could that assumption, perchance, have been incorrect?  Might it even have been dangerous? - SM

Children's Health Declining, Says American Chemical Society - I haven't read this yet, but it looks quite interesting. - SM

Why are we all getting hay fever? - "The affliction is hay fever and, says a new report, it is affecting more of us than ever before. Experts in immunology and allergies have calculated that more than one in four Britons is a sufferer - compared with one in eight in the early Eighties...More surprisingly, it seems that not only is hay fever on the increase now, but 200 years ago the illness was unheard of."

Diseases can affect the power in our cells

Effectiveness/herd immunity

Cellular and humoral immune responses to measles in immune adults re-immunized with measles vaccine - This is one more example of how iffy and complex vaccine-induced immunity and revaccination may be. - SM

Ethics

gps call for resignation of chief medical officers over unfair mmr incentives - "Dr Love added:
'GPs want patients to make an informed choice about whether they would like to have their children immunised with MMR. However there is a danger that patients will think doctors are 'promoting' the triple vaccine in order to make money. Removing the target will remove that doubt.'"

Senate considers Pediatric Rule - The AAP is against an amendment added to the Rule that would allow the legislation to expire by the end of 2007. - In my opinion, this is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. - SM

Funding

Government/science/industry/medicine clearly run amok

Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections - Orwellian nightmare for 'persecuted' couple - "What was supposed to be a joyous occasion – the birth of their first child – turned out to be an Orwellian nightmare for a young Colorado couple whose newborn was vaccinated for hepatitis B over their religious and philosophical objections, while armed guards stood by to prevent them from intervening." - Friend or Foe?  Forced Vaccination  - Baby M website

Big Tobacco's triumph

Supreme Court Rules - AAPS Helps Overturn Forced Drugging Order - Good news, for once, although so much damage has already been done. - SM

AMA: Drug Company Should Not Sit in Exams - No kidding. - SM

FDA Statement Regarding the Anti-Depressant Paxil for Pediatric Population - "ADVISORY: DESPITE THE NEW POSSIBLE SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT USE OF PAXIL IN CHILDREN, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PATIENTS TAKING PAXIL (paroxetine hydrochloride) DO NOT SUDDENLY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE DRUG. ANY CHANGES MUST TAKE PLACE UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION." - Talk about a catch-22. - SM

Legal/lawsuits/legislation

MMR: 1,500 families to sue

Mother contests multiple jab order

*Pending Immunization Legislation - bookmark this link

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

Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections - Orwellian nightmare for 'persecuted' couple - "What was supposed to be a joyous occasion – the birth of their first child – turned out to be an Orwellian nightmare for a young Colorado couple whose newborn was vaccinated for hepatitis B over their religious and philosophical objections, while armed guards stood by to prevent them from intervening." - Friend or Foe?  Forced Vaccination  - Baby M website

Parents should have the final word on MMR - good article

E-News: Problems With Quarantines (NVIC)

Pharmaceutical industry/pharmaceutical industry oversight

Politics

Pregnancy/childbirth

Caesarean section increases the risk of hospital care in childhood for asthma and gastroenteritis

Research/publishing/funding/other research results

Anecdotes as evidence - We need guidelines for reporting anecdotes of suspected adverse drug reactions

Study on Moderate Exercise Questioned - "New research labels as an 'illusion' a major study's conclusion that couch potatoes who take up at least moderate regular exercise can reduce their risk of dying early...The apparent benefit 'can be entirely attributed to measurement error,' said researcher Paul T. Williams, a biostatistician in the Life Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif."

Cell phones may cause heart failure

The way to Help a Man’s Heart - unexpected results

Letters From Parents &others

Miscellaneous

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