* ►June 18, 2008 - Bird Flu Vaccine - journal article (JAMA)

* ►June 18, 2008 - Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infections Attributed to Unsafe Injection Practices at an Endoscopy Clinic—Nevada, 2007 - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - Human Rabies—Alberta, Canada, 2007 - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - The Perfect Storm of Overutilization - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - Group’s Advice on Cardiac Testing for Children With ADHD Draws Criticism - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - SSRI Tapering and Suicidal Ideation in the TORDIA Study for Treatment of Depressed Adolescents - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - SSRI Tapering and Suicidal Ideation in the TORDIA Study for Treatment of Depressed Adolescents—Reply - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - The ENHANCE Study and Marketing Ezetimibe - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - The ENHANCE Study and Marketing Ezetimibe—Reply - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Sub-Saharan Africans - journal article (JAMA)

►June 18, 2008 - Global Mortality Trends - journal article (JAMA)

* ►June 18, 2008 - AmVac, Icon Genetics Team on Plant-Based Influenza Vaccine - BioWorld Online - "Swiss vaccine developer AmVac AG is teaming up with Bayer AG subsidiary Icon Genetics GmbH to develop a plant-based production system for making an adjuvanted influenza vaccine. 'The agreement is to test a plant-based influenza vaccine adjuvanted with MALP-2 for mucosal administration,' he said. Parenterally administered vaccine also will be tested."

* ►June 18, 2008 - Bird flu vaccine priority by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - KEVIN Rudd will be among the first Australians to get a new bird flu vaccine if a deadly human-to-human strain of the virus threatens the nation. - Herald Sun via www.news.com.au

* ►June 18, 2008 - Home-grown bird flu vaccine ready - AUSTRALIAN scientists have created a home-grown vaccine for bird flu which will be available the moment a pandemic has been declared. - Melbourne Herald Sun via www.news.com.au

►June 18, 2008 - Increase in numbers being vaccinated for influenza - Otago Daily Times

►June 18, 2008 - Geelong scientists help create new bird flu vaccine - GEELONG scientists have helped create a human vaccine for the deadly bird flu. - Geelong Advertiser

►June 18, 2008 - Geelong Hospital in feud - A CORIO woman is trying to take Barwon Health to court, claiming staff at the Geelong Hospital were too slow to treat her sick baby. - Geelong Advertiser

* ►June 18, 2008 - Family brings $7m meningitis misdiagnosis suit - PerthNow via www.news.com.au

►June 18, 2008 - Pneumonia jabs for all children - Gulf Daily News - ""The WHO has also recommended that all infants in the country should be vaccinated against pneumococcal disease," she added."

* ►June 17, 2008 - Sick Hamsters: More Evidence That Thimerosal Harms Infants By Mark F. Blaxill - Age of Autism

* ►June 17, 2008 - Thimerosal and Vaccines: What Your Doc Wants You To Believe By Tim Kasemodel - Age of Autism

* ►June 17, 2008 - Genetic Centers of America Launches Landmark, National Autism Evaluation and Treatment Program - The Genetic Centers of America via Hawaii Reporter

* ►June 17, 2008 - Anti-vaccine activists march on, armed with little evidence - opinion - Indianapolis Star - "Each year, childhood vaccinations prevent millions of infections, thousands of deaths, and save millions of dollars in health-care costs. Immunizations are among our greatest public health achievements benefiting the common good. We should appreciate them as the medical miracles they truly are."

* ►June 17, 2008 - The Evolution of Vaccines and Fear - LiveScience

* ►June 17, 2008 - Media malaise and the incurable clown - Ukrainian Observer - "Knyazevich, a member of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's embattled Cabinet, accused unspecified politicians and business interests of derailing the country's vaccination campaign against measles and rubella for their own selfish (but also unspecified) purposes."

* ►June 17, 2008 - VA testing drugs on war veterans - Experiments raise ethical questions (includes videos) - Washington Times - "The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like psychosis and suicidal behavior on hundreds of military veterans, using small cash payments to attract patients into medical experiments that often target distressed soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, a Washington Times/ABC News investigation has found. In one such experiment involving the controversial anti-smoking drug Chantix, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) took three months to alert its patients about severe mental side effects. The warning did not arrive until after one of the veterans taking the drug had suffered a psychotic episode that ended in a near lethal confrontation with police."

* ►June 17, 2008 - Adverse reaction - Measles outbreak rekindles debate about vaccinations - Naperville Sun

►June 17, 2008 - More parents refuse to have their children immunized - Some people who spurn vaccines use religion as an excuse; others are motivated by their fears. - Washington Post via Miami Herald

►June 17, 2008 - Therapeutic DNA Vaccine Company Inovio Biomedical Presenting at BIO International - press release - Inovio Biomedical Corporation via Business Wire

►June 17, 2008 - 'Days of Our Lives' Tackles Autism - BuddyTV

►June 17, 2008 - Wide availability of chelation agents troubles physicians - SmartBrief

►June 17, 2008 - Man with autism found safe near Oakley - ABC 4.com

* ►June 17, 2008 - FDA Warns Hucksters: Stop Selling Snake Oil to Cancer Patients - FDA Sends Warning Letters to 25 Companies Selling "Natural Cures for Cancer" Online - ABC News

* ►June 17, 2008 - CDC says those sickened by salmonella-contaminated tomatoes may actually exceed 8,000 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog

* ►June 17, 2008 - Type of Herpes Virus Linked With Form of Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africans - American Medical Association (AMA) via Newswire

►June 17, 2008 - Vaccine holds promise in fighting brain cancer - The Record via Orlando Sentinel

►June 17, 2008 - US FDA hopes to open China offices by year end - Reuters

►June 17, 2008 - Required immunizations available for students - Chadron Record

* ►June 17, 2008 - Australian officials defend decision to skip ceremony - Reuters - "AOC president John Coates announced last year that the country was also preparing a major immunisation programme to protect athletes from infectious diseases, including bird flu and respiratory problems associated with pollution. Around 1,000 prospective team members were offered vaccinations for hepatitis, typhoid, polio, tetanus, whooping cough and diphtheria, measles-mumps-rubella and influenza during a six-month immunisation period."

* ►June 17, 2008 - Archivel Farma presents new conclusions on the RUTI vaccine against TB at the Bio International Convention in San Diego - The only therapeutic vaccine against latent TB infection (LTBI) worldwide that could also cure the disease. - Phase I clinical trials in humans of RUTI, the vaccine which is being developed by Archivel Farma, is about to be concluded - Archivel Farma via PharmaLive via MedAdNews

* ►June 17, 2008 - CEL-SCI Announces Discovery of Novel Compound for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Rheumatoid Arthritis Vaccine Reprograms Faulty Immune Responses to Stop/Reduce Attack upon the Joints - CEL-SCI Corporation via PRNewswire-FirstCall via PharmaLive - "We believe that our CEL-2000 vaccine works by reprogramming the faulty immune responses that attack the patient's joints to reduce or stop those attacks."

►June 17, 2008 - Pain Prevention for Older Adults -- the Shingles Vaccine - Mayo Clinic via Newswise - "A vaccine to prevent shingles -- a painful and common skin rash -- has been available for more than two years, but few people reportedly are vaccinated."

►June 17, 2008 - Despite Serious Reactions in Girls, Merck Looking at Gardasil for Boys - Newsinferno.com

►June 17, 2008 - HPV vaccine key to prevention, says Sask. official - Leader-Post via Canada.com - "The province is spending $2.9 million to provide this provincewide immunization program....'None of our immunization programs are mandatory in Saskatchewan; they are all consent-based immunization programs. So we are basically treating this like any other immunization program delivered in schools and seeking consent from parents like we always do,' Findlater said."

* ►June 17, 2008 - Catholic schools must get on board with vaccination - Preventing disease requires everyone to participate - The Edmonton Journal via Canada.com

* ►June 17, 2008 - Australia approves local-made bird flu vaccine - Reuters - "The vaccine is administered in two doses and had been approved by Australia's drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Roxon said. Panvax can only be used once an influenza pandemic has been officially declared by the World Health Organization. 'There wouldn't be any benefit to people having the vaccine now if a pandemic hasn't been declared,' CSL Biotherapies General Manager Mary Sontrop said."

* ►June 17, 2008 - Australia has bird flu vaccine: govt -  The Age, AU - "The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved the vaccine, called Panvax, which protects against the current H5N1 strain of the virus."

►June 17, 2008 - UN expert says bird flu situation improving but threat remains - Xinhua via China View

►June 17, 2008 - UN Cites Progress in Combating Avian Flu - The UN official in charge of coordinating efforts to stop the spread of avian influenza says progress is being made. But David Nabarro says the threat continues. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau has the story by VOA Intern Maha Saad. - Voice of America

►June 17, 2008 - CDC funds tests to sort seasonal, avian flu - CIDRAP News

►June 17, 2008 - Baxter uses cell culture for H5N1 vaccine - Baxter has successfully produced H5N1 influenza vaccine in African green monkey kidney cells in quantities sufficient for clinical testing, according to an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine. - In-PharmaTechnologist.com

* ►June 17, 2008 - New Schulich study emphasizes need for corporate pandemic planning - Study's author demonstrates how lack of pandemic preparation will affect bottom line - press release - Schulich School of Business via CNW Group - "Making a case for investing in pandemic preparedness was funded through a research grant by Roche Canada. A copy of the full Schulich School of Business study is available at http://www.schulich.yorku.ca/pandemic"

►June 17, 2008 - Avian Influenza epidemiology report published - Defra via 7thSpace Interactive

►June 17, 2008 - China reports bird flu outbreak near HK border - Reuters

►June 17, 2008 - State conducting flu pandemic exercise - Examiner.com - "Maryland health officials are testing the state's ability to respond to a flu pandemic."

►June 17, 2008 - Health officials urge public to update measles vaccinations - Cary Grove Countryside

►June 17, 2008 - Measles cases increase among unvaccinated children - Cary Grove Countryside

* ►June 17, 2008 - Rotary kicks off major fundraising drive to eradicate polio - World Health Organization declares polio eradication top operational priority - press release - Rotary International

►June 17, 2008 - Second plenary celebrates past, focuses on future - Rotary International

►June 17, 2008 - Help Rotarians Eradicate Polio - UN Dispatch

►June 17, 2008 - Anti-polio vaccination starts - The Post

►June 17, 2008 - Polio vaccination must for pilgrims - The Post

►June 17, 2008 - Vaccination certificate must for Hajj visas - The Post

►June 17, 2008 - Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B - Risk to patients is very low: health officials - CBC - "Officials even debated whether to issue a public warning because the risk is so small, but in the end, they concluded people would want to know, Predy said."

►June 17, 2008 - Traces of Hepatitis A Virus Found In Well Water - TriCities.com

►June 17, 2008 - Thousands of Eastern Iowans Looking into Getting Tetanus Shots - The Gazette via RedOrbit

►June 17, 2008 - Health Officials Say Tetanus Not Linked to Flooding - AP via WHOTV.com

►June 17, 2008 - $2.4 million NIH grant puts Children’s Hospital researcher at forefront of new direction in HIV research - Our & About

►June 17, 2008 - Even as new HIV infections grow, scientists believe vaccine is possible - MediaGlobal

►June 17, 2008 - Data on alternative treatments needed for hyperactive disorder - International Herald Tribune

►June 17, 2008 - How modern science and old-fashioned detective work cracked the salmonella case - USA Today

* ►June 17, 2008 - Abortion Drug's Off-label Use May Have Led To Deaths - University of Michigan Health System via ScienceDaily

* ►June 17, 2008 - AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Merck partner with Quebec government - Hays Pharma - "Each company will contribute $1 million (£500,000) in the first year of the initiative to help fund the research and Pfizer Canada and AstraZeneca Canada are also planning to invest $1 million a year over the next four years."

►June 17, 2008 - Drugmakers to Wait on Advertising New Drugs - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

►June 17, 2008 - Novartis, Pfizer and Merck Take the Lead on Strong Relationships with Physicians, as Doctors Demand an Expanding Set of Services - press release - TNS Healthcare via PRNewswire via The Earth Times
 
►June 17, 2008 - Bioniche Presents E. coli O157:H7 Vaccine Data to International Congress of Medical Microbiology in Serbia - press release - Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall

* ►June 17, 2008 - Measles loses its sting as colleges take action - The Asahi Shimbun - "This year, the college urged its 1,800 new students to go for a measles antibody test before coming to campus. It also asked them to inform the school that they are not at risk of measles. "I've heard that (checking) is the routine at U.S. schools. Now it is safe to say there is little chance that our students will be infected on campus," a Soka University official said."

* ►June 17, 2008 - 330,000 children get shot in arm from new vaccine jabs - The Standard, Hong Kong

* ►June 17, 2008 - Paxil And A Drugmaker On Trial: Alison Explains - Perhaps no other drug over the past several years epitomized the controversy over antidepressants and suicidal side effects than Glaxo’s Paxil. The drug has become a sort of poster child for the debate over hidden clinical data, ghostwriting and failed FDA oversight. As a reporter at The Boston Globe during the 1990’s, Alison Bass began delving into pieces of the tale and returned to the topic several years later to write a fact-filled, yet breezy book that is being published this week: ‘Side Effects: A Best-Selling Drug on Trial.’ We chatted with Alison about the Paxil scandal… - Pharmalot

* ►June 17, 2008 - US Senator Wants Probe Into Pharma Outsourcing - Pharmalot

* ►June 17, 2008 - DTC Ads For New Drugs: How Long A Moratorium? - Pharmalot

►June 17, 2008 - Research key to bird flu fight - Viet Nam News

►June 17, 2008 - Billions for biotech (requires registration) - The Scientist

►June 17, 2008 - Lilly's Cymbalta OK'd as fibromyalgia treatment - The Indianapolis Star

►June 17, 2008 - Cancer as a Disease, Not a Death Sentence (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►June 17, 2008 - FDA Warns Individuals and Firms to Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures' - Fraudulent claims on Internet sites - FDA

►June 17, 2008 - New brain map technology set to revolutionise disease diagnoses - BigNews Network

►June 17, 2008 - Protein That Predicts Alzheimer’s Also Predicts HIV Progression - A research study by UT Health Science Center San Antonio infectious diseases researcher Sunil K. Ahuja, M.D., and colleagues in San Francisco and Bethesda, Md., showed persons with two copies of the protein variant apoE4 were more likely to have a twofold faster HIV disease course marked by progression to death. - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio via Newswise

►June 17, 2008 - Biotech Growth Rate Set To Slow: Report - Pharmalot

►June 17, 2008 - Illinois Governor Announces $20 Million Grant For Public Health Emergency Preparedness - All American Patriots

►June 17, 2008 - Australian officials defend decision to skip ceremony - Reuters via International Herald Tribune

►June 17, 2008 - ASEAN launches infectious diseases information site - AFP via Yahoo!

►June 17, 2008 - Getting Serious on Lyme (requires registration) - Area Health Officials Battle Disease's Surge - The Washington Post

►June 17, 2008 - Film Focuses on Lyme Patients (requires registration) - The Washington Post

►June 17, 2008 - Food Allergies Vs. Intolerances - NBC 10

►June 17, 2008 - Novartis first-quarter profits surge - Financial Times

►June 17, 2008 - Medicines Derived From Cannabis Show Some Non-serious Adverse Events - Researchers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), McGill University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) determined that medical use of cannabinoids do not cause an increase in serious adverse events, but are associated with an increase in some non-serious adverse events. - McGill University Health Centre, via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily

►June 17, 2008 - New compound may treat serious bacterial diarrhea - Reuters via National Post

* ►June 16, 2008 - LIAI researchers discover new cellular mechanism that will significantly advance vaccine development - La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►June 16, 2008 - Working outside, don’t forget the tetanus shots - GateHouse News Service via Waynesville Daily Guide

►June 16, 2008 - Novavax CEO to Present at Piper Jaffray Europe Conference, London, UK - Novavax via PRNewswire-FirstCall via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

* ►June 16, 2008 - Drugmakers: Moratorium On Advertising New Drugs - Pharmalot

* ►June 16, 2008 - Drug Companies Agree to Tighter Rules - Ad Campaigns for New Medications Won't Target Consumers for Six Months - Advertising Age

* ►June 16, 2008 - The Squeeze on Shire - Shire's dependence on a drug for attention-deficit disorder that's scheduled to lose patent protection in April is tough a enough for pill for the British drug maker's holders to swallow. FDA decisions could inflict even more pain on the stock – or provide much-needed relief. - Barron's

►June 16, 2008 - Local health collaborators testify at Senate caucus briefing - Summit Daily News

►June 16, 2008 - Alternating Antipyretics: Antipyretic Efficacy of Acetaminophen Versus Acetaminophen Alternated With Ibuprofen in Children - journal article (Clinical Pediatrics)

►June 16, 2008 - Increase in HIV diagnoses - Irish Health

►June 16, 2008 - Idera Pharmaceuticals Forms Autoimmune Disease Scientific Advisory Board - Idera via Business Wire via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►June 16, 2008 - MHC Biologics Sets Sights on the Next Generation of Monoclonal Antibody Therapies - MHC Biologics via Business Wire via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►June 16, 2008 - Massachusetts to spend $1 billion on biotechnology - Reuters

►June 16, 2008 - Nigeria: Infection and Cancer - Intervention is Key - Vanguard (Lagos) via www.allafrica.com

►June 16, 2008 - Glutathione (blog) - We Support the troops

►June 16, 2008 - Hundreds of thousands of home carers depressed – report - Depression is rife among women who stay at home to care for their elderly, ill or disabled family members, a new report has shown. - Herald Sun, AU

►June 16, 2008 - Analyst awaits data on Wyeth-Elan Alzheimer's drug - Upcoming data for Alzheimer's drug may disappoint, analyst says, but predicts eventual success - AP via CNN Money

►June 16, 2008 - Ginkgo 'does not treat dementia' - A herbal extract used by an estimated 10% of people with dementia is not an effective treatment for it, an Imperial College London study suggests. - BBC

►June 16, 2008 - FDA Expands Antipsychotic Drug Warning - Call for "Black Box" Warning Follows Finding of Increased Death Risk in Elderly - ABC News

* ►June 15, 2008 - Britain's child victims of the chemical cosh - Powerful anti-psychotic drugs designed for adults are being used to treat children, including those with learning difficulties. Brian Brady and Nina Lakhani report - The Independent, UK

►June 15, 2008 - Is lead linked to mental decline? - Some experts say long-ago exposure to the toxin adversely affects the brain later in life, but more study is necessary. - AP via Orlando Sentinel

►June 15, 2008 - Shaken Baby Ruling Reversed - AP via The Independent via Lex18.com

►June 15, 2008 - Why pharma should outsource marketing and branding - World of DTC Marketing

►June 13, 2008 - Study Finds Organic Milk Healthier - Newcastle University via The Times via The Telegraph via Health News Digest via Beyond Pesticides

►June 13, 2008 - California Uses Delta System to Eliminate Electrical Pollution - Arbor Books via WebWire

►June 13, 2008 - Attorney requests change of venue - Allhands wants trial moved to unbiased site - Commercial-News - "Shaken baby syndrome, including it diagnosis, is a point the public defender plans to contest as part of the case for Allhands."

►June 12, 2008 - Reverse Engineering The Brain To Model Mind-body Interactions - When you grab a cold beverage out of the cooler this summer, what is really going on between your brain, your eyes and your hands? - University of British Columbia via ScienceDaily

►June 12, 2008 - Sublingual Immunotherapy Benefits for Grass-Induced Asthma: Presented at EAACI - EAACI via Doctor's Guide

* ►June 11, 2008 - Workshop Mitochondrial Disorders of Childhood: Testing, Potential Relationships to Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Triggers for Neurological Deterioration - FDA/CBER

* ►June 11, 2008 - Lupus More Severe in Patients with Southern European Ancestry - Lupus patients with higher percentage of southern European ancestry have more severe SLE manifestations and increased autoantibody levels - European League Against Rheumatism via Biocompare

►June 11, 2008 - Genital Herpes More Common Among New Yorkers - New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene via Medical News Today

►June 11, 2008 - Examining future lessons of HIV vaccine trials - VaccineEthics.org

* ►June 10, 2008 - Root cause of epilepsy fits found - University of Iowa via The Times of India

►June 10, 2008 - A Brightening Outlook: Bright Light plus Melatonin in Elderly Patients with Dementia - An inexpensive combination treatment has modest positive effects.

►June 10, 2008 - Blueberries may reverse memory decline, Reading University finds - Telegraph, UK via Fresh Plaza

►June 10, 2008 - Environmental Effects Exceed Genetic Effects on Perceived Intensity and Pleasantness of Several Odors: A Three-Population Twin Study. - journal article (Behavior Genetics)

►June 10, 2008 - Most Diseases Caused by Medical System? - Medical treatments, pharmaceutical drugs and decisions based on wrong information are responsible for causing an epidemic of disease throughout the western world. - Health Supreme Blog via www.newmediaexplorer.org

►June 9, 2008 - Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Shaken Baby Syndrome. - journal article (American Journal of Opthamology)

* ►June 7, 2008 - Effect of Probiotics, Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus casei, on Bisphenol A Exposure in Rats (pdf) - journal article (Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry)

►June 5, 2008 - Cherrix turning 18, free of cancer signs and court oversight - The Virginian-Pilot via www.hamptonroads.com

►June 2, 2008 - Clinical failures of appropriately-treated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. - journal article (Journal of Infection)

►June 2, 2008 - Overhydrating Babies Could Cause Seizures - ABC 7 News

►June 2008 - Immunisation attitudes, knowledge and practices of health professionals in regional NSW - journal article (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)

►June 2008 - Our view on drug safety: FDA vet tracks dog deaths, gets smeared in the process - Tale of ProHeart 6 raises questions about who calls the shots at agency. - USA Today

►June 2008 - Successful management of refractory neonatal seizures with midazolam. - journal article (Journal of Child Neurology)

►June 2008 - Why National Laboratories? (requires registration) - For certain experiments, I've learned that there's no better place to do biology. - The Scientist

►June 2008 - Improving Care Quality and Reducing Disparities - journal article (Archives of Internal Medicine)

►June 2008 - Autoimmune paediatric liver disease. - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

►June 2008 - Learning synapses (requires registration) - The Scientist

►June 2008 - Efficacy of allergy immunotherapy as a treatment for patients with chronic otitis media with effusion. - journal article (International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology)

►June 2008 - Research Activities - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

►June 2008 - Severe systemic lupus erythematosus induced by antiviral treatment for hepatitis C. - journal article (Journal Clinical Rheumatology)

►June 2008, Volume 38 Supplement 3 - Current controversies in the interpretation of non-accidental head injury - journal article (Pediatric Radiology)

►May 17, 2008 - Pharmaceutical Drug Companies Marketing and Policy Making - Better Body Journal

►May 16, 2008 - Pharmaceutical Drug Companies Killing Middle America Legally while Robbing You Blind - Better Body Journal

►May 15, 2008 - The truth about milk - “Raw” milk proponent and dairyman Mark McAfee sheds light on pasteurization, the benefits of consuming unadulterated food, and the war on bacteria. - Rodale Institute

►Volume 14 Issue 13, 2008 - Current Pharmaceutical Design - journal article (Bentham Science Publishers)

►Great Plains Laboratory - Web Conferences - Great Plains Laboratory - "The web conferences will offer an invaluable FREE resource for professionals and parents all over the country who want to find out more about the biomedical treatments for autism, developmental disorders and chronic neurological disorders."

►July 2008 - Death through a tragedy: mitotic catastrophe - journal article (Cell Death and Differentiation)

►July 2008 - Innate apoptotic immunity: the calming touch of death - journal article (Cell Death and Differentiation)

►July 2008 - Living with death: the evolution of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis in animals - journal article (Cell Death and Differentiation)

►July 2008 - Mitochondrial fission and fusion dynamics: the long and short of it - journal article (Cell Death and Differentiation)

►July 2008 - The involvement of cell death and survival in neural tube defects: a distinct role for apoptosis and autophagy? - journal article (Cell Death and Differentiation)

* ►June 23/30, 2008 - Patients rarely use online ratings to pick physicians - But experts say online word-of-mouth is still considered a powerful tool, as people look for personal stories when learning about a new doctor. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►June 23/30, 2008 - FDA goes digital for faster "Dear Doctor" letters - The online delivery of these communications also is a patient safety issue, say advocates of a soon-to-be-launched notification system. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Senators split on plans to avert pay cuts - The sponsors of two Medicare bills differ over how to fund the six-month rate freeze and a physician payment increase for next year. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Most in Massachusetts met individual insurance mandate - Only 2.5% of tax filers paid a penalty for not having health insurance. But a physician shortage could pose problems for the reform program. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Texas IPA's contract talks are price-fixing, appeals court rules - Physicians say the limited analysis by the court and the FTC does not allow them to show the pro-competitive effects of their joint activities. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Therapeutic thought (book excerpt: The Cure Within) - Harvard professor Anne Harrington, PhD, explores the mind-body connection in The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Medical schools on target to reach enrollment goals - But with the growth in residency slots lagging behind, the United States will be short 70,000 physicians by 2025. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Minorities underrepresented in California doctor work force - But 40% of the state's minority physicians are in primary care, compared with 30% of white physicians, medical board data showed. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - IMGs, other visa holders in Michigan free to drive again - The state's medical society lobbied for the change in a law that restricted driver's license privileges. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - What's in their wallets? Health plan executives bring home the bucks - Executive pay is still rich, but various pressures might lead it to a decline. Just don't expect that savings to flow to health care or physician reimbursement. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Childhood obesity: A glimmer of hope, but a long way to go - New estimates on the numbers of overweight and obese children indicate that the epidemic may have stabilized, but significant work still is needed. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - D.C. hospital starts all-inclusive HIV screening - Most patients readily agree to a free HIV test and are surprised that their physicians haven't tested them already. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Close tie between diabetes and sleep apnea - Physicians are urged to check for co-existing conditions to catch multiple ills, including hypertension. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - Letters to the Editor - EHR sent this physician back to efficiency of handwritten records - CMS says it wants quality reports, but isn't so good at its own reporting - When looking for villains, start with major insurers -- not drug reps - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - News in brief: Health & Science - Safety review of tumor necrosis factor blockers - Study: Online screening tools effective in monitoring teen behavior - Teens less involved in risky behavior - IV iron may help anemic kidney patients - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - News in brief: Government & Medicine - Congress narrowly adopts budget plan with no Medicaid, Medicare cuts - Medicare private fee-for-service keeps growing - Popular Medicare drug plans up their premiums - House adopts health center funding - www.ama-assn.org

►June 23/30, 2008 - News in brief: Professional Issues - Ruling expected on fight over patient records - www.ama-assn.org

►June 18, 2008 - New Immunization Program for Grade 6 and Grade 9 Girls - Tumbler Ridge News

►June 17, 2008 - Virginia Woman Did not Die of vCJD - Chosun Ilbo

►June 17, 2008 - FDA to Classify Mercury Fillings by Summer 2009 - FDAnews

►June 17, 2008 - Cancer as a Disease, Not a Death Sentence (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 17, 2008 - Vaccinations mandatory for issuance of Haj visas - Arab News

►June 17, 2008 - Taliban help reach 300,000 kids - The News - International - Pakistan

►June 17, 2008 - Second teen diagnosed with meningococcal - Sunshine Coast Daily, Australia

►June 17, 2008 - State’s vaccination drive in dire need of booster shots - Expressindia.com

►June 17, 2008 - Bird flu cleaner free of killer virus - The Standard, Hong Kong

* ►June 17, 2008 - Application For GM Horse Flu Vaccine - press release: ERMA via Scoop.co.nz

* ►June 17, 2008 - FDA expands antipsychotic drug warning - Reuters - "Older, conventional antipsychotic medications can increase the risk of death in some elderly patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Monday."

* ►June 16, 2008 - The British Ban On Biomedical Autism Treatment - The One Click Group

* ►June 16, 2008 - Update - UK Member Of Parliament Threatens One Click - The One Click Group

* ►June 16, 2008 - Same Old Wine In Brand New Bottles by Anne Van Rensselaer - Age of Autism

* ►June 16, 2008 - Presidential candidates comment on causes of autism - Association says evidence-based approach should guide national autism "conversation" - Noting that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are often the first group of professionals to recognize that a child has autism and are central to providing treatment, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) sent letters this month to Presidential candidates Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama that advise taking an evidence-based approach to the vaccine controversy surrounding what causes autism and to policy development related to care. - News-Medical.net

* ►June 16, 2008 - Mark Donohoe on vaccine 'overload' - letter - 6minutes.com.au

* ►June 16, 2008 - A vaccination exemption? Readers respond - Press of Atlantic City

* ►June 16, 2008 - DAVID KIRBY: LECTURE SCHEDULE - Due to demand, moved to a new location: NYU School of Law, 40 Washington Square South,Vanderbilt Hall, Tishman Auditorium, Ground Floor RSVP REQUIRED: [email protected] - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Age of Autism

►June 16, 2008 - Search Underway For Missing Man Suffering From Autism - KUTV.com

►June 16, 2008 - Warning on mercury fillings (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►June 16, 2008 - Public Meeting to be Held for Pooler Elementary Mercury Spill in Pooler, Georgia - press release - EPA.gov

* ►June 16, 2008 - 'U' researcher awarded $7 million grant to study autism - The Michigan Daily - "The National Institute of Mental Health recently awarded a $7 million grant to University researchers so they can study autism treatment methods in children less than a year and a half old."

►June 16, 2008 - Giving a Place to Autistic People - Daily Trust (Abuja) via AllAfrica.com
Mr Ayiem also said an autistic child should be given adequate medical attention . "I have been taking my son to one professor in Jos that is working on the case of autism. He took the specimen of the boys' urine which he tested after which they found out some vitamin deficiency that could be responsible for some of his behaviors. I was given some multivitamins that will help him and monitor him for three months."

►June 16, 2008 - Merck and ERISA: Did Vytorin Constitute a Violation? - Lawyers and Settlements

►June 16, 2008 - Tom Gross: 'Clinically proven' doesn't mean much - Marin Independent-Journal

►June 16, 2008 - Media Advisory; BC Centre for Disease Control-Study Investigates Role of Mass Media During Public Health Crises: Media Participants Sought in British Columbia - press release - BC Centre for Disease Control via Marketwire

►June 16, 2008 - Concept Media Releases AD/HD, Autism, and Mental Retardation Programs - Concept Media via StreetInsider.com

►June 16, 2008 - IAC Express Issue number 737 - Immunization Action Coalition

►June 16, 2008 -  Avanten Announces Solution to Track and Manage Critical Vaccine Inventories - Solution to address the complexities of managing vaccine inventories with mixed funding and demanding reporting requirements now available. - press release - Avanten, LLC. via PRWeb

 ►June 16, 2008 - Graham Health Department reaches beyond county lines - Eastern Arizona Courier

►June 16, 2008 - Emergency plans for doctor resignations - The South Australian Government has admitted it is working on a plan to stop the public health system collapsing if doctors resign. - www.abc.net.au

* ►June 16, 2008 - U of L study finds HPV vaccine may help prevent other cancers - Study finds further use for HPV vaccine - Louisville Courier-Journal - "This new study may be used to argue that young men should be offered the vaccine as well, Jenson said. Vaccinating young men could reduce their chances for developing head and neck cancers and further reduce the number of cases of cervical cancer in young women at the same time, he said."

* ►June 16, 2008 - Parents will 'have the last say' on HPV shots - Surrey Now via Canada.com

* ►June 16, 2008 - HPV vaccine to be offered to Grade 6 girls in Saskatchewan - Regina Leader Post via Canada.com

* ►June 16, 2008 - Product Approval Information Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Vaccine, Recombinant Gardasil - Merck & Co., Inc, License #0002 - FDA/CBER - "Changes to the package insert: To include arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, fatigue, and malaise in the Adverse Reactions section of the package insert to reflect reports received during post-marketing surveillance, to include corresponding changes to the patient package insert, and to include additional minor editorial changes to the package insert June 12, 2008 Approval Letter"

* ►June 16, 2008 - Intercell receives milestone payment triggered by initiation of further clinical trial for Flu vaccine with IC31 - Life Science Network via Bionity.com

* ►June 16, 2008 - Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l. Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application for the Pre-pandemic Vaccine Aflunov - The European Medicines Agency via drugs.com

* ►June 16, 2008 - How to Stop the Hurt -- Sucrose Prior to Infant Vaccinations: A Best Evidence Review CME/CE (requires registration) - Medscape

* ►June 16, 2008 - $Billions of fraud in HHS programs (requires registration) - The Scientist - "The OIG report also states that the NIH needs to resolve problems with its oversight of conflicts of interest among its extramural researchers. Between 2004 and 2006, the NIH could not provide OIG an accurate count of the financial conflicts of interest reports that it received from grantees, according to the report. The OIG also found that about 89 percent of the 438 financial conflicts of interest reports received from NIH grantee institutions in 2006, did not state the nature of the conflicts or the way in which they would be managed."

* ►June 16, 2008 - The AMA Decides Not To Ban CME Funding - Pharmalot - "In explaining the proposal, the committee writes “To promote continued innovation and improvement in patient care, medicine must sustain ongoing, productive relationships with the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. However, industry support of professional education has raised concerns that threaten the integrity of medicine’s educational function.” Here is the summary."
 
* ►June 16, 2008 - What Gift Ban Bill? BIO’s Governor Of The Year - Pharmalot

►June 16, 2008 - State, counties form defense against flu pandemic - Press of Atlantic City

* ►June 16, 2008 - FDA Requests Boxed Warnings on Older Class of Antipsychotic Drugs - FDA

* ►June 16, 2008 - Washout Or Whiteout? Paxil And Placebo Suicides - Pharmalot - "In demanding the probe, Grassley cited a report prepared by Joseph Glenmullen, a Harvard psychiatry professor, for litigation in federal court in California over Paxil side effects. The report was unsealed earlier this year, but was missing some pages. Last week, those pages became available and include a section that describes in some detail how Glaxo allegedly manipulated so-called placebo suicides."

* ►June 16, 2008 - Pfizer Sales Reps Downplay Chantix Side Effects - Pharmalot

►June 16, 2008 - Should Lilly Fear Carl Icahn’s Interest In Amylin? - Pharmalot

►June 16, 2008 - How Pharma Treats The Poor: A New Index - Pharmalot

►June 16, 2008 - Impact of Severe Weather Conditions on Biological Products - FDA/CBER

►June 16, 2008 - Hepatitis A - New York State Department of Health via www.guideline.gov

►June 16, 2008 - Cancer: Can food prevent cancer? - Yes, says an American doctor who has come up with a holistic plan to beat the disease. But you need to change your lifestyle, too. Fiona Macdonald-Smith reports - Telegraph, UK

* ►June 16, 2008 - Amgen's Enbrel in kids "concerning": FDA staff - Reuters

* ►June 16, 2008 - Vical Pandemic Influenza Vaccines Provide Complete Protection in Animal Studies; The Journal of Infectious Diseases Publishes H5N1 Challenge Data - press release - Vical Incorporated via PRNewswire-FirstCall via The Earth Times - " This trial is also important because it marks the first time in humans for our Vaxfectin(R) adjuvant, which has potential applications with both DNA vaccines and conventional protein-based vaccines."

* ►June 16, 2008 - Biotech Experts Available to Discuss the Critical Role of Vaccine Adjuvants in Treating Pandemic Bird Flu - press release - ImmuneRegen via Centre Daily Times - "With many adjuvants - such as Homspera(TM), a promising drug currently under development by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based biotechnology company ImmuneRegen - the same amount of vaccine may be able to treat many more people."

* ►June 16, 2008 - Novartis Vaccines And Diagnostics S.r.l. Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application For The Pre-pandemic Vaccine Aflunov, Europe - Medical News Today

* ►June 16, 2008 - Sanofi gives 60 mln H5N1 flu vaccine shots to WHO - Reuters

* ►June 16, 2008 - Program promotes flu shots to marginalized groups - American Journal of Public Health via Reuters - "'Unvaccinated populations may serve as undetected reservoirs of infection and key bridge populations, thereby limiting the effectiveness of population-wide vaccination efforts,' Dr. Sandro Galeo, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and colleagues point out."

* ►June 16, 2008 - VaxInnate to Discuss Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Vaccines During BIO 2008 This Week - press release - VaxInnate Corporation via Business Wire via PharmaLive via MedAdNews.com

►June 16, 2008 - Hong Kong considers expanding flu vaccination to more children - Xinhua via China View

►June 16, 2008 - Farms Undergoing Avian Flu Testing - The Northwest Arkansas Morning News

►June 16, 2008 - St. Joseph County preparing for bird flu pandemic (includes video) - WSBT-TV South Bend

►June 16, 2008 - AHLA Releases New Community Pan-Flu Preparedness Guidebook - Medical News Today

►June 16, 2008 - Mother claims doctors failed to notice child's meningitis (includes video) - STV.tv

* ►June 16, 2008 - My boy had meningitis.. docs told me to give him a bath - Daily Record, UK

►June 16, 2008 - Ask a Doc: Vaccination could help avoid shingles - Wausau Daily Herald

* ►June 16, 2008 - JID Study - Vitamins Effective In Tuberculosis - The Press via The One Click Group

►June 16, 2008 - Rotary to Announce Major Fundraising Drive to Eradicate Polio Worldwide - Rotary International via StreetInsider.com

►June 16, 2008 - Namibia: Polio outbreak DREF operation No. MDRNA002 Final Report - International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) via ReliefWeb

►June 16, 2008 - Burkina Faso: 800,000 children treated in anti-polio vaccination - Missionary International Service News Agency (MISNA) via ReliefWeb

►June 16, 2008 - Rubella warning after infections - Parents are being urged to make sure their children are vaccinated against rubella, as concerns are raised the infection is circulating around Crieff. - BBC

►June 16, 2008 - Thousands have already got a tetanus shot - The Gazette

►June 16, 2008 - Tetanus vaccinations not always necessary in floods - Hepatitis A vaccination not recommended - KIMT.com

►June 16, 2008 - Uganda: ARV Clinics May Put People With HIV At Risk of Catching TB - New Vision (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com

* ►June 16, 2008 - DSM, Crucell JV boosts human cell yields - Reuters - "The two Dutch firms have created a technology, called PER.C6, to produce biopharmaceutical materials such as drugs and vaccines by using human cell lines instead of a chemical process. The companies said they had boosted fermentation yields in human cells to a record level of over 27 grams per litre compared with 15 grams per litre in March. Higher yields enable smaller and cheaper production units."

►June 16, 2008 - NanoViricides Anti-HIV Lead Drug Candidate Demonstrated Substantial Improvement in Survival Time in Animal Model - Results Better Than Combination Therapy in Double-Blind Animal Study - press release - NanoViricides, Inc. via Business Wire

* ►June 16, 2008 - Global Challenges | Unsafe Blood Transfusions, Medical Practices in Central Asia Contributing to Spread of Infectious Diseases, Including HIV, World Bank Report Says - www.kaisernetwork.org

* ►June 16, 2008 - Orasure's Oral AIDS Test Has Too Many False Positives - Bloomberg

* ►June 16, 2008 - Doctor gets grant for HIV vaccine work - Gloucester County Times via NJ.com - "Pinter is one of 10 investigators nationwide who will share $15.6 million and other resources as part of a new program launched by NIAID aimed at strengthening, expanding and accelerating the scientific progress of HIV vaccine research."

►June 16, 2008 - Uganda: Researchers Find Way to Manage HIV Drug Resistance - The Monitor (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com

►June 16, 2008 - Protein Linked To Alzheimer's Disease Also Has Role In HIV Progression - Gladstone Institutes, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►June 16, 2008 - Are HIV Prevention Gels Safe For Pregnant Women, Their Babies? - Microbicide Trials Network via ScienceDaily

►June 16, 2008 - Art Exhibit Tells Global Stories of HIV Treatment - Tell Me More via NPR

►June 16, 2008 - Advocates Demand CDC Release AIDS Data - Medical News Today

►June 16, 2008 - Syphilis test's worth disputed - Health officials say premarital screening's detection level too low to justify state's costs - The Clarion-Ledger

►June 16, 2008 - Alaska ranks at top in Chlamydia infections - AP via KTUU.com

* ►June 16, 2008 - New Cellular Mechanism That Will Significantly Advance Vaccine Development Discovered -  La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology via ScienceDaily - "'We expected one thing based on textbook knowledge and that didn't happen at all,' he said. It was known previously that getting a good antibody response requires two different cells of the immune system -- B cells and CD4 T cells, both soldiers in the immune system's defensive army. Antibody responses are important because they help the body fight off viruses and they also are key to vaccine development. Surprisingly, however, Dr. Crotty said the researchers found that B cells and CD4 T cells recognize the same piece of the virus."

►June 16, 2008 - Turning Over an Old Leaf - The Jerusalem Post via RedOrbit - "At ASU today, Arntzen's job is to pull together teams of researchers to do interdisciplinary research in plant engineering, especially for vaccines. He has no fears that genetically engineered plants will swallow the world's conventional agriculture or cause any harm to health."

►June 16, 2008 - US Senator seeks probe into pharma outsourcing - A US senator has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a probe into outsourcing of production for pharmaceuticals, as well as ways to make drugmakers accountable for products which fail to meet quality standards. - OutSourcing-Pharma.com

►June 16, 2008 - Effects Of Cancer 'Cures' Can Follow Kids Into Adulthood - Effects Of Cancer 'Cures' Can Follow Kids Into Adulthood - Los Angeles Times via Hartford Courant

►June 16, 2008 - Eli Lilly antidepressant approved for fibromyalgia (requires registration or subscription) - AP via Chicago Tribune

►June 16, 2008 - Amgen's Enbrel Causes Side Effects in Kids, FDA Says - Bloomberg

►June 16, 2008 - Bayer aims to test drugs custom-made from tobacco plants on humans next year - Thomson Financial via Hemscott

►June 16, 2008 - European firms beat U.S. on drug access for poor - Reuters

* ►June 16, 2008 - Drug Companies Adopt Tighter Rules on Ads - Campaigns for New Medications Won't Target Consumers for Six Months - Advertising Age - "Under pressure from Washington, top drug makers including Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer are agreeing a six-month moratorium on advertising new drugs to consumers and will limit how doctors are used in their ads. The changes were unveiled today in letters drug marketers sent the House Energy and Commerce Committee responding to a request from committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., and Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who head the committee's oversight and investigations panel."

►June 16, 2008 - Health officials continue salmonella probe - CNN

►June 16, 2008 - Tomatoes do carry 'special risks' - Auburn University via Southeast Farm Press

►June 16, 2008 - Nanotechnology, biomolecules and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells - Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light. - PhysOrg.com

►June 16, 2008 - Immunization therapy may help some forms of cancer, experts report - DPA via Monsters & Critics

►June 16, 2008 - NFU: JAB reinforces 'don't hesitate, vaccinate' message - Politics.co.uk - "Farmers within the Protection Zone (PZ) are being urged by the Joint Action against Bluetongue (JAB) to vaccinate their animals if they have not already done so."

* ►June 15, 2008 - Vaccine news - FDA fast tracks 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants and toddlers. - The Star, Malaysia

* ►June 15, 2008 - Ministries fight over child-vaccination bill - The Jerusalem Post

►June 15, 2008 - GSK tops league on medicine access - Financial Times

►June 15, 2008 - BIO chief talks about industry's concerns - Funding is always at the top of list - San Diego Union-Tribune

►June 15, 2008 - Life sciences bill could boost region's economy - Eagle Tribune

►June 15, 2008 - Officials warn public to get shots as mumps cases surge - Fraser Valley hit with 47 cases in worst year since 1997 - The Province via Canada.com

►June 14, 2008 - Campaign vs cervical cancer - Philippine Daily Inquirer

►June 14, 2008 - Indonesia's new bird flu policy on reporting deaths leads to confusion, anger - AP via International Herald Tribune

►June 14, 2008 - Armed Forces could not help civilians in flu pandemic - The Times, UK

►June 14, 2008 - Study cracks amoeba attack tactic - The tiny creature behind tens of thousands of dysentery deaths each year has a crafty method of slipping past our immune system, claim researchers. - BBC

►June 13, 2008 - Research and Markets: The Pharma R&D Fact Book 2007 Is an Essential Report Examining the Research Investment and Drug Pipelines for 39 Leading Companies from Abbott and Alcon to UCB and Wyeth - M2 Presswire via COMTEX via Trading Markets

►June 13, 2008 - Sherard: Education key in fighting pandemic flu - Wyoming Business Report

* ►June 12, 2008 - Vaccine 'overload' myths persist - Some doctors and other immunisation providers may be passing on their own irrational fears about vaccine safety to their patients, Australian researchers say. - 6minutes.com.au

►June 11, 2008 - Measles making a comeback in the U.S. - The rise in the number of measles cases in the U.S. is concerning health authorities who fear the disease is making a comeback after a decade of being eradicated. - News-Medical.net

►June 2008 - Academic Medicine to the Rescue (requires registration) - Full partnerships with industry are spawning a new era of translational medicine. - The Scientist

* ►Biomedical Treatment of Autism: Sound Medicine, or Dangerous Voodoo? By David Kirby (pdf) - The One Click Group

Posted June 15, 2008

►June 16, 2008 - Researchers track down antibodies responsible for MS - Autoimmune diseases establish themselves when antibodies designed to protect the human body against foreign invaders turn against their own cells and tissues. In multiple sclerosis (MS), antibodies begin to attack nerve cells which leads to a degeneration of the myelin fibres, the sheath that surrounds neurons. Very little is known about where these antibodies come from, but now scientists have identified a way to allocate antibodies to their source cells, thereby allowing a better tracking of these rogue molecules. - EUROPA

►June 16, 2008 - Eight children diagnosed with HIV - EIGHT children were diagnosed with HIV last year, figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) show. - Irish Examiner

►June 16, 2008 - Frank Maguire: Time to stop playing NHS politics with HIV and Hep C infection (requires subscription for full article) - The Scotsman

►June 16, 2008 - Pat for state as Hajis get polio drops - Expressindia.com

►June 16, 2008 - Vaccination effective in fighting influenza - Bathhurst Western Advocate

►June 16, 2008 - Risk-averse investors threaten drug development - The Independent, UK

►June 16, 2008 - Flu outbreak blamed on Japanese horses - Wellington Times, Australia

►June 16, 2008 - Cow dies of anthrax in Bhavnagar village, door-to-door vaccination drive on - Expressindia.com

* ►June 16, 2008 - Magic Shots - Financial Express, India - "Vaccines are hot. The global vaccine market, which was earlier thought as a low margin, low growth industry, is now attracting the interest of all major pharmaceutical giants."

* ►June 15, 2008 - Albany Rally Against Mandated Immunization - The Epoch Times - "Dr. Lynn Friedman, a chiropractor from Clarkstown, was denied a religious exemption for her son in kindergarten. She brought a suit against the school, the state health department, and the principal. She had to submit all her medical and dental records for 10 years and went through a 'grueling year' of depositions only to have her case denied because she had used pharmaceutical drugs a few times in extreme cases, such as one Motrin for her son's very high fever. Her son, now 12, has never been vaccinated and goes to private school."

* ►June 15, 2008 - Parents try to change vaccine standards - Rocky Mount Telegram - "To make her concerns heard, Rue and her children traveled to Washington, D.C., for the 'Green Our Vaccines, Too Many, Too Soon' march and rally two weeks ago. The three were among 8,000 people that walked from the Washington Memorial to the Capital Building, holding signs demanding change and pictures of children who lost their lives from reactions to vaccines."

* ►June 15, 2008 - News From The Front: The New York  Rally By An Observer - Age of Autism

* ►June 15, 2008 - David Kirby: Calling All Vaccine-Autism Critics - The Huffington Post

* ►June 15, 2008 - Kim Stagliano: Jim Carrey: "Autism Made Me a Man" - The Huffington Post

* ►June 15, 2008 - Happy Father's Day - Age of Autism

* ►June 15, 2008 - Paediatrician says multiple vaccinations are safe for infants (includes video) - 3 News, New Zealand - "A visiting paediatrician is urging parents to vaccinate following a measles outbreak at a Christchurch preschool. In the US there are concerns about the use of multiple vaccines, but Dr Paul Offit says the benefits far outweigh the risks....'We would like to see more open public discussion about the risks  and benefits of vaccines rather than see vaccination as a sacred cow that you can't raise any issues or questions about,' Sue Claridge from the Immunisation Awareness Society said."

►June 15, 2008 - Denying children vaccines will harm more than help - letters - Youngstown Vindicator

►June 15, 2008 - Local women start autism school - News Herald

►June 15, 2008 - Ministries fight over child-vaccination bill - Jerusalem Post

* ►June 15, 2008 - New vaccine Haemophilus Influenzae Type B to be introduced - Pakistan Daily - "The government will introduce a new vaccine Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (HIB) from July 2008 in current "National EPI Vaccination Schedule" which will be delivered as a combination of 5 vaccines in one (Pentavalent)."

* ►June 15, 2008 - Iran produces leishmaniasis vaccine - Iranian scientists have produced an autoclaved L. major vaccine (Alum-ALM), which they hope will be effective against leishmaniasis. - Press TV

* ►June 15, 2008 - Elan, Wyeth Take an Inside-Out Approach to Alzheimer's Vaccine - Seeking Alpha
 
►June 15, 2008 - FDA Clears Two States, Part of Mexico as Source of Salmonella - Bloomberg

►June 15, 2008 - Are Cell Phones a Food or a Drug? - The Food and Drug Administration feels compelled to give warnings about cell phones because another overbloated bureaucracy (FCC) can't seem to "protect" us. - NolanChart.com

* ►June 15, 2008 - Taiwan combats virus as death toll hits seven - AFP via Google - "The highly contagious enterovirus 71, or EV71, can lead to acute hand, foot and mouth disease, which is most dangerous to the young. Dozens of children have died of the illness in mainland China this year."

►June 15, 2008 - Pushing Polio To The Brink Of Eradication - HealthNewsDigest.com

►June 15, 2008 - Influenza season yet to peak - Media release from the National Influenza Strategy Group - New Zealand Doctor Online

►June 15, 2008 - Stopping malaria's death march - Organizations join to battle disease that kills 1 million a year - Baltimore Sun

►June 15, 2008 - Eliminating malaria - TheChronicleHerald.ca

►June 15, 2008 - Measles outbreak underscores immunisation need - Ministry of Health via Scoop.co.nz

►June 15, 2008 - 'Lifer' honoured for work educating prison inmates about HIV infection risks - The Canadian Press via Google

►June 15, 2008 - New Index Explains Why Some Drugs Work Better Than Others Against HIV - press release - Johns Hopkins via AScribe Newswire

►June 15, 2008 - 2 bills to expand HIV testing set off debate - Daily Gazette

►June 15, 2008 - City target of AIDS campaign - Black residents among worst affected in state (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►June 15, 2008 - Vaccination only precaution against JE - Times of India

►June 15, 2008 - Vioxx claim choked by system limits - Financial Times

►June 15, 2008 - Counterfeit pills for erectile dysfunction caught in Galilee raid - Jerusalem Post

►June 15, 2008 - Confiscations leap 24% as bogus-Rx sales thrive online - Bloomberg Via Arkansas Democrat Gazette

* ►June 15, 2008 - Beware the killer peanut - Peanut allergies, almost unheard of a generation ago, are surging - BurlingtonFreePress.com - "And on top of it all, we're rabid vaccinators -- if you follow Vermont's recommendations, you'll puncture your kid until he or she is 12 years old with enough needles worthy of a sea urchin. Understandably, we want to protect our young against polio and diphtheria, pertussis and rubella and the rest, but the collateral fallout is that we might be turning ourselves into immunological wimps in the process by dropping our resistance to allergies to -- well, peanuts, among others."

►June 15, 2008 - Stanley Fish: Who's the outsider? - Stanley Fish writes The New York Times' Think Again blog, where a version of this essay originally appeared. - Dallas Morning News - "A letter published in the May 26 issue of Time magazine protests the inclusion, in Time's list of the world's 100 most influential people, of two researchers allied with the organization Cure Autism Now. The letter writer says he is outraged because, in his view, 'autistic spectrum disorders are not diseases,' but rather markers of 'genetic difference in the same vein as skin color, gender.'"

►June 15, 2008 - A new twist on autism education - Noah's Pretzels teaches about the disorder at stadium and mall - The Washington Times

* ►June 15, 2008 - Special dads for special kids - Houston Chronicle - "As an offensive lineman for the Texans, Scott Jackson lines up without fear each day in practice, going head-to-head against defensive tackles even bigger than he is. But there at the grocery store, a 2 1/2 -year-old boy standing 40 inches and weighing 45 pounds rendered him helpless."

* ►June 14, 2008 - A San Jacinto mother desperately seeks help for an autistic son spiraling out of control - The Press-Enterprise - "Robin Dooley is desperate. Her son's furor has given her panic attacks, robbed her life of pleasure and threatened the emotional health of her 4-year-old son, she said. Dooley, who separated from Nicholas' father, Mike, last year, fears the worst by the time Nicholas is a teen and can outmuscle her. She has pleaded with mental health officials and the agency that coordinates services for Nicholas' autism to have him temporarily hospitalized, evaluated and regulated on medication. Though he receives five hours of one-on-one therapy a week, attends a special school and is on powerful drugs used for depression, hyperactivity and bi-polar disorder, nothing seems to work, Dooley said."

* ►June 14, 2008 - Sudbury boy is coming up for air - The MetroWest Daily News - "In a recent interview on 'CBS The Early Show,' Zack's physician, Dr. Kenneth Bock, suggested that environmental factors and nutritional deficiencies trigger the conditions in children who are genetically predisposed to them. He said intervention can be effective in treating those youngsters - intervention involving detoxifying them and changing their diets, among other things."

►June 13, 2008 - HHS Awards Contracts For The Development Of Faster Influenza Diagnostic Tests - Medical News Today

►June 13, 2008 - 2008 BIO International Convention Exhibitor Profiles - Business Wire

►June 12, 2008 - Rooting Out the Rotten Tomatoes - TIME

►June 10, 2008 - Fears over meningitis C vaccine - Nursing in Practice

►July 2008 - Intestinal fibrosis in inflammatory bowel disease: progress in basic and clinical science. - journal article (Current Opinion in Gastroenterology)

►July 2008 - A placebo-controlled study of extract of ginkgo biloba added to clozapine in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. - journal article (International Clinical Psychopharmacology)

* ►June 25, 2008 - Apnea and its possible relationship to immunization in ex-premature infants - journal article (Vaccine) - "More of the VLBW infants in the apnea group had neonatal neurological complications compared with the VLBW control group (p = 0.005). Ten of 11 children with apnea within 72 h of immunization were possibly related to vaccination."

* ►June 25, 2008 - HLA and response to booster hepatitis B vaccination in anti-HBs-seronegative adolescents who had received primary infantile vaccination - journal article (Vaccine) - "Recent cigarette smoking and/or betel-quid chewing was associated with a 12-fold risk of non-response to booster vaccination. Further comparisons between responders and adolescents who had undetectable post-booster anti-HBs titers (<0.1 mIU/mL) demonstrated similar results. Our results indicated that response to booster HB vaccination as well as long-term immunological responses to HB vaccination are closely related with host genetic factors, and probably modified by recent substance use."

* ►June 25, 2008 - Development of a universal influenza A vaccine based on the M2e peptide fused to the papaya mosaic virus (PapMV) vaccine platform - journal article (Vaccine) - "These results show, for the first time, the potential of a recombinant plant virus protein to serve as both peptide delivery system and adjuvant in the crucial field of influenza vaccine development."

* ►June 25, 2008 - Influenza immunization and subsequent diagnoses of group A streptococcus-illnesses among U.S. Army trainees, 2002–2006 - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►June 25, 2008 - Laboratory methods for assessing vaccine potency retained in aerosol outputs from nebulizers: Application to World Health Organization measles aerosol project - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►June 25, 2008 - Poly(propyleneimine) dendrimer and dendrosome mediated genetic immunization against hepatitis B - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►June 25, 2008 - Prediction of pertussis vaccine efficacy using a correlates of protection model - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - Invasive Pneumococcal disease in Singapore children - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - Can schistosomiasis really be consigned to history without a vaccine? - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - Production of monoclonal antibodies against whole virus particles of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O and A and their potential use in quantification of intact virus for vaccine manufacture - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - The novel adjuvant IC31® strongly improves influenza vaccine-specific cellular and humoral immune responses in young adult and aged mice - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - Synergistic immunosuppressive effect of anti-TNF combined with methotrexate on antibody responses to the 23 valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - Reduced dose pre-exposure primary and booster intradermal rabies vaccination with a purified chick embryo cell vaccine (PCECV) is immunogenic and safe in adults - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - Therapeutic vaccination with dendritic cells pulsed with tumor-derived Hsp70 and a COX-2 inhibitor induces protective immunity against B16 melanoma - journal article (Vaccine)

►June 25, 2008 - Open-label, dose escalation phase I study in healthy volunteers to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of a human monoclonal antibody to Clostridium difficile toxin A - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►June 16, 2008 - Good News For Medical Device Makers - Forbes - "If the Supreme Court makes a pro-preemption ruling in the Wyeth case, trial lawyers will likely seek to get the decision overturned via legislation. However, this strategy is unlikely to be successful--absent much more significant than expected Democratic party gains in Congress in the November election--as the pharmaceutical industry can be expected to mount a massive lobbying effort in favor of the likely Wyeth standard."

►June 16, 2008 - Over-the-counter chelation agents are unproven, risky (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

►June 15, 2008 - Daniel’s legacy - Malaysia Star

* ►June 15, 2008 - Plastics Containing ‘Smart Elements’ Can Reliably Detect Mercury In Drinking Water, Study Suggests - University of Massachusetts Amherst via ScienceDaily - "Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed plastics containing “smart elements” that can instantly detect the presence of mercury at or below the drinking water standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, even when other metals are present in the solution."

►June 15, 2008 - Reducing childhood risk - WHO millennium development goal four – a strategic approach to reducing mortality rate of children under five by 2015. - Malaysia Star

►June 15, 2008 - Polio official kidnapped in Mohmand Agency - Daily Times, Pakistan

►June 15, 2008 - Aids claim sparks backlash for WHO - The Independent, UK - "The WHO has been under siege since Kevin de Cock, head of its HIV/Aids department, told The Independent on Sunday that, outside sub-Saharan Africa, the disease was recognised to be largely limited to high-risk groups, such as injecting drug users."

* ►June 15, 2008 - Superbug in hospital outbreak 'has same death rate as smallpox' - The Scotsman - "Experts fear the strain of Clostridium difficile that has killed eight people at the Vale of Leven Hospital, and been involved in the deaths of eight more, is as deadly as smallpox. The strength of the 027 strain is under investigation, but the rate of fatalities in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde hospital, in West Dunbartonshire, has horrified bacteriologists."

* ►June 15, 2008 - Epidemics: Scientists to hunt down new viruses before they strike - Google backs 'predict and prevent' plans to track animal pathogens that could spread to humans - The Observer via The Guardian, UK

* ►June 15, 2008 - Parents ignore cervical cancer vaccine for daughters - Parents are being blamed for 26 per cent of young Queensland women not being given the life-saving cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. - Courier Mail via www.news.com.au - "More than 23,000 young Queensland women aged between 14 and 17 have not received the cervical cancer vaccine under the National Immunisation Program....Inventor of the vaccine, Professor Ian Frazer, believes a 'head in the sand' approach from parents is to blame. 'Everybody has the right to say no,' he said. 'That is their right but they also have the right to get cervical cancer and they also have the right to die, it goes with the territory.'"

* ►June 14, 2008 - HPV Vaccine for Boys? It Just Might Happen (requires registration) - HealthDay via Washington Post - "The maker of Gardasil, Merck & Co., is accumulating data to consider whether boys should receive the inoculation as well. 'Nobody will be surprised if someday it is recommended for boys, but it's premature to make that call now,' Wyand said. 'The early returns I'm aware of with boys are positive. The vaccine appears to trigger an immune response similar to that of girls.'"

* ►June 14, 2008 - 23 people die and 123 are hospitalised after being given flu vaccine - Daily Mail, UK - "Causes of death included heart attacks, blood infections and pneumonia, while asthma and kidney failure were among reported side-effects. The statistics, revealed by Health Minister Dawn Primarolo, raise fears over the safety of the vaccine, which is taken by eight million people in Britain every year."

* ►June 14, 2008 - Tomato vaccination being tested to check salmonella - IANS via Thaindian.com - "Keith Warriner, a professor at the food science department of the University of Guelph near Toronto, has pioneered a method - fighting microbes with microbes - to eliminate salmonella by treating tomatoes at the flowering stage."

* ►June 14, 2008 - Recovery Story: Mitchell - Age of Autism

* ►June 14, 2008 - Mercury In Your Water? H2 OH NO! - Age of Autism

* ►June 14, 2008 - When Sci-Fi Meets Reality: Scientists Create Virus to Fight Cancer - NaturalNews.com

* ►June 14, 2008 - No plans for mandatory mercury labels on fish: Health Canada - CanWest News Service via Canada.com - "Even though Canadians want it, Health Canada has no plans to bring in mandatory labelling of mercury in fish, saying it would be 'complicated' and difficult to enforce."

►June 14, 2008 - Project LOVE Holds Immunization Clinics - NBC4i.com

►June 14, 2008 - Online Scheduler Helps Track Kids' Shots - Computerized program tells them when to give vaccines after child misses appointment - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►June 14, 2008 - IOC, OVL to invest $3 bn in Iran block - Daily News & Analysis - "Meanwhile, an India-specific rotaviral vaccine is being developed by Hyderabad-based biotech firm Bharat Biotech International, in collaboration with the Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Immunology, and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)."

►June 14, 2008 - The Global Epidemiology of Childhood Pneumonia 20 Years On - Bulletin of the World Health Organization via RedOrbit

►June 14, 2008 - More Ark. poultry flocks checked for bird flu - AP via WXVT.com

►June 14, 2008 - 60,000 children immunised against polio - Daily Times, Pakistan

►June 14, 2008 - Two cases of measles at Christchurch pre-school - Health officials are satisfied a rare outbreak of the potentially fatal childhood disease measles in Christchurch has been contained, but say the two cases the first in Canterbury for eight years are a timely warning of the need for immunisation. - The Press via Stuff.co.nz

►June 14, 2008 - In waters, youths find fun, doctor sees danger - Des Moines Register

* ►June 14, 2008 - AIDS Cases Missed In DC - Hundreds of Deaths Unreported Over 6 Years, Study Says (requires registration) - Washington Post

►June 14, 2008 - Anthrax strikes again, 1 dies - Express News Service via Newindpress

►June 14, 2008 - Riding On The Quips Of History - John Adams is a great lesson and entertaining, too - National Post - "When Adams' wife, Abigail, has herself and their children inoculated against smallpox (a stomach-turning procedure called variolation that involved being voluntarily infected), the guide notes that this preventive measure itself had a 2% to 3% mortality rate."

►June 14, 2008 - Re-Introduce Anti-Rabies Vaccination - Modern Ghana

►June 14, 2008 - Dog flu confirmed in Illinois - United Press International

* ►June 14, 2008 - Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 14, 2008 - Duke to re-evaluate mercury pollution: The utility will comply with a state request on its Cliffside power plant expansion. - Trading Markets

►June 14, 2008 - Disease on the rise - The Courier, AU

* ►June 14, 2008 - Speech block a parental nightmare - Nathan Cole visibly shrinks when someone tries to have a conversation. He can hear perfectly and understands what's being said, but he finds it hard to formulate a response. Every attempt he makes is a struggle. - The Australian

* ►June 14, 2008 - Tyson Foods Sues U.S.D.A. Over Antibiotic Rules (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►June 14, 2008 - Panel minimizes some concerns over bisphenol A - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

►June 14, 2008 - Why is salmonella such a tricky bacteria - Thaindian News

►June 14, 2008 - Anti-TB Programmes Can Ease NCD Burdens Globally - Bernama

* ►June 13, 2008 - 3 exposed to rabies, will need vaccinations - The Buffalo News

* ►June 13, 2008 - Indonesia's new bird flu policy angers families - Forbes

* ►June 13, 2008 - PA's First West-Nile-Positive Mosquito of 2008 Season Discovered in Luzerne County - PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

* ►June 13, 2008 - Cancer Alliance To Disclose Conflicts Of Interest - Pharmalot

►June 13, 2008 - Patients treated without license, police say - The Cincinnati Enquirer

* ►June 13, 2008 - It Takes The FDA How Long To Approve Generics? - Pharmalot

* ►June 13, 2008 - Johns Hopkins raps AP story on lead experiment - AP via Los Angeles Times

►June 13, 2008 - Climate Change and Infectious Diseases (requires registration) - Medscape Infectious Diseases

►June 13, 2008 - US seeks support for climate fund - The US has called on the world's eight most industrialised nations to invest in a $10bn (£5bn) climate change fund. - BBC

►June 13, 2008 - Scottish Bill passed to protect public from contamination - onmedica

►June 13, 2008 - The Tomato Pickle - As the salmonella-tainted tomato outbreak continues to spread, small and local farm advocates say their produce is a safer bet. But experts aren't so sure. - Newsweek

►June 13, 2008 - Scientists: 115-year-old's brain worked perfectly - Was it the pickled herrings? Dutch woman was sharp right up to the end - AP via MSNBC

►June 13, 2008 - Child health week on course in Zambia - WebWire

►June 13, 2008 - Vinyl shower curtains release 100 toxic chemicals, study finds - The Gazette via Canada.com

* ►June 13, 2008 - UK Member Of Parliament Threatens One Click - Bully Boy David Jones, Conservative MP For Clywd West, Implodes - Jane Bryant The One Click Group

* ►June 13, 2008 - David Kirby: RIP Tim Russert By David Kirby - Age of Autism

* ►June 13, 2008 - Heckenlively on the Omnibus Autism Proceeding: 5/28 - Dr. Fombonne isn’t a “Monkey Person”, but he Does Play One in Court – The Omnibus Autism Proceeding – Second Set of Hearings (Thimerosal & Autism) – Day Twelve – May 28, 2008 By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ►June 13, 2008 - Holland On The Omnibus Autism Proceeding: 5/28 - May 28, 2008:  Day 13:  The Government’s Response, continued - Age of Autism

* ►June 13, 2008 - Journalist David Kirby On Vaccines-Autism Debate In Britain - video - videos - The One Click Group - "David Kirby Talks To Polly Tommey London 6 June 2008 On YouTube"

►June 13, 2008 - Electrical Pollution Linked To Autism In Children? - press release - Arbor Books via WebWire

►June 13, 2008 - Alberta Catholics split over HPV vaccine - CanWest News Service via Canada.com - "As the Alberta government prepares to inoculate Grade 5 girls against human papilloma virus beginning in September, an official with the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton argues Catholic schools should not participate in the program."

* ►June 13, 2008 - Crusade for Truth in vaccination moves onward - Gather.com

►June 13, 2008 - Reacting to the Tomato Scare: Overdone or Not Enough? - Talk of the Nation via NPR

►June 13, 2008 - Mumps outbreak in Fraser East region - The Chilliwack Times

►June 13, 2008 - FDA Adds Cancer Warning To Johnson and Johnson's Psoriasis Drug - All Headline News

►June 13, 2008 - Hepatitis Investigations Running at Slow Pace (includes video) - Las Vegas Now

►June 13, 2008 - Parents advised on immunisation after measles outbreak in Blackpool - This Is Lancashire

►June 13, 2008 - SAHEL: Outbreak of polio prompts mass vaccination campaign - IRIN Africa

►June 13, 2008 - West Africa: Outbreak of Polio Prompts Mass Vaccination Campaign - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks via AllAfrica.com

►June 13, 2008 - Other concerns top tetanus on list of flood health threats - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

* ►June 13, 2008 - Adverse Reactions: This bird flu has flown - WDDTY What Doctors Don't Tell You

►June 13, 2008 - Board to post doctors' malpractice history - AP via San Diego Union-Tribune

►June 13, 2008 - "Good" Bacteria Boost Immunity - Probiotics are essential to health and vitality. - Stop Aging Now

►June 13, 2008 - Gympie warned of disease outbreak - The Gympie Times

►June 12, 2008 - Flood: Tetanus booster shots not always necessary - West Branch Times

►June 12, 2008 - Emergency Responders Roll Up Sleeves for Tetanus Shots - NTV

►June 12, 2008 - Racing industry wants vaccinations first - Racing and Sports, Australia - "Vaccination first, compensation second. That is the order of priority for racing and breeding authorities following Thursday's release of the Callinan report into Australia's equine influenza (EI) outbreak."

►June 12, 2008 - Needle-free vaccine may stop Montezuma's Revenge - Reuters

* ►June 12, 2008 - Epidemic response better for poultry than people: report - Canwest News Service  via National Post

* ►June 12, 2008 - Report: Worrisome rise in underweight babies - AP via Yahoo!

* ►June 12, 2008 - AMA to consider endorsing undercover patients - AP via USA Today - "Hospitals and health clinics are increasingly turning to these undercover patients to grade the health care experience being offered. Now the ethics council of the American Medical Association is pressing the doctors group to endorse such practices. AMA delegates are expected to vote on the proposal, along with dozens of others, during their five-day meeting beginning Saturday."

* ►June 12, 2008 - 'New superbug' concerns overhyped - Warnings about the emergence of a "new superbug" have been overhyped, say infection control experts. - BBC

►June 12, 2008 - Washington Univ. researchers recognized for studies of infectious disease - St. Louis Business Journal

►June 12, 2008 - Notice: Draft Guidance for Industry on Updating Labeling for Susceptibility Test Information in Systemic Antibacterial Drug Products and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Devices; Availability - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►June 12, 2008 - Even before tomato warning, many Americans lacked confidence in the food safety system - Many concerned about imported foods from China, Mexico - Harvard School of Public Health  via EurekAlert!

►June 12, 2008 - Idenix HIV treatment shows "potent antiviral activity" - Idenix via Boston Business Journal

►June 12, 2008 - Urgent action is needed to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases in Central Asia through tainted blood transfusions - Worldbank

►June 12, 2008 - An unexpected link between coronavirus replication and protein secretion in infected cells - Public Library of Science via EurekAlert!

►June 12, 2008 - Synthetic cocoa chemical slows growth of tumors in human cell lines - Georgetown University Medical Center via EurekAlert!

►June 12, 2008 - Tooth Grinding Sends a Signal to Parents - Sleep via Ivanhoe

►June 12, 2008 - A Hidden Danger of Snoring in Kids - Sleep via Ivanhoe

►June 12, 2008 - It's Not Just Genetics - Bad food is easier to come by than good in too many places. Here junk fare is sold right outside a school. Safety Community Environment Education Race Income Diet - TIME Magazine

►June 12, 2008 - Human Genome Sciences Reports Positive Long-Term Data for LymphoStat-B in Patients With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Phase 2 data demonstrate sustained improvement in disease activity through three years of LymphoStat-B (belimumab) therapy - PRNewswire-FirstCall via Money Central MSN

►June 12, 2008 - CDC: Hospitals do poorly on breast-feeding support - AP via Yahoo!

►June 12, 2008 - Low vitamin D common with rheumatic diseases - Reuters Health

►June 12, 2008 - Gardeners warned over wood mould - Gardeners have been warned about a mould, called Aspergillus, that grows on compost and decaying wood following the death of a middle-aged man. - BBC

* ►June 11, 2008 - Notice: Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; ROTATEQ - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►June 11, 2008 - IBD and IBD mimicking enterocolitis in children younger than 2 years of age - journal article (European Journal of Pediatrics)

►June 11, 2008 - The latest research on allergies: Specific immunotherapy can help - Specific immune therapy works for many people and it is becoming increasingly popular in Europe, according to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care. - Informed Health Online

►June 10, 2008 - Vaccine resistant meningitis C - NHS Choices

* ►June 10, 2008 - Notice: Office of the Director, Office of Biotechnology Activities; Recombinant DNA Research: Action Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines) - National Institutes of Health (NIH), DHHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►June 10, 2008 - Notice: Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Use of the Licensed Patent Rights To Develop Fully Human and/or Humanized Monoclonal Antibodies Against IGF-I and/or IGF-II for the Treatment of Human Cancers - National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►June 10, 2008 - Study recommends development of standards for pediatric doses in nuclear medicine - Radiopharmaceutical guidelines should establish consistent dosage standards, according to article in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Society of Nuclear Medicine via EurekAlert!

* ►June 10, 2008 - FDA official says baby bottles with bisphenol A safe - AP via Yahoo!

►June 10, 2008 - Guidance for Industry Updating Labeling for Susceptibility Test Information in Systemic Antibacterial Drug Products and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Devices (pdf) - FDA/CDER

►June 10, 2008 - The mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) from Mycobacterium bovis BCG influences various growth characteristics - journal article (BMC Microbiology)

►June 10, 2008 - Botulinum toxin type a induces direct analgesic effects in chronic neuropathic pain - journal article (Annals of Neurology)

►June 10, 2008 - New research shows room for improvement in health news - Public Library of Science via EurekAlert!

►June 10, 2008 - Children and adolescents with headache: what do they need? - journal article (The Journal of Headache and Pain)

►June 10, 2008 - Cost of cancer care climbed between 1991 and 2002, as radiation and chemotherapy increased - Journal of the National Cancer Institute via EurekAlert!

* ►June 9, 2008 - No Child Left Undrugged - The Rutherford Institute

►June 9, 2008 - "Give Adequate Holiday Vaccination Advice," Urges Medical And Dental Defence Union Of Scotland - Medical News Today - "A doctor who fails in his or her duty of care by neglecting to offer appropriate and adequate advice - in addition to the right vaccinations or prophylaxis - is taking a huge risk, points out Dr Gail Gilmartin, medico-legal advisor for MDDUS. 'It's the time of year when people are heading off abroad for a carefree summer holiday,' says Dr Gilmartin. 'If they seek vaccinations or prophylaxis, the advice they receive at the same time must be adequate, or their doctor risks a claim.'"

* ►June 5, 2008 - Amid protest, US backs vaccinations - FDA sees health benefits of child vaccines, says it is looking for signs of links to autism - Baltimore Sun - "As thousands protested yesterday that childhood vaccines are unsafe, federal health officials emphasized that they're looking for any signs of a link between the shots and autism but that evidence supports the health benefits. 'I don't believe there is evidence that links vaccines to autism, but I do believe these are concerns we need to take seriously,' said Dr. Jesse L. Goodman, director of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccines division."

►June 4, 2008 - Cervical cancer vaccination recommended - Irish Medical Times - "A new cost-effectiveness analysis shows that universal HPV vaccination of 12 year old females would be cost-effective in Ireland. A report published today also recommends a once-off vaccination programme for 13 to 15 year-old females."

►June 4, 2008 - Harney to decide on cervical cancer vaccinations - Belfast Telegraph

►June 4, 2008 - New Equine Rabies Vaccine Provides Long-Lasting Protection - United States Equestrian Federation

►June 2, 2008 - Mr. Freeze - Norio Owada's freezing method can keep milk fresh for months. Livers, too. - Forbes

* ►June 2, 2008 - FDA and Cancer Vaccine Development (pdf) - FDA/CBER

* ►June 1, 2008 - Funding the FDA, Finally - Increased agency funding, whether through budget allocations or user fees, will not prevent another heparin crisis. - BioPharma International

* ►June 1, 2008 - The Power of Hypothesis - Although a powerful statistical method, hypothesis testing can lead to false conclusions if applied incorrectly. - BioPharma International

* ►June 1, 2008 - Avoiding the Pain of Out-of-Specification Results - Failing to apply important statistical principles leads to unnecessary investigations and wastes time and resources. Control charts can help. The pharmaceutical industry does not have a good track record of applying sound statistical principles to the investigation of out-of-specification (OOS) results. Recently, Steven Kuwahara presented an article on the history of the OOS problem highlighting some statistical deficiencies.1 In this article, we present some additional statistical principles. Failure to apply these principles causes unnecessary investigations, nearly guarantees recurrence, and wastes valuable time and resources. Control charts can help scientists and managers avoid these pitfalls. - BioPharma International

►June 1, 2008 - How to Evaluate the Cost Impact of Using Disposables in Biomanufacturing - To understand the overall cost impact of disposable technologies, it is necessary to build a robust model that covers the entire process. - BioPharma International

►June 1, 2008 - Validation Failure is Not an Option. Should it be? - To understand the overall cost impact of disposable technologies, it is necessary to build a robust model that covers the entire process. - BioPharma International

►June 1, 2008 - Modeling of Biopharmaceutical Processes—Part 1: Microbial and Mammalian Unit Operations - Process-modeling tools can ensure smooth technology transfer of microbial and mammalian processes from bench to commercial scale. The scale-up of processes from bench to commercial scale is challenging because of uncertainties about the physiochemical environment experienced by the cells at large scale. Process modeling tools can be useful in facilitating the scale-up and technology transfer of microbial and mammalian processes by ensuring that the process requirements can be met by the facility capabilities. - BioPharma International

* ►June 2008 - Pertussis outbreak on a neonatal unit: identification of a healthcare worker as the likely source - journal article (Journal of Hospital Infection)

* ►June 2008 - Incidence of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in Two Managed Care Organizations: Implications for Surveillance. - journal article (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

* ►June 2008 - A Replication of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Revised Algorithms. - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

* ►June 2008 - Autism Spectrum Disorder Scale Scores in Pediatric Mood and Anxiety Disorders. - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

* ►June 2008 - Co-occurrence of Motor Problems and Autistic Symptoms in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

►June 2008 - Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part I: Reliability of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS). - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

►June 2008 - Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: Validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS). - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

►June 2008 - Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Their Role in Its Pathogenesis and Treatment - journal article (The American Journal of Gastroenterology)

►June 2008 - Toxic Megacolon in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical and Radiographic Characteristics - journal article (The American Journal of Gastroenterology)

►June 2008 - The acute effect of green tea consumption on endothelial function in healthy individuals. - journal article (European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation)

* ►May 27, 2008 - Title: Vaccine for periodontal disease (patent) - Pfizer, Inc. (New York, NY), Pfizer Products, Inc. (Groton, CT) via www.pharmcast.com - "Such a method may be used generally in all mammals, including humans."

* ►May 27, 2008 - Title: Cyclic peptides and aids vaccines (patent) - Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (JP) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►May 27, 2008 - Title: Method of suppressing immune response by reducing intracellular content of glutathione in macrophages and monocytes (patent) - Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Tokyo, JP) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►May 27, 2008 - Title: Use of penetration enhancers and barrier disruption methods to enhance the immune response of antigen and adjuvant (patent) - The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) via www.pharmcast.com - "An object of the invention is to provide an enhanced system for transcutaneous immunization which induces an immune response (e.g., humoral and/or cellular effector) in a subject, a subject being an animal or human. This delivery system provides simple application to intact skin of an organism of a formulation comprised of antigen and adjuvant to induce a specific immune response against the antigen. Although not required for induction of an immune response by this simple delivery system, supplementation of the aforementioned process with penetration enhancement or barrier disruption may enhance immunization and/or vaccination."

* ►May 27, 2008 - Title: Methods and compositions for transforming dendritic cells and activating T cells (patent) - The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►May 27, 2008 - Title: Method of inducing memory B cell development and terminal differentiation (patent) - The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 27, 2008 - Title: Packaging cell lines for the continuous production of alphavirus vectors (patent) - New York University (New York, NY) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 27, 2008 - Title: Alleviation of the memory deficits and memory components of psychiatric dysfunctions by altering atypical PKM activity (patent) - The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, NY), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, NY) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 27, 2008 - Title: Botulinum toxin neurotoxic component for treating juvenile cerebral palsy (patent) - Allergan, Inc. (Irvine, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 27, 2008 - Title: Method for treating allergic rhinitis without adverse effects (patent) - Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Durham, NC) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 27, 2008 - Title: Isolated proteins from a traditional Chinese medicine Yuzhu and use thereof (patent) - The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, CN) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 27, 2008 - Title: Methods for identifying compounds for motion sickness, vertigo and other disorders related to balance and the perception of gravity (patent) - Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc. (San Diego, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 26, 2008 - Cocoa could be a healthy treat for diabetic patients - Flavanols in cocoa improve artery function, help relieve stress on heart - American College of Cardiology via EurekAlert!

►May 25, 2008 - Half of world's population has a mobile - The number of mobile phone users world soared to over 3.3 billion by the end of 2007, equivalent to a penetration rate of 49 percent, the International Telecommunications Union has said in a report. - The Daily Telegraph via www.news.com.au

►May 23, 2008 - Bacteria Thrive in Inner Elbow; No Harm Done (requires registration) - The New York Times

►May 23, 2008 - A diversity profile of the human skin microbiota - journal article (Genome Research)

►May 22, 2008 - Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes - Science Magazine

►May 2008 - Pathophysiological changes of gram-negative bacterial infection can be reproduced by a synthetic peptide mimicking loop L7 sequence of Haemophilus influenzae porin - journal article (Microbes and Infection)

►Volume 23 Number 3, 2008 - Gait changes after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease in a patient with cervical myelopathy - journal article (NeuroRehabilitation)

* ►Stop TeenScreen's Unscientific and Experimental "Mental Health Screening" of American School Children - PetitionOnline