Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - March 31 - April 6, 2003

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Smallpox/smallpox vaccine

Tip of the Smallpox Iceberg - Since this was written at least one more death has been reported.

Smallpox vaccine - Experts Urge Caution - Administration Pushes Hard

House defeats smallpox compensation legislation

House Rejects Smallpox Compensation Plan - Democrats Say GOP Plan Insufficient for First Responders to Take Inoculation Risks

Smallpox Shot Program Stopped in 7 States

Altered Smallpox Vaccine May Fight Cancer

Compensation Plan for Smallpox Program Advances in Senate

Lawmakers Remain Divided Over Compensation for People Hurt by Smallpox Vaccine

Frist bills/Eli Lilly et al protection/VICP

Poetic Justice - EXCELLENT

E-News: Senate Bill Held Again (NVIC)

E-News: Senate Republicans Move On Vaccine Bill (NVIC)

Other Bioterror-related

(More Homeland Security related articles posted starting on March 8, 2003)  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm

Autism

Rise in autism cases burden disabled centers' shrinking budgets

A Theory That Ties It All Together

Spectrum of hope - Early diagnosis aids autism treatment - New treatments and therapies offer optimism to physicians and families coping with the autistic spectrum of disorders

Diagnosis and Treatment Gives Hope To Children With Autism - Neuro Immune Dysfunction Syndromes - NIDS

Autism cure remains elusive - parents find own solutions

Autism/mercury

Poetic Justice - EXCELLENT

Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease in the United States - important study

Iowa expert rejects mercury, autism link - my response my earlier response to NEJM article

Mercury in jabs 'may contribute to autism'

F.D.A. Sharply Lowers 'Safe' Mercury Level

Blood Mercury Levels in US Children and Women of Childbearing Age, 1999-2000

Doctors urge mercury labels for fish - Resolution warns public of poisonous chemical found in tuna, swordfish, shark - But inject the toxin into the bodies of babies, no problem!

Autism/MMR

Autism and vaccines

AIDS/AIDS vaccine

Call for review of AIDS vaccine - More analysis - controversy for VaxGen - I can't help but wonder whether or not the alleged difference between the vaccine's effectiveness re:blacks and other minority groups vs. whites might not be wholly attributable to the fact that there were actually two interventions in the study: 1) the vaccine 2) education about safe sex practices.  If minority populations received less experience with this kind of preventive education prior to the study, receiving such education during the study might well result in fewer new cases of HIV+ individuals among those groups.  This is an excellent example of how what appears to be a poorly designed study (two, not one, interventions) can produce confusing and/or meaningless results.

AIDS Fight Hits Racial Divide: Vaccine's Effects On Black Patients Ignites A Social And Scientific Firestorm - And I also can't help wonder what will happen to those who are vaccinated and now have HIV antibodies....

Skeptical scientists skewer VaxGen statistics

The Crime Of Asking Questions At An AIDS Panel Discussion

Alzheimer's disease/vaccine

Alzheimer disease's double-edged vaccine

Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf War Syndrome

Anthrax Vaccine Consent Form - Should You Roll Up Your Sleeves - WSJ

Concern over anthrax vaccine - Samples of anthrax vaccine have been found to contain a banned substance which could threaten the health of troops in the Gulf

Court-Martial for Refusing Anthrax Shot

Chickenpox/chickenpox vaccine

Flu/flu vaccine

"For the Elderly, a Flu Vaccine Reduces Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke"

Sick Chickens To Get Flu Shots - will the chickens be labeled?

Haemophilus Influenza Vaccine

Hepatitis A/hepatitis A vaccine

Hepatitis B/hepatitis B vaccine

Meningitis/meningitis vaccine

MMR/measles,mumps,rubella

Pet vaccines

Schultz: Dog vaccines may not be necessary

Spot's annual shots: Necessity or tradition - Immunity can last years, expert says; over-vaccination may harm pet

Polio/polio vaccine

Contaminated poliovirus vaccine not associated with cancer - Of course they don't mention that it is now thought that SV40 is now being transmitted beyond those originally vaccinated.  Nor do they mention that this fact, unless evidence of exposure is controlled for, will contaminate and make meaningless, any results.

Whooping cough/DPT vaccine

Other vaccines

Vaccine hope on asthma

Work begins on SARS vaccine - surprise!

Vaccines in general

Vaccine Safety Issues - NPI Reference Guide on Vaccines and  Vaccine Safety - long "official" pdf file - I haven't read it yet myself.

Vaccine additives & contaminants

Adverse reactions/VAERS/VICP

Poetic Justice - EXCELLENT

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

Prioritizing Strategies for Preventing Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Inpatients

Medical mistakes happen when safeguards fail

Conflict of Interest

Death and Disease

Rise in Cancer Projected - Many Cases Can Be Averted, WHO Report Adds

Effectiveness/herd immunity

Ethics

Funding

Government/science/industry/medicine clearly run amok

Study: Doctors Overprescribing Superdrugs - Doctors Unwisely Overprescribing New Superdrugs for Common Ailments Study Says

U.S. med schools abandon secret pelvic exams

Michigan House Panel Passes 'Ritalin' Bill - and it is not the Michigan House that has gone amok (thank you to them).

Legal/legislation

Michigan House Panel Passes 'Ritalin' Bill

*Pending Immunization Legislation - bookmark this link

Parental/health rights/exemptions/mandatory/privacy

Baby case tests rights of parents

Pharmaceutical industry/pharmaceutical industry oversight

New Report Confirms That Drug Review Process Doesn't Protect Consumers; Many FDA Reviewers Say Approval Process Has Worsened

Politics

Research/publishing/other research results

Routine X-ray safety called into question

Letters From Parents &others

Miscellaneous

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