* ►July 15, 2008 - Anti-Ganglioside Antibody Induction by Swine (A/NJ/1976/H1N1) and Other Influenza Vaccines: Insights into Vaccine-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 15, 2008 - Bactericidal Antibody Responses Elicited by a Meningococcal Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine with Overexpressed Factor H-Binding Protein and Genetically Attenuated Endotoxin - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►July 15, 2008 - Iron Deficiency during Pregnancy: Blessing or Curse? (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►July 15, 2008 - Decreased Susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Pregnant Women with Iron Deficiency (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►July 15, 2008 - Transcriptome Profile of the Vascular Endothelial Cell Response to Candida albicans - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 3, 2008 - Why Doctors Should Worry about Preemption (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►July 3, 2008 - Medical-Device Safety and the FDA (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►July 3, 2008 - Drug-Review Deadlines and Safety Problems (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►July 3, 2008 - MicroRNAs expressed by herpes simplex virus 1 during latent infection regulate viral mRNAs - journal article (Nature)

►July 3, 2008 - Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►July 3, 2008 - Two Pulse Polio teams attacked in Lucknow - Expressindia - "Dr AK Shukla, Chief Medical Officer, said he will discuss the issue with the District Magistrate. He added: 'If people do not want, they can refuse the drops, but there is no point in beating up innocent health workers.'"

►July 3, 2008 - Lost in translation - The recent TB scare shows there are still gaps in our infectious-disease-notification system (requires subscription for full article) - South China Morning Post

* ►July 3, 2008 - Cancer vaccine danger claims rebuked - Dubbo Daily Liberal - "'This year there are about 1200 eligible students and about 77 per cent of those have had the first two needles. 'Out of all those injections we have had two adverse reactions and one of those that needed to be transported to hospital. 'Of course we have had a few kids with sore arms and headaches but nothing too serious.'"

►July 3, 2008 - E. Coli Illnesses Prompt Beef Recall (requires registration) - The New York Times

►July 3, 2008 - Ft. Washington family seeks service dog for autistic twins - Series of fundraisers planned to encourage community to pitch in - Gazette.com

* ►July 2, 2008 - Homeless people die after bid flu vaccine trial in Poland - Three Polish doctors and six nurses are facing criminal prosecution after a number of homeless people died following medical trials for a vaccine to the H5N1 bird-flu virus. - Telegraph, UK

* ►July 2, 2008 - Novartis vaccine for meningitis B shows promise - The Star-Ledger via NJ.com

* ►July 2, 2008 - Experts Optimistic New Flu Vaccine Can Help Businesses Keep Productivity Up While Economy is Down - Flu Busters via Business Wire via Street Insider

* ►July 2, 2008 - Update on infectious disease prevention: Human papillomavirus, hepatitis A (pdf) - journal article (Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine)

* ►July 2, 2008 - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to Unveil PCV-7 in China in Oct. - SinoCast via COMTEX via Trading Markets

* ►July 2, 2008 - Pfizer Ending Support For CME By Third Parties - Pharmalot

►July 2, 2008 - FDA Panel: Tighter Standards For Diabetes Drugs - Pharmalot

►July 2, 2008 - Newly identified enzyme treats deadly bacterial infections in mice - The Journal of Infectious Diseases via The Rockefeller University

►July 2, 2008 - Being an MRSA carrier increases risk of infection and death - Infectious Diseases Society of America via EurekAlert!

* ►July 2, 2008 - Autism and NIDS - Controlling Candida and Yeast - Candida Online Home

►July 2, 2008 - Penn Study Pinpoints New DNA Weapon Against Bird Flu - Environment News Service

►July 2, 2008 - UC San Diego researchers identify potential new drug candidates to combat 'bird flu' - University of California - San Diego via e! Science News

►July 2, 2008 - HK clamps down on bird flu - AFP via IOL.co, ZA

►July 2, 2008 - FDA Food Protection Plan Shows Significant Progress - The agency unveiled the plan just months ago to help keep Americans enjoying one of the safest food supplies in the world - FDA

►July 2, 2008 - B Cell Epitope Discovery and Mechanisms of Antibody Protection - DHHS via FedBizOpps via COMTEX via Trading Markets

►July 2, 2008 - Steve Nissen Gives The FDA Some Advice - Pharmalot

►July 2, 2008 - Enbrel, Alzheimer’s And A Controversial Doctor - Pharmalot

►July 2, 2008 - Roche CEO Won’t Shy Away from Primary-Care Drugs - The Wall Street Journal

►July 2, 2008 - Elan, Wyeth Study Finds Alzheimer’s Drug Works in ApoE4 Non-Carriers - Pharmacogenomics Reporter

►July 2, 2008 - ‘Multi-Target’ Immune Therapy Improves Outcomes of Severe Lupus Nephritis - A new treatment using a combination of drugs targeting different parts of the immune system improves the recovery rate for patients with severe lupus involving the kidneys, according to a report in the October Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). - American Society of Nephrology (ASN) via Newswise

* ►July 2, 2008 - One Click FOIA Applies For UK MMR Vaccine Trial Information - The One Click Group

* ►July 2, 2008 - Medical Device Industry--Kick-Backs to Doctors (two reports) - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ►July 2, 2008 - Doctors Under the Influence - Compromising MD Ethics (CBS, BusinessWeek) - Alliance for Human Research Protection

* ►July 2, 2008 - Jindal signs bill requiring insurance coverage for autistic children - AP via KTBS.com - "Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed a bill requiring health insurance coverage for children with autism."

►July 2, 2008 - Bill moves on Pa. autism insurance, Blues merger - AP via Forbes

►July 2, 2008 - 100 Naked Women Spell Autism On YouTube - The One Click Group

* ►July 2, 2008 - Is HPV Vaccine to Blame for a Teen's Paralysis? - U.S. News & World Report - "About a month after being vaccinated against the cervical cancer-causing HPV virus, 13-year-old Jenny Tetlock missed the lowest hurdle in gym class, the first hint of the degenerative muscle disease that, 15 months later, has left the previously healthy teenager nearly completely paralyzed. Did the vaccine, Gardasil, cause her condition? Her father, Philip Tetlock, a psychology professor at UC-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, has embarked on an odyssey to find out whether the vaccine or random coincidence is to blame."

* ►July 2, 2008 - Adolescent health care subject at Rotary - Ennis Daily News - "'Basically why we give kids drugs for ADHD is so they will like themselves and their teachers will like them,' Lucas said.  The immunizations Lucas said were important for teenagers to receive were for Hepatitis A, Varicella, Menactra and Gardasil."

►July 2, 2008 - Salmonella outbreak sickens 4,000 Danes - CBC

►July 2, 2008 - Ethics summit to prioritize concerns for medical triage, treatment and safety during influenza pandemic - Public health professionals from across the country will convene July 14-15 in Indianapolis for a national summit on ethical and policy issues faced by public health officials and the medical community while preparing for a large-scale epidemic. - www.news-medical.net

►July 2, 2008 - Earthquake Epicenter Containment Again to Prevent Plague from Spreading - The Epoch Times

* ►July 2, 2008 - Parasite vaccines within reach - UC Berkeley News - "The group reasoned that if this piece of a Toxoplasma protein was provoking an immune response on its own, perhaps the fragment could be used as a vaccine. Vaccines expose the body to a harmless part of the pathogen to ramp up the immune response. When Shastri's group injected mice with the peptide, the mice became immune to Toxoplasma infection. 'Mice and humans have almost identical immune systems,' Shastri said. "Hence, lessons from mice may be applicable to humans.'"

►July 2, 2008 - Cold sore virus secret revealed - The secret of how the cold sore virus manages to persist for a lifetime in the human body may have been cracked by US scientists. - BBC

►July 2, 2008 - Canadians first to illustrate Lyme disease bacterium - CTV

►July 2, 2008 - China: Keeping a Plague Out of Beijing (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►July 2, 2008 - Lilly Loses Appeal to Limit Damages in Canadian Suit - Bloomberg - "Lilly, the world's biggest maker of psychiatric medicines, is accused of failing to warn the Zyprexa schizophrenia treatment may cause diabetes. Opting to go after a company's sales is unprecedented in court, said Toronto class-action lawyer Paul Bates, who isn't involved in the Zyprexa suit."

* ►July 2, 2008 - FDA Panel Calls for More Testing of Diabetes Drugs - HealthDay via Forbes - "On Tuesday, Nissen told the FDA advisers that the agency should make companies demonstrate that their type 2 drugs do not increase risks of cardiovascular disease before being approved, the Wall Street Journal reported. 'Merely lowering blood-glucose levels in diabetes is too simplistic,' Nissen told the panel. 'We must reduce the complications of diabetes, including cardiovascular disease.'"

►July 2, 2008 - Feds accuse AZ couple in Internet drug case - AP via Tucson Citizen

►July 2, 2008 - Pressed wood released formaldehyde in trailers: CDC - Reuters UK

►July 2, 2008 - Many Sunscreens Ineffective, Group Says - Advocacy Group Says Many Popular Sunscreens Offer Inadequate Sun Protection, Calls On FDA To Implement Label Changes - CBS News

* ►July 1, 2008 - Measles outbreak in suburbs worries health officials - Chicago Daily Herald

►July 1, 2008 - Anti-Vaccination Hysteria Causing Outbreaks - YourHub.com

►July 1, 2008 - Bill Gates Q&A: The challenges of running the Gates Foundation - Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates talked with Seattle Times reporters Benjamin J. Romano and Kristi Heim in the days before he moves full time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Here are edited excerpts of his remarks about the foundation. - Seattle Times

►July 1, 2008 - Army Refuses Study of Biodefense Lab's Environmental Risks - WJLA.com

* ►July 1, 2008 - A Southern mystery - The Scientist - "ImmunoCAP testing showed that more than 95% of IgE antibodies in serum from patients' blood, collected before infusion, became bound to the portion of the cetuximab heavy chain that carries galactose-α-1,3-galactose. 'There is some cross-reacting antigen with very similar structure to a very small portion of cetuximab,' Mauro says, and this cross-reaction likely underlies patients' symptoms."

* ►July 1, 2008 - Court sides with church on its ban of autistic teen - The ruling, citing 'repeated harassment,' also adds new fuel to the debate over what role special needs kids should have in society. - Minneapolis Star Tribune

* ►July 1, 2008 - Immunizations: Give your child a healthy start! - KXNet.com North Dakota 

* ►July 1, 2008 - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to Appeal Judgment in Alabama Pricing Case - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation via The Earth Times

►July 1, 2008 - Understanding and Managing the Burden of Pediatric and Adolescent ADHD: Practical Strategies for Diagnosing and Treating ADHD and Comorbidities Across the Continuum of Care CME (requires registration) - Medscape

►July 1, 2008 - Patient shortage hits clinical trials in India - Sify via www.3dsyndication.com

* ►July 2008 - Protecting Public Trust in Immunization - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2008 - Countywide School-Based Influenza Immunization: Direct and Indirect Impact on Student Absenteeism (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2008 - Are We Overmedicating Our Children? - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2008 - Child Care Problems and Employment Among Families With Preschool-Aged Children With Autism in the United States (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2008 - Implementation of Rotavirus Immunization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: High Levels of Vaccine Ineligibility and Off-Label Use (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Bacterial Meningitis Clinical Findings at Admission Predict Outcome - journal article (AAP Grand Rounds)

* ►July 2008 - Behavior in Early Adolescence and Risk of Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Young Adult: Results From a Population-Based Study - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Pediatricians and the US Preventive Services Task Force: A Natural Partnership to Enhance the Health of Children - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Adverse Medical Outcomes of Early Newborn Screening Programs for Phenylketonuria - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Postnatal Vitamin A Supplementation in Developing Countries: An Intervention Whose Time Has Come? - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Overweight in Children and Adolescents in Relation to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Results From a National Sample (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Tuberculosis Screening in Internationally Adopted Children: The Need for Initial and Repeat Testing (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Risks of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children With Underlying Chronic Diseases (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2008 - Pneumococcal Mastoiditis in Children and the Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Serotype 19A Isolates (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Cerebral Malaria in Children Is Associated With Long-term Cognitive Impairment (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Is Inconsistently Regionalized in the United States (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2008 -  Death, Child Abuse, and Adverse Neurological Outcome of Infants After an Apparent Life-Threatening Event - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Global Health Training in Pediatric Residency Programs - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Community-wide Intervention to Improve the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Assessment and Treatment Practices of Community Physicians - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Reduced Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Universal Screening for Hearing Loss in Newborns: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Global Occurrence of Infant Botulism, 1976–2006 (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Care Coordination for Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs: A Descriptive, Multisite Study of Activities, Personnel Costs, and Outcomes (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - Long-Term Safety and Impact on Infection Rates of Postnatal Probiotic and Prebiotic (Synbiotic) Treatment: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - What's in a Smile? Maternal Brain Responses to Infant Facial Cues - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2008 - School Food Environments and Policies in US Public Schools (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2008 - Doctors Creating Quetiapine (Seroquel) Abuser Addicts - Am J Psychiatry via The One Click Group

►June 30, 2008 - From infectious disease to cancer - 60 years of pharma growth - WTN News

►June 30, 2008 - Cancer Cells Revert to Normal at Specific Signal Threshold, Stanford Researchers Find - Stanford University Medical Center via Biocompare

►June 30, 2008 - Integrins as Receptors Give Insight Into Rotavirus and Diarrhea - Baylor College of Medicine via Biocompare

* ►June 23, 2008 - Chronic Bacterial and Viral Infections in Neurodegenerative and Neurobehavioral Diseases (requires registration) (full text) - Laboratory Medicine via Medscape

►June 22, 2008 - Kathleen Siedel v. Clifford Shoemaker: The court should sell tickets. - Graphictruth

►June 22, 2008 - New Valleyfair rules upset families of disabled kids - Star Tribune via Fort Mill Times

►June 22, 2008 - New Technology May Prevent Vitamin B12 Deficient Seniors And Vegetarians From Needing Injections - American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►June 22, 2008 - Presidential candidate denounces FDA and forced immunization - Pampered Pregger & Beyond

►June 22, 2008 - "Autism Spectrum Liberation Front" May Sue UC Berkeley PD for $2.1 Million (Vicky's Loot) - East Bay Indybay.org

►June 22, 2008 - New use for vitamins revealed - The Press Association via Google - "Simple vitamin supplements may one day be used to fix genetic flaws that affect health and performance, say scientists."

* ►June 20, 2008 - Gene expression response in target organ and whole blood varies as a function of target organ injury phenotype (pdf) - journal article (Genome Biology) - "Linking gene expression changes with more traditional toxicological measurements of adverse biological responses to toxicants (for example, histopathology and clinical chemistry), referred to as 'phenotypic anchoring', allowed investigators to gain new insight into the processes involved in the adverse effects on target tissues [12-15]. In addition to analysis of target tissues, the use of whole blood as a tissue source for gene expression profiling is extremely appealing and already has been demonstrated for a variety of diseases and exposures."

►June 18, 2008 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) NewsBite - GlaxoSmithKline Gets Supply Contract - Market Intelligence Center

►May 2008 - Family history as a risk factor for herpes zoster: a case-control study. - journal article (Archives of Dermatology)

* ►April 10, 2008 - The Truth About Vaccines - video - VideoJug

* ►April 3, 2008 - Prevalence and Evolution of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Asymptomatic Term Infants - journal article (American Journal of Neuroradiology) - "Forty-six neonates had SDH by MR imaging within 72 hours of delivery. SDH was seen in both vaginal and cesarean deliveries. All neonates were asymptomatic, with normal findings on physical examination. All 46 had supratentorial SDH seen in the posterior cranium. Twenty (43%) also had infratentorial SDH. US detected 11 of the 20 (55%) infratentorial SDHs and no supratentorial SDH."

►March/April 2008 - The shaken baby syndrome: a serious diagnosis on an insecure foundation? - journal article (Arch Kriminol)

►August 2007 - Adults' versus children's perceptions of a child with autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. - journal article (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

►April 2004 - Baby brain injury at birth linked to mode of delivery - Babies’ brains are far more vulnerable to injury during birth than was previously thought, according to new research, adding to the doubts about the safety of shaken baby syndrome convictions. (requires subscription) - Midwives Magazine via Royal College of Midwives

* ►Drug Companies Paying Doctors? - A study estimates drug companies pay doctors $57 billion a year in fees and services, causing some to worry that decisions on prescription are being unduly influenced. Wyatt Andrews reports. - video - CBS News

* ►August 2008 - Monitoring the effects of component structure and source on formulation stability and adjuvant activity of oil-in-water emulsions - journal article (Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces) - "In particular, effects of component structure and source on emulsion stability and biological activity are examined. It is shown that oil-in-water emulsions using animal-derived components can be substituted with synthetic or plant-derived materials while still exhibiting satisfactory physicochemical and biological properties."

* ►August 2008 - Cancer vaccines: Accomplishments and challenges - journal article (Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology)

►August 2008 - Functional characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2969c membrane protein - journal article (Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)

►July 2, 2008 - Increased Detections and Severe Neonatal Disease Associated With Coxsackievirus B1 Infection—United States, 2007 - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Physician Roles, Payment Models, and Partnerships in Primary Care - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Physician Roles, Payment Models, and Partnerships in Primary Care—Reply - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - US Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Mutation Linked to Epilepsy - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Researchers Probe Effects of Pregnancy, Birth on Childhood Asthma and Allergy - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures (book review) - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Microbes Ward Off Bowel Disease - journal article (JAMA)

* ►July 2, 2008 - Physicians Behaving Badly - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - States Try Medication Recycling Programs - journal article (JAMA)

►July 2, 2008 - Tomatoes and Cancer - journal article (JAMA)

* ►July 2, 2008 - DRISCOLL/O'HANLON: The Pentagon and autism - commentary - Washington Times - "Recently, led by retired U.S. Navy admiral and Rep. Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania Democrat, the House passed legislation increasing funding of ABA to $5,000 a month and establishing procedures to accelerate access to needed therapies for our military children. The DoD costs would not be trivial, but would be measured in the tens of millions a year and not the hundreds of millions or billions. Moreover, the financial impact today is far less than the long-term consequences to society of not providing for effective treatment."

* ►July 2, 2008 - Novartis `Gold Mine' Vaccine May Fight Child-Killing Meningitis - Bloomberg - "Novartis AG biologist Rino Rappuoli says he may have found a way to wipe out meningitis B, a disease that can kill children within 24 hours of infection....The shot may generate $2 billion annually by 2016, with catch-up immunizations adding to that, according to Datamonitor."

►July 2, 2008 - Anti-polio drive starts in 62 districts - The News - International - Pakistan

►July 2, 2008 - Ranbaxy units face FDA heat after inspections - Economic Times

►July 2, 2008 - Govt names 1,825 hospitals on tainted coagulant fears - The Yomiuri Shimbun

►July 2, 2008 - Greer Completes Enrollment for Phase III Trial in Allergy Treatment - FDAnews

* ►July 2, 2008 - Link between cancer jabs and deaths in US rejected - The Age, Australia - "Judicial Watch director Chris Farrell said that was a scientific question for others to look at. The documents show that several deaths occurred within days of vaccination. Others were weeks or months later. FDA spokeswoman Kelly Riley said there was nothing in the reports to cause a review of the vaccine. 'These adverse-reaction reports have not been analysed,' she said. 'If there's a death after someone received a vaccine, and long after if they had a car crash, a bee sting … these would be filled out. It does not mean that Gardasil caused it.'"

* ►July 2, 2008 - Fear campaign over cancer vaccine - Sydney Morning Herald - "But the lobby group Judicial Watch yesterday claimed the vaccine had killed up to 20 women in the United States and adversely affected more than 8000. It said US Food and Drug Administration records, obtained under freedom-of-information law, had shown 40 serious reports, of which 27 were life-threatening. It also showed 10 spontaneous abortions. But Rachel David, a spokesman for CSL, which makes Gardasil, said yesterday Judicial Watch was a political group with 'an anti-abortion, pro-guns … flavour' and was not a reputable source of health information."

* ►July 1, 2008 - Jury: 2 drug firms owe Ala. $114M in price fraud - AP via Marin Independent-Journal - "A state court jury on Tuesday found two major pharmaceutical companies defrauded Alabama in a long-running Medicaid drug pricing scheme and ordered the firms to pay more than $114 million in damages. The jury found that GlaxoSmithKline should pay the state $80.8 million in compensatory damages and that Novartis should pay about $33.7 million in similar damages."

* ►July 1, 2008 - Ala. asks for $800M from GSK, Novartis - AP via FiercePharma

* ►July 1, 2008 - In the Autism Wars, she leads with her heart - A living room support group is one of the loudest voices in the debate over autism, vaccines, and treatment. Are they right? - Orange County Register - "In eight years, Lisa Ackerman had grown her living room support group in Newport Beach into a national movement involving thousands of parents of children with autism. With the help of a famous friend – Playboy-Playmate-turned-family-author Jenny McCarthy – Ackerman had shoehorned the supposedly "fringe" views of tens of thousands of parents into the mainstream."

* ►July 1, 2008 - An interview with Voices for Vaccines - Inside Autism - "Q: Has there been any organized movement to counter the vaccine-autism-link claims? LR: I don’t think that has happened, not to any great extent. There’s not a reason for people to bond together to say ‘no, we don’t believe in this crazy idea.’ The autism parents who believe that vaccines are at fault have a reason to do that, they have a mission. They say they want toxins out of vaccines. I think in their heart of hearts they want vaccines to go away. Like, the rally that’s going on, the theme is “green the vaccines” but if you took out every element to which they’d object you’d be left with saline. They have a lot of misconceptions about what is in the vaccines and why those vaccines are there."

* ►July 1, 2008 - Olmsted on Autism: Bill Gates and the Moral Imperative by Dan Olmsted - Age of Autism

* ►July 1, 2008 - Some Key Dates in Autism History (requires registration) - Washington Post

* ►July 1, 2008 - UK GMC MMR Vaccine Witch Hunt Trial Resumes - The One Click Group - "The General Medical Council Hearing of Dr Andrew Wakefield, Professor Simon Murch and Professor John Walker-Smith resumes on Tuesday 15 July 2008 when the case for the Defence of Professor John Walker-Smith will be presented in London."

* ►July 1, 2008 - Doctor Denied Crucial GMC FOIA MMR Vaccine Trial Information - The One Click Group

* ►July 1, 2008 - Autism Class Action Filed Against Blue Cross - Legal Media, LLC via PRNewswire via Insurance News Net

►July 1, 2008 - Edinburgh Open Your Eyes To Autism March - The One Click Group

►July 1, 2008 - Prison for man who spilled mercury - The Independent via Akron Beacon Journal via Ohio.com

* ►July 1, 2008 - Sick from Salmonella: Tomatoes May Not Be Culprit - Food Safety Inspectors Broaden Investigation Into What's Causing Illnesses - ABC News

* ►July 1, 2008 - Infant Formula Cans Lined With Toxic Chemical BPA - NaturalNews.com

* ►July 1, 2008 - Information before vaccine, say school trustees - Peace Arch News.com - "Surrey school trustees say they don’t want to begin administering the new Gardasil vaccine in the fall until a comprehensive information package on the shot is made available to parents and students."

►July 1, 2008 - Sky Detective/Beryllus Sign Groundbreaking Agreement to Track Perishable Blood/Vaccine in China - press release - Sky Detective, Inc. via PrimeNewswire

►July 1, 2008 - New DNA Weapon Against Avian Flu Identified - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via ScienceDaily

►July 1, 2008 - Virologist Endorses Plan to Help Business Stockpile Tamiflu, But Not as Prophylactic - Companies need to have 'a designated person on the staff skilled in flu diagnosis' - Homeland Security Today

* ►July 1, 2008 - Measles 'could hit tens of thousands' - London is on the brink of a measles epidemic that could infect tens of thousands of people, a public health chief claims. - This is London

►July 1, 2008 - Authorities urging measles vaccinations - Las Vegas Sun

►July 1, 2008 - Measles advisory issued in Las Vegas - Nevada Appeal - "Las Vegas health officials are encouraging people to make sure they’re vaccinated against the measles, after learning that a foreign traveler who visited recently was later diagnosed with the disease. The Southern Nevada Health District says the man was from Italy, and was in town June 20-21. But local health officials don’t know where he stayed or what he did while he was here."

►July 1, 2008 - Anthem to Cover Rotarix(R) Vaccine - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield via PRNewswire via Denver Post

►July 1, 2008 - Lyme disease on the rise - AP via Pottstown Mercury

* ►July 1, 2008 - Death Rates for HIV Patients Decrease Dramatically - Study found 5-year survival rate for those on HAART now equals general population - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►July 1, 2008 - Dubai to screen expats for Hepatitis C and Syphilis - PTI via The Hindu

►July 1, 2008 - CDC Report On Great Wolf Lodge Illnesses Released - Study Says Ventilation May Not Have Been Adequate - WLWT Cincinnati

►July 1, 2008 - TB Outbreaks May Be Predicted by First 2 Cases - Identifying cluster characteristics early would aid control efforts, researchers say - U.S. News & World Report

►July 1, 2008 - Officials Praise New Test for Drug-Resistant TB (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►July 1, 2008 - Combat One Plague, Risk Another? - Freakonomics via New York Times Blog - "But the risks of unleashing the GM mosquitoes are completely unknown, and researchers say it may be 10 years (and 10 million lives lost) before the insects are set loose in nature."

►July 1, 2008 - Pontotoc mother wins battle with WEST NILE VIRUS - The Pontotoc Progress

►July 1, 2008 - Ground Squirrels Test Positive for Plague in San Diego - XETV FOX6 San Diego

* ►July 1, 2008 - Army won't fund independent study of lab plan - AP via The Frederick (Md.) News-Post via Examiner.com

* ►July 1, 2008 - Bluetongue jabs begin - Western Mail via Wales Online - "Mr Davies said rumours of adverse reactions to the vaccine circulating around livestock markets were unsubstantiated. 'If anyone has cause for concern then they should report it to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate or the vaccine manufacturer,' he said."

►July 1, 2008 - Guilford Co. offering rabies vaccines (includes video) - News 14 Carolina

►July 1, 2008 - US FDA: neck problems seen in bone growth products - Reuters

* ►July 1, 2008 - Shots may rouse immune system to fight Alzheimer's - Belleville News-Democrat

►July 1, 2008 - Parents play major role in research efforts - Florida Today

►July 1, 2008 - U.S. Rep. Cohen puts emphasis on medical research - Memphis Commercial Appeal

►July 1, 2008 - Academic Funds & Conflicts: Eric Campbell Explains - Pharmalot

►July 1, 2008 - Allergies and your immune system - Harvard Health Publications

* ►July 1, 2008 - ‘It’s Hard To Remember What Seeing Is Like’ - Pharmalot

* ►July 1, 2008 - Diagnosing child's ills starts at home - The Post and Courier

* ►July 1, 2008 - The Worms Crawl In (requires registration) - The New York Times - “The allergic response evolved to help expel parasites, and we think the worms have found a way of switching off the immune system in order to survive,” he said. “That’s why infected people have fewer allergic symptoms.” To test his theory, and to see whether he can translate it into therapeutic pay dirt, Dr. Pritchard is recruiting clinical trial participants willing to be infected with 10 hookworms each in hopes of banishing their allergies and asthma."

►July 1, 2008 - Lilly Settles Discrimination Lawsuit - Pharmalot

►July 1, 2008 - Wyeth May Face Prempro Class Action In Canada - Pharmalot

►July 1, 2008 - E-Prescription Networks Plan A Big Merger - Pharmalot

►July 1, 2008 - Pfizer Chantix Ads In South Korea Are Criticized - Pharmalot

►July 1, 2008 - Failure Of Alzheimer’s Drug Raises Questions - Pharmalot

►July 1, 2008 - Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (full text) - journal article (Annals of Internal Medicine)

►July 1, 2008 - Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (full text)- journal article (Annals of Internal Medicine)

►July 1, 2008 - Brain's neuronal nexus mapped (requires registration) - The Scientist

►July 1, 2008 - Heading to the Olympics? - www.news24.com

* ►July 2008 - Heat shock protein inhibitors increase the efficacy of measles virotherapy - journal article (Gene Therapy)

* ►July 2008 - What drives success for specialty pharmaceuticals? - journal article (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)

* ►July 2008 - Creating and evaluating genetic tests predictive of drug response - journal article (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)

* ►July 2008 - Progress and prospects: gene therapy for mitochondrial DNA disease - journal article (Gene Therapy)

►July 2008 - Molecular imaging in drug development - journal article (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)

►July 2008 - Purinergic signalling and disorders of the central nervous system - journal article (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)

►July 2008 - Sensorineural Hearing Loss After Congenital CMV Infection - journal article (AAP Grand Rounds)

►July 2008 - Immunization Alliance to develop compelling messages for parents (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2008 - Zoster vaccines not just for children anymore (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2008 - Online scheduler keeps track of missed immunizations (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2008 - Vaccine watchdogs • Sorting out the federal vaccine advisory roles of ACIP, NVAC and ACCV (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2008 - Autistic features part of global neurologic syndrome in children who have mitochondrial disease (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2008 - Practice’s vaccine policy statement not quite on the mark (requires subscription) - AAP News

* ►June 30, 2008 - Death toll linked to Gardasil vaccine rises - Complications include shock, 'foaming at mouth,' convulsions, coma - WorldNetDaily - "'Anaphylactic shock,' 'foaming at mouth,' 'grand mal convulsion,' 'coma' and 'now paralyzed' are a few of the startling descriptions included in a new federal report describing the complications from Merck & Co.'s Gardasil medication for sexually transmitted human papillomavirus – which has been proposed as mandatory for all schoolgirls."

* ►June 30, 2008 - Holland On The Omnibus Autism Proceeding: 5/30 By Mary Holland - Omnibus Autism Hearings, Friday, May 30, 2008:  Day 15 Rebuttal Testimony of Dr. Kinsbourne - Direct Examination of Dr. Kinsbourne - Age of Autism

* ►June 30, 2008 - Heckenlively on the Omnibus Autism Proceeding: 5/30 By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Finding the Answers (Or Not!) – The Omnibus Autism Proceeding – Second Set of Hearings (Thimerosal & Autism) – Day Fourteen (Final Day) – May 30, 2008 - Age of Autism

* ►June 30, 2008 - 4-5 Shots at a Time; Not Just for Babies Anymore - Musings of a Dinosaur Blog - "The science of immunization continues apace. New vaccines are developed and new recommendations for old ones are elaborated. Back when I started my practice, the most shots an infant usually got at once was no more than three. Nowadays it can be easily be five."

* ►June 30, 2008 - Fancy Some 'Mad Cow' Prions With Your New Flu Shot? - June 25, 2008 - What You Need to Know About the New Flu Shots - Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny - The One Click Group

►June 30, 2008 - School nurse: Vaccines are safe and necessary - Press of Atlantic City

►June 30, 2008 - Senate considering bill that requires study of biodefense labs - The Frederick News-Post

►June 30, 2008 - Wales on target for MMR jab uptakes - Western Mail via WalesOnline

►June 30, 2008 - Alberta Vaccine Program Protect Girls From Cancer - Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research via EmaxHealth

►June 30, 2008 - Gardasil shot down for those older than 27 - GoErie.com

►June 30, 2008 - Dr David Southall Baby Experiments Hearing Suspended - The One Click Group

►June 30, 2008 - Foreign Product Alerts 2008 - Health Canada - "Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream is promoted as an all-natural product to help soothe and heal dry or cracked nipples. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that the product contains the preservatives chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol, which could cause serious side-effects, including difficulty breathing and dehydration, if ingested by nursing infants."

* ►June 30, 2008 - Those Cytokines Make Me Sick - Sickness behavior, cytokines, and psychomotor function are tied together in this MRI study. - journal article (Journal Watch Psychiatry) - "Vaccination resulted in significant increases from baseline in plasma interleukin (IL)-6 (but not of IL-1 receptor antagonist or tumor necrosis factor-). On a task involving the visual cortices, functional MRI showed similar overall blood flow in these areas after placebo and vaccine administration; however, in the substantia nigra, blood flow was attenuated after vaccination. On a task involving the ability to overcome distraction, response times and numbers of errors were similar after placebo and after vaccine. However, after vaccination, greater increases in IL-6 were associated with significantly slower reaction times, suggesting a general slowing of motor responses to visual stimuli. Substantia nigra blood flow during this task also decreased after vaccination."

* ►June 30, 2008 - Comparative genomic profiling of Dutch clinical Bordetella pertussis isolates (pdf) - journal article (BMC Genomics)

* ►June 30, 2008 - Multiple jabs haven't sickened UK troops, study finds - Reuters - "Some of the studies that have implicated multiple vaccinations as a cause of illness for soldiers who served in Iraq should maybe be reinterpreted in light of our findings," he said in a telephone interview. "There might be an association but it needs to be re-evaluated." In their study published in the British Medical Journal, the team randomly selected nearly 5,000 troops with a median age of 32 who had been to Iraq since 2003 and asked them about their health and how many vaccinations they recalled receiving. Veterans more likely to report symptoms of fatigue, stress and other physical problems were ones who recalled having had two or more vaccinations in a single day, the study found. These people also rated their health as worse."

►June 30, 2008 - Sucrose may help alleviate needle pain in babies - The Canadian Press via CTV.ca

►June 30, 2008 - Designer protein tackles HIV - Enzyme could create tailor-made cells to be injected back into patients. - news (Nature)

►June 30, 2008 - Cellular 'puncture repair kit' may minimize brain trauma - Chemical compound could be key asset for hospital emergency units. - news (Nature)

►June 30, 2008 - FDA Approves First Generic Risperidone to Treat Psychiatric Conditions - FDA

►June 30, 2008 - Stay on guard for dengue fever, travellers warned - The Canadian Press via CTV.ca

►June 30, 2008 - Caffeine Could Stave Off Multiple Sclerosis - Finding may help scientists develop drug to treat autoimmune disease, researcher says HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report

►June 30, 2008 - Wyeth Ltd to contest Bombay high court order on overpricing - The pricing regulator had last year asked it to deposit Rs44 crore for 1981-87 period - livemint.com The Wall Street Journal

►June 30, 2008 - As FDA Focuses on Safety, Fewer New Drugs Are Approved - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

►June 29, 2008 - Doctors complain about increasing reliance on generics - Star-Gazette via USA Today

* ►June 29, 2008 - Get the Mercury out - A plea to Sanofi-Pasteur to remove mercury and other neurotoxins from the vaccines it produces. - video - YouTube

►June 28, 2008 - Red wine may mitigate red meat’s dangers - World Science

* ►June 26, 2008 - Red Book® Online Table – NEW - Status of Licensure and Recommendations for New Vaccines* - Red Book Online via American Academy of Pediatrics

* ►June 25, 2008 - Prions Are Not Degraded By Conventional Sewage Treatment Processes - American Chemical Society, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

* ►June 25, 2008 - Successes In Global Immunisation Boost Progress Towards MDGS - GAVI Alliance via Medical News Today

* ►June 25, 2008 - Economic chaos will kill more than pandemic, expert warns - Canwest News Service via Canada.com - "During an influenza pandemic, freighters will be docked, medications will be scarce and people will starve, a leading international expert told a conference Wednesday. 'More people will likely die from this than from the pandemic,' said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota."

►June 25, 2008 - Hebrew University Study Opening New Route For Combating Viruses - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem via Biocompare

►June 24, 2008 - Different Type of Colon Cancer Vaccine Reduces Disease Spread, Jefferson Scientists Show - Thomas Jefferson University via Biocompare

►June 24, 2008 - Allhands' trial will stay in Vermilion County for now (requires subscription for full article) - The News-Gazette

►June 23, 2008 - Neurological Disorders: A Focus On Cord Blood Stem Cells As A Potential Treatment Option - Medical News Today

►June 22, 2008 - Elevated vapor levels frighten Pompton Lakes residents - The Record via NorthJersey.com

►June 22, 2008 - Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder - Science Blog

►June 22, 2008 - Concern Over Mercury in Eco-bulbs - Epoch Times

►June 22, 2008 - U.S. Military Demands Bonus Money Back from Soldiers with Arms, Legs Blown Off - NaturalNews.com

►June 19, 2008 - Boy dies after teacher wraps him in blanket - CP via Toronto Star - "A Quebec coroner says a 9-year-old autistic boy died of suffocation after a teacher rolled him up in a heavy blanket to calm him down."

►June 19, 2008 - Birth by cesarean section, allergic rhinitis, and allergic sensitization among children with a parental history of atopy. - journal article (The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►June 19, 2008 - With Help, a Patient’s Own Immune System Fights off Skin Cancer - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem via Biocompare

►June 18, 2008 - Peanut-specific B and T cell responses are correlated in peanut-allergic but not in non-allergic individuals. - journal article (Clinical and Experimental Allergy)

* ►June 17, 2008 - Our dachshunds' brush with death - www.jacquelinepassey.com - "Another couple of interesting things turned up during my research:  Dachshunds, especially miniature dachshunds, as a breed are extremely prone to allergic reactions to vaccines.  So much so that there is a researcher at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine studying dachshund vaccine allergic reactions.  I contacted him and we will be sending him samples of our dogs' blood for his study.  He believes that the allergy is to a protein that is created as a byproduct of the vaccine manufacturing product, but he needs to narrow down which protein and then which vaccines it is in."

►June 5, 2008 - Bird Flu Roundup: Outbreaks in Arkansas, Indonesia, England - Discover Magazine

►June 2008 - Talk About Curing Autism e-Newsletter - www.talkaboutcuringautism.org

►June 2008 - Fetal sex and maternal asthma control in pregnancy. - journal article (The Journal of Asthma)

* ►June 2008 - Peripheral Inflammation is Associated with Altered Substantia Nigra Activity and Psychomotor Slowing in Humans - journal article (Biological Psychiatry)

►Issue 3 Volume 18, 2008 - Study of the Relationship Between Acetaminophen and Asthma in Mexican Children Aged 6 to 7 Years in 3 Mexican Cities Using ISAAC Methodology - journal article (Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology)

►May 31, 2008 - Stung by losses, nation's beekeepers try to rebuild - McClatchy Newspapers via Contra Costa Times

* ►Issue 043 - Constitutional Rights Threatened? - Family Wellness First The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association

* ►May 1987 - Acrodynia: exposure to mercury from fluorescent light bulbs. - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►Inside Autism - Our culture and the autism Epidemic - OCRegister.com Blog