►June 26, 2008 - New Jersey’s children with autism - opinion - The Leader - "In Tereance D. v. School District of Philadelphia, the court held that a child with autism was misdiagnosed as mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed, thus depriving the child of appropriate FAPE (Free and Appropriate Education) for a period of years. Furthermore, the parent was not made aware of her son’s rights to autism services, extended school year services and details about such services."

►June 25, 2008 - FAQ: Test tube killers - The Guardian, UK

* ►June 25, 2008 - Porton Down's deadly anthrax labs too old for safety, say MPs · Biosecurity 'undermined by poor maintenance' · Report highlights risk of more Pirbright-type leaks - The Guardian, UK

* ►June 25, 2008 - 'Deadly diseases could escape from laboratories because of Government funding neglect' - Daily Mail, UK

►June 25, 2008 - New Plant Means New Jobs - Pharmaceutical Executive - "Last week, Merck revealed plans for a third phase of expansion of its new vaccine plant in Durham, NC. The company began building the new facility in 2004, and announced an expansion to the project in 2006 while it was still under construction."

►June 25, 2008 - PU student prepares cancer, hepatitis C medicine - Daily Times, Pakistan

►June 25, 2008 - ‘Sindh has 2.9 million cases of hepatitis B, C’ - The News, Pakistan

►June 25, 2008 - UK's NICE backs Bristol-Myers drug for hepatitis B - Reuters

►June 25, 2008 - AIIMS water is contaminated - Times of India

►June 25, 2008 - Carbon nanotubes attached to antibodies kill cancer cells under infrared light - MTB Europe

►June 25, 2008 - 'The Black Death,' John Hatcher's Remarkable History of the Plague - book review - New York Sun

* ►June 24, 2008 - Olmsted On Autism: Where The Boys Aren't by Dan Olmsted - Age of Autism

* ►June 24, 2008 - The "Dark Age of Autism" Is Dead - Age of Autism

* ►June 24, 2008 - PENTACEL! AAP is Pleased! By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ►June 24, 2008 - New Autism Research May Allow Earliest Ever Detection - CityNews - "But what if doctors could catch autism when those affected by it were still just infants? That's the intriguing premise behind work at McMaster University, where researchers think they've developed a test that could catch the development of the syndrome simply by measuring the visual responses of babies. 'From birth almost, babies will rather look at a face than look at some other stimuli,' McMaster research assistant Kristen Krysko explained."

* ►June 24, 2008 - ‘Days of Our Lives’ tackles a real-life drama: autism - Head writer draws on her own experience in groundbreaking story (includes video) - MSNBC

►June 2,4 2008 - Autism awareness is the goal - NHL goaltenders Olaz Kolzig and Byron Dafoe team up to create Athletes Against Autism, with help from fellow player Scott Mellanby. (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

►June 24, 2008 - Autism Center Makes Agreement With State - Bojanskis Fired - KETV Omaha

►June 24, 2008 - Private insurers in Pennsylvania fight mandated coverage for autism - FierceHealthcare

►June 24, 2008 - Clock ticking for autism mandate - Bill passed by Pa. House but stalled in Senate - Intelligencer Journal via LancasterOnline.com - "The Haun family's predicament lies at the center of a legislative struggle in Harrisburg about whether private insurance should be required to cover autism treatments, as it is in 13 other states."

►June 24, 2008 - GOP leaders evaluate state autism concerns - NewsOK.com - "House Republican leaders, who throttled discussion the past legislative session on health insurance coverage and treatment for autistic children, will conduct three interim studies this fall on the issue."

►June 24, 2008 - Law creates state autism commission - News-Leader.com - "Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder signed a bill into law Monday in Springfield creating the Missouri Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders and an Office of Autism Services in the Department of Mental Health. But advocates say it's window dressing for the larger issue Republican leaders have declined to address: requiring health insurance companies to cover behavioral, speech and physical therapies for autism."

►June 24, 2008 - NEW INFO: Keith Kennedy's Parents Amazed Son Survived Week Lost in Woods - WSAW.com

* ►June 24, 2008 - CDC: About 8 percent of Americans have diabetes - AP via Google

►June 24, 2008 - Diabetes in US Increased 15% in Two Years to 24 Million - Bloomberg

►June 24, 2008 - CDC: Georgia hit hard by diabetes - Southeast referred to as 'stroke belt' (requires registration or subscription) - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

* ►June 24, 2008 - Parents Offered £200 Grants - Plus: programme for working London mums - RaisingKids.co.uk - "Following on from an American scheme, parents living in deprived areas will get £200 grants if they can show that they are taking up the services offered to them such as childcare, immunisation programmes and help their children learn how to read."

►June 24, 2008 - 3rd Annual Children's Health Fair offers free immunizations and sports physicals - Indianapolis Star

►June 24, 2008 - Agencies urge immunizations for local teens - Akron Beacon Journal via Ohio.com

* ►June 24, 2008 - Alberta Bishops Take Action against HPV Vaccination Campaign in Schools - LifeSiteNews.com

* ►June 24, 2008 - Bishops urged to accept vaccine - Health minister tells Catholics it's a health issue - Calgary Herald via Canada.com

* ►June 24, 2008 - FDA approves GlaxoSmithKline's KINRIX combo vaccine - Update - RTTNews - "GlaxoSmithKline plc, Europe's biggest drugmaker, said Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's combination vaccine KINRIX for use in children 4 to 6 years of age to offer protection against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio diseases in one shot.

►June 24, 2008 - Hawaii Biotech to Develop West Nile Virus Vaccine - KGMB9.com

►June 24, 2008 - Cuba approves, makes available lung cancer vaccine - Reuters

* ►June 24, 2008 - Cuba Registers Vaccine for Lung Cancer - Prensa Latina

* ►June 24, 2008 - Vaccine Stops Colon Cancer's Spread in Mice - Experimental shot targets the gut's immune system - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►June 24, 2008 - Study suggests colon cancer vaccine possible - Reuters

►June 24, 2008 - New Children's Vaccine Means Fewer Shots - One Vaccine Protects Against 5 Infections, Reduces Number of Injections a Child Receives Before Age 2 - WebMD

►June 24, 2008 - Mook wins vaccine campaign for DoH - NMA.co.uk

* ►June 24, 2008 - Professor Awarded $5.6 Million NIH Grant to Develop Therapeutics Against Deadly Viruses - Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop and test vaccines and treatments for the Nipah and Hendra viruses. - innovations-report

* ►June 24, 2008 - SMART award to Big DNA for vaccine development - Allmediascotland - "The new award to Big DNA, which recently announced the appointment of ex-cabinet minister Lord Freeman as their chairman, will be used to develop its phage-based vaccine technology over the next 18 months."

►June 24, 2008 - Audit faults Tacoma health official for flu drug plan - The News Tribune via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

►June 24, 2008 - Harney to rule on 'cost effective' vaccine - Irish Medical Times

►June 24, 2008 - New needle for school girls - Hanna Herald

►June 24, 2008 - Asthma patients have low flu-vaccination rate - CIDRAP News

►June 24, 2008 - State, county agencies to hold pandemic exercise Wednesday - Evening Sun - "The program, called NYFLEx for New York Full Scale Logistics Exercise, will simulate an outbreak of a highly contagious influenza virus, H5N1, In the exercise scenario, the virus will spread from China to New York. The State Department of Health hopes the exercise will test their ability to effectively implement their Pandemic Influenza Emergency Response Plan."

* ►June 24, 2008 - Albany Medical College awarded $5.4M to develop flu vaccine - The Business Review (Albany) - "The vaccine would protect against all forms of influenza, regardless of the latest strain or mutation. The research team is headed by Dr. Deborah Fuller, associate professor in the Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease at the Albany, N.Y., medical school."

* ►June 24, 2008 - Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in Dementia (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 24, 2008 - Prescription Drugs | New York Times Examines Overuse of Antipsychotics Among Nursing Home Residents With Dementia - www.kaisernetwork.org

* ►June 24, 2008 - Eli Lilly spent $2.9M lobbying government in 1Q - AP via Forbes

►June 24, 2008 - FDA delays decision on Eli Lilly blood clot drug - AP via Forbes

* ►June 24, 2008 - Schools racing to get chickenpox records - Message from state has officials checking status of all students - Indianapolis Star

►June 24, 2008 - Race is on to defeat forgotten killer bug - Edinburgh Evening News - "Despite researchers’ efforts, it is estimated that a Group B vaccine is still ten years away - meanwhile this strain of the disease is still killing and disfiguring people UK-wide, unchecked because doctors are powerless to protect anyone from it. More worryingly, the only group funding the pioneering British research, The Meningitis Research Foundation, is running out of cash to support the vital work - putting the British search for a vaccine in jeopardy. One person who knows more than most the lifesaving difference that the vaccine could make is Edinburgh lawyer Olivia Giles, who had to have her hands and feet amputated in order to save her life after she contracted Group B meningococcal septicaemia. Which is why she has launched a new initiative called Leap for Meningitis."

►June 24, 2008 - Virus Strikes; Bible Camp Shut Down - A local summer camp has been shut down, and dozens of kids sent home after they became sick. The children were attending Yosemite Bible Camp in Oakhurst. Investigators need several more days before they know exactly what happened at the camp. People reported having major stomach problems. Preliminary reports indicate about 85 kids and adults became ill by the highly contagious norovirus. - ABC30.com

►June 24, 2008 - Illnesses at Wheaton golf club restaurant caused by virus, health officials say - Virus can be spread by inadequate hand-washing, officials say (requires registration or subscription) - Chicago Tribune

►June 24, 2008 - National HIV Testing Day - NewsTalk 1530 KFBK - "Friday June 27, 2008 is National HIV Testing Day, a national campaign to increase awareness about getting tested, and is coordinated by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA-US)."

* ►June 24, 2008 - Mom's skin 'peeled off during HIV treatment' - Independent Online

►June 24, 2008 - ‘Disgusted’ by sons’ treatment at surgery - News Shopper, UK - "They were diagnosed with a chest infection and allergy. Mrs Olding claims she was told she was a 'worrier' and was 'wasting their time', but it later emerged her sons had measles."

►June 24, 2008 - 1st West Nile virus positive recorded in southern Illinois (requires registration or subscription) - AP via Chicago Tribune

►June 24, 2008 - Diversity among bird populations found to reduce threat of West Nile virus - University of California - Santa Barbara via EurekAlert!

►June 24, 2008 - State confirms first case of West Nile virus in horses for 2008 - Central Valley Business Times

* ►June 24, 2008 - Alternative Medicine Solutions Markets Naringenin, Grapefruit Compound that Stops Secretion of Virus from Infected Cells - press release - Promotion in Motion via NewsReleaseWire.com via ExpertClick

►June 24, 2008 - FierceBiotech Names NanoBio Corporation as One of the 'Fierce 15' Biotech Companies of 2008 - press release - NanoBio Corporation via PRNewswire via The Earth Times

►June 24, 2008 - Viruses Hitch A Ride In The Cell - Society for General Microbiology, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►June 24, 2008 - Micromet and Nycomed Begin Formal Preclinical Safety Studies for Antibody MT203 for Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases - Partners Expect Program to Advance to the Clinic Within a Year; Studies Generate Milestone Payment to Micromet - Micromet, Inc. via PRNewswire via SunHerald.com

►June 24, 2008 - Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. and Medical Research Council Technology (U.K.) Reach Important Milestone in Generating an Alzheimer's Therapeutic Antibody - PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX via FOX Business

►June 24, 2008 - Roche says sugar technology has anticancer promise - Reuters via The Guardian, UK

►June 24, 2008 - New Alternative To Painful Allergy Shots - Allergen Immunotherapy Changes How Body Reacts To Allergens (includes video) - CBS4

►June 24, 2008 - K-State still in running for biodefense center - AP via Hays Daily News

►June 24, 2008 - Court dismisses mercury rule challenge - WKOW 27

* ►June 24, 2008 - Artificial turf makers sued over lead levels - Oakland Tribune via San Jose Mercury News - "The Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health filed a legal action with the state on Monday demanding that 15 retailers and manufacturers cease selling and producing artificial turf containing lead — a potent neurotoxin."

►June 24, 2008 - Toymakers Frustrated by Patchwork of Safety Rules (requires registration) - Washington Post

►June 24, 2008 - Aussies fat, drunk and riddled with STDs - Perth Now via www.news.com.au - "Australia also leads the world in vaccination, with 90 per cent of children fully immunised against preventable childhood diseases at age two."

►June 24, 2008 - Man Indicted For Posing As Doctor - Action News 36 WTVQ Lexington - "Readnour allegedly performed medical procedures including immunizations, mammograms, and colonoscopies at the Monfort Heights Family Clinic."

►June 24, 2008 - Doctor discipline measure draws mixed reaction - Newsday

* ►June 23, 2008 - Sharyl Attkisson Reports on the Governmnets "See No Evil" Behavior - Adventures in Autism

►June 23, 2008 - Lieutenant governor signs bill creating state autism commission - Joplin Globe

►June 23, 2008 - Bishops urge Albertans to research HPV (requires registration or subscription) - Canadian Press via The Globe and Mail

►June 23, 2008 - Bigger stockpile needed? - Also, are ‘pre-pandemic’ vaccines safe, effective? - TODAYonline

►June 23, 2008 - Fundraising drive marks latest polio eradication effort - VaccineEthics.org

►June 23, 2008 - New 5-in-1 Vaccine May Reduce Number of Pediatric Shots - HealthDay via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

►June 23, 2008 - Genelabs Technologies (GNLB) Collaboration with Novartis on Hepatitis C Drug Development Continues to Next Phase - StreetInsider.com

►June 23, 2008 - US FDA licenses Sanofi Pasteur's new pediatric combination vaccine, Pentacel - Pentacel vaccine is the first 5-in-1 pediatric combination for immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type B - Publicis Consultants | PR via EurekAlert!

►June 23, 2008 - Towns question fluoride use - Some oppose the chemical's presence in water supply (requires registration or subscription) - Chicago Tribune

►June 23, 2008 - Reliant Energy to spend $50M on lower-mercury plan - Reliant Energy spends $50 million to cut mercury emissions 80 percent at coal plants in Penn. - AP via CNNMoney.com

►June 23, 2008 - Famous photo of Elvis in casket shredded in anthrax scare - South Florida Sun-Sentinel via Atlanta Journal- Constitution

* ►Spring/Summer 2008 - The HPV vaccine, one year later - From the Canadian Women’s Health Network - www.cwhn.ca - "One year later, there are perhaps even more questions than answers. Nevertheless, provinces and territories have either started school-based vaccination programs, or plan to begin them in the fall of 2008. Thus, parents across the country will be faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to allow their daughters to be vaccinated. And there remain concerns that they will too often lack the full information needed to give authentic informed consent."

* ►June 6, 2008 - Green tea extract useful for genital warts - Obstetrics and Gynecology via Reuters UK

* ►June 5, 2008 - America's Medicated Army - TIME Magazine

* ►June 5, 2008 - Your private health details may already be online (includes video) - CNN

►June 2008 - Sinecatechins, a defined green tea extract, in the treatment of external anogenital warts: a randomized controlled trial. - journal article (Obstetrics & Gynecology)

►May 25, 2008 - A puzzle over fewer boy births - Chicago Tribune

►12 Food Additives to Avoid - Scan the ingredient list and take a pass on these. - MSN Health &  Fitness

►AIDS vaccine: Efficacy, safety and ethics - A review of laboratory and clinical studies over the past decades since the identification of AIDS disease raises serious questions over the efficacy, safety and ethics of current vaccines against AIDS by Drs. Veljko Veljkovic, Nevena Veljkovic, Sanja Glisic and Mae-Wan Ho - book - Institute of Science in Society

Posted June 23, 2008

►July/August 2008 - Phase Ib Trial Assessing Autologous, Tumor-pulsed Dendritic Cells as a Vaccine Administered With or Without IL-2 in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma. - journal article (Journal of Immunotherapy)

* ►July 1, 2008 - Nonmucosal Alphavirus Vaccination Stimulates a Mucosal Inductive Environment in the Peripheral Draining Lymph Node - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 1, 2008 - Lithium Prevents and Ameliorates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 2008 - Inadequate Humoral Immunogenicity to Recombinant Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine in Biliary Atresia Children. - journal article (Pediatric Research)

►July 2008 - Cytochrome c: functions beyond respiration - journal article (Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)

* ►June 24, 2008 - Nurses not happy with vaccine launch - Otago Daily Times - "The introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine for babies this month has been badly handled and has not been a 'good look' for the health profession, a nurses union representative says."

* ►June 24, 2008 - Plaintiff Seeks to Reopen FDA’s Dental Mercury Settlement - FDAnews - "The FDA may have to classify dental mercury sooner than July 2009 if a plaintiff in a settlement with the agency gets her way. The recent settlement requiring the FDA to classify the product by next summer is on shaky ground because one plaintiff, dental assistant Karen Palmer, says she did not agree to the terms. Palmer wants dental mercury removed from the market and a shorter timeline set for classification."

* ►June 24, 2008 - Aust vets call for end to equine flu jabs - Horsetalk, New Zealand - "'Ongoing vaccination won't prevent another outbreak,' says Dr James Gilkerson, president of Equine Veterinarians Australia, a special interest group within the AVA. 'The horses who brought the disease with them last year were all vaccinated. Vaccinated horses can still get equine influenza and spread it to unvaccinated horses.'"

►June 24, 2008 - All alone together, we're dining Facebook-style - LA Notebook: the nightmare vision of a restaurant where all communication is by computer - The Times, UK - "Milking a trend - Speaking of the Facebook generation and the threat to humankind represented by ambitious bacteria, a growing number of Angelenos are refusing to drink pasteurised milk. Instead, they buy their milk 'raw' for insane prices of up to $16 a gallon. Presumably these are the same people who refuse to vaccinate their kids, thus reintroducing measles to the United States."

►June 24, 2008 - HMC measles lab gets WHO recognition - Gulf Times

►June 24, 2008 - Subsidy likely for flu jabs in private clinics - The Hong Kong Standard

►June 24, 2008 - New drug offers hope for autism-related condition - The Post

* ►June 23, 2008 - The problem of testing the effectiveness of bird flu vaccines (blog) - Effect Measure

* ►June 23, 2008 - Medicago announces two presentations at the 2008 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference - Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network via Stockhouse - "Medicago is developing VLP vaccines to protect against H5N1 pandemic influenza, using a transient expression system which produces recombinant vaccine antigens in non-transgenic plants. This technology has potential to offer advantages of speed and cost over competitive technologies. It could deliver a vaccine for testing in about a month after the identification and reception of genetic sequences from a pandemic strain."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Microbix Enters into Joint Venture in China to Build and Operate One of the Largest Influenza Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities in the World - Microbix via CNW Group

* ►June 23, 2008 - Immune Design Announces $18 Million Series A Financing - Company to Focus on Prophylactic and Therapeutic Vaccines for Infectious Diseases - Immune Design via PRNewswire - "Most current vaccines and immunization protocols rely on generic stimulation of the immune system -- a limited and inefficient method. Immune Design is addressing these limitations with improved adjuvants and novel technologies targeting and controlling dendritic cells, which have recently been shown to orchestrate how effectively the immune system mounts an effective response. This approach could create an entirely new generation of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases and extend the coverage of current vaccines. The company expects to be in the clinic within 12 months with vaccines using its best in class molecular adjuvants, which will soon be followed by novel vaccines using the dendritic cell directed platform."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Shingles vaccine update - Star-Telegram

* ►June 23, 2008 - A Shot in the Arm Against Breast Cancer - PR-inside.com - "The AE37 vaccine is based on one of two proprietary platform technologies established at Antigen Express. The technology helps the body fight cancer by modifying fragments of cancer-associated antigens to increase their potency in stimulating the immune system. The vaccine also leaves an imprint on the immune system to fight cancer should it ever reoccur."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Authorities at odds over EI vaccine - AAP via The West Australian - "Vaccinated horses can still get equine influenza and spread it to unvaccinated horses. "Also, if there's another outbreak, there's no guarantee that the vaccination being used will work if there's a new strain of the virus. "Flu viruses mutate regularly and imported horses could easily bring in a new strain. "We would be vaccinating with yesterday's vaccine against tomorrow's virus."

* ►June 23, 2008 - How Measles Virus Spreads In Its Host Discovered By Mayo Researchers - The Journal of Clinical Investigation via Mayo Clinic via Medical News Today

* ►June 23, 2008 - Biotech startup wins startling support from local investors - The Chronicle Herald - "He said the "overwhelming response" of local investors speaks to the power of the technology and the credibility of the management team, which is reviewing a number of options for institutional investors to raise at least another $8 million. The firm is ramping up for human testing of the needle-free platform for cancer vaccines sometime in 2009. Private investment in the Halifax biotech operation cleared the $11-million mark in May after ImmunoVaccine Technologies orchestrated an interim round of financing for $1.5 million from private equity investors. "I’ve certainly never heard of this much money being raised through private individuals in Atlantic Canada," said Mr. Lowe. ImmunoVaccine is one of the few companies to emerge from Dalhousie University’s research laboratories and has received significant buzz in the industry for its needle-free technology that can be used to treat cancer and infectious diseases in a single dose."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Prevention of pertussis, tetanus, and diphtheria among pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MMWR via www.guideline.gov

* ►June 23, 2008 - Prevention of herpes zoster. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MMWR via www.guideline.gov

►June 23, 2008 - The Orphan Drug Act Has Been a Huge Success (free content) - The Wall Street Journal - "The Orphan Drug Act fosters collaboration between for-profit corporations and nonprofit organizations – something I have not only encouraged, but also practiced. As regional vice president of McDonald's USA in Philadelphia, I was approached about the need families of children with cancer had for affordable housing so that parents could be close while their child was undergoing treatment. I decided in 1974 that the Philadelphia market of McDonald's would join in the building of the first Ronald McDonald House, by making it possible for many committed people to take the risk and raise money through our restaurants."

►June 23, 2008 - Fighting AIDS And Pharma In Brazil - Pharmalot

►June 23, 2008 - Pakistan Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak - Voice of America

* ►June 23, 2008 - Accidents, not exotic disease, are top hazard for travellers - No. 1 recent example is Surrey couple involved in a flaming bus crash in Egypt - Times Colonist via Canada.com

►June 23, 2008 - Vaccine project is huge success - The Journal via nebusiness.com, UK

* ►June 23, 2008 - 8 Drugs That Doctors Would Never Take? - Pharmalot

* ►June 23, 2008 - Worried Now? Just Wait ‘Til China Sells Generics - Pharmalot

►June 23, 2008 - R&D As A Star Trek Episode? Neil Patel Explains… - Pharmalot

►June 23, 2008 - Discovery of possible new way to block inflammation in autoimmune disease - Researchers from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have identified a promising new target for autoimmune disease treatment - a cell-surface receptor called DR3. - News-Medical.Net

* ►June 23, 2008 - Children with concentrating problems do not always suffer from ADHD - The Earth Times

* ►June 23, 2008 - Novartis May Start Human Trials of Dengue Treatment Next Year - Bloomberg

* ►June 23, 2008 - Personalized Medicine Requires Regulatory Change (requires registration) - Medscape Medical News

►June 23, 2008 - European drug industry reconsiders its strategy - International Herald Tribune

* ►June 23, 2008 - Mothers’ influence is decisive in tots’ first year - Study says parenting style and babys’ temperament predict challenging behavior in later childhood - journal article (Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology)

* ►June 23, 2008 - Bugged by germs - Summer's the season for some of the nastiest organisms around. Are you safe? - The Wall Street Journal via Daily Herald - "For most folks, partaking in everyday activities should not be an issue," since our natural immunity protects us most of the time, says Dr. Michael Bell, an infection-control expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, there is some risk in many of these exposures, and both adults and children need to take common-sense precautions to avoid them, he says. For my part, I have more reason for concern than most people. My obsession with microbes is rooted in my own vulnerability following a bone-marrow transplant 15 years ago to treat a form of leukemia."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Morphotek gets $1.7M for biowarfare research - The Philadelphia Inquirer

►June 23, 2008 - GPs head to Africa to study tropical diseases - WalesOnline, UK

►June 23, 2008 - Recommendations from the EGAPP working group: testing for cytochrome P450 polymorphisms in adults with nonpsychotic depression treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. - Genetics in Medicine via www.guideline.gov

►June 23, 2008 - Resveratrol in Red Wine Found to be Effective Against Obesity (requires registration) - MediNewsDirect

►June 23, 2008 - Four Israeli Women on a NeuroQuest [VIDEO] - Israel21c

* ►June 23, 2008 - Additives, Allergies and ADHD: Is There A Connection? - After Her Infant Had An Allergic Reaction, Robyn O'Brien Trolled The Internet For Information Allergies and Additives (includes video) - Good Morning America via ABC News

* ►June 23, 2008 - DAVID KIRBY ON SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO - Hello, I will be interviewed live on Tuesday morning on Sirius Satellite’s “Doctor Radio” program, from 9:30-10:00 AM EDT - Age of Autism

* ►June 23, 2008 - 'I now believe in miracles,' mother says after autistic son is found - Minneapolis Star Tribune

* ►June 23, 2008 - Autistic man recovering well after a week lost in the woods - Doctors at the University of Minnesota Hospital say a 25-year old autistic man is lucky to be alive today after spending a week in the woods of northwestern Wisconsin. - Minnesota Public Radio

* ►June 23, 2008 - Autism bill signed in Missouri - KOAM-TV

►June 23, 2008 - Lt. Gov Kinder In Springfield to Sign Autism Bill - Ozarks First - "Kinder will sign Senate Bill 768, which establishes a commission on autism."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Optometry's Role In Autism Spectrum Disorders - Age of Autism

* ►June 23, 2008 - Gitmo For U.S. Children: Center for Retarded Kids Uses Electroshock Therapy - NaturalNews.com

►June 23, 2008 - Lerna resident contributes to autism anthology - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

►June 23, 2008 - UofL plans autism center - Lexington Herald-Leader via Kentucky.com

* ►June 23, 2008 - Wisconsin mercury rule challenged in court - Green Bay Press-Gazette

* ►June 23, 2008 - A Protein from a Common Smoldering Virus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Depression - press release - HHV-6 Foundation via The Earth Times

* ►June 23, 2008 - US FDA licenses Sanofi Pasteur's new pediatric combination vaccine, pentacel - Pentacel vaccine is the first 5-in-1 pediatric combination for immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b - Sanofi Pasteur via EurekAlert! via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►June 23, 2008 - IAC Express 2008 - Issue number 738

* ►June 23, 2008 - The jab-free vaccine you can get in the post - Daily Mail, UK - "The patch, which has been developed by scientists at the University of Queensland, has recently been tested on animals and results soon to be published show it is even more effective than traditional needle vaccination, despite requiring far less vaccine."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Alta. Catholic bishops take shots at HPV vaccine - CanWest News Service via Edmonton Journal via Canada.com - "The bishops's statement said there is 'no general consensus that HPV vaccination is the most prudent strategy in terms of allocating the health-care resources aimed at preventing deaths from cervical cancer.' The bishops went on to urge parents to 'learn the medical facts about Gardasil and its limitations before deciding whether their daughters should receive the vaccine.'"

►June 23, 2008 - Infants and Toddlers program receives state boost in funds - Cumberland Times-News - "Children younger than 3 who are experiencing any developmental delay or who have a diagnosed condition that has a high probability of delay may be referred to the program."

►June 23, 2008 - Vaccines for refugees under UNHCR-UNICEF agreement - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) via ReliefWeb

►June 23, 2008 - Annual Family Fun Day on tap July 16 in Lapeer - The County Press - "Family Fun Day was started by the Lapeer County Health Department in 1994 as a way to increase the immunization rates for children in Lapeer County."

* ►June 23, 2008 - Health leaders: World far from ready for flu pandemic - CIDRAP News - "Heymann said a WHO advisory committee 'will determine whether or not there should be a greater stockpile or even consider vaccinating populations against H5N1 as an insurance policy,' Reuters reported. He made the comments in a news conference at the Kuala Lumpur meeting. He warned that widespread use of the vaccines could backfire if they cause serious side effects. 'If they are severe, it may cause concern and might even derail activities to vaccinate in the future,' he said."

►June 23, 2008 - H5N1 virus resurfaces in Pakistan - CIDRAP News - "In other avian influenza developments, experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently said Vietnam will probably need to continue vaccinating poultry for at least the next 3 to 5 years, according to a Jun 19 statement from the FAO."

►June 23, 2008 - Chickenpox vaccine shortage puts parents in UAE in a fix - GulfNews

►June 23, 2008 - Pedaling to promote the eradication of polio - Daily Miner and News

►June 23, 2008 - Health authorities appeal for vaccination against mumps - Makfax

* ►June 23, 2008 - Hawaii Biotech Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial for West Nile Vaccine - Hawaii Biotech, Inc. via PharmaLive.com

* ►June 23, 2008 - CDC expert gets West Nile bug -- literally (includes video) - CNN

►June 23, 2008 - West Nile Virus Epidemic Expected In US Again This Summer - Medical News Today

►June 23, 2008 - A Caution About Rapid HIV Testing - The CDC recommends widespread screening. What are the options? - U.S. News & World Report

►June 23, 2008 - Drug for treating HIV may raise heart attack risk, manufacturer warns - The Canadian Press via Google

►June 23, 2008 - Gilead ends hepatitis C research deal with Genelabs Technologies - San Francisco Business Times

►June 23, 2008 - CDC uses duct tape to seal off room with dangerous bacteria - USA Today

►June 23, 2008 - US wants to open FDA office in Latin America - AP via USA Today - "U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said Monday the United States wants to open an office in Latin America to monitor food safety. His comments came as U.S. inspectors combed Mexican farms and distribution sites to determine if a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 500 people in the U.S. originated in Mexico or Florida."

►June 23, 2008 - Salmonella can ride water into tomatoes - AP via Google

* ►June 23, 2008 - In cancer war, viruses can be good guys - McClatchy Washington Bureau

►June 23, 2008 - Livestock Officials Warn of Possible Anthrax Outbreak - Hoosier Ag Today

►June 23, 2008 - Dog Dies From Possible Anthrax, Homeland Security Called (includes video) - KLAS-TV Las Vegas Now

►June 23, 2008 - Engineers Create 3-D Model To Help Biologists Combat Blue Tongue Virus - University of Warwick, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►June 23, 2008 - Blood Transfusions Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Death - NaturalNews.com

* ►June 22, 2008 - Scientists find childbirth wonder drug that can 'cure' shyness - Daily Mail, UK - "Researchers in the US, Europe and Australia are now racing to develop commercial forms of the hormone, including a nasal spray. They believe it could also be turned into a 'wonder drug' to treat a range of personality disorders such as autism, depression and anxiety."

* ►June 22, 2008 - Fixing the world — by the numbers - It could take decades to shift to clean energy, eons to stop global warming. But alongside vexing problems are some we could fix fast, say some top economic minds. Crunching the numbers, they find in such things as vitamin A, zinc supplements, and education, additional means to help save the planet - The Toronto Star - "With vitamin A and zinc, the main benefit is in terms of averting mortality," Horton explains. "Little kids less than 2 are very susceptible to dying, and vitamin A and zinc have dramatic impacts." While vitamin A helps them become more resistant to infection, zinc is essential to treat diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and death."

* ►June 22, 2008 - Corporate Espionage Detailed in Documents - Defunct Md. Agency Targeted Activists - The Washington Post - "The agency, Beckett Brown International, had an operative at meetings of a group in Rockville that accused a nursing home of substandard care. In Louisiana, it kept tabs on environmental activists after a chemical spill. In Washington, it spied on food safety activists who had found taco shells made with genetically modified corn not approved for human consumption."

►June 22, 2008 - Quick diagnoses of drug-resistant TB crucial: experts - Reuters

►June 22, 2008 - New Clue to the Cause of Alzheimer's - TIME Magazine

►June 22, 2008 - British biotech struggles with the quickening onset of decline - Financial Times

►June 22, 2008 - Q&A: Dr. Steven Grabiec says tree and grass pollen “robust” this year - The Journal Register

* ►June 21, 2008 - Report compares costs of animal disease outbreak - AP via Yahoo! - "The government acknowledged that an outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations being considered for a new high-security laboratory — an event it considered highly unlikely — would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than an outbreak from the isolated island lab where such research is now conducted."

* ►June 21, 2008 - Brentwood boy whose family moved here from Panama is cured of sickle cell anemia - Contra Costa Times - "Many people are familiar with the hospital, which handles the most serious cases of childhood diseases, injuries and traumas from throughout the East Bay. But what isn't as well known is that just a few blocks down Martin Luther King Jr. Way, scores of doctors and scientists labor in its research institute, seeking advances that will improve the health of children worldwide. Researchers there do nutritional studies in Asia, develop vaccines to be used here and in developing countries, and explore how variations in genetics determine who responds best to medications."

* ►June 21, 2008 - White House Refuses To Release Documents On Air-Quality Policy - Officials Again Cite Executive Privilege - The Washington Post

►June 21, 2008 - Chickens 'unlock allergy secrets' - Scientists have turned to chickens to help them understand why some people are struck down by severe allergies. - BBC

►June 21, 2008 - Turmeric may help prevent diabetes, obesity - ANI via Daily India

►June 20, 2008 - Mysterious Brain Cells Linked to Blood Flow - Scientists identify function of cells known as astrocytes - Scientific American

►June 21, 2008 - Herbal Supplement For Patients With HIV & TB - Phase II Clinical Trial Of Botanical Immunomodulator Dzherelo (Immunoxel) - Medical News Today

►June 21, 2008 - Out of school, into the home - A Henrico mother chooses home schooling over special education for her two autistic children - www.inrich.com

* ►June 20, 2008 - Measles virus blind to its epithelial cell receptor remains virulent in rhesus monkeys but cannot cross the airway epithelium and is not shed (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

* ►June 20, 2008 - Alex Jones - Dana Prino,Vaccines & Flight 93 Shot Down! - You Tube

* ►June 20, 2008 - Vaccination firm's sales soar, helping spur new locations - Pittsburgh Business Times - "Passport Health is a national chain based in Baltimore that provides vaccines necessary for travel to India, China and other countries. The company also offers flu shots, vaccine trial-related services and travelers' medical advice. Passport Health anticipates administering 22,000 flu shots this year, Judith said. Fueled by the new offices, revenue at Passport Health's local franchises is expected to reach $1.4 million to $1.6 million in 2008, up from $800,000 in 2007. The company was founded in 2001 and employs 12 full-time people and another nine people on a part-time basis. Judith said the company would add seven people this year to staff the new offices."

►June 20, 2008 - Japan May Double Stockpile of Antiviral Medicines - Bloomberg

* ►June 20, 2008 - NIH boost moves forward (requires registration) - The Scientist - "The NIH is a step closer to getting a $150 million boost by September. Last night (June 19) the House of Representatives passed a supplementary 2008 appropriations bill that includes a hefty chunk to the agency."

* ►June 20, 2008 - Bird flu mistaken as dengue and typhoid in Indonesia - Reuters

►June 20, 2008 - FDA Inspection of Foreign Drug Companies - U.S. Pharmacist

►June 20, 2008 - Will You Be Ready? - U.S. Pharmacist - "The British Government claims that once trained, pharmacists would be able to treat certain medical conditions, such as colds and minor stomach and skin problems, and perform routine health care screenings as well as administer vaccinations."

►June 20, 2008 - Expected Ranges for Blood Neutrophil Concentrations of Neonates: The Manroe and Mouzinho Charts Revisited (requires registration) (full text) - Journal of Perinatology via Medscape

►June 20, 2008 - Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Saintpaul - CDC

* ►June 20, 2008 - We're in chemical overload - Toxic chemicals: Consumers are the lab rats - The Gazette

►June 20, 2008 - Once Daily Oral Amoxicillin Effective in Pediatric Pharyngitis (requires registration) - Reuters Health via Medscape Pediatrics

►June 20, 2008 - Viewpoint: The Impact of Health Care Reform on Generic Drugs - U.S. Pharmacist

►June 20, 2008 - At-Home Test for Alzheimer’s Disease - U.S. Pharmacist

►June 20, 2008 - Introgen to base production unit in Houston - New subsidiary to provide in-house, third-party drug manufacturing from local facilities - Houston Business Journal

►June 20, 2008 - Woman’s Diet Linked to Child’s Puberty - The Endocrine Society’s 90th Annual Meeting via Ivanhoe

* ►June 20, 2008 - Doc hasn't stopped helping - Duke pediatrician on measles vaccine team strives for healthy kids - News & Observer - "During an interview in his Duke office, Katz recounted the great days of developing the measles vaccine. He and other researchers tested it on themselves before starting any formal trials. 'We injected it in one another,' he recalled. 'It was a test for safety and toxicity.'"

* ►June 20, 2008 - Researchers Study an Alzheimer’s Disease Vaccination - New Therapy Targets the Body’s Immune Response to Brain Protein - Saint Louis University

* ►June 19, 2008 - Anti-Vaccine Activists vs. Gardasil - TIME Magazine - "One story that has been making the rounds for the past week, starting with a report in the Dallas Morning News, concerns Dallas mother Michelle Kimzey, who said that her 14-year-old daughter Katherine, after receiving her second shot of the three-dose vaccine battery in November, experienced headaches, fainting and stiff joints. A few weeks later, she suffered a seizure and later was diagnosed with epilepsy, according to her mother. Kimzey said that she reviewed 5,000 reports filed by the public on a government database website that monitors vaccine safety and became convinced that her daughter's health problems were related to the Gardasil shot. "When you read everybody's stories, they're too similar not to be related," Kimzey told the  News. The story has been picked up by over a hundred mainstream media websites and by blogs and chatrooms like vaccinationnews.com."

* ►June 19, 2008 - Same Drug, Different Results: MUHC Researcher on the Path to Personalized Medicine - Minor genetic differences between individuals change the effect of a common medication, study shows -  The Journal Pharmacogenetics and Genomics McGill University Health Centre via Biocompare - "Rozen has measured the impact of Methotrexate -- a drug that inhibits the metabolism of folate -- on mice with an altered MTHFR gene, which is a gene crucial for folate metabolism. The results were striking: after treatment with Methotrexate, mice with the altered gene had approximately 20 per cent less hemoglobin and red blood cells than their counterparts with non-altered genes. The altered mice also showed increased susceptibility to liver and kidney damage following treatment."

►June 19, 2008 - Tetanus antibody protection among HIV-infected US-born patients and immigrants - journal article (International Journal of Emergency Medicine)

* ►June 19, 2008 - Japan still unable to cut national suicide rate with over 33,000 deaths a year - Pravda, Russia

►June 19, 2008 - What is the Most Dangerous Food? (requires registration) (video) - Medscape

►June 19, 2008 - Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in a clinical setting - journal article (Pediatrics International)

►June 19, 2008 - Researchers track Lyme disease spirochetes - PLoS via EurekAlert!

►June 19, 2008 - Yale researchers discover Legionnaire microbe's tricks - Yale University via EurekAlert!

►June 19, 2008 - Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral - Yale University via EurekAlert!

►June 19, 2008 - Better than cure - Healthy living switches off genes that promote cancer - Economist

►June 19, 2008 - Product Recalls: "Hip Charm" key chains - AP via Yahoo!

* ►June 18, 2008 - Effective health messages may yield vaccine compliance among ER workers - In the event of a pandemic, healthy first responders will be essential to provide care for the infected - Temple University via EurekAlert!

* ►June 18, 2008 - Exposed: Harvard Shrink Gets Rich Labeling Kids Bipolar - Meet the man who got rich by popularizing bipolar disorder for children. Congressional investigators and the NY Times expose the scandal. - AlterNet

►June 18, 2008 - Tracking Prions - Wiley-Blackwell via Biocompare

►June 18, 2008 - Indiana U scientists uncover potential key to better drugs to fight toxoplasmosis parasite - Indiana University via EurekAlert!

* ►June 18, 2008 - Study links vitamin D to colon cancer survival - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via EurekAlert!

* ►June 17, 2008 - US expects food inspectors in China by year end - AP via Yahoo!

►June 17, 2008 - Infant play drives chimpanzee respiratory disease cycles - PLoS via EurekAlert!

►June 16, 2008 - AMA issues first report card on health insurers - AP via Yahoo!

►June 16, 2008 - Did the Gene for ADHD Help Our Nomadic Ancestors? - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee via Biocompare

►June 16, 2008 - Surgeon general meeting aims to lower preterm birth - AP via Yahoo!

►June 16, 2008 - Annals of Internal Medicine - American College of Physicians via EurekAlert!

* ►June 12, 2008 - Response to AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs Draft Report on "Ethical Guidance for Physicians and the Profession With Respect to Industry Support for Professional Education in Medicine" (requires registration) - The Medscape Journal of Medicine

►June 12, 2008 - New Developments in Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Drugs: An Expert Interview With Peter J. Weiden, MD (requires registration) - Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health

►June 12, 2008 - The Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacterial Conjunctivitis in Pediatric Patients CME/CE (requires registration) - Medscape Family Medicine

* ►June 12, 2008 - The association between ultraviolet B irradiance, vitamin D status and incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in 51 regions worldwide - journal article (Diabetologia)

►June 10, 2008 - Neonate with Gastrointestinal Issues (requires registration) (full text) - Pediatric Nursing via Medscape

►June 8, 2008 - Prevalence and Correlates of Previous Hepatitis B Vaccination and Infection Among Young Drug-users in New York City (requires registration) (full text) - Journal of Community Health via Medscape Pediatrics

►June 3, 2008 - Virginia Tech researchers find human virus in chimpanzees - Virginia Tech via EurekAlert! - "Exactly where this virus has come from and the specific route of transmission remains unclear at this time," said Kaur, but she admits that mounting evidence suggests a linkage between visiting scientists and tourists and the viruses that are threatening the endangered chimpanzee population."

►June 3, 2008 - The Inhospitable Hospital: No Peace, No Quiet CE (requires registration) - Medscape

* ►June 1, 2008 - Everyday Heroes Campaign Captures the Public - Pilot test to rebrand clinical research shows promise as a way to build public trust and promote interest. - Applied Clinical Trials

* ►June 1, 2008 - Experts Unite to Improve Trials - A new initiative aims to identify new methods to make the clinical trials process more efficient and effective. - Applied Clinical Trials

* ►June 1, 2008 - Nigeria's Clinical Trial Scene - Low costs, a rich patient base, and strong talent pool characterize Africa's most populated country. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Health Reformers Seek Effectiveness Data - Comparative drug analysis aims to address costs and value as candidates eye curbs on drug spending. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Roll With the Midtrial Changes - Acceptance of data ambiguity by the industry is the key to adaptive design adoption and use. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Drug Information Association Ventures Into India - DIA expands into India with a new office and advisory council. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - The Adaptive Advantage - With help from technology, adaptive trials can enhance dose selection and reduce time between phases. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - New Rules for CROs - CROs must adjust their practices to cater to small/mid-tier pharma instead of simply servicing big pharma. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - In Vitro to the Rescue - Chris Bode, PhD, vice president of corporate development for Absorption Systems, explains the impact of in vitro models relative to the Critical Path Initiative. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Preapproval Opportunities - Integrating clinical trials and named patient programs to provide global access to drugs before approval. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Outsourcing the Biotech Trial - Just like pharma, biotech companies need clinical research organizations too, but are their needs different? - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Roll With the Midtrial Changes - Acceptance of data ambiguity by the industry is the key to adaptive design adoption and use. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Losing Your Vendor - Seven points to keep in mind when facing the loss of a trusted EDC/eClinical vendor that can help ease the pains. - Applied Clinical Trials

►June 1, 2008 - Emerging Market Trends from Europe - Survey uncovers current market and future directions for the European clinical trials industry. - Applied Clinical Trials

* ►June 2008 - Branded for Failure? Industry Hesitant to Adopt FDA Brand Name Review Pilot (requires registration) - FDA wants industry to endorse a pilot program that would make sponsors responsible for testing proposed brand names for medication errors. Industry is concerned the process will make reviews less predictable, instead of more. This looks like a classic dilemma for regulated industry: everyone will benefit if the pilot works, but will anyone take the risk with their own product? - The RPM Report

►June 2008 - Exposure to environmental toxins in males seeking infertility treatment: a case-controlled study. - journal article (Reproduction Biomedicine Online)

►June 2008 - Effect of oral immunomodulator Dzherelo in TB/HIV co-infected patients receiving anti-tuberculosis therapy under DOTS. - journal article (International Immunopharmacology)

►June 2008 - A Green Tea Component Suppresses Posttranslational Expression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Colorectal Cancer - journal article (Gastroenterology)

►April/June 2008 - Antibodies as predictors of complex autoimmune diseases. - journal article (International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology)

►June 23, 2008 - Stopping bird flu - We can't stop birds bringing avian flu into Britain, but we can do more to stop it spreading - The Times, UK

►June 23, 2008 - Pakistan Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak - Voice of America

►June 23, 2008 - NSW hospitals ready for flu season: Iemma - New South Wales hospitals are gearing up for an expected increase in winter admissions. - www.abc.net.au

►June 23, 2008 - Influenza – last chance for free immunisation - press release - National Influenza Strategy Group via Scoop.co.nz

►June 23, 2008 - Shark antibodies could save lives - ScienceAlert

►June 23, 2008 - Asperger's: the IT industry's dark secret - IT is a uniquely attractive industry for the autistic - Computerworld New Zealand

►June 23, 2008 - Fourteen-week nevirapine prophylaxis for infants reduces postnatal HIV infection - Aidsmap

* ►June 23, 2008 - As mystery plague threatens to wipe out bees, scientist reveal: our survival depends on them - Daily Mail, UK

* ►June 22, 2008 - NY: Two Demos Monday...Albany And LI - Stop Mandatory Meningitis Vaccine - A-CHAMP.org - "Our legislators are at it again. The overwhelming opposition from parents killed Assembly Bill 10942, 'the worst Vaccine bill in New York ever.' But the bill has been transformed into a mandatory meningitis vaccine for seventh graders. Your action and phone calls tomorrow are vital to stopping this new mandatory vaccine."

* ►June 22, 2008 - The Independent Newspaper Measles Vaccine Scam - The One Click Group - "Putting The Independent's article firmly into context is John's Stone's piece, HPA Unable To Link UK Measles Outbreak To MMR Shortfall. This is the evidenced information that the media, the UK government and the interlinked pharmaceutical industry are so desperate to bury. No matter how much the British government and the pharmaceutical industry would wish it otherwise, the vaccines-autism evidence coming out of the United States is not going to disappear any time soon. This is an issue that the British electorate, with one child in every 150 diagnosed with autism, is very unlikely to ever forget."

* ►June 22, 2008 - Bird flu vaccine strength could be under-or overestimated due to test variability - Canadian Press via CanadaEast.com - "But there is no standard test to gauge the efficacy of H5N1 vaccine. Each manufacturer has developed its own test; so too have the academic and public health laboratories that test for H5N1. And differences in the design of the tests - scientists call them assays - can lead to different findings."

* ►June 22, 2008 - Missing man with autism found after week-long search - Pioneer Press via TwinCities.com - "Keith Kennedy, the 25-year-old autistic man missing for a week from a camp for developmentally disabled adults near Grantsburg, Wis., was found alive Sunday night, according to his mother."

►June 22, 2008 - "Bright Beginnings" for Bay Area Autistic Kids - KCBS.com

►June 22, 2008 - District not meeting children's needs - opinion - Cherry Hill Courier Post

►June 22, 2008 - Mercury toxicity is still a threat - letter - The Courier via HoumaToday.com

►June 22, 2008 - Experts to mull if more flu pandemic drugs needed-WHO - Reuters via The Guardian, UK

►June 22, 2008 - Rotavirus main cause of diarrhea in minors: conference - Rotavirus is the main cause of severe diarrhea in children under five years old, agreed doctors and professors at the 13th International Conference on Contagious Diseases in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. - Thanh Nien Daily

►June 22, 2008 - Nigeria: WHO says fresh outbreak of polio reported in northern Nigeria - Afrique en ligne

►June 22, 2008 - A man of quiet influence - Wilf Wilkinson, the father of Ontario premier's chief of staff, is first Canadian in 55 years to head Rotary International - Toronto Star

►June 22, 2008 - No tetanus risk in recent flooding - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

►June 22, 2008 - Officials warn of flooding and post-flooding health risks - Missourinet.com

►June 22, 2008 - Dangerous Bacteria In Local Waterways (includes video) - Bristol Herald Courier

►June 22, 2008 - Acambis reports successful phase 1 trial for anti-diarrhoea vaccine
by our own correspondent - Silicon Fen Business Report

►June 22, 2008 - Sticky patents licenced from MOD - Archimedes Development has licensed a portfolio of patents from Ploughshare Innovations - the technology transfer arm of the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl). - Labnews.co.uk

►June 22, 2008 - Fear of rising HIV among India's call centres - Metro.co.uk

►June 22, 2008 - NanoViricides Anti-HIV Lead Drug Candidate Demonstrated Substantial Improvement in Survival Time in Animal Model - Nanotechnology Now via Meridian Institute

* ►June 22, 2008 - Hundreds of Patients Get False HIV Test Results - MyFox Atlanta - "The Centers for Disease Control is investigating the cases and the maker of the swab test, Orasure Technologies. The New York Health Department said it has since stopped using the Orasure test."

* ►June 22, 2008 - Belated Father's Day: He Said, She Said (Please welcome back Cathy Jameson, who had a baby girl just a few weeks ago.) By Cathy Jameson - Age of Autism

* ►June 22, 2008 - Best Father's Day Gift: "My Son Spoke To Me" by Craig Willoughby - Age of Autism

* ►June 22, 2008 - Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News Has... - Age of Autism

* ►June 22, 2008 - Autism News on the Internet: Let the Reader Be Aware - http://autism.about.com

* ►June 21, 2008 - Ken Stoller's Letter to Pediatrics on the Verstraeten Study - Thimerosal Mea Culpa from the CDC - Kenneth Stoller, Pediatrician International Hyperbaric Medical Association - Adventures in Autism

►June 21, 2008 - Letter on School Choice and Immunizations - Lakewood YourHub.com

►June 21, 2008 - Salmonella-Infected Tomatoes Case Breakthrough - eFluxMedia

►June 20, 2008 - Meningitis study results in (includes video) - Bakersfield Now - "A few months ago, The Standard School District was selected by federal officials for a study into the cause, treatment, and prevention of meningitis. Thursday night, study results are in and appear to be good news for both those behind the study and local residents."

►June 20, 2008 - The Vytorin trial: Cholesterol conspiracies and contortions - Salem Gazette

►June 20, 2008 - World would be free from polio soon: Experts - MIL/PTI via International Reporter

* ►June 20, 2008 - Cuba to Eradicate Hepatitis B - Prensa Latina - "With 17 cases in 2007 and only four this year, Cuba is ready to eradicate Hepatitis B transmission with a highly effective vaccine produced here, report national media. In 1992, when the program to inoculate newborns began, over 2,100 cases where reported, recall Granma daily."

* ►June 19, 2008 - Vaccine Watch Posted by Sharyl Attkisson - Primary Source via CBS News - "Workshop - Mitochondrial Disorders of Childhood: Testing, Potential Relationships to Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Triggers for Neurological Deterioration June 29, 2008"

* ►June 19, 2008 - Trustee urges H-SCDSB to adopt vaccination policy - Issue to be tabled at next board meeting - The Sault Star - "A divisive debate over human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccinations last fall has spurred one Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board trustee to call for a policy on all vaccines."

►June 19, 2008 - Golikova proposes to add vaccine purchases to nat security issues - ITAR-TASS

►June 19, 2008 - Rules on shots changing - Richmond County Daily Journal

►June 12, 2008 - Medical alliance wins national award - Abilene Reporter-News

►June 6, 2008 - Measles re-emergence sparks immunization schedule reshuffle - Radio Jamaica

►June 5, 2008 - Cattle Vaccine: Brucella Abortus S19 Genome Sequenced; Points Toward Virulence Genes - Virginia Tech, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►June 5, 2008 - Rx for Readers: Generic drugs, chicken pox - My four-year-old son recently experienced chicken pox. He was unvaccinated, but of the 10 children in his preschool to be infected, half were. What is the efficacy of the chicken pox vaccine? And are these children who were exposed to the virus twice at a higher, lower or unchanged chance of getting shingles when they are adults?" - Jerusalem Post