* ►May 2008 - Secreted Heat Shock Protein gp96-Ig: An Innovative Vaccine Approach - journal article (American Journal of Reproductive Immunology)

►May 2008 - Unusual Soft Tissue Manifestations of Neisseria Meningitidis Infections - journal article (Clinical Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - Requirements for the natural killer cell-mediated induction of IgG1 and IgG2a expression in B lymphocytes - journal article (International Immunology)

►May 2008 - Atmospheric pollutants and mortalities in English local authority areas - journal article (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)

►May 2008 - Evolution of Non-Cytotoxic Uterine Natural Killer Cells - journal article (American Journal of Reproductive Immunology)

►May 2008 - Increased use of antidepressants and decreasing suicide rates: a population-based study using Danish register data - journal article (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)

* ►April 30, 2008 - Gain from Pain - As the focus shifts from acute to chronic diseases, there is an increase in revenues of pharmaceutical companies. Arshiya Khan tracks the growth of this segment - Express Pharma

►April 28, 2008 - Polio to be eradicated from Delhi very soon: Dikshit - PTI via Newindpress.com

►April 28, 2008 - Hepatitis B an issue 'too hot to handle' - People with the incurable viral illness hepatitis B are missing out on vital services because the disease is seen as a racial hot potato, according to a top Australian virologist who criticised the Government for failing to tackle the problem. - The Australian

►April 28, 2008 - Why bird flu? Why a pandemic simulation? - The Jakarta Post

►April 28, 2008 - National Trust saves badgers but angers farmers - Officials question case for killings in TB hotspots - Decision is blow to pilot scheme planned for Wales - The Guardian, UK

►April 28, 2008 - How safe are green cleaning products? - Plant-based or natural ingredients don't always mean a cleaning product is safe. The market is largely unregulated. (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times

►April 28, 2008 - Consumer's guide: green cleaning products (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times

* ►April 28, 2008 - Group Urges Ban on Industry Gifts at Medical Schools (requires registration) - The New York Times - "Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff and students in all 129 of the nation’s medical colleges, an influential college association has concluded. The proposed ban is the result of a two-year effort by the Association of American Medical Colleges to create a model policy governing interactions between the schools and industry. While schools can ignore the association’s advice, most follow its recommendations."

* ►April 28, 2008 - Vaccine damage - letter - The Herald, UK - "What the medical profession is loath to admit is that there is more of a link between these disorders and the introduction of mass vaccination programmes than just a temporal one. That profession will admit that vaccines can cause fullblown encephalitis/encephalopathy (they trigger inflammation by their very nature), but they are strategically silent as regards to subclinical brain damage/disorder. Strategically, out of fear of what the admittance of a larger downside to vaccines than what the authorities will officially own up to will do to vaccine uptake levels. But that fear continues to let unsafe vaccines fill the market. That is not best practice. That is cover-up, pure and simple. The cat is well and truly out of the bag now with all the autism spectrum disorder about, which coincides with a large increase in the vaccine schedule for the past decade or so. Yes, there is a 'genetic link' to all this. It's the genetic predisposition to be damaged by vaccines."

* ►April 28, 2008 - Human papilloma virus: parental crime - The flat-earthers who deny the HPV vaccine to their teenage daughter are guilty of neglect - guest contributor - The Times, UK - "So let us set aside superstition and neurosis and be very clear about one thing: it amounts to parental neglect to deny young women this vaccine. This is not about parents' right to personal beliefs, but about children's right to long-term health protection. The injection should be as universal as the polio or the BCG injection. And until it can be given in primary school, adolescent girls should be educated in safe sex and empowered to sign their own consent forms."

* ►April 28, 2008 - TN vaccine deaths: Experts point finger at human error - Times of India - "Putting to rest allegations that the nurses may have used the same syringe to vaccinate the three children after dipping it in chemicals like adrenalin or muscle relaxants, the team found that individual syringes were used. The expert told TOI, 'There was no conflict between what the nurses, anganwadi workers and family members of children who died told us. The cold chain system was fine. Police reports also showed that individual syringes were used. However, the government hospital which carried out the post-mortem found all died of haemorrhage, which is strange.'"

* ►April 27, 2008 - Another baby dies, hepatitis shot blamed - Times of India - "Tension gripped Dindigul after parents of an 11-month-old girl baby, Mariammal, blamed the hepatitis B vaccine for her death on Saturday. Mariammal was administered the vaccine two days ago at the Narasingapuram primary health centre in the district. She died on Saturday morning at the Dindigul Government Hospital."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Protocol broken in lethal vaccination case - Times of India - "In a violation of medical protocol, a nurse in Tiruvallur has mixed the Human Biological Institute vaccine with diluents made by another company, Serum Institute. Four infants died on Wednesday after being administered measles vaccine."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Doctor says finger-pointing isn't an answer to the 'whys' of autism - Goldsboro News-Argus - "Dr. Dave Tayloe of Goldsboro Pediatrics has found himself thrust into the heated battle since becoming president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, moving into the top seat in October. In recent months, he has been traveling the country to discuss the issue in such arenas as the "Today Show" and "Larry King Live."..."It's not a real simple issue. If these people want to rework the vaccine program based on their hypothesis, we have got to oppose that. We think the public health is more important than a special interest group." Efforts are, however, being made to work with autism advocacy groups and give answers that will satisfy critics."

* ►April 27, 2008 - North doc calls for probe into jab claims - Sunday Sun, UK - "The Sunday Sun revealed a court ruled that Hannah developed autism after receiving a cocktail of jabs. Experts fear her condition might have been triggered by two of the vaccinations which contained thiomerosal, a mercury-based preservative, which reacted with a DNA defect in Hannah’s body. It comes at a time when Dr Andrew Wakefield is before the UK’s General Medical Council facing a charge of misconduct originating from his claims of a possible link between autism and the MMR jab. Paul Shattock, head of Sunderland University’s Autism Research Unit, said: “It is time the British Government investigated this issue properly."

* ►April 27, 2008 - CDC Does Not Test Simultaneous Vaccination - Age of Autism

* ►April 27, 2008 - The Cleveland Clinic Needs Your Kid to Remain Autistic - Age of Autism

* ►April 27, 2008 - David Kirby: The Next Vaccine-Autism Newsmaker: Not Isolated, Not Unusual - The Huffington Post - "(NOTE: The following item was originally posted at Spectrum Publications)"

* ►April 27, 2008 - David Kirby on Huffpo: Not Isolated, Not Unusual - Age of Autism

* ►April 27, 2008 - A forceful voice in autism debate - Mother's site battles mercury theories - Concord Monitor - "Kathleen Seidel is not a doctor. She's not a medical researcher. She's not an educator. She's not a lawyer. But the 52-year old Peterborough woman, armed with a degree in library science and a healthy sense of outrage, has become one of the leading voices in the public debate about a possible link between autism and vaccines....But critics are suspicious of Seidel's passion and the volume of her work. In interviews, several advocates raised the possibility that Seidel is being secretly paid by pharmaceutical companies, an allegation Seidel denies. Those suspicions may have fueled a recent legal attempt to look inside her books."

* ►April 27, 2008 - The burden of autism - In Malaysia, awareness of autism has increased in the last few years but more research is needed to assess the situation and to draft an efficient support system to address it. - Malaysia Star - "Dr Hasnah Toran, a senior lecturer in Early Intervention, Autism and Assessment from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Education Faculty, believed the situation in Malaysia is closer to that of the US as revealed by the recent research. 'There are various problems with the survey conducted in Malaysia (which said that one in 625 Malaysian children is autistic). For one, it was only conducted in Perak. That represents only the tip of an iceberg in relation to the birth rate around the country. I’m not convinced (of the figures) because each time I walk into a school, I can see some students displaying autistic symptoms,' she said."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Overcoming the obstacles of autism: Ever since 10-year-old Zachary was diagnosed with autism, the Pripusich family has fought hard to keep him in their world - The Sedalia Democrat - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX via Trading Markets - "Everything changed the day Zach received a round of vaccinations when he was 15 months old. 'It was that night that he became lethargic. By that morning we had a completely different kid,' said Renee. 'He didn't talk again until he was over 3, until he said 'Mom.'  Researchers have proven no conclusive link between autism and vaccinations. Renee said she believes that there is a genetic predisposition to the disorder, but that the vaccines triggered it."

►April 27, 2008 - Conference sheds light on autism - Educational needs, therapies discussed - The Modesto Bee

►April 27, 2008 - KU center for autism research opens - AP via NTV

►April 27, 2008 - Bingham: Seminar Targets Autism - Central Maine Morning Sentinel

►April 27, 2008 - April is Autism Awareness Month Local parents discuss challenges, joys - Hudson Reporter

►April 27, 2008 - Living with autism - Culpeper Star Exponent

►April 27, 2008 - Walking for Autism - Central Illinois Proud

* ►April 27, 2008 - Patient says insurer recommended vaccine but wouldn't pay - The Plain Dealer - "Last fall I got a mailing from my insurer, Medical Mutual, that recommended a shingles immunization for people who are my age, so I asked for the shot at my doctor's office. Now the insurer says it doesn't cover the injection at all. The only reason I got the shot was because they recommended it! Now I'm being billed for $480."

* ►April 27, 2008 - A past enveloped in love, a future that's uncertain - The Seattle Times - "James probably has many years left. In fact, he is part of the first generation of people with developmental disabilities likely to outlive their parents in great numbers — a situation that, years ago, few would have predicted. State officials say 8,200 people older than age 40 are on the rolls of the Division of Developmental Disabilities. Experts say thousands more may be eligible. Those numbers will only grow as baby boomers with disabilities continue to age. Meanwhile, most caregivers are relatives, whose dedication saves the state untold millions. Put these facts together and big questions loom: What happens when people like the Jensens can't do it any longer? And who's going to pay for it?"

* ►April 27, 2008 - Studies on Chemical In Plastics Questioned - Congress Examines Role Of Industry in Regulation - The Washington Post - "Congressional Democrats have begun investigating any industry influence in regulating BPA. "Tobacco figured this out, and essentially it's the same model," said David Michaels, who was a federal regulator in the Clinton administration. "If you fight the science, you're able to postpone regulation and victim compensation, as well. As in this case, eventually the science becomes overwhelming. But if you can get five or 10 years of avoiding pollution control or production of chemicals, you've greatly increased your product." Mitchell Cheeseman, deputy director of the FDA's office of food additive safety, said the agency is not biased toward industry."

* ►April 27, 2008 - FDA reviewing plastic ingredient BPA - USA Today - "Rep. John Dingell and Rep. Bart Stupak, Michigan Democrats and leaders of the energy and commerce committee, have been investigating the FDA's handling of BPA."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Canadian lawsuit blames U.S. utility for pollution in Windsor, Ont., Kennedy says - The Canadian Press via Google - "Mercury discharges into the Detroit River are causing cancer, amount to 'child abuse,' and are damaging the quality of life in this border city, American environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr. said Sunday. Kennedy made the comments in announcing at a conference that his Riverkeepers group had launched a Canadian lawsuit against Michigan utility, Detroit Edison, over discharges from one of the company's two power plants in Detroit. High rates of cancer - especially of the thyroid - in Windsor could be traced to the river pollution, Kennedy said. 'That's assault and battery, and worse because you can die from it," he said. 'What's the difference if you die from a brain tumour or if you die from a bullet? There's no difference.'"

►April 27, 2008 - Child is born without a gland crucial for fighting infection - McClatchy Newspapers via The News Tribune

►April 27, 2008 - Plant emissions trigger health concerns - About 47,000 people living in North Brevard may be at increased risk of heart and lung disease as a result of particles from two old power plants - Florida Today

►April 27, 2008 - Couple offers hyperbaric therapy in Ventura after seeing their kids improve - Ventura County Star

►April 27, 2008 - Warrior mosquitoe plan under fire in Malaysia: report - AFP

►April 27, 2008 - C. difficile superbug 'kills one elderly patient every hour in the UK' – and that's a world record - The Independent, UK

►April 27, 2008 - Small miracles - Family’s disabled daughter exceeding expectations - Times Record News

►April 27, 2008 - Shah Alam tops dengue list with 719 cases - The Star, Malaysia

►April 27, 2008 - Canada Fills U.S. Prescriptions Under the Counter (blog) - Waverly West

►April 27, 2008 - Microchipping dogs scheme not popular - New push by BMA to get pets registered - Bangkok Post

►April 27, 2008 - Vaccinate your dog, mayor advises - Times of India

►April 27, 2008 - Astellas, CoMentis Sign $760M Alzheimer's Deal; Awaiting Wyeth's Results - Astellas, CoMentis via Seeking Alpha

►April 27, 2008 - Will Gene Therapy Finally Work? - Forbes - "In two tiny human gene therapy trials to correct a devastating inherited form of blindness, four of the first six patients treated showed signs of modestly improved vision after a single treatment....In the trials, researchers used a relatively harmless adeno-associated virus to deliver a functioning version of the bad gene into the retina."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Virus outbreak in Chinese city kills 19 children - Reuters - "The intestinal virus called enterovirus 71 or EV71, one trigger of hand-foot-mouth disease, began spreading in Fuyang in Anhui province from early March, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the city health office. The young victims went to hospitals with 'fever, along with blisters, ulcers in the mouth or rashes on the hands and feet,' the report said."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Tamil Nadu immunisation drive in trouble - NDTV.com - "After the death of four children in Tamil Nadu, another immunisation progarmme could be in trouble. Ironically, this is happening in a state that has the best record in the country for immunising its children."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Immunization Hesitation? - Discover Moose Jaw - "Dr. Vooght claims there's research that disproves theories that immunizations can be harmful to kids and says it's actually a good sign when kids initially react to immunizations. 'For example redness at the site, a bit of redness at the site, you have a slight fever, you're not feeling too well for a few days in a way that's good sign in that your body is recognizing the actual content of the vaccine that's provoking the good response'."

* ►April 27, 2008 - Chick Wit - column - Philadelphia Inquirer - "So the next morning we're at a specialist, who qualifies as the nicest doggie neurologist in the country, because he takes one look at our wacky, hairless dog and says, 'Hello, gorgeous.' You know what I checked. Of course, he's married. He confirms that Lucy has tetanus, which is so rare that he wants to take a video of it. He tells us that antibiotics will cure her. That not only is she going to live, her paralysis will arrest and she'll be able to walk again in a month."

* ►April 27, 2008 - 2008 Report on Rabies Vaccine Adverse Reactions in Dogs - Aimee's Law Blog

►April 27, 2008 - Albany Med researchers eye link to flu bug - Albany Times Union - "A team led by Professor Dennis Metzger found that, in mice, a molecule called interferon is released as part of the immune response to fight the virus but it inadvertently turns off the body's defenses against the pneumococcus bacteria."

►April 27, 2008 - I-SS urging early immunization - Statesville Record & Landmark

►April 27, 2008 - Editorial: Broadening inspection - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs funding for stepped-up inspection of foreign drug plants. - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

* ►April 26, 2008 - ABC7 Special: Autism Heroes - April is national Autism Awareness Month, designed to bring more attention to the neurobiological disorder that now affects as many as 1 in 150 children in the U.S. and is four times more likely to strike boys that girls. The signs of autism are typically noticeable in a child's first years of life. (includes video) - ABC7.com

* ►April 26, 2008 - Vaccination costly, ineffective (letters to the editor) - Ingri Cassel Director, Vaccination Liberation - Spokesman Review - "Your editorial assumes that the unvaccinated are carriers of disease while the opposite has been proven in epidemiological studies of various recent outbreaks of mumps, measles and pertussis. The excuse from public health is that the vaccines are not 100 percent effective."

* ►April 26, 2008 - No mump shots? No kissing - Capital Health launches round 2 of immunizations, targeting the 18 to 38 age group - Sun Media via C-Health Canoe

* ►April 26, 2008 - Indonesian fears over US Navy laboratory - Reuters via The Age, AU

* ►April 26, 2008 - Review ordered for anthrax vaccine refusers - Army Times - "Judge James Robertson of the district court for the District of Columbia admonished the Air Force Board for the Correction of Military Records, which had rejected a petition by two former Connecticut Air National Guard officers for compensatory relief for back pay and lost promotions after they claim they were forced to resign for refusing the vaccine. The plaintiffs, Thomas Rempfer and the estate of the late Russell Dingle, based their appeal on a separate anthrax vaccine lawsuit."

* ►April 26, 2008 - Vaccine-Autism Question Divides Parents, Scientists - Mercola.com

* ►April 26, 2008 - Trust Merck on Vaccines? Read This. - Age of Autism

* ►April 26, 2008 - Thank God Your Veins Don't Count as "Environment!" - Age of Autism

►April 26, 2008 - Law Enforcement Gather to Fight Autism - WMGT-TV

►April 26, 2008 - Lessons from the measles tragedy - Newindpress.com

►April 26, 2008 - Doctors urge parents to vaccinate children - The Beacon News via Suburban Chicago Newspapers

►April 26, 2008 - Parents advocate for autistic children - Bennington Banner

►April 26, 2008 - Love, protect, immunize kids - The Seattle Times

►April 26, 2008 - When Milly nipped me, I thought nothing of it... then she died and I heard she had rabies - Daily Mail, UK - "I am trying to stay calm and am now having a course of vaccinations. I won't know for at least two days whether I have the disease because that's how long the blood tests take to come back."

►April 26, 2008 - Sensory treatment more beneficial for autistic children - American Occupational Therapy Association's 2008 conference via Big News Network

►April 26, 2008 - City Offers Meningitis Vaccinations - NBC5 WMAQ, Chicago

►April 26, 2008 - Documents describe strategy for CPS dealing with sect children - CBS 42 keye TV - "None of the children "have had" "immunizations," according to CPS, and "some children may not have education beyond the 8th grade."

►April 26, 2008 - State concerned about increasing Lyme disease rates - The Milford Daily

►April 26, 2008 - ‘The doctor just said it was down to bad parenting’ - The Herald

►April 26, 2008 - Researchers eye new weapon in allergy war - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - "Using a $5.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Drs. William Kwok and David Robinson of the Virginia Mason Asthma and Allergy Clinic are studying cells from people allergic to such things as cat dander, tree and grass pollen, peanuts and mold."

►April 26, 2008 - Indians lack immunity to HIV/AIDS - Siasat

►April 26, 2008 - White House Press Gaggle by Dana Perino, Admiral Ziemer - U.S. Department of State via News Blaze

►April 26, 2008 - Wyeth cuts 141 jobs in Pearl River - The Journal News

►April 26, 2008 - Importance of the interferon-alpha system in murine large intestine indicated by microarray analysis of commensal bacteria-induced immunological changes. - 7th Space

►April 26, 2008 - Health Highlights: - Lexington, Ky., Tops 100 Spring Allergy Capitals - Public Smoking Snuffed in Beijing Before Olympics - Tablets to Treat Gonorrhea Available in U.S. - Doctors Need to Improve Bedside Manner: Poll - Recalled LawnBott Mowers Pose Laceration Hazard - U.S Senate Passes Genetic Anti-Discrimination Bill - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay

►April 26, 2008 - Calls for Mass Bluetongue Vaccination Stepped Up - This is Hull and East Riding, UK

►April 26, 2008 - Interim Results from Boceprevir Phase II Study in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients Presented At EASL - Schering-Plough Corporation via PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network via FOX Business

►April 26, 2008 - New Pegasys Data Show Hepatitis B Patients Achieve Highly Positive - Treatment Response That Comes as Close to a Cure as Possible - Roche via PRNewswire via ITNews.it

►April 26, 2008 - Flu season winding down after 22 deaths - AP via Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck

►April 26, 2008 - Docs Fear Deadly Combo of Flu, MRSA - Influenza Opens Door for Superbug Infections, Health Experts Say - ABC News

►April 26, 2008 - Vaccine procured by Centre: Jayalalithaa's charge false, says govt. - PTI via The Hindu

* ►April 26, 2008 - Health care, under the influence - A series of lawsuits against the maker of painkiller Vioxx has opened the door to the inner workings of the drug industry. What do researchers see? Manipulated studies, conflicts of interest and threats to the public's confidence in their medical system (requires registration or subscription) - Globe and Mail

* ►April 25, 2008 - The truth about vaccinations - San Francisco Chronicle - "Anti-vaccine activists are actually doing both harm and a disservice to the families of autistic children by diverting scarce reserves of energy and research funds into the pursuit of implausible theories. Rather than trying to silence the vaccination critics, the medical community needs to put its energy, as the Wall Journal has suggested, in convincing these parents to support the funding of legitimate autism research and treatment, not demoralizing our vaccination program."

►April 25, 2008 - NIIW Reminds Parents Of The Importance Of Immunizations And Encourages Them To Look To Their Child's Doctor For Information - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via Medical News Today

►April 25, 2008 - Public Health to travellers: Get 2 measles shots - The Canadian Press via C-Health Canoe

►April 25, 2008 - A huge shot in the arm: Danbury Hospital wins federal recognition for vaccination efforts - The News-Times - "The Danbury region now has the best vaccination rates in the state, with more than 90 percent of the children getting their shots. At the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Wednesday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention honored some of the people responsible for that success as "champions" who have fought hard to increase vaccination rates."

►April 25, 2008 - Soldier affected by bird flu recovers: health authorities - Yonhap News Agency, KR

►April 25, 2008 - Indonesia Holds Massive Bird Flu Drill - Voice of America

►April 25, 2008 - Keeping our children safe - Williams Lake Tribune

►April 25, 2008 - Butte doctor discusses infant immunizations - Montana's News Station

* ►April 25, 2008 - Study shows common vitamin and other micronutrient supplements reduce risks of TB recurrence - Infectious Diseases Society of America via EurekAlert!

►April 25, 2008 - At a crossroads, school nurse Mary Reed still believes in her mission - Ledger Dispatch

►April 25, 2008 - Publication offers labs consensus recommendations for diagnosing parasitic diseases - American Society for Microbiology via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►April 25, 2008 - Now's the time to launch pre-emptive strike on pollen - The York Dispatch

►April 25, 2008 - Probiotics Revolution: Is Bacteria Really Good For You? - NBC 5 WMAQ, Chicago

* ►April 25, 2008 - How Much Do Chemicals Affect Our Health? - Philip Landrigan tracks how dangers like the WTC can cause problems like ADD. - DISCOVER Magazine - "After five years of detailed analysis, you went to work on a large report for the National Academy in 1992. What happened next?  We got the report mostly ready, and we turned in what we thought was a virtually final draft to the Academy that fall. There was a woman there who had been a senior staffer in the Office of Management and Budget in the Reagan administration and the first Bush administration. She was the senior support person for our committee at the National Academy. She was very helpful, and then we gave her the report around October of ’92, and she said she’d go through it, clean up the English, check the punctuation, do the footnotes, and all that kind of good stuff that a good staff person is supposed to do. She did all that and she sent the text back between Thanksgiving and Christmas of ’92, and thank God we read it because she had gutted the report. She had softened the conclusions. She had changed the word cancer to tumor throughout and just deeply weakened the report.'....'What do we know so far about autism and the environment?  There have been three or four very high-quality studies that have tried to link thimerosal exposure in vaccines to autism, and none of them found anything. I know people have said it could be a vulnerable subgroup of children that’s buried in the larger group. Maybe. Who’s to say it’s not there. All I can say is that right now there’s no evidence that thimerosal causes autism. On the other hand, there are lots of reasons to think that something in the environment must be causing autism. The disease runs in families to some extent, so you know there’s a genetic component. But then you’ll have kids with no family background, so clearly environmental things trigger the disease. We just haven’t been smart enough yet to recognize them. Do you think the National Children’s Study could change that?  I’ll be looking at the links between autism and known neurotoxins, like lead, mercury, and pesticides. If the autism rate is indeed one in 150, then a population of 100,000 will give us about 650 to 700 kids with autism, which will be about the largest collection of autistic children ever put together.'"

* ►April 25, 2008 - Michigan Drug Industry Immunity Must End, or It Could Start Catastrophic Nationwide Trend - InjuryBoard.com

►April 25, 2008 - How Can I Protect My Child from Lead Poisoning? - Tampa Tribune

►April 25, 2008 - Autism support group to get $10,000 from city - The Bronx Beat

►April 25, 2008 - Uptake of HPV vaccine in adolescent girls encouraging - OnMedica

►April 25, 2008 - Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Newport Infections Associated with Consumption of Unpasteurized Mexican-Style Aged Cheese --- Illinois, March 2006--April 2007 - MMWR/CDC

►April 25, 2008 - Availability of Cefixime 400 mg Tablets --- United States, April 2008 - MMWR/CDC

►April 25, 2008 - QuickStats: Percentage of Asian Adults* Reporting Fair or Poor Health,† by Asian Subpopulation --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2004--2006 - MMWR/CDC

►April 25, 2008 - Notice to Readers: World Malaria Day --- April 25, 2008 - MMWR/CDC

* ►April 24, 2008 - Cancer specialists' testimony clashes - 1st says Huntersville doctor's work is `fraud' -- 2nd says it helps - Charlotte Observer

* ►April 24, 2008 - Uptake of first two doses of human papillomavirus vaccine by adolescent schoolgirls in Manchester: prospective cohort study (full text) - journal article (BMJ)

* ►April 24, 2008 - HPV vaccination in the UK - Acceptable uptake is possible in schools, but important practical barriers exist - journal article (BMJ)

* ►April 24, 2008 - New technology for boosting vaccine efficiency - Cure Lab, Inc. via EurekAlert!

* ►April 24, 2008 - Autism commentary relied too heavily on one source (second letter) - David Ayoub, MD - The Courier News - "Leventhal's opinions on autism are not endorsed by many physicians, including myself. Very few maintain that autism rates are stable but appear to rise because of factors such as better diagnosis or diagnostic substitution. How many adults today can recall attending school in the 1960s with a nonverbal child? If diagnosis were improved, then why do rates increase every year? This would mean that Leventhal would have seen children last year who did not fulfill the criteria for autism, yet this year they do?"

* ►April 24, 2008 - U.S. Congress and Supreme Court: Listen to what Dennis Quaid has to say about Big Pharma's Abuses! - A nightmarish story of two week old twins of Dennis Quaid and Kimberley Buffington, getting overdosed by a 1000 times overdose of blood thinner Heparin at LA Cedars Sinai Hospital (already under scrutiny for Chinese manufacturing contamination) - New Millennium Fine Art via PRLog

* ►April 24, 2008 - Baxter weighs whether to sell heparin vials again in U.S. market - Supply chain questions need answers before decision made, company says - Chicago Tribune

* ►April 24, 2008 - Eight-legged bags of poison - Spiders, and other critters, carry mercury up the food chain - Science News - "Spiders made up 20 to 30 percent of these birds’ diets, yet delivered about 75 percent of the mercury, much of it the methylmercury that moves into living tissue, the researchers report in the April 18 Science. And the eight-legged critters had higher overall mercury levels than the local fish-eating kingfishers."

►April 24, 2008 - Specialized white blood cells coordinate first responders to viral infection - Same type of cells might call a halt to immune response when success is near - University of Washington via EurekAlert!

* ►April 24, 2008 - Vaccinations work - Our View: Immunization waivers too easy to get in Washington - editorial - Spokesman Review

►April 23, 2008 - Drug Research May Suffer Significantly Due to Biodiversity Loss - eFluxMedia

►April 23, 2008 - Notice: Developing Guidance on Conducting Scientifically Sound Pharmacoepidemiologic Safety Studies Using Large Electronic HealthcareData Sets; Public Workshop; Request for Comments - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►April 23, 2008 - ADHD and Disruptive behavior scores - associations with MAO-A and 5-HTT genes and with platelet MAO-B activity in adolescents (pdf) - journal article (BMC Psychiatry)

►April 23, 2008 - U.S. Air Pollution Standards Don't Protect Asthmatic Kids - Children suffer even when pollutants fall below acceptable levels, study finds. - U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases via www.healthfinder.gov

►April 23, 2008 - Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine use amongst outpatients in Tokyo, Japan (pdf) - journal article (BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

* ►April 23, 2008 - What Not to Do - Full-Soul-Ahead! Michelle O'Neil Writes

* ►April 22, 2008 - What Are the Implications for Childhood Pneumonia of Successfully Introducing Hib and Pneumococcal Vaccines in Developing Countries? (full text) - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►April 22, 2008 - Pharmacists Help Improve Patient Safety with Clinical Interventions - Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. via Pharmiweb

►April 22, 2008 - NIAID describes research priorities to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis - NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases via EurekAlert!

►April 22, 2008 - NIH study reveals incidence, precursors and psychiatric sequelae of major psychiatric disorders - Molecular Psychiatry via EurekAlert!

►April 22, 2008 - Social form of bullying linked to depression, anxiety in adults - Molecular Psychiatry via EurekAlert!

* ►April 20, 2008 - Heavy Metals Detox & Chelation Therapy - Austin Wellness (video) - Howcast

* ►April 17, 2008 - Slate gets it - (includes link to video) - http://autism-news-beat.com - "This is encouraging. Slate Senior Editor Emily Bazelon interviews Dr. Sydney Spiesel."

►April 11, 2008 - Coexpression of GM-CSF and antigen in DNA prime-adenoviral vector boost immunization enhances polyfunctional CD8+ T cell responses, whereas expression of GM-CSF antigen fusion protein induces autoimmunity - journal article (BMC Immunology)

►April 8, 2008 - Title: Transfection agents (patent) - Canji, Inc. (San Diego, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►April 8, 2008 - Title: Gene functionally related to dyslexia (patent) - Licentia Ltd. (Helsinki, FI) via www.pharmcast.com

►April 8, 2008 - Title: Coccidial vaccine and methods of making and using same (patent) - Merial Limited (Duluth, GA), University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA) via www.pharmcast.com

►April 8, 2008 - Title: Genetically modified tumor-targeted bacteria with reduced virulence (patent) - Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (New Haven, CT), Yale University (New Haven, CT) via www.pharmcast.com

►April 8, 2008 - Title: Peptides for the diagnosis of schizophrenia (patent) - Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd (Rehovot, IL) via www.pharmcast.com

►April 8, 2008 - Title: Method of encapsulating metal complex within liposomes (patent) - Bio Med Core Incorporation (Aichi, JP) via www.pharmcast.com

►April 1, 2008 - E-mentoring for Youth with Special Needs: Preliminary Results - journal article (CyberPsychology & Behavior)

►April 1, 2008 - Cyberbullying: Youngsters' Experiences and Parental Perception - journal article (CyberPsychology & Behavior)

►April 1, 2008 - Lessons Learned: The Effect of Prior Technology Use On Web-Based Interventions - journal article (CyberPsychology & Behavior)

* ►April 2008 - DC-SIGN and CD150 Have Distinct Roles in Transmission of Measles Virus from Dendritic Cells to T-Lymphocytes (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►April 2008 - Human-Like Receptor Specificity Does Not Affect the Neuraminidase-Inhibitor Susceptibility of H5N1 Influenza Viruses (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►April 2008 - Rapid Point-of-Care Test To Detect Broad Ranges of Protective Antigen-Specific Immunoglobulin G Concentrations in Recipients of the U.S.-Licensed Anthrax Vaccine - journal article (Clinical and Vaccine Immunology)

►April 2008 - Kinetics of Recombinant Adenovirus Type 5, Vaccinia Virus, Modified Vaccinia Ankara Virus, and DNA Antigen Expression In Vivo and the Induction of Memory T-Lymphocyte Responses - journal article (Clinical and Vaccine Immunology)

►April 2008 - An Increase in Mitochondrial DNA Promotes Nuclear DNA Replication in Yeast (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►April 2008 - Identification of a Bacterial-Like HslVU Protease in the Mitochondria of Trypanosoma brucei and Its Role in Mitochondrial DNA Replication (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►April 2008 - Transmission Pathways of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in the United Kingdom in 2007 (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►April 2008 - Identification of CIITA Regulated Genetic Module Dedicated for Antigen Presentation (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►April 2008 - Tentative T Cells: Memory Cells Are Quick to Respond, but Slow to Divide (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►April 2008 - Global Transcriptome and Deletome Profiles of Yeast Exposed to Transition Metals (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►April 2008 - Defining the Role of the MHC in Autoimmunity: A Review and Pooled Analysis (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►April 2008 - Pathogen Discovery (opinion) (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►April 2008 - agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►April 2008 - An Unbiased Systems Genetics Approach to Mapping Genetic Loci Modulating Susceptibility to Severe Streptococcal Sepsis (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►April 2008 - HDP—A Novel Heme Detoxification Protein from the Malaria Parasite (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►April 2008 - Chernobyl exposure as stressor during pregnancy and hormone levels in adolescent offspring - journal article (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)

►April 2008 - Chapare Virus, a Newly Discovered Arenavirus Isolated from a Fatal Hemorrhagic Fever Case in Bolivia (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►April 2008 - Primary Coenzyme Q Deficiency in Pdss2 Mutant Mice Causes Isolated Renal Disease (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

* ►March 16, 2008 - Evaluation of MHC class I peptide binding prediction servers: Applications for vaccine research (pdf) - journal article (BMC Immunology)

►March 10, 2008 - Reducing the burden of respiratory syncytial virus: An audit of the use of palivizumab prophylaxis in the UK during the September 2001–March 2002 RSV season - journal article (Journal of Neonatal Nursing)

►January 27, 2008 - A bitter pill for Big Pharma - Overdependence on 'blockbuster' drugs is taking a toll on the industry. - opinion (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times

►September 1990 - Analysis of nine known or suspected spindle poisons for mitotic chromosome malsegregation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae D61.M. - journal article (Mutagenesis)

* ►Autism Prevalence, Public Schools State Rankings, 2006-2007 School Year - Fighting Autism

►May 2008 - Immunotherapy of established (pre)malignant disease by synthetic long peptide vaccines - journal article (Nature Reviews Cancer)

►May 2008 - Patenting and licensing in genetic testing - journal article (European Journal of Human Genetics)

►May 2008 - Not always the bad guys: B cells as regulators of autoimmune pathology - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology )

►May 2008 - Resolving inflammation: dual anti-inflammatory and pro-resolution lipid mediators - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

►May 2008 - CCR7 and its ligands: balancing immunity and tolerance - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

* ►April 26, 2008 - Child dies 10 days after triple antigen vaccine - Times of India - "Amid rising concern over baby vaccines, a three-month-old baby boy died at Kambainallur village here on Friday morning, 10 days after he was given the triple antigen or DPT and Hepatitis B shots. With four baby deaths on Wednesday in Thiruvallur and Tirutani sending panic waves across the state, the grieving father of the child immediately filed a police complaint against the Kambainallur primary health centre medical staff."

* ►April 26, 2008 - One more death after vaccination - Times of India - "Dharmapuri district Collector, Amudha, told The Times of India that 70 children were given the vaccine from the batch of five. And none of the other children developed any complications. But the baby's inconsolable father, Thirunavukkarasu, a teacher in a private college, and mother, Anusuya, are convinced that the vaccine shots had killed their only child."

* ►April 26, 2008 - Children had seizures after vaccine shots, central team told - Officials interact with family members of two children - The Hindu - "After making enquiries with the affected families in Pennalurpet and nearby Plazpalayam, the team reached the Katchur PHC at around noon. The team was informed that oral polio vaccine was also administered to these children prior to the measles shot."

* ►April 26, 2008 - Cheap vaccine caused death: Jayalalithaa - Times of India - "Condemning the DMK government for 'sending the infants to their deathbeds by administering killer vaccines in the name of immunisation' she demanded that the compensation to bereaved families be hiked to Rs five lakh each. She alleged that government's complacency caused the death. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had yesterday announced an enhanced solatium of Rs three lakh each to victims' families."

* ►April 26, 2008 - Tests on vaccines to take 2 weeks - Times of India

►April 26, 2008 - Vaccine probe team visits Tiruvallur villages - Times of India

►April 26, 2008 - Centre to buy vaccines from private manufacturers - Purchase will be made, at half the market price, only for two years: Anbumani - The Hindu

* ►April 26, 2008 - FDA works with US health insurers to identify drug problems - journal article (BMJ)

* ►April 26, 2008 - Most cases of research misconduct go undetected, conference told - journal article (BMJ)

* ►April 26, 2008 - Patient and public involvement in clinical trials - Is established worldwide, but encouragement is needed to promote institutional collaboration and avoid duplication of effort - journal article (BMJ)

* ►April 26, 2008 - Paediatricians "have grave concerns" about GMC procedures for child protection work - journal article (BMJ)

* ►April 26, 2008 - Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly People - A substantial cause of preventable illness - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - UK government to spend £1bn on development research in next five years - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - How can quality of health care be safeguarded across the European Union? - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - One in five US soldiers have depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Health minister says data showing that child health in South Africa is not improving are unreliable - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Fetal RHD typing - Is fetal RHD typing in all RhD negative women cost effective? - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Screening for MRSA - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Impact of rapid screening tests on acquisition of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: cluster randomised crossover trial - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Drug Resistant Infections in Poor Countries - A major burden on children - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - One third of hepatitis B carriers in Hong Kong have severe liver fibrosis - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - FDA works with US health insurers to identify drug problems - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Charity calls on governments to give 10% of funding to people orphaned by AIDS - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Suicide and the internet - Study misses internet’s greater collection of support websites - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Low reimbursement means US doctors with many ethnic minority patients have less time for each consultation - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - BMA rejects proposal that GPs should pay cost of patients’ unnecessary visits to emergency departments - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Food price rises will increase deaths from malnutrition, Swiss foundation warns - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Radical Muslim doctors - Pure speculation is dangerous - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - Primary care trusts provide poor information for practice based commissioning - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - NHS managers call for calm in debate on polyclinics - journal article (BMJ)

►April 26, 2008 - FDA rejects Schering-Plough, Merck combo allergy drug - Reuters via The Guardian, UK

►April 26, 2008 - New immunisation practices mooted - Children to be brought to PHCs for vaccination - Details to be announced in a week - The Hindu

►April 26, 2008 - County gets funds, personnel to handle measles outbreak - Tuscon Citizen

* ►April 26, 2008 - Justify your existence: Abby Lippman. The Canadian Women's Health Network has some concerns about the government's plan to offer mass-inoculations against HPV.  Has the HPV vaccine been overhyped? - Montreal Gazette

* ►April 26, 2008 - Mary makes vital point - NEEDLES and nerves go together. - Tasmanian Mercury - "Princess Mary told a gathering at Ljubljana Palace that immunisation saved lives and she supported the WHO's push to strengthen vaccination programs in Europe....'It is right of every child to grow up healthy and vaccinated against those diseases which can so easily be controlled.'"

►April 26, 2008 - The last rites for alternative medicine? - opinion - The Telegraph, UK

* ►April 25, 2008 - Press Conference and Hearing on Autism and Vaccines - Nassau County, NY, Noon, Monday, April 28, 2008 - A-CHAMP.org - "First Local Government Hearing in the US on the Safety of Vaccines and Autism Nassau County, New York, Monday, April 28 Press Conference at Noon, Hearing at 1:30 pm Nassau County Legislature, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, NY - Legislators from the New York State Assembly, including Harvey Weisenberg, and Nassau County Legislator David Mejias, Chair of the Nassau County Legislature Health Committee will hold a press conference and hearing on the safety of vaccines and autism. Subjects will include why the state is doing nothing to enforce the New York State law championed by Mr. Weisenberg that will prohibit the use of mercury in vaccines intended for pregnant women and small children that goes into effect on July 1, What the case of Hannah Poling, a child who the federal vaccine court conceded acquired autism from vaccines, means to vaccine policy, what lies ahead. Open to the public, the more family and friends of people with autism the greater our impact will be."

* ►April 25, 2008 - Merck Vaccine Facility Cited for Problems by FDA - Newsinferno.com - "In December, Merck recalled over 1.2 million doses of defective vaccines—11 lots of PedvaxHIB vaccine and two lots of Comvax vaccine—when quality control checks revealed production equipment might not have been properly sterilized.  Merck also quarantined a nearly one-year supply of other potentially suspect doses.  Vaccines involved protect against Hib—or Haemophilus influenzae type b—disease and other conditions; Comvax also prevents against hepatitis B.  The vaccines were distributed beginning April 2007 and all but one lot was distributed in the United States.  Merck supplies about half the 14 million doses of Hib vaccine used in the U.S. annually.  FDA inspectors visited the Montgomery County plant on 30 separate occasions from November through January."

* ►April 25, 2008 - Medical panel: Restrict doctor - Buttar says he'll fight to defend his practice - Charlotte Observer - "A panel of the N.C. Medical Board recommended Thursday that Huntersville's Dr. Rashid Buttar be prohibited from treating children or patients with cancer because his alternative medicine practice is below accepted medical standards in North Carolina. The panel's recommendation, which came after two days of testimony in a public hearing, now goes to the full board, which is expected to make a final decision in July. Buttar, whose unconventional therapies include intravenous infusions of multiple chemicals, vitamins and minerals, accused the board of conducting a 'witch hunt' and vowed to 'do everything in my power to protect my patients.'"

* ►April 25, 2008 - Puducherry suspends measles vaccination programme - PTI via The Hindu

* ►April 25, 2008 - Jayalalithaa accuses T.Nadu govt. of buying low quality vaccines - PTI via The Hindu

►April 25, 2008 - Orissa stops use of defective measles vaccine - KalingaTimes.com

* ►April 25, 2008 - Dangers of polio vaccination - Great Indian Mutiny - "I talked to Dr. Hari, who is a social activist and a practicing homeo doctor from Vayanad in Kerala. He is actively involved in Anti Polio Vaccination programme and raising awareness on the subject."

* ►April 25, 2008 - Cheap vaccines killed infants: Jaya - News Today

* ►April 25, 2008 - India recalls measles vaccine after child deaths - AFP via Google

* ►April 25, 2008 - "Vaccination week in the Americas" advances on goals - Regional objective: Vaccinate 62 million people - press release - Pan American Health Organization

* ►April 25, 2008 - Government cost pressures may hamper global vaccines industry - The governments's pressure to reduce health care costs worldwide may hurt the fortunes of the vaccines industry and affect the long-term interests of the global healthcare, according to PharmaTimes. - Pharmaceutical Business Review

►April 25, 2008 - Health Department Promotes Infant Immunizations (includes video) - KSPR News

►April 25, 2008 - Rule requires shots for some students - News & Observer

►April 25, 2008 - Baby Shots - WHIZNews.com

* ►April 25, 2008 - Barbara Fischkin: Hillary Said the Word -- An Autism Mom Finally Feels Acknowledged - Huffington Post

* ►April 25, 2008 - Understanding Semmelweis by Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ►April 25, 2008 - Autism Billboards. The Point? - Age of Autism

* ►April 25, 2008 - David Kirby in Spectrum Magazine - Age of Autism

* ►April 25, 2008 - FOX26 News Presents "Life with Autism" and KHOU Channel 11 'Great Day Houston' presents "Autism and Vaccinations" - Just-Jo's LiveJournal.com

* ►April 25, 2008 - Sensory Treatment Yields Promising Results for Children with Autism - Temple University via Newswise

►April 25, 2008 - Surprising language abilities in children with autism - University of Western Ontario via www.eurekalert.org

►April 25, 2008 - Living with autism: a family's perspective - With his blond hair and blue eyes, Justin Gant looks just like any cheeky four-year-old. - www.abc.net.au

►April 25, 2008 - Health: Reading Autism clues - Parents urged to take a more active role in getting treatment - Freedom News Service via Recorder Online

* ►April 25, 2008 - Autism Treatment Center of America CEO, Himself Fully Recovered From Autism, Unleashes Part 6 of Bold 7-Part Challenge for Autism Awareness Month: Stop Denying Our Children Biomedical Treatments - Autism Treatment Center of America via Marketwire

►April 25, 2008 - New Study Ties Autism To Mercury Pollution - Strollerderby

►April 25, 2008 - Our view on pharmaceutical safety: If a drug has FDA's OK, should you be able to sue? - Allow litigation, but make it hard to win cases against drugmakers. - USA Today

* ►April 25, 2008 - State, CDC track link in child flu deaths - Two in Mass. also had fast-moving infection (requires registration) - Boston Globe - "Scientists suspect that influenza is playing a deadly role in MRSA cases: The flu virus acts almost like a doorman for the bacterium, causing changes in the respiratory tract that allow the lethal germ to sneak in and start a devastating cascade of complications. 'I've been surprised by this phenomenon of MRSA with flu, which has been really quite shocking this winter,' said Dr. Kenneth McIntosh, an infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital Boston, who said he believes there were other children with both flu and MRSA who survived. 'I think everybody's concerned about it. What to do about it is not clear.'"

* ►April 25, 2008 - Family devastated by flu bug that killed Angela - ChronicleLive, UK

►April 25, 2008 - Influence and influenza - Publisher emeritus Sam Matthews remembers Dr. Allan Powers of Dr. Powers Park fame, the physician who guided Tracy through the lethal 1918 flu epidemic. - Tracy Press

►April 25, 2008 - Indonesia holds major bird flu exercise in Bali - Reuters India

►April 25, 2008 - No more avian flu on Sask chicken farm; Canada declared free of disease - Canadian Press via Google

* ►April 25, 2008 - Meningitis girl wins damages action - The Press Association via Google

* ►April 25, 2008 - Burkina Faso: Meningitis kills 800 - afrol News

►April 25, 2008 - Health Alert: State will study high number of meningitis cases in Kern (includes video) - EyeOutForYou.com

►April 25, 2008 - City begins widespread meningitis vaccinations - Chi-Town Daily News

►April 25, 2008 - 2nd Rubella Case Discovered in Waukesha County - MyFox Milwaukee

►April 25, 2008 - Travel Health Advisory - Measles - Public Health Agency of Canada

►April 25, 2008 - Top US disease centre points finger at Switzerland for measles outbreak - The Switzerland government advice visitors from around the world for the Euro 2008 football championships, to check that they are vaccinated against measles. - The Telegraph, UK

* ►April 25, 2008 - WHO recommends measles jabs for Euro 2008 soccer fans - Reuters, UK

►April 25, 2008 - Uganda: ARVs Give HIV Postive Children, Women Hope - The Monitor (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com

►April 25, 2008 - Higher CD4 cell counts associated with lower rate of non-HIV-related diseases in patients taking antiretrovirals - Aids via Aidsmap

* ►April 25, 2008 - Indians lack genetic immunity to HIV/AIDS: Study - PTI via The Hindu - "Over 150 scientists and researchers from six CSIR laboratories were drawn for the project, which has been published in the 'Journal of Genetics.'"

* ►April 25, 2008 - Scientific Consensus on AIDS Vaccine Prospect is Bleak, Poll Reveals - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) via Business Wire via PharmaLive - "Scientific consensus on the prospect for development of an effective preventive AIDS vaccine is bleak, according to the results of a poll of AIDS researchers and scientists which was released earlier today. The poll of AIDS scientists offered significant additional credibility to the recent public call by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to halt U.S. government funding of repeatedly failing AIDS vaccine research -- which for more than 20 years has shown few results other than how not to develop a vaccine."

►April 25, 2008 - HIV stalks tea estates of Darjeeling - NDTV.com

* ►April 25, 2008 - Viruses may raise the risk of lung cancer - The Guardian, UK - "The research, by two teams working independently in the US and Israel, suggests that viruses play a greater role in cancer than previously thought. The scientists behind the studies believe the viruses may make healthy cells more vulnerable to dangerous mutations, and so exacerbate the effects of smoking and other well-known causes of cancer."

* ►April 25, 2008 - Viruses May Play A Role In Lung Cancer Development -  European Society for Medical Oncology via ScienceDaily - "All the patients in this study were also smokers, Dr. Rezazadeh notes. 'We think HPV has a role as a co-carcinogen which increases the risk of cancer in a smoking population,' he says. In another paper, Israeli researchers suggest that measles virus may also be a factor in some lung cancers. Their study included 65 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, of whom more than half had evidence of measles virus in tissue samples taken from their cancer."

►April 25, 2008 - Gilead's hepatitis B drug gets EU marketing approval - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

►April 25, 2008 - Lasik patients air grievances in front of FDA panel - CTV

►April 25, 2008 - Doctor-patient plan seems to have merit - editorial - Nashua Telegraph

►April 25, 2008 - Fluoridation’s dirty little secret - Columbia City Paper

►April 25, 2008 - Raw milk trend concerns many - Some love it, but safety isn't certain - Chicago Tribune via Detroit Free Press

►April 25, 2008 - Dust a possible C8 source, EPA study says - The Charleston Gazette

►April 25, 2008 - Detrick detox - opinion - The Frederick News-Post

►April 25, 2008 - Article by Universal Detection Technology Featured in the Counter Terrorist Magazine - Article Titled "Combating the Evolving Threat of Biological Terrorism," by Universal Detection Technology Published in Industry Publication - press release - Marketwire via CNNMoney

* ►April 25, 2008 - Despite E-mails, VA Boss Denies Cover Up - Michael Kussman, the VA’s Under Secretary For Health, Denied Any Wrong Doing During VA Lawsuit - CBS News

* ►April 25, 2008 - Guidance for Industry Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of West Nile Virus from Donors of Whole Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion and Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps) - FDA/CBER

* ►April 25, 2008 - Taking probiotics could prevent allergies - Clinical and Experimental Allergy via New Scientist

►April 25, 2008 - Getting rid of dust mites—worthwhile? - Slate Magazine - "This week, Dr. Sydney Spiesel discusses whether to get rid of dust mites, how the flu migrates, and what the risks are when taking psychiatric medication while pregnant."

►April 25, 2008 - More than 190 employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada will step-outside the office to volunteer on Community Partnership Day - CNW Telbec

* ►April 25, 2008 - Third of parents 'refuse cancer jab' - The Telegraph, UK - "One in three parents could refuse to allow their teenage daughters to receive a new cervical cancer jab amid fears about its long-term safety, a study suggests today. Hundreds of thousands of 12 and 13-year-olds are to be offered the vaccine from September as part of a drive to prevent deaths from the disease. However, early results suggest that a significant proportion of parents will not give permission for their child to receive the injection."

►April 25, 2008 - 1 in 5 parents refuse daughters' cervical cancer jab - The Guardian, UK

* ►April 25, 2008 - Promising Outlook For National UK HPV Vaccination - BMJ via Medical News Today

* ►April 25, 2008 - A fate worse than death - WDDTY What Doctors Don't Tell You Blogs - "As of March, more than 7000 incidents relating to the vaccine have been reported to the US's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, including 13 deaths, 204 hospitalizations, and, out of which, 124 young girls have been left disabled.  Commentators agree that this is merely the tip of the iceberg as it's reckoned just 10 per cent of adverse reactions ever get reported, especially if they are transitory."

* ►April 25, 2008 - Common Viruses Raise Lung Cancer Risk - Measles, HPV Linked to Development of Lung Cancer, Study Shows - WebMD - "The findings raise an intriguing question: Could an HPV vaccine similar to Gardasil, the one approved to protect women against cervical cancer, also help thwart lung cancers? Rezazadeh writes in the meeting abstract that the research 'has significant implication considering the new introduction of a HPV vaccine and its potential effect on developing NSCLC.'"

* ►April 25, 2008 - Nasal spray vaccine could prevent HPV - Daily Free Press

* ►April 25, 2008 - Make informed decision; Health unit provides moms and daughters with the facts about HPV vaccinations - Timmins Daily Press - "Obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Gordon Fraser was one of the keynote speakers during the event.  He said a lot of media have portrayed the vaccine as unsafe and it's important for parents and children to educate themselves about the truths of the vaccine. 'The biggest message for parents is that I consider this vaccine as important to the 21st century as birth control was in the 20th century,' Fraser said."

* ►April 25, 2008 - CBS4 I-Team: Vaccine Concern Part 2 (includes video) - CBS 4 - "Cronin says it is an uphill battle trying to investigate whether the Gardasil shot played any role in what has happened to Brittney. Christina Bell says Brittney's pediatrician does not believe there is a link. Now the Bell family has learned that Merck can't be sued over its Gardasil vaccine because it has been added to a federal list of vaccines recommended by the government. The vaccine manufacturers are insulated from liability. It's a fact many parents, and even some doctors, may not be aware of.  'You can't sue Merck over Gardasil,' Gillen told Dr. Siqueira. She replied, 'It's because vaccines are protected.'"

* ►April 24, 2008 - CBS4 I-Team: Vaccine Concern Part 1 (includes video) - CBS 4 - "In searching for answers as to why her daughter now suffers from a limb paralysis, Christina Bell says she couldn't shake the idea that it might somehow be tied to the HPV vaccine. She hasn't found a doctor to agree with her, including the pediatrician who recommended the shot. 'He doesn't believe it has anything to do with the shot at all,' said Bell. She says he stopped returning her calls. When the CBS4 I-Team tried calling him, he didn't return the calls. Bell began to research the vaccine herself and what she found startled her - government-compiled reports, filed from around the country, of adverse events that occurred sometimes within hours, other times within weeks, of a GARDASIL vaccination."

* ►April 24, 2008 - Efforts to Make Gardasil Mandatory Stall in Some States - Newsinferno

* ►April 24, 2008 - Newspaper: FDA found concerns at Merck vaccine plant - AP via Yahoo! - "Contaminated children's vaccines and other potentially serious concerns were spotted by federal regulators who combed Merck & Co.'s vaccine plant in the Philadelphia suburbs, according to a published report.  Unwanted fibers on vaccine vial stoppers also were among the areas of concern cited by inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in Thursday's editions....Meanwhile, a CDC spokesman said Thursday that the agency is not aware of problems with vaccines at the plant and so is not taking action."

* ►April 24, 2008 - Corps to track anthrax refusal discharges - Marine Corps Times - "Refusal to take the anthrax vaccine has cost many Marines their careers during the Pentagon’s on-, then off-, then on-again mandatory vaccination program. Exactly how many Marines rejected the vaccine and were subsequently discharged throughout the six-year mandatory program is unknown. But a request from Congress, which is seeking statistics on the number of Marines discharged for refusing the six-shot regimen, is changing that."

►April 24, 2008 - Free immunizations for children at zoo’s Family Festival - Abilene Reporter-News

►April 24, 2008 - Health officials say another 10,000 may have been exposed to hepatitis C - Las Vegas Sun

►April 24, 2008 - Marler Clark Again Calls for Mandatory Vaccinations of Food Service Workers - Marler Blog

►April 24, 2008 - RIDGEWAY: Tonight's special event is 'For Women Only' - The Journal-Register - "Michele Odrobina, a gynecologist with Medina Memorial Health Care Center, will speak to women about the importance of mammograms, the Gardasil vaccine and womens’ health. Afterward, she will answer questions."

* ►April 24, 2008 - Is it time to give up the search for an Aids vaccine? - After 25 years and billions of pounds, leading scientists are now forced to ask this question - The Independent, UK

* ►April 24, 2008 - The Independent's HIV survey: the questions and answers - The Independent, UK - "We have had about 40 replies to our HIV vaccine survey and they are still coming in."

►April 24, 2008 - "Polio is not a Virus" Rush Limbaugh Said on Radio Today - OpEdNews

►April 24, 2008 - Biotech firm gets $35 million: Products would increase immunity - News & Observer via TMCnet.com

►April 24, 2008 - Researchers Link Master Regulator Of Innate Immunity To The Hypoxic Response - University of California - San Diego, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►April 24, 2008 - Eight-legged bags of poison - Spiders, and other critters, carry mercury up the food chain - Science News

►April 24, 2008 - Casting off coal costly - Study says that cutting coal use by a third would cost the state tens of thousands of jobs and slash incomes - The Gazette

* ►April 24, 2008 - The other place bisphenol A lurks: our teeth - Health Canada says the BPA in dental fillings doesn't appear hazardous, but that hasn't stopped people from worrying (requires registration or subscription) - The Globe and Mail - "Just when they thought they could breathe easy after years of controversy concerning mercury-based fillings, dentists are finding themselves at the centre of a new debate over the safety of the alternatives. An increasing number of dentists are using sealants and fillings that may expose patients to bisphenol A, a chemical the federal government said last week is potentially dangerous and will be banned from use in plastic baby bottles."

* ►April 24, 2008 - Health News: Imminizations-Why? - Green News - "Everybody hates shots!!  Cool band-aids, “Wow you were so brave!” hugs and kisses go a long way to help as well!  The “kindergarten shots” are a milestone event!  Celebrating with a special book or ice cream cone on the way home can ease the experience. Reasons to avoid vaccines? Serious allergic reaction to a certain substance is a definite reason to avoid a particular vaccine.  Be sure to let your health care provider know if you have a serious allergic reaction to eggs, gelatin, neomycin or streptomycin, or if you have had a serious reaction to a specific vaccine in the past. Certain vaccines that contain these ingredients should be avoided.  Additionally, children and adults who have a weakened immune system generally should not receive a live virus, as they may be at risk of contracting the infection.  There are definite exceptions to this recommendation.  The MMR and varicella vaccine should be postponed for a time in folks who have recently received a blood transfusion or blood products, as the vaccine is not as effective."

* ►April 24, 2008 - City's message to parents: Don’t wait to vaccinate - Medill Reports Chicago - "If you were really sick, you would probably contact former Playboy bunny Jenny McCarthy for health advice, or watch for answers on popular television show Eli Stone, right? Both of these sources have been said to help stir the debate on the purported link between child immunization and autism, which has frightened some parents. But health experts say no connection has been proven and parents should be more careful who they listen to."

* ►April 24, 2008 - Promises, Promises: What Post-Marketing Studies? - Pharmalot

* ►April 24, 2008 - Pay To Say: Pharma And Political Conventions - Pharmalot - “The pharmaceutical guys are throwing their money around to every hot event,” a veteran Democratic fundraiser who spoke on condition of anonymity tells Politico. “They want to be there and participate, but they don’t want to be the headliner. They are too radioactive. They don’t want to draw attention to themselves.”

* ►April 24, 2008 - Merck’s Dick Clark: ‘We Have A Trust Deficit’ - Pharmalot - “There is a trust deficit we have to fix,” he tells The Star-Ledger of New Jersey when asked about the lessons learned from the Vytorin controversy. “I think everyone has a lesson to be learned from this.” He adds that drugmakers may have to become more transparent about their external spending, as well as their relationships with doctors."

►April 24, 2008 - Buckets Of Money: Biosimilars & Billions Of Dollars - Pharmalot

►April 24, 2008 - Report on the Performance of Drug and Biologics Firms in Conducting Postmarketing Commitment Studies; Availability - FDA/CBER

►April 24, 2008 - Antidepressant Overload in 'Comfortably Numb' (includes audio) - NPR

►April 24, 2008 - Nventa Completes Safety Evaluation on Final Cohort in HspE7 Phase 1 Cervical Dysplasia Trial - Nventa Biopharmaceuticals via PRNewswire-FirstCall via StreetInsider.com

►April 24, 2008 - Wyeth chairman Essner to retire; Poussot will be replacement - Wyeth names CEO Bernard Poussot to replace retiring chairman Robert Essner - AP via CNN

►April 24, 2008 - Naturopathic Alternatives to Allergies - Eyewitness News 3 WFSB

* ►April 23, 2008 - 'Conservative' pharmaceutical industry slow to take advantage of online marketing opportunities - While the internet has altered the landscape in the retail sector and revolutionized the airline industry, pharmaceutical companies have been slow to take advantage of the marketing opportunities offered by the medium. With existing sales and marketing strategies widely considered unsustainable, the industry needs to evolve and engage with its customers online, or it risks being left behind. - Computer Business Review

►April 23, 2008 - Local tots healthier than national average - The Belleville Intelligencer, Canada

►April 23, 2008 - Wyeth pulls Europe application for pneumonia drug - Reuters

►April 23, 2008 - First Atomic-Level Look at a Protein That Causes Brain Disease - Ohio State University via Biocompare

►April 23, 2008 - Doctors make advances against autism - New York Daily News

►April 23, 2008 - City School District tends to autistic students' needs, talents - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

* ►April 23, 2008 - Interference at the EPA - Science and Politics at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Union of Concerned Scientists

►April 21, 2008 - New Antibiotic Class Proves Effective Against MRSA - Therapeutics to take PT1.2 lead candidate into clinic - Business Wire via Biocompare

►April 18, 2008 - Autism Awareness Month - For a lifetime - The Madison Times

►April 18, 2008 - Global Challenges | Guardian Examines Detention of 11 HIV-Positive People in China, Country's Response to HIV/AIDS - www.kaisernetwork.org

►April 16-30, 2008 - Mission immunisation - There are many diseases that can be prevented by vaccination, but are the supply demands being met? In the light of recent closures of three government vaccine production units, Suja Nair explores ground realities - Express Pharma

►April 16, 2008 - Battles Over Bisphenol A - DefendingScience.org

►April 14, 2008 - Autism on the rise - Prevalence, awareness of condition growing in U.S. - Journal Register News Service via Daily Tribune

►April 14, 2008 - High Cholesterol In Your 40s Increases Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease - American Academy of Neurology via PRNewswire via Biocompare

►April 10, 2008 - A case-control evaluation of the ketogenic diet versus ACTH for new-onset infantile spasms. - journal article (Epilepsia)

►April 6, 2008 - Man with suicide victim's heart takes own life - He even married the donor's widow after the transplant 12 years ago - AP via MSNBC

►April 6, 2008 - Derivation of a bisphenol A oral reference dose (RfD) and drinking-water equivalent concentration. - review -  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health via Our Stolen Future

►April 5, 2008 - Natural Trans Fats Have Health Benefits, New Study Shows - University of Alberta, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►April 3, 2008 - Review raises questions over aspartame and brain health - Excessive intake of aspartame may inhibit the ability of enzymes in the brain to function normally, suggests a new review that could fan the flames of controversy over the sweetener. - Food Quality News

* ►April 2008 - Mitochondria in Autism - Two categories: disorder and dysfunction - Advances in Autism Research compiled by Teresa Binstock for ARI via www.autism.com

* ►April 2008 - Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress, and Pollutants including Thimerosal - Advances in Autism Research compiled by Teresa Binstock for ARI via www.autism.com

* ►April 2008 - Mitochondria and Air Pollution - Advances in Autism Research compiled by Teresa Binstock for ARI via www.autism.com

* ►April 2008 - Mitochondria and Antibiotics - Advances in Autism Research compiled by Teresa Binstock for ARI via www.autism.com

* ►April 2008 - Elite HIV patients offer vaccine clue - Montreal scientists uncover how infected patients stay AIDS-free - National Review of Medicine

►April 2008 - The pace of conservation (requires registration) - Endangered species need time and science to survive a world altered by human disturbance; Margaret Guthrie reviews "Darwin's Fox and My Coyote" - The Scientist

►April 2008 - A cancer biologist recalls his work on immunosuppression. (requires registration) - The Scientist

►December 2006 - Mitochondrial neuro-gastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome. - journal article (Indian Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 24, 2006 - Thimerosal Linked To Immune System Dysfunction - University of California, Davis via ScienceDaily

►September 2005 - Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy. - journal article (The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology)

►June 9, 2004 - Thimerosal, Found In Childhood Vaccines, Can Increase The Risk Of Autism-like Damage In Mice - Molecular Psychiatry via ScienceDaily

►May 2004 - Paradoxical decrease of mitochondrial DNA deletions in epithelial cells of active ulcerative colitis patients - journal article (American Journal of Physiology and Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)

►April 2004 - Characteristics of intermittent mitochondrial transport in guinea pig enteric nerve fibers - journal article (American Journal of Physiology and Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)

►March 2003 - Role of mitochondrial dysfunction in hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis of intestinal epithelial cells - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

►December 2002 - Effects of hydrogen peroxide on mitochondrial gene expression of intestinal epithelial cells. - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

►October 15, 2002 - Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a diabetic man: role of the mitochondrial A3243G mutation. - letters (pdf) - journal article (Annals of Internal Medicine)

►June 2002 - A case of impairment of mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation. (pdf) - journal article (The Keio Journal of Medicine)

►January 2001 - Mitochondrial enteropathy: the primary pathology may not be within the gastrointestinal tract. - journal article (Gut)

►April 1999 - Cell-specific expression of mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase in the human and rat gastrointestinal tract. - journal article (Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry)

►August 1998 - Dietary protein level regulates expression of the mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase in rats. - journal article (The Journal of Nutrition)

►September 1997 - Mitochondrial damage: a possible mechanism of the "topical" phase of NSAID induced injury to the rat intestine. - journal article (Gut)

►December 1995 - Tissue-specific regulation by vitamin D status of nuclear and mitochondrial gene expression in kidney and intestine. - journal article (Endocrinology)

►June 1995 - Mitochondrial gene expression in small intestinal epithelial cells. - journal article (The Biochemical Journal)

►November 1993 - Gene structure of human mitochondrial ATP synthase gamma-subunit. Tissue specificity produced by alternative RNA splicing. - journal article (Journal of Biological Chemistry)

►June 1992 - Mitochondrial gene expression in the human gastrointestinal tract - journal article (Journal of Cell Science)

►June 1991 - Glutathione deficiency decreases tissue ascorbate levels in newborn rats: ascorbate spares glutathione and protects (pdf) - journal article (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science)

►March 1991 - Glutathione deficiency leads to mitochondrial damage in brain (pdf) - journal article (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science)

►July 1989 - Glutathione metabolism in the lung: inhibition of its synthesis leads to lamellar body and mitochondrial defects. - journal article (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science)

►March 1984 - The oxidation of glutamine and glutamate in relation to anion transport in enterocyte mitochondria. - journal article (The Biochemical Journal)

►January 1973 - Inhibition of mitochondrial-protein synthesis in rat small-intestinal epithelium. - journal article (European Journal of Biochemistry)

►February 1970 - The relationship between mitochondrial structural changes and respiration rate in intact mucosal cells. - journal article (The Biochemical Journal)

►Timeline: BPA from Invention to Phase-Out - Environmental Working Group

►EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) - US EPA

►Nurses' Health: A survey on health & chemical exposures. - A nationwide survey of more than 1,500 nurses suggests associations between the health of nurses and their children from nurses' long-term exposures. Nurses report increased rates of asthma, miscarriage and certain cancers, as well as cancers and birth defects in their children. - Environmental Working Group.

►United Nations Panel Discussion on Global Awareness of Autism: Challenges, Responsibilities, Actions (includes video) - Autism Speaks

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