►October 2008 - The Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom (OCS) scale of the Child Behavior Checklist: A comparison between Swedish children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder from a specialized unit, regular outpatients and a school sample - journal article (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)

►September 1, 2008 - Chadwick: HPV Programme Launch - Speech: New Zealand Government via Scoop.co.nz

►September 1, 2008 - Young Women First for Free Cervical Cancer Vaccine - Press Release: Counties Manukau District Health Board via Scoop.co.nz

* ►September 2008 - Poor Immune Responses to a Birth Dose of Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

►September 2008 - Phage display for site-specific immunization and characterization of high-risk human papillomavirus specific E7 monoclonal antibodies - journal article (Journal of Immunological Methods)

►September 2008 - Augmented Phl p 5-specific Th2 response after exposure of dendritic cells to allergen in complex with specific IgE compared to IgG1 and IgG4 - journal article (Clinical Immunology)

►September 2008 - Challenges in Developing Novel Treatments for Childhood Disorders: Lessons from Research on Anxiety - journal article (Neuropsychopharmacology)

►September 2008 - Multicenter prospective study of the humoral autoimmune response in bullous pemphigoid - journal article (Clinical Immunology)

* ►August 31, 2008 - Back To School Worries By Anne Dachel - Age of Autism - "I find it interesting that Fox News and Marc Siegel think that unvaccinated kids spreading the measles virus should be parents' number one worry.  Maybe Fox News would like to know what parents of children who have autism have on their minds every minute of the day as this school year begins. The list would be incredibly long, certainly a lot more than seven items.  I'm starting off with a couple of things I painfully remember from when my son was in school, before I ended up home schooling because I simply couldn't handle the stress."

* ►August 31, 2008 - Dr. Jay Gordon Responds to Dr. David Gorski and the Anons - Age of Autism

►August 31, 2008 - Historical Nationwide Walk for Autism to Pass Through Missouri - Age of Autism

* ►August 31, 2008 - Flint teen becomes center of debate over Gardasil cervical vaccine - The Flint Journal via MLive.com - "Sammie and Matia White thought they were following the law when they got their 17-year-old daughter vaccinated with Gardasil. 'The doctor told my wife it was mandatory. She said our daughter had to get the shot,' Sammie White said....'She started having headaches, she was irritable,' Sammie White said. 'She just changed.' Willams received her first shot in December, and by February she had broken out with a rash all over her body and her hands and feet were swollen due to poor circulation, her father said. Since the shot, she's also been diagnosed with connective tissue disorder, a form of lupus. Sammie White recently said the family received news that Williams may lose her finger tips."

* ►August 31, 2008 - "Winning words" - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity - "Much of what is presumed to be 'quality clinical evidence' with regard to children, is nothing more than a drug prescribed off-label, on the basis of anecdotal medical observation, and medical hunches.  Peer review is a sick joke. Ask the question as to why it is the influenza vaccine is still used."

* ►August 31, 2008 - Russian Allergy-Free Anti-Flu Vaccine Coming Soon - How will this new Russian anti-flu vaccine differ from existing ones? - Inventorspot

* ►August 31, 2008 - Lost hearts and minds - Scotland on Sunday - "Alex Moffat shared a barracks room in Northern Ireland with three men, all of whom were killed by the IRA in 1988. What got him, though, was being injected with anthrax vaccine during the first Gulf War. The last thing he remembers was beginning to put his shirt back on when he collapsed with anaphylactic shock. He was rushed to the tented hospital, where he was found to be paralysed. Knowing he would be unable to put on a respirator in the event of a chemical attack, he was put inside a body bag and this was zipped up over his head whenever the warning sounded. Inside the bag, inside his head, he panicked. He lay there looking through the little plastic screen at all the nurses and soldiers running around with guns and gas masks. Sometimes, nurses would sit on either side of him and rub his arms through the bag, trying to comfort him. Though he later recovered from the paralysis, this seems to have gone on for a fortnight, and the cluster of sensations from that time now form the basis for his frequent flashbacks and nightmares."

►August 31, 2008 - Bloodroot, Chinese Medicine, and the FDA - Keeping the Public Medically Ignorant - NaturalNews.com

* ►August 31, 2008 - Children entering school without all vaccinations - Scripps Howard News Service via Reporter News - "The CDC survey system reported that at least 76,000 middle school students around the country started the last school year with exemptions that allowed them to be incompletely vaccinated. The surveys are incomplete because not all school districts in all states file complete reports to the CDC."..."I'm afraid those numbers may more accurately reflect what's happening with the vaccination of young children," said Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases and head of the vaccine institute at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. "It's unlikely that many will catch up before they enter school, and with exemptions so easily granted, they don't have to. "Referring to the protection of the entire population, Offit says he's afraid "we've already dropped below the level of vaccine coverage where herd immunity exists for some diseases. At some point, we're going to be forced to decide whether it is an inalienable right to catch and transmit potentially fatal infections."

* ►August 31, 2008 - Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical ills - AP - "With mental health side effects, one of the first questions scientists ask is whether a drug can affect the brain. Not all do, because the brain is protected by a cellular barrier that keeps out many substances circulating in the blood. Neurontin does work in the human brain. With Singulair, Merck said tests on rats showed that minimal amounts enter the brain, and there is no data on humans."

►August 31, 2008 - Shortage of rabies treatments for humans prompts stricter guidelines (requires registration) - Waco Tribune

* ►August 31, 2008 - Fish oil appears to help against heart failure - AP via Yahoo!

►August 31, 2008 - New health centres for the children - Torres News, AU - "There has been a rapid escalation in the incidence of type 2 diabetes, renal disease, and other chronic diseases worldwide," Mr Robertson said. "This part of Queensland is not immune to these problems. "We owe it to our children and grandchildren to provide them with a health care system, and an attitude to preventative health care, that offers them a brighter future."

►August 31, 2008 - Death linked to outbreak - Grande Prairie woman fell victim to listeriosis strain in meat recall - Edmonton Sun

►August 31, 2008 - No More Big Stink: Scent Lures Mosquitoes, But Humans Can't Smell It - Mosquito traps that reek like latrines may be no more. A University of California, Davis research team led by chemical ecologist Walter Leal has discovered a low-cost, easy-to-prepare attractant that lures blood-fed mosquitoes without making humans hold their noses. - University of California - Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources via ScienceDaily

* ►August 30, 2008 - Catholic schools to discuss jabs for girls - New Zealand Herald - "Any risk associated with it is to do with the parents. Like any vaccination, it doesn't last forever _ we're happy to support it, because cervical cancer is such a big infliction to New Zealand women."

* ►August 30, 2008 - Polysorbate 80 and Histidine, a marriage of disaster - Renew America - "Now let us put this together with what I just gave you about surfactants and histamine you now have the possibility of a lethal, in my opinion, reaction of blood clots. According to the data that I have it proves to me that clotting does not necessarily happen because a girl is taking birth control pills during the time she received the Gardasil vaccination. This clotting has the real chance of happening because of the surfactant and histamine reaction in the body. Not because of the birth control. I do not know how long it can take a blood clot to travel in the body. Nor do I know if this is the cause to the blood clots but it is pretty coincidental in my opinion. I think that Gardasil and this new relationship should be studied further before any more girls die or have a severe reaction to this vaccine."

►August 30, 2008 - Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections - redOrbit

►August 30, 2008 - Keeping up with the genes tests ... My search for the time bomb in our family - Daily Mail, UK

►August 30, 2008 - Vitamin D deficiency back as childhood threat - Breast-fed babies may need more sun - The New York Times via Pioneer Press

►August 30, 2008 - Deciding whether to keep sick children home or send them to school is a common dilemma (requires registration) - Grand Forks Herald

►August 30, 2008 - Farm pregnancy 'cuts asthma risk' - Living on a farm during pregnancy may help reduce the chance of the child developing asthma, eczema and even hayfever, say scientists. - BBC

►August 30, 2008 - Amniotic fluid infections linked to premature births (requires registration) - Researchers find a greater number and variety of bacteria and fungi in a notable portion of women with pre-term deliveries. The more severe the infection, the earlier they were likely to give birth. - Los Angeles Times

►August 30, 2008 - DNR: Dying deer a mystery - State running tests for cause of about 20 deaths in a three-week period along Clinton River. - The Detroit News

* ►August 30, 2008 - Anthrax Could Terrorize Again - OpEdNews

►August 30, 2008 - Salmonella kills one, leaves 87 ill in Quebec - Cheese Recall - Canwest News Service - National Post

* ►August 29, 2008 - A Vaccine Timeline: The Global Experiment - Exploring Vaccines

* ►August 29, 2008 - Two-thirds of mumps cases likely going undetected - People who have mild or no symptoms are out spreading virus, health officer says, 'and there's ... nothing we can do about that' (requires registration or subscription) - The Globe and Mail

* ►August 29, 2008 - Parents still snubbing MMR jab - EADT 24, UK

►August 29, 2008 - Vice President Sarah Palin, Mother of a Beautiful Boy with Downs Syndrome - Adventures in Autism

* ►August 29, 2008 - Flu jab that costs £115m a year does not cut death rate in elderly - Mail on Sunday, UK

►August 29, 2008 - Flu shot does not cut risk of death in elderly - Reuters

►August 29, 2008 - Nicholas D. Kristof: The media's balancing act - op-ed - New York Times via International Herald Tribune - "Dr. Ivins is a case in point: Some of his friends and family are convinced of his innocence and believe the F.B.I. hounded him to death. And the evidence against him, while interesting, is circumstantial. Shouldn’t a presumption of innocence continue when a person is dead and can no longer defend himself?"

* ►August 29, 2008 - Katherine Heerbrandt - If not Ivins ... - column - The Frederick News-Post

►August 29, 2008 - Food inspectors think daily meat inspections unnecessary: Agency - News comes as 9th person linked to listeriosis outbreak dies - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

* ►August 29, 2008 - Cost, fear among obstacles to vaccinating kids locally - The Columbus Dispatch - "Twenty years ago, vaccines prevented seven diseases. Today, there are immunizations for 16 diseases, said Debbie Coleman, assistant health commissioner at Columbus Public Health. The price to fully vaccinate a child in 1985 was $45. Now it's more than $1,000, she said. "Insurance coverage has not kept pace with childhood vaccines," Coleman said. "Most policies barely cover the cost of keeping a child vaccinated and well-child care."

* ►August 29, 2008 - Immunization for HPV unneeded - Prince George Citizen - "The fact is that HPV is not a public health crisis, according to Dr. Abby Lippman, Canadian epidemiologist. She states: “The (HPV) immunization program is premature and could have unintended negative consequences both now and in the future.”

►August 29, 2008 - Youngest Students Need Flu Shots In New Jersey - New Law Designed To Protect Against Spread Of Disease - NBC10.com

►August 29, 2008 - Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic' mutations - Wellcome Trust via EurekAlert!

* ►August 29, 2008 - Oseltamivir and Zanamivir Equally Effective Against Influenza in Children CME (requires registration) - Reuters via Medscape Pediatrics

* ►August 29, 2008 - Glaxo Loses Preemption Ruling In Paxil Suicide - Pharmalot - "On September 14, 2002, 16-year-old Jake Garrison shot himself to death, eight months after first being prescribed the Paxil antidepressant. And so a lawsuit was filed against Glaxo, claiming the drugmaker knew there were risks associated with off-label use pediatric use of Paxil and, therefore, had a duty to warn of those risks. However, Glaxo cited preemption as a reason for the suit to be dismissed. Preemption is the legal notion that FDA approval of a drug supercedes state law claims challenging safety, efficacy, or labeling."

* ►August 29, 2008 - Risk Of SIDS Is Twice-Linked To Smoking During Pregnancy - American Thoracic Society via Medical News Today

* ►August 29, 2008 - Novartis takes $235 million charge after stopping trial - Reuters via The Boston Globe

►August 29, 2008 - The battle to secure our borders against a tiny, but lethal, enemy force - The Sydney Morning Herald

►August 29, 2008 - Kawasaki disease diagnosis ends mystery - Pioneer Press

►August 29, 2008 - UT Southwestern Researchers Find Antidepressants Need New Nerve Cells To Be Effective - UT Southwestern Medical Center via Medical News Today

►August 29, 2008 - Name That Drug? Not In These Ads… - Pharmalot

►August 29, 2008 - Fort Pierce dad accused of murdering his infant son - TCPalm

►August 29, 2008 - Multidisciplinary Treatment of Epilepsy: Important Considerations for Neurologists, Primary Care Physicians, Nurses, and Pharmacists (requires registration) (full text) - Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery via Medscape Medical News

►August 29, 2008 - High Rates of Psychiatric Disorders Among Young Offenders (requires registration) - Psychiatric Services via Medscape Medical News

►August 29, 2008 - What Clinicians Should Know About Generic Antiepileptic Drugs (requires registration) - Psychiatric Services via Medscape Medical News

* ►August 29, 2008 - Gardasil - whiter than white - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity - "What happens when Merck is unhappy with Gardasil immunization rates in USA are sub-par? It would appear that strings are pulled so that the National Institute of Health hands over $2.08 million dollars to Florida based Moffit Research Institute, to study the problem."

* ►August 28, 2008 - Gardasil - more thoughts - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity - "Perhaps it should be mandatory that girls are tested for blood sugar levels with a finger stick before a Gardasil shot, and if they faint, they are retested again. IF this vaccine affects the pancreas in some patients, how are the medical authorities to know? The women reported in the Medical Journal of Australia had 'stomach pain'. Which meant exactly what? How many of the rest of the young women who fainted, also had stomach pains, but were told they were being hysterical?"

* ►August 28, 2008 - Notice: Consolidated Vaccine Information Materials for Multiple Infant Vaccines; Revised Instructions for Use of Vaccine Information Statements - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of  Health and Human Services (HHS) via www.pharmcast.com - "With six vaccines recommended for infants from birth through 6 months of age--all covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program--CDC, as required under 42 U.S.C. 300aa-26, developed Vaccine Information Statements for each of those vaccines. CDC proposed an alternative consolidated Vaccine Information Statement covering those six vaccines in one document, which providers could choose to use instead of the existing individual Vaccine Information Statements for the same vaccines."

* ►August 28, 2008 - Pharma Patents And Why Indonesia Is Hoarding Bird Flu Samples - Techdirt - "Indonesia is now taking this a step further, claiming "viral sovereignty" over the bird flu. In other words, it's claiming that since the virus samples are found in the country, Indonesia owns the virus -- and it's fighting pretty much every attempt by others to do anything with the virus, sometimes using questionable claims such as one about how a US medical research facility is trying to use the virus not to create a cure, but to create biological weapons. It's basing this claim of "viral sovereignty" on the same ridiculous patent rules that allow a country to claim "ownership" and patents over indigenous plants."

►August 28, 2008 - Shots are nothing to shy away from with the right approach - "Getting shots may seem burdensome and even downright scary to some children, but they protect children against dangerous and deadly diseases." - News-Medical.Net

►August 28, 2008 - Tips to ease immunizations for kids -  News10 WHEC-TV Rochester, NY

►August 28, 2008 - Managing drug resistant tuberculosis - journal article (BMJ)

►August 28, 2008 - Translational research - From evidence based medicine to sustainable solutions for public health problems - journal article (BMJ)

►August 28, 2008 - Advances in ADHD Management: Challenges of Adolescent ADHD CME (requires registration) - Medscape Pediatrics

►August 28, 2008 - Common treatment to delay labor decreases preterm infants' risk for cerebral palsy - Intravenous magnesium sulfate supplementation before preterm delivery cuts the risk for handicapping cerebral palsy in half, according to research led by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) obstetrician Dwight Rouse, M.D., and published in the Aug. 28 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. - NEJM via Physorg

►August 28, 2008 - Newborn screening for fragile X will start at UCD - The California Aggie

►August 28, 2008 - Mental Decline not Always Dementia - Neurology via Ivanhoe

►August 28, 2008 - Social factors key to ill health - BBC

►August 28, 2008 - Notice (C): Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing - National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►August 28, 2008 - FBI's August 18 Briefing: full text - Anthrax Vaccine - posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

►August 28, 2008 - Our view on protecting the public: Anthrax case exposes holes in security at weapons labs - Scientist’s odd behavior should have triggered greater scrutiny. - USA Today

►August 28, 2008 - Aiea company on track to slow down anthrax (includes video) - KHNL NBC 8 Honolulu

* ►August 28, 2008 - Vaccine objectors have varied backgrounds - letter - Vancouver Sun - "That reporter Pamela Fayerman felt it acceptable to take Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin's comments and twist them into a smear of 'unnamed Christian fundamentalist groups' is reprehensible. There are many good reasons why intelligent people from all socio-economic and faith backgrounds may decide not to immunize themselves or their children against one or more diseases. Better research into why people choose not to vaccinate would have made a more interesting article."

►August 27, 2008 - 2 mysteries conveniently solved - letter - Arizona Republic

►August 27, 2008 - Grand jury to view tot's death - Fulton judge rules facts sufficient to hold slaying suspect, Jay John Barboni. - Oswego County News via Syracuse.com - "Barboni told Kinney he checked on the child at 8 p.m. and couldn't tell if he was breathing. He said Nicholas had had seizures in the past. "He told me (Nicholas) was on his side and drooling," Kinney said. Barboni did not call 911, he said, but he did call the child's mother."

►August 27, 2008 - Clinical ethics comes of age - journal article (BMJ)

►August 27, 2008 - Public health exposes jargon epidemic - journal article (BMJ)

►August 27, 2008 - Stigma associated with mental illness in Canada is a national embarrassment - journal article (BMJ)

►August 27, 2008 - Smoking cessation officer is jailed in NHS fraud case - journal article (BMJ)

►August 27, 2008 - In NYC, new HIV infections 3 times national rate - AP via Yahoo!

►August 27, 2008 - Black Raspberries Slow Cancer by Altering Hundreds of Genes - Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Research News

►August 27, 2008 - Milestone reached in search for deafness cure - NewScientist

* ►August 27, 2008 - Is FDA Interested in the Safety of Anthrax Vaccine? - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D. - "FDA answered a Freedom of Information Act request for me today. I asked how many adverse event reports had been filed for anthrax vaccine (5,931 reports through July 22, 2008) and how many FDA had designated as SERIOUS (618 reports). Serious reports are those indicating an event requiring hospitalization, a life-threatening event, permanent disability, or loss of life."

►August 26, 2008 - Poor economy means more Americans have trouble paying medical bills - journal article (BMJ)

►August 26, 2008 - Antihypertensive ARB Therapy Protects Children and Against Alzheimer's -- But What About Endothelin Antagonists or Genes? (requires registration) - Medscape Pediatrics

►August 26, 2008 - Anthrax probe prompts concerns about military labs - CIDRAP News

►August 26, 2008 - Oral Administration Of Lactobacillus From Breast Milk May Treat Common Infection In Lactating Mothers - Oral administration of lactobacillus strains found in breast milk may provide an alternative method to antibiotics for effectively treating mastitis, a common infection that occurs in lactating mothers say researchers from Spain. - American Society for Microbiology, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

* ►August 25, 2008 - Judicial Watch reports on the Gardasil public health experiment - AAPS News of the Day

►August 25, 2008 - Christians refuse mumps vaccine, fuel outbreak: Officials - Canwest News Service via Calgary Herald via Canada.com

►August 25, 2008 - How to clear confusion from food allergy warnings - AP via Yahoo!

►August 25, 2008 - Anti-Cancer Flower Power - Tel Aviv University researchers are combatting cancer with a jasmine-based drug - American Friends of Tel Aviv University

►August 25, 2008 - Auricular acupuncture for insomnia: a systematic review - journal article (International Journal of Clinical Practice)

* ►August 22, 2008 - 7 Reasons to Worry as Your Kids Head Back to School - Summer has flown by faster than the tide washes away a sand castle, and it’s time for adolescents and teens to head back to school. - FOX News - "Here are seven concerns parents should address both before and during the school year: 1. The anti-vaccination movement. Misinformation about vaccines being linked to autism has spread like wildfire. As a result, some parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children. The result: diseases that were on the decline, like measles, are once again on the upswing. 'The anti-vaccination movement is based on irrational fears and is absolutely destructive,' Siegel said. 'Vaccines are mainly for the sake of the herd, but no one cares about the community. However, if you want to protect the entire population, you have to vaccinate.'"

►August 21, 2008 - Does Breast-Feeding Improve Child Cognitive Development? (requires registration) - The Medscape Journal of Medicine

►August 18, 2008 - Vitamin D's wild days: Who to test, what to take? - AP via Yahoo!

* ►August 16, 2008 - Fattest children to be taken away from their parents - The Independent, UK

* ►August 12, 2008 - ‘Elite’ woman may hold key to AIDS vaccine - Reuters via MSNBC

* ►August 12, 2008 - Title: Immunologically active polypeptides with altered toxicity useful for the preparation of an antipertussis vaccine (patent) - Vical Incorporated (San Diego, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►August 12, 2008 - Title: Codon-optimized polynucleotide-based vaccines against human cytomegalovirus infection (patent) - Vical Incorporated (San Diego, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Adenovirus serotype 30 (Ad30) (patent) - University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, IA) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Cold-adapted equine influenza viruses (patent) - The University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, PA) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Materials and methods relating to fusion proteins for inducing an immune response (patent) - Cancer Research Technology Limited (London, GB) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Assays and therapies for latent viral infection (patent) - Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, OK)
 via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Cold-adapted equine influenza viruses (patent) - The University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, PA) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Apparatus for electroporation mediated delivery for drugs and genes (patent) - Genetronics, Inc. (San Diego, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Transgenic algae for delivering antigens to an animal (patent) - Phycotransgenics, LLC (Bloomington, IN), The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (patent) - The University of Queensland (Brisbane, AU) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - Title: Cancerous disease modifying antibodies (patent) - Arius Research Inc (Toronto, Ontario, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►August 12, 2008 - New Mitochondrial Research Could Transform Medicine - The One Click Group

►August 8, 2008 - Are cell phones the next cigarettes? - It took years for the hazards of smoking to come to light. Now there's debate over the safety of mobile phones, but studies on their possible health effects are far from definitive. - Business Week via MSN Money

►August 6, 2008 - When a little poison is good for you (free preview) - New Scientist

►August 4, 2008 - Risk Factors for Meningococcal Disease in Students in Grades 9-12 (requires registration) (full text) - The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal via Medscape Pediatrics

►August 2008 - How Light Deprivation Causes Depression - Neuronal death may be the mechanism underlying seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - Scientific American

►August 2008 - Discriminating between Varicella-Zoster Virus Vaccine and Wild-Type Strains by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification - journal article (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)

* ►August 2008 - Superior Immunogenicity of Inactivated Whole Virus H5N1 Influenza Vaccine is Primarily Controlled by Toll-like Receptor Signalling (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►August 2008 - HIV Vaccine Development in the Aftermath of the STEP Study: Re-Focus on Occult HIV Infection? (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►August 2008 - Molecular Epidemiology of A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 Influenza Virus during a Single Epidemic Season in the United States (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►August 2008 - H5N1 and 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Infection Results in Early and Excessive Infiltration of Macrophages and Neutrophils in the Lungs of Mice (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Host Determinant Residue Lysine 627 Lies on the Surface of a Discrete, Folded Domain of Influenza Virus Polymerase PB2 Subunit (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Reassortant H5N1 Influenza Virus in Indonesia (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Evidence of Infection by H5N2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Healthy Wild Waterfowl (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Vaccinia Virus Proteins A52 and B14 Share a Bcl-2–Like Fold but Have Evolved to Inhibit NF-κB rather than Apoptosis (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Bacillus anthracis Secretes Proteins That Mediate Heme Acquisition from Hemoglobin (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Accelerated High Fidelity Prion Amplification Within and Across Prion Species Barriers (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - A C-Terminal Protease-Resistant Prion Fragment Distinguishes Ovine “CH1641-Like” Scrapie from Bovine Classical and L-Type BSE in Ovine Transgenic Mice (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase-Akt Pathway Controls Cellular Entry of Ebola Virus (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - XIAP Regulates Cytosol-Specific Innate Immunity to Listeria Infection (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Crystal Structure of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in Complex with the Cell Surface Co-Receptor GT1b—Insight into the Toxin–Neuron Interaction (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Structure of the Head of the Bartonella Adhesin BadA (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Commensal-Induced Regulatory T Cells Mediate Protection against Pathogen-Stimulated NF-κB Activation (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Human Cytomegalovirus UL18 Utilizes US6 for Evading the NK and T-Cell Responses (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein Protects from Systemic Candida Infection (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►August 2008 - Genome-Wide Scan on Total Serum IgE Levels Identifies FCER1A as Novel Susceptibility Locus (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►August 2008 - A Catalog of Neutral and Deleterious Polymorphism in Yeast (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►August 2008 - Off-Target Effects of Psychoactive Drugs Revealed by Genome-Wide Assays in Yeast (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►August 2008 - Irritable bowel syndrome subtypes differ in body awareness, psychological symptoms and biochemical stress markers - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

►July/August 2008 - Change in prevalence of atopic dermatitis between 1986 and 2001 among children - journal article (Allergy and Asthma Proceedings)

►December 1, 2004 - NVKP survey (pdf) - www.thinktwice.com - "The NVKP (Nederlandse Vereniging Kritisch Prikken) [in English: Dutch Association for Conscientious Vaccination] is an independent association made up of therapists, doctors and parents, amongst others. The NVKP’s aim is freedom of choice for parents when it comes to vaccinating their children, based on honest, comprehensive and independent information. We view the current ‘one size fits all’ vaccination policy with great concern. The NVKP is therefore urging the adoption of more thorough independent research by representatives from different disciplines."

* ►Fear of the Invisible - a book by Janine Roberts - An Investigative Journey into a reckless and contaminated Medical Industry - Whale.to

* ►MMR Vaccine Contaminated by Janine Roberts Monday, 18 August 2008 01:37 extract from her book Fear of the Invisible - Whale.to

* ►Highly contaminated vaccines - http://jabs.org.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2855 - Written by Janine Roberts Monday, 18 August 2008 01:47 Extract from chapter of the book Fear of the Invisible - Whale.to

►Vaccines, Good Health and Bad Science - Janine Roberts - website

* ►September 2008 - Eosinophilic Myocarditis Temporally Associated With Conjugate Meningococcal C and Hepatitis B Vaccines in Children. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►September 2008 - Serious Neurologic Sequelae in Cases of Meningitis Arising From Infection by Conjugate Vaccine-Related and Nonvaccine-Related Serogroups of Streptococcus pneumoniae. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►September 2008 - Vaccine-Strain Varicella Zoster Virus Causing Recurrent Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent 2-Year-Old. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►September 2008 - FLIP-2 Study: Risk Factors Linked to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Requiring Hospitalization in Premature Infants Born in Spain at a Gestational Age of 32 to 35 Weeks. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►September 2008 - Neonatal Meningoencephalitis Caused by Bacillus Cereus. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►September 2008 - Extensive Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Among Children on a School Bus. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►September 2008 - Epidemiolgoy of New Cases of HIV-1 Infection in Children Referred to the Metropolitan Pediatric Hospital in Washington, DC. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►September 2008 - Possible Intrafamilial Transmission of Toxocara Casuing Eosinophilic Meningitis in an Infant. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►September 2008 - Food Poisoning as a Cause of Acute Liver Failure. - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►September 2008 - The endoplasmic reticulum stress response in immunity and autoimmunity - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

* ►September 2008 - Vitamin effects on the immune system: vitamins A and D take centre stage - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology) - "Finally, we discuss the clinical potential of vitamin A and D metabolites for modulating tissue-specific immune responses and for preventing and/or treating inflammation and autoimmunity."

►September 2008 - Serotonergic transcriptional programming determines maternal behavior and offspring survival - journal article (Nature Neuroscience)

►September 2008 - Synaptic release of GABA by AgRP neurons is required for normal regulation of energy balance - journal article (Nature Neuroscience)

►September 2008 - GABAergic synapses are formed without the involvement of dendritic protrusions - journal article (Nature Neuroscience)

►September 2008 - The X-files in immunity: sex-based differences predispose immune responses - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

►September 2008 - Pediatric multiple sclerosis. - journal article (Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports)

►September 2008 - Can early postpartum home visits by trained community health workers improve breastfeeding of newborns? - journal article (Journal of Perinatology)

►August 30, 2008 - Hurricane Evacuation Information for Autism Families - Age of Autism

►August 30, 2008 - A Note from the Editors By Mark Blaxill - Age of Autism

►August 30, 2008 - Derek Kravitz on Measles in Washington Post - Age of Autism

* ►August 29, 2008 - Parents Protest Increase In Required Vaccinations (audio) - National Public Radio

* ►August 29, 2008 - Give cervical cancer jab to teenage boys 'to stop disease spreading' - Daily Mail, UK - "Dr Paul Yeo said the Government vaccination programme should be widened because they risked leaving a 'pool of infected individuals' who could spread the virus to women later in life when the effect of the vaccination has potentially worn off."

* ►August 29, 2008 - Flu shot does not reduce risk of death - American Thoracic Society via EurekAlert! - "The widely-held perception that the influenza vaccination reduces overall mortality risk in the elderly does not withstand careful scrutiny, according to researchers in Alberta. The vaccine does confer protection against specific strains of influenza, but its overall benefit appears to have been exaggerated by a number of observational studies that found a very large reduction in all-cause mortality among elderly patients who had been vaccinated."

* ►August 29, 2008 - Blaming the Media for Gardasil Hype (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►August 29, 2008 - Vaccines Seek to Offer Cradle-to-Grave Protection - While the shots still save young lives, advances look to protect older folks, too - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

* ►August 29, 2008 - Brazilian Representative Seeks Answers Regarding Suspicious Vaccination Program - Pro-Abortion World Health Organization denounces internet "rumors" that vaccines include sterilizing agents - LifeSiteNews.com - "In response to questions raised about Brazil's massive vaccination program for Rubella, which appears similar to other campaigns that have included sterilizing agents in the vaccines, Brazilian Representative Miguel Martini has submitted an official request for clarification from the country's Ministry of Health."

* ►August 29, 2008 - Merck's shingles vaccine on nationwide backorder (requires registration) - Therapeutics Daily

* ►August 29, 2008 - Mumps outbreak in Christian group raises ethical alarms - The Vancouver Sun

* ►August 29, 2008 - Indian Institute Defends Conduct of Clinical Trials - FDA News

* ►August 29, 2008 - Antipsychotics Raise Stroke Risk In Dementia Patients - Pharmalot

►August 29, 2008 - Shared a Nobel for polio research - Ability to grow virus led to Salk and Sabin vaccines, creation of other immunizations - Chicago Tribune

►August 29, 2008 - Singapore's Virus Scourge Exposes Vulnerability to Asian Bugs - Bloomberg

►August 29, 2008 - Hurricane Lurking For Merck & Schering-Plough? - Pharma's Market via CNBC

* ►August 29, 2008 - Provenge Activists Lose Court Appeal - Pharmalot

* ►August 29, 2008 - Oral Tolerability of Cysteine-Rich Protein Isolate (Immunocal) in Autism - A Pilot Study - Natural and Nutritional Products Industry Center

* ►August 29, 2008 - Coverage for Autism Therapy Prompts State Mandates and Lawsuits Against Blues Plans - The AIS Report on Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans via AIS Health

►August 29, 2008 - ARGUS Maintains Hold Rating on Wyeth (WYE) - Street Insider

►August 29, 2008 - Sage Medical Lab Develops Immune Complex Test for Food Sensitivities - PR-Canada.net

►August 29, 2008 - Pfizer, Merck go for indirect ads - FiercePharma

►August 29, 2008 - Novartis halts research on MRSA drug after poor tests - AFP

►August 29, 2008 - Cholesterol drugs' cancer risk in spotlight - Cholesterol drugs' possible cancer risk in spotlight at huge conference of cardiologists - AP via CNN Money

►August 29, 2008 - Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Saintpaul Infections Associated with Multiple Raw Produce Items --- United States, 2008 - MMWR/CDC

►August 29, 2008 - Competitive Foods and Beverages Available for Purchase in Secondary Schools --- Selected Sites, United States, 2006 - MMWR/CDC

►August 29, 2008 - Alcohol-Attributable Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost Among American Indians and Alaska Natives --- United States, 2001--2005 - MMWR/CDC

►August 29, 2008 - Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information - MMWR/CDC

* ►August 29, 2008 - Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication --- Nigeria, January 2007--August 12, 2008 - MMWR/CDC - "In addition, type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus emerged in 2005--2006 and continues to circulate in northern Nigeria, causing a total of 103 vaccine-derived polio cases during January 1, 2007--August 12, 2008,†† in addition to the 841 confirmed WPV cases, and despite multiple tOPV SIAs (7)."

* ►August 29, 2008 - QuickStats: Percentage of Children Aged 6--17 Years with Learning Disability (LD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), by Birthweight* --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2004--2006† - MMWR/CDC

►August 29, 2008 - McCain Runningmate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

►August 29, 2008 - Kim Stagliano: Gov. Palin: Is Not Taking Maternity Leave a Conservative Value? - The Huffington Post

►August 29, 2008 - Autism Research Institute Announces Autism TV - Age of Autism

►August 28, 2008 - Merck's Clark Responds to NYT Questioning of Gardasil - Age of Autism

►August 28, 2008 - You Tube Video: Indiana Bully Punches Boy with Autism - Age of Autism

* ►August 28, 2008 - Intercell says Merck begins S.aureus vaccine trial - Reuters

* ►August 28, 2008 - Bird Flu Vaccine Ready to License - MedHeadlines

* ►August 28, 2008 - New Approaches May Lead to HIV Vaccine - NEJM via Ivanhoe

* ►August 28, 2008 - Merck Launches A Charm Offensive For Gardasil - Pharmalot - "First, there was the Gardasil beach towel, an attractive terry velour model that advertised to beachgoers that you’re free of a sexually transmitted disease. A nifty way to tout the advantages of the HPV vaccine. Now, Merck is trying a new way to grab the attention of teenagers and younger adult women with a specially created line of Gardasil jewelry. As CNBC’s Mike Huckman notes, you can pay $32 for any of four “limited edition” bangles designed by Carolyn Rafaelian, a designer with Alex and Ani. The proceeds will go to the Prevent Cancer Foundation."

* ►August 28, 2008 - Another New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise - Health News

* ►August 28, 2008 - Risks of Cervical Cancer: The View From Merck (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►August 28, 2008 - Cervical cancer advances give hope to poor - Reuters Health - "Experts who presented their findings at a conference in Geneva said the vaccines against the disease could be cost-effective but subsidies or new prices would be needed for developing countries to afford the medicines. 'Efforts are needed now to adapt the current price of the vaccines so they meet what individual countries can afford,' Francesco Xavier Bosch of the Catalan Institute of Oncology in Barcelona told the World Cancer Congress."

* ►August 28, 2008 - CDC Urges Pre-Teen Vaccination With New Public Service Announcements - PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via Market Watch

* ►August 28, 2008 - Measles on Rise as Parents Question Vaccine (requires registration) - Washington Post Investigations

* ►August 28, 2008 - Vaccines: Vital as ever - EdmondSun - "Some parents may have concerns about vaccine safety — if you do, please discuss them with your doctor or the state or city-county health departments. Some concerns about vaccine safety that gained attention in the media or on the Internet may not be supported by scientific evidence or may be no longer relevant due to changes in vaccines. It is important that you receive accurate information. Doctors and public health professionals welcome your questions."

* ►August 28, 2008 - He's One Little Miracle - Grimsby Telegraph via redOrbit - "Leon Cox is the first infant of his age to survive the potentially deadly virus whooping cough through a pioneering treatment, so the Cleethorpes boy's family of five generations never thought they would see this milestone in his young life."

►August 28, 2008 - Me-Too Drugs: Are They Worth It? - The Motley Fool

►August 28, 2008 - US Counties Can Sue Pharma Over Medicaid Pricing - Pharmalot

►August 28, 2008 - FTC Reviewing Follow-On Biologics And Competition - Pharmalot

►August 28, 2008 - Industry Insider: Merck's Vioxx cloud begins to clear - The Star Ledger via NJ.com

►August 28, 2008 - On science: McCain v. the GOP (requires registration) - The Scientist

►August 28, 2008 - Cervical cancer advances give hope to poor - Reuters

►August 28, 2008 - High number of uninsured hits home for many Americans - AMA reiterates call for action and asks patients to share their voices - www.ama-assn.org

►August 28, 2008 - Research and Markets: An Analysis of Wyeth, One of the Top 10 World's Leading Pharmaceutical Companies: Analysing Marketing Tactics, Technology and Strategy - Research and Markets via Business Wire

* ►August 28, 2008 - House passes anti-Hepatitis B bill - GMANews.tv - "MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives endorsed for Senate concurrence the Mandatory Infant-Health Immunization Act of 2008, in a bid to take a proactive role in health care for infants. Rep. Maria Laarni Cayetano said the measure, of which she is a prime initiator, would give babies basic immunization and vaccination to protect their health."

* ►August 27, 2008 - New Oral Vaccine May Protect Against Bubonic Plague - Researchers from the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France used a less virulent ancestor to the highly infectious bubonic plague to develop a potentially safe, efficient and inexpensive live oral vaccine. - American Society for Microbiology, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

* ►August 27, 2008 - Thomas Weller dies (requires registration) - The Scientist - "In March of 1948, Weller, at the time a research scientist in the lab of John Enders at Children's Hospital in Boston, attempted to grow chickenpox virus (varicella-zoster virus) in eight flasks of human embryonic muscle and skin tissue. With four flasks left over from the experiment, Weller chose to inoculate them with poliovirus from the lab refrigerator. "It was almost an afterthought," Weller wrote in his 2004 autobiography."

* ►August 27, 2008 - Unusual Ultrasonic Vocalization Patterns In Mice May Be Useful For Modeling Autism - PLoS One via Medical News Today

►August 27, 2008 - A Shot Felt Around The Country - Lower-than-average immunization rates in Israel’s haredi community pose a national public health risk as school year nears. - The Jewish Week

►August 27, 2008 - Flu season arrives Down Under - Scripps Howard News Service

►August 27, 2008 - The Vioxx ‘V’ Squad: Reps From Another Universe (includes videos) - Pharmalot

* ►August 27, 2008 - Vioxx Lawyers’ Fees Capped At $1.56 Billion - Pharmalot

►August 27, 2008 - Head of Austrian med school canned - The Scientist

* ►August 27, 2008 - Researchers identify information to help stop avian flu spread - Discovery may speed development of drug to treat fatal illness - The Daily Texan

►August 27, 2008 - Viruses rule the deep sea (requires registration) - The Scientist

►August 27, 2008 - Sharp unveils new anti-bird flu air purifier - AFP

►August 27, 2008 - Medicines bill clause slammed - Business Report

►August 27, 2008 - Barbara Fischkin: Hillary Said The Word Again - The Huffington Post

►August 27, 2008 - Bill Clinton: "Families of Children with Autism..." - Age of Autism

►August 26, 2008 - Dems promise support for science (requires registration) - The Scientist

* ►August 26, 2008 - FDA says that bisphenol A in food is safe, despite controversy - journal article (BMJ)

* ►August 25, 2008 - Stevia is all-natural and calorie-free, but is it safe? (requires registration) - The sweetener is banned from food products in the U.S. due to toxicity fears. But the findings of several recent studies suggest otherwise. - Los Angeles Times

►August 25, 2008 - Nano-Sized 'Trojan Horse' to Aid Nutrition - Monash University via Food Industry News - "Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body."

* ►August 2008 - The Use of Nonhuman Primate Models in HIV Vaccine Development (full text) - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

* ►August 2008 - Children Are Not Just Small Adults: The Urgent Need for High-Quality Trial Evidence in Children (full text) - journal article (PLoS Medicine) - "History has shown that children may be exposed to serious unintended harms from medications if adequate research is not performed. Examples of such harm include the use of chloramphenicol for neonates producing the grey baby syndrome, the use of verapamil for treatment of infants with supraventricular tachycardia resulting in refractory hypotension and death, serious extrapyramidal dysfunction and bladder retention leading to hospitalization after domperidone, and many more."

* ►August 2008 - Greater Response to Placebo in Children Than in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Drug-Resistant Partial Epilepsy (full text) - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►August 2008 - Developing a Prognostic Model for Traumatic Brain Injury—A Missed Opportunity? (full text) - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►August 2008 - Ensuring the Involvement of Children in the Evaluation of New Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens (full text) - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►August 2008 - Strategies to Reduce Mortality from Bacterial Sepsis in Adults in Developing Countries (full text) - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

* ►Summer 2008 - An Update on Autism - journal article (Focus)

►September 2008 - B cells and multiple sclerosis. - journal article (Lancet Neurology)

* ►August 28, 2008 - An HIV Vaccine — Challenges and Prospects (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►August 28, 2008 - Crystal structure of the polymerase PAC–PB1N complex from an avian influenza H5N1 virus - journal article (Nature)

►August 28, 2008 - The structural basis for an essential subunit interaction in influenza virus RNA polymerase - journal article (Nature)

►August 28, 2008 - The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics - journal article (NEJM)

►August 28, 2008 - Scientific Errors and Controversies in the U.S. HIV/AIDS Epidemic: How They Slowed Advances and Were Resolved - journal article (NEJM)

►August 28, 2008 - The AIDS Epidemic — A Progress Report from Mexico City (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►August 28, 2008 - Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate for Neuroprotection before Preterm Birth? - journal article (NEJM)

* ►August 28, 2008 - Beijing steps up random HIV tests of travellers - Times of India

►August 28, 2008 - HIV spreads in NY at three times the US average - Reuters India

* ►August 27, 2008 - About-Face: Media Outlets Turn on 'Cancer Vaccine' Maker - Two years after broadcast networks, newspapers heralded Gardasil 'breakthrough,' Merck under attack for marketing its product. - Business and Media - "Dr. Timothy Johnson, ABC’s medical editor, blamed Merck’s campaign for misleading the public about the vaccine to prevent certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) a sexually transmitted virus. The ads feature teen girls saying, “I want to be one less.” One less woman to battle cervical cancer. “I think the company did a very effective job of glossing over these questions [about safety and effectiveness] in its marketing campaign and convincing the public that this vaccine would indeed prevent cervical cancer. As Sharyn right points out, that simply hasn’t not been proven long-term,” Johnson said on August 20."

* ►August 27, 2008 - Cell Genesys at all-time low after GVAX trial ends - AP via Forbes

* ►August 27, 2008 - Cell Genesys Ends Prostate Cancer Trial Over Deaths - Pharmalot

* ►August 27, 2008 - Cell Genesys ends GVAX trial due to patient deaths - Cell Genesys stops trial of prostate cancer vaccine GVAX because of increased patient deaths - AP via CNNMoney

* ►August 27, 2008 - Pills and Politics - The normally GOP-friendly drug industry now favors Obama. - Slate Magazine

* ►August 27, 2008 - Health Industry Pours Money Into Democratic Convention - The Wall Street Journal

* ►August 27, 2008 - Autism Genes - journal article (JAMA)

* ►August 27, 2008 - Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic in US- and Indian-Manufactured Ayurvedic Medicines Sold via the Internet - journal article (JAMA)

* ►August 27, 2008 - Opportunities for Enhancing the FDA Guidance on Pharmacovigilance - journal article (JAMA)

* ►August 27, 2008 - Indian Hospital Denies Trial Drugs Caused Deaths - AP via Forbes

* ►August 27, 2008 - Mo. allows trial despite lack of state connection - Business Insurance - "Affirming a Missouri trial court's decision, the state's high court Tuesday unanimously ruled that the defendants failed to prove that the plaintiffs were attempting to harass them, that the case would burden the defendants or Missouri courts, or that the plaintiffs had other courts available to press their claims. The court issued its ruling in Wyeth Inc. vs. The Honorable Thomas C. Grady."

►August 27, 2008 - Yellow Fever: 100 Years of Discovery - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Yellow Fever - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Guest Authorship, Mortality Reporting, and Integrity in Rofecoxib Studies (reply links below) - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies (book review) - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Food Safety for the 21st Century - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Groups Target Nursing School Bottleneck to Address Medical Workforce Deficit - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Federal Government Seeks to Clarify the Americans with Disabilities Act - journal article (JAMA)

* ►August 27, 2008 - Biomedical Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Moral Issues in Medicine and Biology - journal article (JAMA)

* ►August 27, 2008 - Health Care Reform: Ethics and Politics (book review) - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Fluoroquinolone Warning - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Hearing Screening at Birth - journal article (JAMA)

* ►August 27, 2008 - Populations Receiving Optimally Fluoridated Public Drinking Water—United States, 1992-2006 - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Women in Research - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Practices at Hospitals and Birth Centers—United States, 2007 - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Notice to Readers: Release of Computer-Based Case Study: "Salmonella in the Caribbean" - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Investing in E-Health: What It Takes to Sustain Consumer Health Informatics (book review) - journal article (JAMA)

►August 27, 2008 - Medicare Prospective Payment and the Shaping of US Health Care (book review) - journal article (JAMA)

* ►August 27, 2008 - Both Parties Need Planks to Restore Scientific Integrity at the CDC - press release - Fluoride Action Network via PRNewswire-USNewswire - "'The simplest and quickest way to restore public trust in the CDC is for both Democrats and Republicans to put a commitment to end fluoridation into their party platforms,' says Paul Connett, Ph.D., FAN's Executive Director. 'It is clear that the CDC's Oral Health Division is misleading the public about the safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation,' says Connett. 'They must be held accountable for this. We need both political parties to resist the well-heeled dental lobby. Our children's health and the public's trust in government health agencies is at stake,' says Connett."

* ►August 27, 2008 - Ending Profit Driven Mandatory Vaccination Racket by Evelyn Pringle - The Dobbs Health Report

* ►August 27, 2008 - Consequences of fear - The Republican-American - "As a physician wrote in a letter to the British Medical Journal in 2005, 'Under normal conditions, healthy children do not die from or become disabled from the complications of measles and if they do, questions should be asked about their management.'"

* ►August 27, 2008 - Minnesota Investigates Autism in Somali Children - Age of Autism

* ►August 27, 2008 - Our Kind of Town? - Age of Autism

►August 27, 2008 - Man Walks To Raise Awareness About Autism - Williams' Friend Died After Seizure - KMBC Kansas City

►August 27, 2008 - Unusual Ultrasonic Vocalization Patterns In Mice May Be Useful For Modeling Autism - Medical News Today

►August 27, 2008 - 6-Year-Old from Orlando to Appear Friday on NBC's 'Today' - Gina Incandela was diagnosed with autism at 2. At age 6, she's an accomplished singer with a CD in the works and about to make her national debut. - PRNewsChannel.com

* ►August 27, 2008 - Pancreatitis from Gardasil NOT coincidental - Hilary's Blog via Beyond Conformity - "Because if they've done there homework, they will see that Gardasil has been proven to cause pancreatitis right here.  Not once, but three times.  And why is it, after 10 months that they don't know whether the woman is dead or alive?  Or are they hoping this will just go away?  How many other women will get seriously sick before Merck get real, and start taking the avalanche of very nasty side effects seriously?"

* ►August 27, 2008 - Unanswered Questions Put Moms Off Gardasil - Newsinferno.com

* ►August 27, 2008 - The Autism Sneetches: Vaxed Vs. Unvaxed - Age of Autism

* ►August 27, 2008 - Parents, not Assemblywoman Paulin, should determine vaccine use - The Journal via LoHud.com

* ►August 27, 2008 - Oregon's low vaccination rate causes health concerns - The Oregonian - "Researchers from the Oregon immunization program studied exemptors last year with help from a CDC grant. Asked why they'd sought an exemption, parents cited beliefs that vaccines overwhelm the immune system, are given at too young an age and might cause autism. Others said that getting a disease naturally offered a better immunity than vaccinations."

►August 27, 2008 - Required immunizations for school - Hudson Valley Press

►August 27, 2008 - Health Talk: August is for vaccine awareness - Rutland Herald

►August 27, 2008 - Measles cases on the rise - opinion - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

* ►August 27, 2008 - Maxygen gets $3.4 million military grant for vaccine technology - San Francisco Business Times

►August 27, 2008 - New shot requirements make becoming a resident tougher - Westside Gazette

* ►August 27, 2008 - UST Global Partners with PATH to Support Global Health Initiatives - UST Will Provide Funding and Volunteers for Immunization Projects to Save Children's Lives - Business Wire via MarketWatch

►August 27, 2008 - A Dose of Lead or Mercury With Your Medicine - U.S. News & World Report

* ►August 27, 2008 - Mumps traced to community in Chilliwack - Outbreak of now-rare illness spreading through region among people who don't believe in vaccination, officials say (requires registration) - The Globe and Mail

* ►August 27, 2008 - Mumps outbreak traced to anti-immunization zealots - AFP via Google

* ►August 27, 2008 - A Shot Felt Around The Country - Lower-than-average immunization rates in Israel’s haredi community pose a national public health risk as school year nears. - New York Jewish Week

* ►August 27, 2008 - Fears of long-range side effects fuel vaccine debate - Scripps Howard News Service - "'The public health infrastructure of this country, the CDC and the vaccine industry operate on the ideology that some adverse reactions to vaccines are acceptable to serve the greater public good. But how many is too many -- 5, 5000 or 5 million. It's a slippery ethical slope,' Fisher said."

* ►August 27, 2008 - Thousands of unvaccinated children enter schools - Scripps Howard News Service - "A Scripps Howard News Service poll found that 56 percent of Americans think parents should be able to exempt their children from vaccinations for 'philosophical reasons.'"

* ►August 27, 2008 - The unprotected among us - Scripps Howard News Service - "Dr. Paul Offit of Children's Hospital in Philadelphia puts it most starkly: 'At some point, we're going to be forced to decide whether it is an inalienable right to catch and transmit potentially fatal infections.'"

* ►August 27, 2008 - Cost of vaccines puts them out of reach for many - Scripps Howard News Service

* ►August 27, 2008 - Poll: Americans see both need, potential dangers of vaccines - Scripps Howard News Service

* ►August 27, 2008 - Vaccine poll highlights - Scripps Howard News Service - "The following are selected findings from a survey of 811 adults conducted by the Scripps Survey Research Center of Ohio University by telephone Sept. 24 to Oct. 10, 2007."

►August 27, 2008 - Students advised to get MMR jab - Irish Times

►August 27, 2008 - Mumps outbreak in Vancouver - Discovering Biology in a Digital World via ScienceBlogs

►August 27, 2008 - Yankton, Parkston recognized for flu-fighting efforts - Sioux Falls Argus Leader - "Two South Dakota Communities have been recognized by the state Department of Health for outstanding community-wide efforts to immunize their kids against the flu in last year’s Child Influenza Initiative."

►August 27, 2008 - Remembering Thomas Weller, Unappreciated Vaccine Hero - Wired Science

►August 27, 2008 - Retired physician, 94, still dreams of eradicating polio - McCook Daily Gazette

►August 27, 2008 - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Discuss Battle Against Polio - "Polio: A Look Back at America's Most Successful Public Health Crusade" will be the topic of a lecture by David M. Oshinsky, Ph.D., Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, on Thursday, Sept. 25. The lecture, offered free of charge and open to the pubic, will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Patrick & Margaret DeNaples Center. - Media Newswire

►August 27, 2008 - Uganda: Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention Questioned - New Vision (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com

►August 27, 2008 - Uganda: Vaccination Starts As Fever Kills 350 Cows in Adjumani - The Monitor (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com

►August 27, 2008 - Baltimore Responds To FDA On OVC Cough Medications For Children - eMaxHealth.com

* ►August 27, 2008 - 1 Dead, At Least 41 Hospitalized in Oklahoma E. Coli Outbreak - State health officials are confirming a type of E. coli bacteria has been found in 10 patients who were sickened by a severe illness in northeastern Oklahoma. - AP via FOX News

►August 27, 2008 - Biogen Idec Testing Regenerative Medicine Drug to Reverse the Path of Multiple Sclerosis - Biogen Idec via Xconomy

►August 27, 2008 - Chronic stress alters our genetic immune response - Most people would agree that stress increases your risk for illness and this is particularly true for severe long-term stresses, such as caring for a family member with a chronic medical illness. However, we still have a relatively limited understanding of exactly how stress contributes to the risk for illness. In the August 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry, researchers shed new light on one link between stress and illness by describing a mechanism through which stress alters immune function. - Biological Psychiatry via News-Medical Net

►August 27, 2008 - Novartis drug Gleevec granted priority review status by FDA - Thomson Financial News via Forbes

►August 27, 2008 - Health Highlights: - Vaccine Said to Ward Off Bird Flu - Parkinson's Drug Slows Disease: Maker - FDA Raises Concern About New Ovarian Cancer Test - Alabama to Charge Obese Workers Extra for Insurance - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

* ►August 26, 2008 - Novavax says experimental bird flu vaccine works - Washington Business Journal

►August 26, 2008 - Study could aid bird flu drugs - University of Texas and Rutgers via UPI

* ►August 26, 2008 - Which Drug Websites Do Doctors Visit The Most? - Pharmalot - "4. Gardasil"

* ►August 26, 2008 - Stanford University To Restrict CME Financing - Pharmalot

* ►August 26, 2008 - Worried About Preemption? There’s A Petition - Pharmalot

* ►August 26, 2008 - ‘May Be A Seeding Study, But Let’s Not Call It That’ - Pharmalot

►August 26, 2008 - Is UK’s Nice Angling For Influence On Drug Pricing? - Pharmalot

* ►August 26, 2008 - Update 1-US warns Novartis generic unit on plant problems - Reuters

* ►August 26, 2008 - FDA Warns Novartis About Manufacturing Plant - Pharmalot

►August 26, 2008 - Four More Deaths Associated With Byetta - Pharmalot

* ►August 26, 2008 - FDA seeks changes on labelling for Tysabri - PharmaTimes

►August 26, 2008 - Part 1: The Case of the Emergency Department Physician Who Burned Out: Risk Factors, Impact, and Early Interventions CME (requires registration) - Medscape

►August 26, 2008 - Part 2: The Case of the Emergency Room Physician Who Burned Out: Diagnosing and Treating His Substance Abuse CME (requires registration) - Medscape

►August 26, 2008 - New Zealand Is Too ‘Insignificant’ For Pharma? - Pharmalot

►August 26, 2008 - Strife Over Shots: Should Our Kids Play Together? - MSNBC via NBC11.com

* ►August 25, 2008 - Mystery virus kills 160 - Hindustan Times - "Rural Kanpur is fighting its most frightening scourge — a mystery disease that has left a long line of bodies in its trail and doesn’t seem anywhere finished."

* ►August 25, 2008 - AstraZeneca's Flu Campaign Season Begins - Pharma's Market CNBC - "After highlighting a new online ad campaign from AstraZeneca in which consumers are urged to choose their preferred “administration” for flu vaccine, Huckman provides some numbers about political campaign contributions. “As of last Wednesday, the pharmaceuticals/health products industry has given more than $900,000 to Sen. Barack Obama. And Sen. John McCain has moved into third place with $442,000 in contributions,” he writes. “And all told, so far, the drug companies, which traditionally favor Republicans over Democrats, have given three times as much money to Sen. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton combined than [they have] to the presumptive GOP nominee.”

►August 25, 2008 - FDA Updates the Information for Healthcare Professionals Sheet for Tysabri (natalizumab) - FDA Alert via PharmaLive

* ►August 25, 2008 - Antipsychotic Drug Use Up in Elderly Despite Warnings - Canadian study suggests cautions fail to alert docs to effectiveness of alternative therapies - The Annals of Internal Medicine via HealthDay News

►August 25, 2008 - Taking Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant - HealthDay News via Yahoo!

►August 22, 2008 - HPV Vaccine: A Premature Hype? - New England Journal of Medicine via Ivanhoe

* ►August 21, 2008 - A Better Way to do Risk/Benefit? Be Careful What You Wish For - FDA is moving forward on a potentially revolutionary project: developing a more formalized method for weighing risks versus benefits. Plenty of people in industry and at the agency would welcome the predictability and security such a tool could offer. So everyone sees the benefits of a better tool—but there are big risks too. - The RPM Report

►August 21, 2008 - Vaccine refusals fuel measles outbreak - Reuters

►August 21, 2008 - Vaccination campaigns tame measles virus in kids - DailyNewsOnline

* ►August 21, 2008 - Cervical cancer vaccine in doubt - Irish Medical Times

* ►August 20, 2008 - The Royal Society of Health Launches HPV and Cervical Cancer Educational Pack - Press Dispensary, UK - "The Royal Society of Health ( RSH - http://www.rsph.org ) is launching the 'HPV & Cervical Cancer: what you and your pupils need to know' free, curriculum-linked teaching and learning resource, with almost 11,000 copies being distributed across the UK."

* ►August 20, 2008 - Government experiments in health care - Post-Ed Notes via Denver Post - "Back in January 2007, I wrote a column taking Colorado legislators to task for sponsoring a bill that would have forced parents of girls 12 and older to either vaccinate their daughters with a HPV 'vaccine' or 'opt out.'... The reason I mention my column (which isn’t online anymore), is that I remember receiving a rather large number of angry emails and calls. One nurse practitioner, in an agitated letter that ran in the Denver Post, scolded me: 'We have the potential to drastically reduce the incidence of cancer with the introduction of the HPV vaccine. To cloak this discussion in the 'government forcefeeding parents' debate is an affront to the health and well-being of the public.'"

* ►August 20, 2008 - Cervical cancer prevention should focus on vaccinating adolescent girls - Screening policies also need revision - Harvard School of Public Health via EurekAlert!

►August 18, 2008 - EndoBiologics, Incorporated, and PATH Form New Collaboration to Research Vaccine Candidates Against Diarrheal Disease - Partnership Will Advance Preclinical Research of Vaccine Candidates Against Enteric Bacteria - press release - EndoBiologics and PATH via Business Wire

►August 28, 2008 - Immunizations help to combat diseases - KXRM FOX 21

►August 18, 2008 - Curalogic Shares Rise on Outlook; May Sign Deal by Year-End - Bloomberg

* ►August 18, 2008 - Severe hepatitis with autoimmune features following a HHV-6: a case report (pdf) - journal article (Cases Journal)

* ►August 18, 2008 - Court Rules Homeschoolers’ Religious Freedom Not Violated - HSLDA

* ►August 18, 2008 - EMEA Rejects Pediatric Vytorin - FDA News

* ►August 15, 2008 - Parents Must Consider Important Vaccination Options for Their Children - NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice Announces an Informative Series of Informed Consent Seminars - press release (pdf) - New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice via Vaccination News - "The New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC) is a large network of parents, physicians, holistic organizations and autism support groups, concerned about the increasing number of mandated vaccinations and is educating parents on the need for informed choice. NJCVC is urging legislators to support the Conscientious Exemption to Vaccination bill A260/S1071, while informing parents of their rights to the religious and medical exemptions. If you are interested in attending one of Mrs. Habakus’ talks, sponsoring a seminar or film in your community or being included on her distribution list, please send your name and hometown to her at [email protected]. Upcoming New Jersey seminars in 2008 are scheduled for August 27th in Little Falls, September 4th in Long Hill, September 10th in East Windsor and October 1st in Highlands."

* ►New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice - Want to learn more about the NJ flu shot requirement for preschool and daycare? • Curious about NJ's requirements for three additional vaccines? • Do you have a school-age daughter & have questions about the new HPV/Gardasil vaccine? All parents with questions and concerns are welcome to attend: A Vaccination Seminar: What Choices Do Parents Have? Speaker: Louise Kuo Habakus - Locations around NJ - (pdf) - New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice via Vaccination News

* ►August 3, 2008 - Wendy wants justice for MMR daughter - Sunday Post (Scotland) via JABS Forum - "Mum Wendy is backed by four eminent doctors who are convinced the jab was linked to Katie’s hearing difficulties. Yet she has been denied legal aid to raise an action against the pharmaceutical company that manufactured the vaccine on the grounds that not enough children were affected. Now she’s planning to take Katie’s case to the European Court of Human Rights....Katie was one of millions of children across the UK to receive the Urabe-containing MMR jab following its introduction in October 1988. Her adverse reaction after receiving it had Wendy worried sick. Yet she didn’t at first consider there could be a link between the immunisation and Katie’s subsequent hearing problems."

►August 2008 - Just How Harmful Are Bisphenol-A Plastics? - Patricia Hunt, who helped to bring the issue to light a decade ago, is still trying to sort it all out - Scientific American

* ►August 2008 - CDC Responds to Rabies Vaccine Supply Concerns - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Vital Signs: Median Income for Pediatric/Adolescent Physicians - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - ADHD Prevalence Is Up Among Older Children - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Extreme Prematurity Tied To Autismlike Symptoms - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Prematurity, LBW Linked to Autism Risk in Girls - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Similarities Arise in Developmental Syndromes - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Warning Label for Antiepileptic Drugs Nixed - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Paper Test Can Reveal Childhood Absence Epilepsy - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Teen Girls Lack Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Infections - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Early Puberty Linked to Risky Behavior in Teens- Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Did the AAP's clinical statement on lipid screening get it right? - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Be Alert to Signs of Physical Abuse in Children - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Keep the CAT in the Bag - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - There Is No Rise in Rheumatic Fever - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - MRSA Spread in Part Due to Stressed Health Care Systems - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - EpiPen Needles Too Short To Hit Muscle in Some Kids - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - German Study: Atopy Is Key in Asthma's Origin - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Look Past Asthma in Assessing Behavior Problems - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Be Aware of Unconventional, Cultural Therapies - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Studies Uncover Adverse Reactions to Probiotics - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Overall Child Well-Being Has Improved Since 1975 - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Test International Adoptees for Tuberculosis - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Nevi Linked to Neonatal Jaundice Phototherapy - Pediatric News

* ►August 2008 - Data Watch: Percentage of U.S. Children Under Age 6 Years With Elevated Blood Lead Levels Decreasing Drastically - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - HIV Rates Are Low in High-Risk Adolescent Group Studied - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Sucrose Cuts Neonate Pain, But Not in Every Procedure - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Switch to HFA-Propelled Albuterol Inhalers Now, FDA Advisory Urges - Pediatric News

►August 2008 - Cleaning Products Drive Antimicrobial Resistance - Pediatric News

►July/August 2008 - Allergen immunotherapy safety: Characterizing systemic reactions and identifying risk factors. - journal article (Allergy and Asthma Proceedings)

* ►July 27, 2008 - The Abbreviated - A War of Illusions - "Should have a read about when you need to dispose of mercury containing products. In the government’s eyes, it is like you have little arks of the covenant around. And this is what we are told to believe is safe???"

* ►June 10, 2008 - Hemophilus influenzae type b vaccination and risk of pediatric atopic disorders (requires registration) - journal article (Access Dermatology)

* ►Autism.tv - Stories of Intervention and Recovery - website

* ►Production of Mass Behavioral and Neurological Problems Using Vaccination - Whale.to - "'In regions in which there is no organized vaccination of the population, general paralysis is rare. It is impossible to deny a connection between vaccination and the encephalitis which follows it.' Journal of the American Medical Association, July 3, 1926, p. 45. 'Cases of cerebral symptoms, suggesting encephalitis, following vaccination have been reported from Holland, Czechoslovakia and Germany. From Switzerland there have been reported cases of meningitis.' New York State Journal of Medicine, May 15, 1926."

* ►Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Vaccine as a Potential Cause of Encephalitis (Brain Inflammation) in Children by Harold E. Buttram, MD - Whale.to

* ►NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice - blog