* ►June 11, 2008 - Hypericum
perforatum (St John's Wort) for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder in Children and Adolescents - journal article (JAMA)
►June 11, 2008 - Effect
of Bright Light and Melatonin on Cognitive and Noncognitive Function in
Elderly Residents of Group Care Facilities - journal article
(JAMA)
►June 11, 2008 -
Horse
owners win free ride, for now - The Northern News, Australia -
"HORSE owners will not have to repay the Federal Government for the
costs of responding to last year's equine influenza outbreak."
►June 11, 2008 -
No
warning on mercury fillings risk - New Zealand Herald - "But
despite that announcement from the United States Food and Drug
Administration last Wednesday, there were no plans in New Zealand
yesterday to advise women or children of the fillings' potential risks."
►June 11, 2008 -
State
to buy private beds for flu patients - Gold Coast, Australia
►June 11, 2008 -
Parents'
vaccine fear brings measles back - Almost a decade after it was
declared eliminated, measles is making a comeback in the US. - The
Times via The Australian
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Parents
rally against mandated vaccines (includes video) - WNYT.com -
"Voicing a concern over state mandated vaccinations, parents and
children from across New York were at the Capitol Tuesday morning
saying 'no to needles.' 'My kid, my choice,' was the rallying cry of
these parents who say when it comes to vaccinating their children, they
should be the ones calling the shots -- not the state."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Parents
call for vaccine change - Proposed exemption based on suspected
link to childhood disorders - Albany Times Union - "Families who object
to mandatory vaccines will gather today on the steps of the state
Capitol to support a proposed 'philosophical' exemption of the
treatment. 'It will give parents the ability to choose what
vaccinations their children should have,' said Lisa Rudley of
Westchester County, who believes vaccines made her son autistic."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Parents
protest NY’s vaccination requirements - Politics on the Hudson -
"Westchester and Rockland county residents were among dozens of people
who rallied in Albany today to protest childhood vaccinations. The
activists held signs that said things like 'Parents call the shots,'
and chanted, 'My kids, my choice.'"
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Hidden
Drug Payments at Harvard - editorial (requires registration) - The
New York Times - "Senator Grassley and Senator Herb Kohl, Democrat of
Wisconsin, have introduced a bill that would require drug and device
makers to report annually any payments to doctors that exceed $500 a
year. That is the best way to ensure that conflicts of interest are
transparent to all."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Faith
Lets Some Kids Skip Shots (requires registration) - Washington Post
- "The overwhelming consensus among scientists, he said, is that the
benefits of vaccination greatly outweigh the risks. But that view is
rejected by such anti-immunization groups as Vaccine Liberation and
Citizens for Vaccine Choice. They claim the shots are harmful and urge
parents to exercise their right to avoid them. Two weeks ago, a
Northern Virginia-based group called the National Vaccine Information
Center launched a campaign calling for 'broad exemptions for medical,
religious and conscientious belief reasons.' According to Barbara Loe
Fisher, the group's co-founder, 'forcing vaccination is a violation of
human rights.'"
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Vaccine
exemptions / Dangerous policy - editorial - Press of Atlantic City
- "But should public-health laws be rewritten to allow a handful of
worried parents to put other people's children and society as a whole
at risk? Should a 'sincerely held' belief outweigh a real, measurable,
long-proven risk? The answer has to be 'No.'"
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Sixth-graders
may need shots before school - Legislature passed bill for update
on tetanus and whooping cough - Winston-Salem Journal - "The General
Assembly voted in January to add a booster dose of tetanus, diphtheria
and acellular pertussis (TDaP) for all students entering sixth grade in
the 2008-09 school year."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
WWJD
about vaccines? - The Plank, The New Republic Blog - "...exempters
need to keep their kids out of public schools. Period. Send them to
parochial school. Home school them. Form a commune and hire someone to
teach all the kids the fundamentals of Christian Science, agrarian
socialism, or whatever blows your gown around. But if you choose to
turn your child into a public health hazard, you also should be
expected to minimize other kids' involuntary exposure to your little
exemptions."
►June 10, 2008 -
From
CDC: Zoster recommendations, measles outbreak, post-vaccine fainting,
and more - VaccineEthics.org
►June 10, 2008 -
No
evidence of RotaTeq-intussusception link observed -
VaccineEthics.org
►June 10, 2008 -
We
really don't need childhood immunizations - letter - Morning
Sentinel via MaineToday.com
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Doubts
raised over vaccine boost theory - Chemistry World via Royal
Society of Chemistry - "Two recent studies examining how aluminium
adjuvants boost the effectiveness of vaccines may be flawed because
they did not use either of the two compounds commercially licensed for
the purpose, Chemistry World has learned....According to Chris Exley,
who has studied the biological effects of aluminium for over 20 years,
the mix of compounds in Imject more closely resembles the antacid
Maalox than commercial adjuvants. 'This significant mistake in both of
these high profile publications has serious implications for the
interpretation of the results,' says Exley, a reader in bioinorganic
chemistry at Keele University, UK. 'While there is no dispute that
Imject Alum has "adjuvant-like" properties, it will not behave like
commercially available aluminium adjuvants."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
RFK JR. SPEECH
AT JENNY McCARTHY GREEN OUR VACCINES RALLY (includes videos) - Age
of Autism
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Keep
the Green Our Vaccines Momentum Going - Get Your Representative to
Support Green Vaccines - A-CHAMP.org
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Shropshire
Mum Supports Lord Hodgson's UK Vaccine Briefing - Shropshire Star
via The One Click Group
* ►June 10, 2008 -
David
Kirby: Free Vaccines Lecture, NYU Law School, June 26 - press
release - The One Click Group
* ►June 10, 2008 -
David
Kirby: Free Vaccines Lecture In Boston, June 27 - press release -
The One Click Group
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Autism
Action: Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey - Express - "When Robert F.
Kennedy, Jr., took to the mic, he declared today's youth 'the sickest
generation of children in American history.' 'The treatment of these
children is going to far exceed the cost of the Iraq war,' he
announced. Like the sea of other parents present, McCarthy and Carrey
are angry at a medical community they view as unresponsive to their
pleas for 'green vaccines' and in bed with greedy drug manufacturers."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Can a new
diet reverse autism? - To the public Hollywood power couple Jenny
McCarthy and Jim Carey look as though they are leading a charmed life.
However on the home front the couple have been battling a very personal
pain. (includes video) - Today via Ninemsn, Australia
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Mercury
Tooth Fillings: FDA Does an About Face - Newsweek
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Mercury
Contamination Found In Stranded Victorian Dolphins - Monash
University via ScienceDaily - "'Dolphins may be becoming stranded as a
direct consequence of mercury contamination which damages their
neurological system. They become potentially confused and
disorientated, and strand themselves. Even the apparently healthy
dolphins had high levels of mercury which put them at risk of future
health complications,' Dr Thompson said."
►June 10, 2008 -
Dentists
Can't Agree on Safety of Silver Mercury Fillings - Silver amalgam
fillings have been used for many years, but their mercury content
leaves some health authorities concerned. - press release - Free Press
Release Center
►June 10, 2008 -
School
teachers learn mercury handling - Gulf Times
►June 10, 2008 -
Free
health insurance for qualifying kids - Washington Post via Dallas
Morning News
►June 10, 2008 -
FDA
seeks increased funding for food safety - Reuters
* ►June 10, 2008 -
FDA
Budget Swells as Administration Bows to Congress - Wall Street
Journal Health Blog
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Bush
Seeks $275 Million for U.S. Food, Drug Safety - Bloomberg - "The
money would augment $2.4 billion previously sought by President George
W. Bush for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, said U.S. Health and Human
Services Secretary Michael Leavitt in a conference call with reporters
yesterday. More resources are needed to police food, drugs and medical
devices, Leavitt said."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Wireless
devices preventing vaccines from spoiling - CTV - "The Scarborough
Hospital is one facility that has purchased the $300 gadgets to help
monitor the temperature in fridges and storage areas where the medicine
is stored....Last year the hospital purchased wireless monitors for all
storage areas. An audit showed 40 per cent of the facility's fridges
and storage areas were not keeping medications at proper temperatures."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
American
Red Cross Fined By Food And Drug Administration - All Headline News
- "Over the past five years it has been fined over $21 million for
lapses in safety procedures. Long clarified to the Washington Post,
'The organization certainly has made progress, but we are still seeing
errors. And the problems are certainly serious, and they need to be
addressed.'"
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Direct
Advice Has Direct Effects on Improving Neonatal Survival (requires
registration) - The New York Times - "Mothers in the third had five
visits by health workers who had just six weeks of training. They
offered iron and folic acid supplements along with advice about cutting
the umbilical cord with a sterile blade, keeping the baby warm and
breast-feeding. After births, the workers checked babies, diagnosed
infections and gave antibiotics or suggested hospital visits. In the
first two groups, neonatal deaths were roughly the same. In the third,
they were 34 percent lower."
►June 10, 2008 -
Wake
Co. Health Officials Encourage Early Tdap Booster - NBC 17
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Would
You Vaccinate Your Kids for MMR? - A measles outbreak is spreading
across schools in Southwark, according to the borough’s health
authority. - Southwark News, UK
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Safety
Concerns Over Merck's HPV Vaccine Gardasil Unfounded, CDC Officials Say
- Daily Women's Health Policy Report via Medical News Today - "Barbara
Loe Fisher -- co-founder and president of the National Vaccine
Information Center, which has started warning about the possibility of
adverse reactions to Gardasil -- said she is frustrated that CDC has
'assumed safety' for the vaccine, which has been tested only in
conjunction with the vaccine for Hepatitis B. According to the Morning
News, girls often receive Gardasil at the same time as a meningitis
vaccine, as well as a new booster that immunizes against tetanus,
diphtheria and pertussis. Fisher said, 'Not only was Gardasil put on
the fast track and licensed quickly, but to say safety is assumed and
you can give any vaccine with it is even more shocking.' The Morning
News mentions the case of a 14-year-old Dallas resident who had
headaches and fainted before suffering a seizure and being diagnosed
with epilepsy and who believes her symptoms are connected to the
vaccine."
►June 10, 2008 -
Girls'
vaccine to cut cancer risk - Thousands of schoolgirls in Hull and
the East Riding will be offered a vaccine to help slash their risk of
developing cervical cancer. - Hull Daily Mail, UK
►June 10, 2008 -
Column:
'Helping Hand' a community resource - Worthington Daily Globe -
"Gardisil was highly recommended in the Daily Globe articles. It is
very expensive, some insurance companies may pay for a portion of this
vaccine, but for those who do not have insurance it could cost over
$600 for the three shots and there are side effects. Are these side
effects worth the risk?"
* ►June 10, 2008 - Where
Does it End? (blog) - Vaccines and My Child - "1) Is anyone else
wondering if we are getting too "vaccine-happy"? 2) Will the
manufacturer of this stomach ulcer vaccine lobby for it to be added to
the pediatric schedule? 3) Does anyone still doubt that vaccines are
primarily a business and not a philanthropic endeavor?"
* ►June 10, 2008 - Testing
AIDS Vaccines In Kids, But Not In The US - Pharmalot
* ►June 10, 2008 - Fauci at the UN
(requires registration) - The Scientist - "Fauci said that "a
preventive HIV vaccine remains the greatest hope for halting the
relentless spread of HIV/AIDS," during his address, which was webcast
on the UN's website. "HIV has proven to be very different from those
viruses for which we have developed effective immunizations. We must
solve the mystery of how to prompt the human body to produce a
protective immune response against HIV, something that natural
infection with the virus seems unable to do."
* ►June 10, 2008 - 10,000
children wait for TB vaccine - Independent, IE - An HSE spokesman
in Dublin said delays were confined to the west and south of the
country.He said there was a Europe-wide
shortage or non-availability of the vaccine created as a result of
licensing problems at a laboratory. The HSE resumed the neo-natal BCG
vaccination programme from April 1, when availability resumed."
* ►June 10, 2008 - Measles
in season call for a jab - Penrith Press, AU
* ►June 10, 2008 - Forecasts
Reveal That the Compound Growth of China's Animal Vaccine Industry Will
Be 39% in the Period of 2006 to 2009 - Research and Markets via
Business Wire
►June 10, 2008 - UCSF,
Pfizer sign collaborative research deal - San Francisco Chronicle -
"The three-year agreement being announced today is part of Pfizer's
attempt to break the traditional mold of pharmaceutical development and
embrace the nimble work style of biotechnology companies that build on
cutting-edge research."
►June 10, 2008 - Doctors
Can Be Doubters - The Washington Post
►June 10, 2008 - Why
Mental Lethargy When Sick - Elsevier via PsychCentral
►June 10, 2008 - Illegal
Viagra Leads 24% Jump in Counterfeit Medicine Seizures - Bloomberg
►June 10, 2008 - Flying
infection risk 'exaggerated' - The widely held belief that
passengers crowded aboard airliners are exposed to a high risk of
catching infectious diseases is exaggerated, an Australian study has
found. - The Australian
►June 10, 2008 - 'Let's
Move' Therapy Project Boost For Scottish Children - NHS Invention Reaps
Benefit Of Private Sector Partnership - Scottish Health Innovations
Limited via Medical News Today
►June 10, 2008 - Gene therapy
drugs for cancer in 6 or 7 years - DNA Money via Sify
►June 10, 2008 - Research firm
says four drugs to drive Alzheimer's sales - Hays Pharma
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Meningitis
Outbreak Kills Two in Siberia - Medical officials have called an
enterovirus scare in south Siberia's Hakasiya region a false alarm
after tests came in showing evidence that the deaths of a boy and a
girl from the Yelochka kindergarten in the town of Abakan were from
unrelated causes. Meanwhile, 39 children from the same facility remain
hospitalized with a virus-like respiratory illness and intestinal
infection. - Moscow News
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Canada
to rebuild Afghan dam, schools - AFP via Yahoo! - "Canada announced
Tuesday plans to repair the second-largest dam in Afghanistan, build 50
new schools in the volatile south and immunize seven million Afghan
children against polio."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Health
Experts Call on Global Leaders to Ensure Access to Life-Saving
Pneumococcal Vaccines - press release - The Organizing Committee of
ISPPD-6 via PRNewswire UK - "Leading health experts gathered for
ISPPD-6, led by the Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE),
issued a global call to action urging governments to take steps to make
financing available to assure access to pneumococcal vaccines."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
Melanoma
Vaccine Trial Offers Chance For Treatment - NBC17.com - "Patients
are being recruited for a late-stage clinical trial of a vaccine
against the deadliest form of skin cancer. Southeastern Medical
Oncology Center in Goldsboro is the only site in North Carolina
participating in the trial of a new melanoma vaccine called Allovectin."
* ►June 10, 2008 -
The
Monoclonal Antibodies Drug Market for the Treatment of Cancer Will More
Than Double to $16.7 Billion By 2016 - press release - Market Will
be Driven by Increasing Use of Established Agents That Include Avastin,
Erbitux, Rituxan/MabThera, According to a New Report from Decision
Resources - Decision Resources via PRNewswire via The Earth Times
►June 10, 2008 -
Physicists
in Congress Calculate Their Influence (requires registration) - The
New York Times - "According to the Congressional Research Service,
there are only about 30 scientists among the 535 senators and
representatives in the 110th Congress, and that is counting the
psychologist, the psychiatrist, a dozen other M.D.’s, three nurses, an
engineer, two veterinarians, a pharmacist and an optometrist. But
physics is on a roll."
►June 10, 2008 -
AVI
BioPharma Provides Update on New Business Plan: Increased Pipeline
Focus, Skill Base and Strategy - Discontinuation of AVI-5126 Trial
in CABG - press release - AVI BioPharma, Inc. via Marketwire
►June 10, 2008 -
Symphogen
and Genentech Partner on Infectious Disease Antibody Drugs -
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
* ►June 10, 2008 -
VaxAmerica
Makes It Easy for Patients to Receive Preventive Vaccines - With
its nationwide network of more than 15,000 care sites, VaxAmerica
offers access, choice, convenience and cost savings to patients,
healthcare providers, health insurers and employers. - press release -
FFF Enterprises' via PRWeb
►June 10, 2008 -
Tetanus
Boosters Offered in Merrick County - Nebraska.tv
►June 10, 2008 -
H5N1
avian flu: Call for wild bird early warning system - Bernard
Matthews Foods has urged the UK government and poultry industry to work
together in establishing an early warning system for migratory birds
that may carry H5N1 avian flu. - FarmersWeekly, UK
►June 10, 2008 -
South
Asian nations for early warning system on bird flu - IANS via
Thaindian.com
►June 10, 2008 -
Japan
donation supports maternal health and child survival in Afghanistan
- UNICEF
►June 10, 2008 -
Government of Japan donates $4.3 million for child survival in Angola
- UNICEF
►June 10, 2008 -
Vital
progress made towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment –
Ban - UN.org
* ►June 10, 2008 -
European
Approval of VACCI-TESTTM Tetanus - press release - Vacci-Test
Corporation via Marketwire - "VACCI-TESTTM Tetanus is a rapid,
sensitive, lateral flow diagnostic test to determine the immune status
of an individual by detecting the presence of circulating antibodies.
This time saving, precise diagnostic device will allow emergency and
point-of-care physicians to determine if a patient needs to be
revaccinated."
►June 9, 2008 - DPHHS to
address growing autism numbers - AP via KXMB.com - "The Montana
Department of Public Health and Human Services will allocate $2 million
to launch an early intervention program for children with Autism."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Google-Mapping
Vulnerability to Disease - Poynter.org - "The Toronto Star's new
Map
of the Week project has published a set of
school
vaccination maps which illuminates an ongoing
measles outbreak
in the Toronto metro area -- the worst in more than a decade."
►June 9, 2008 -
A
'moral crisis' - The Uninsured - Priest leads effort to enroll
1,000 children in the State of Illinois All Kids program - Chicago
Sun-Times
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Alexander,
Corker Join Trace Adkins In Advocating For Kids With Food Allergies
(includes video) - NewsChannel5.com Nashville - "U.S. Sens. Lamar
Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) announced Monday they are
co-sponsoring legislation designed to help protect children who have
life-threatening food allergies."
►June 9, 2008 -
You
May Need to Think Twice About Those Silver Fillings - Health News
►June 9, 2008 -
Hong
Kong reportedly culls chickens, bans imports - Fears over bird flu
spark precautionary moves - Hong Kong health authorities ordered the
slaughter of suspected birds and banned live poultry imports from
mainland China for up to three weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- MarketWatch
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Vets renew call
for changes to county animal ordinance (includes video) - WSBT-TV
South Bend - "Kryder, and other veterinarians, including Dr. Jeff Vogl,
have refused to turn over rabies vaccination records from clients who
don't give permission for the information to be released. They say the
records are well maintained for at least three years in their offices,
and should be protected under privacy laws from being released to the
county. '[This ordinance] forces veterinarians to be the police, tax
collectors and disseminators of our clients' private information,' Dr.
Kryder told the County Council during an informal meeting Monday."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Breast
Cancer Vaccine - Participants are needed for a breast cancer
vaccine study taking place at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical
Center. - WFMY News 2 via Digtriad.com
* ►June 9, 2008 - Lipid
Sciences' Autologous Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Study Published in
"Experimental Biology and Medicine" - Lipid Sciences via Genetic
Engineering & Biotechnology News
* ►June 9, 2008 - Big bucks for
peer review? (requires registration) - The Scientist
* ►June 9, 2008 - Solicitor General
Sides with Wyeth in Supreme Court Pre-emption Case - NewsInferno
* ►June 9, 2008 - Name
That Drug: Pharma Balks At FDA Plan - Pharmalot
* ►June 9, 2008 - Bush
Administration Adds $275M To FDA Budget - Pharmalot
* ►June 9, 2008 - Administration
Proposes Additional Funding for FDA to Improve Food and Medical Product
Safety - Funds will support framework to enhance import safety
presented last year - HHS News U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
►June 9, 2008 - Government of
Canada highlights science and technology linkages with the Republic of
Chile - Nonowerk News - "By working closely with industry, these
research developments have helped create a competitive and innovative
business environment in Canada. NRC is working closely with Chile on
various projects ranging from large astronomy facilities to the
development of important new vaccinations."
►June 9, 2008 - Biederman
Defender Has Ties To Biederman - Pharmalot
►June 9, 2008 - ‘Bangladesh
didn’t inform us about bird flu’ - The Financial Express
►June 9, 2008 - GSK
to shake-up research strategies - Financial Times
* ►June 9, 2008 - Mechanism
may explain aspects of brain impairment seen in Fragile X Syndrome
- EurekAlert! via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnolgoy News
►June 9, 2008 - ImmuneRegen
BioSciences confirms major stem cell breakthrough - ImmuneRegen
BioSciences via EV living
►June 9, 2008 - TB
treatment for the elderly likely requires a boost to immune response
- Ohio State University via EurekAlert! via Genetic Engineering &
Biotechnology News
►June 9, 2008 - Detrimental
Effect of Statin Therapy in Women With Fibromyalgia -
journal article (Archives of Internal
Medicine)
►June 9, 2008 - The
Treatment of Herpes Simplex Infections - journal article (Archives of Internal Medicine)
►June 9, 2008 - Risk
Factors for Delayed Initiation of Medical Care After Diagnosis of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus - journal article (Archives of Internal Medicine)
►June 9, 2008 - 25-Hydroxyvitamin
D and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Men - journal article (Archives of Internal Medicine)
►June 9, 2008 - Microsoft,
Kaiser Permanente Test Health Data Transfers - Microsoft
HealthVault, the software company's recently introduced personal health
data storage service. - InformationWeek via Yahoo!
►June 9, 2008 - The
Next Frontier: Quantifying Risks for Interventions With No End in
Sight—Reply - journal article (Archives of Internal Medicine)
►June 9, 2008 - Targanta
files for European regulatory approval for new antibiotic - Boston
Business Journal
►June 9, 2008 - Allergan
Buys Acne Drug From QLT for $150 Million - Bloomberg
►June 9, 2008 - Children's
Hospital of Eastern Ontario Achieves Newborn Screening Mandate with
Luminex Technology - Business Wire via Genetic Engineering &
Biotechnology News
►June 9, 2008 -
It's up to federal Liberals take autism action once elected -
Miramichi Leader
►June 9, 2008 -
Walk
raises money for Autism - Radio Iowa - "Around 2,000 Iowans put on
their walking shoes this weekend and raised roughly $175,000 for autism
research. Kristine Nirdlinger, with the group Autism Speaks, says the
fundraiser in West Des Moines was one of 86 "Walk Now for Autism"
events this year in the U.S. or Canada."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Actress
Jenny McCarthy set for autism conference - The Joplin Globe - "A
Pittsburg woman has enlisted some Hollywood help to spread the word
about autism. Jenny McCarthy, actress, author and activist, will speak
at the first Kansas Autism Conference, set for Thursday and Friday,
June 19 and 20, at Pittsburg High School.
Mandy Commons, 36, said she believes her 12-year-old son, Bryce, became
autistic after receiving vaccinations while he was a baby. Commons said
Bryce lost 9 pounds in 13 days after receiving the
measles-mumps-rubella vaccination and was diagnosed with 'leaky gut.'
He then stopped talking and 'looked right through you,' she said."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Scripps
tackles rare research; one project seeks retardation-autism link -
Jupiter institute seeks answers for the few, too - South Florida
Sun-Sentinel
►June 8, 2008 -
Pleasanton
autism walk raises hope, funds - San Francisco Chronicle
►June 8, 2008 -
Walking
to help - Oklahoma families participate in event for Autism -
Duncan Banner
►June 8, 2008 -
County
conducts anthrax drill - Bucks County Courier Times via
PhillyBurbs.com
►June 8, 2008 -
Belief
vs. a nation of laws When Does Government Step In? Politics and
religion. - The Free Lance-Star - "Personal-belief exemptions were
adopted originally to protect religious practitioners like some Amish,
who refuse all vaccinations, and Christian Scientists, who reject other
medical procedures like blood transfusions. The statutes codified what
was established already in First Amendment case law, so that religious
believers could obtain medical exemptions without having to go to
court."
►June 7, 2008 -
Houston-based
group honors MIT chemist - Alexander Rich to get $300,000 award for
his work on RNA and DNA - Houston Chronicle
►June 5, 2008 -
Pneumococcal Vaccination In Children Proves Its Positive Impact - But
Patchy Uptake In England Means Children Still At Risk - Wyeth via
Medical News Today
* ►June 4, 2008 -
Outbreak threat
from vaccine dodgers - At some Toronto schools, not enough children
are vaccinated to prevent the spread of diseases like measles -
ParentCentral.ca - "'Parents are well aware now that vaccines contain
toxic substances such as aluminum, which is a neurotoxin, and they
simply do not want to inject this into their infants,' says Edda West,
a spokesperson for the Vaccine Risk Awareness Network, a national
organization based in B.C. 'As more and more people worry about
the impact of environmental toxins on our lives, they are simply
unwilling to inject toxic substances into their young children,' West
added, 'and no amount of denial by the medical profession is going to
change this.'"
* ►June 4, 2008 -
Map(s)
of the week: School vaccinations - Toronto Star Blogs
* ►June 4, 2008 -
Novartis
plans new anti-ulcer vaccine trial in '08 - Reuters - "Novartis has
recently stepped up its investment in vaccines as part of a strategy to
diversify its business. A new research site with up to 250 scientists
is expected to open in Cambridge later in 2008."
►June 4, 2008 -
Sometimes
bumpy road pays large dividends for health - opinion - The Edmond
Sun - "Today, as in the past, America should remain committed to
developing vaccines against major infectious diseases. The future
health of our state, our nation and our world depends upon it."
* ►June 3, 2008 -
"One
day my daughter is talking. The next day, she's not." - WTKR
NewsChannel 3
* ►June 3, 2008 -
Study
Links Low Birth Weight To Risk on Eve of Autism March -
InjuryBoard.com
►June 3, 2008 -
Grandfather
builds Web browser for autistic boy - The Associated Press via
Google - "On the Net: The Zac Browser can be downloaded or run directly
from:
http://www.zacbrowser.com"
►June 2, 2008 -
Digital
Crossroads: Melinda and Bill's challenging mission - San Jose
Mercury News - "The foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health
Initiative, for example, is centered on applying scientific and
technological solutions to improving childhood vaccines, creating
effective new vaccines, controlling insects that transmit disease and
finding more accurate ways to measure disease and health status in
developing countries."
►June 2, 2008 -
Raising
awareness, funds for polio prevention - The Leader-Post via
Canada.com
* ►June 2008 - The
skin stage of malaria infection: biology and relevance to the malaria
vaccine effort - journal article (Future Microbiology)
►June 2008 - Neonatal
and Late-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Caused by Failure of Pancreatic
Development: Report of 4 More Cases and a Review of the Literature
(full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)
►June 2008 - Diverting a
Diet Drug (requires registration) - How did a controversial product
become the first weight-loss drug to be available without a
prescription? - The Scientist
►May 30, 2008-
CPI-M
opposes closure of vaccine units - IANS via Thaindian.com - "Their
closure is a blow to self-reliance and paves the way for big private
pharma companies. The health ministry must restore their licences with
immediate effect and upgrade their facilities."
►May 29, 2008 -
Immunisation
essential to avert measles danger - Rochdale Online, UK
►May 29, 2008 -
Exposure
To Farm Animals May Protect Against Allergies, Asthma - Doctors
have noticed that as people become more urbanized, they also become
more likely to suffer from allergies. To explain this, researchers have
proposed what they call the "hygiene hypothesis" – the idea that being
exposed to dirt and bacteria when young actually protects people from
developing allergies. As Rose Hoban reports, a new study seems to
support that idea. - Voice of America
* ►May 2, 2008 -
Safe
Vaccines and Healthy Children - An Interview with Dr. Saad B. Omer
on Vaccine Policy - Science Progress - "On the other hand I must say
that most parents, even those that are concerned about vaccine safety,
are coming from the right place. All of us want our children to be safe
from any harm, including harm from any pharmaceutical interventions. So
we shouldn’t be dismissive of that, but it’s our responsibility, for
those of us in the public health community, to put out the right
information so that people make a truly informed decision about the
risks and benefits of vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases."
►June 16, 2008 - Revitalizing
dead space: Finding an innovative place for your practice -
Vanderbilt University has an ambitious plan to revive an old mall by
mixing medical and retail. But with shopping center vacancy rates
growing, even the smallest practice might be able to do the same by
moving into a commercial location. - www.ama-assn.org
►June 16, 2008 - Letters
to the Editor - Health threat from climate change is not supported
by the evidence - There is no "unholy alliance" between doctors and
drug, medical firms - www.ama-assn.org
►June 16, 2008 - News in brief: Health & Science
- Human Genome Project leader steps down - FDA seeks labeling for
drugs' effects on pregnancy, lactation - Specific diet could help
prevent diabetes, study says - States with smoke-free workplace laws
grow in number - www.ama-assn.org
►June 16, 2008 - News in brief: Government &
Medicine - CMS implements NPI deadline - Massachusetts
reforms reduce uninsured rate by almost half - Senate bill would block
rules cutting Medicaid spending - MedPAC names new members -
www.ama-assn.org
►June 16, 2008 - News in brief: Professional Issues
- Study finds health systems vary on quality, but nonprofits do better
- Renewal of Conrad 30 program moves forward - Florida medical college
funds scholarships for first class - Physician demand, salaries grow in
New York - Doctors need better bedside manners, survey says -
www.ama-assn.org
►June 10, 2008 -
‘Bangladesh
didn’t inform us about bird flu’ - Financial Express
►June 10, 2008 -
Emergency
rain plan for City reviewed - The Post - "Masses were strictly
advised not to resort to unwarranted administration of injections and
drips besides ensuring that needles used for nose and ear piercing,
blades used for shaving, razors and scissors at barbers' shops, gadgets
at dentists' clinics and surgical instruments, they may be getting
exposed to, are necessarily sterilized."
►June 10, 2008 -
UN
hosts first-ever HIV/TB Global Leaders' Forum - Xinhua via China
View
►June 10, 2008 -
Callier Center to Support Autism Awareness Walk - Clinicians Will
Be Available to Answer Questions About Therapy Programs - University of
Texas At Dallas
►June 10, 2008 -
Genital
Herpes Affects 26 Percent Of NYC Population - eFluxMedia
Parents Rally in Albany Against Forced Vaccination
Parents will rally in Albany,
NY on Tuesday, June 10, to protest a vaccine bill
(AB10942) that
would mandate the 69 doses of 16 vaccines the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) recommends for all children through age 18 plus would
automatically mandate all new vaccines federal officials recommend in
the future. Sponsored by the NY House Rules Committee at the request of
NY State Health Commissioner Richard Daines, provisions in the
legislation would force all children to get annual influenza shots as
well as force child use of vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases,
such as hepatitis B and HPV, without obtaining permission from parents.
The legislation would make unelected physicians, who are appointed to
the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) by
unelected CDC officials, de facto state lawmakers because CDC
recommendations for new vaccine use by all children would be
automatically turned into state mandates. Duly elected New York state
legislators would no longer be accountable to the people who elected
them and could look the other way when federal officials recommend
every new vaccine produced by industry for "universal use" by every
child born in America.
If New York and other states had already passed this kind of
legislation before the poorly tested and
highly reactive GARDASIL vaccine was recommended by the CDC in 2006
for universal use by all 11 year old girls, Merck would not have had to
spend money mounting a national advertising and lobbying campaign in a
failed attempt in 2007 to ram GARDASIL vaccine mandates through state
legislatures. (Public health laws, including vaccine laws, are enacted
by the states and not by the federal government).
Every new vaccine that industry has created and marketed for children
in the last quarter century has been recommended by the CDC for
universal use by all children, tripling the numbers of doses of
vaccines pediatricians give children. During this same time period, the
numbers of children suffering with chronic disease and disability has
also tripled with no explanation coming from U.S. public health
officials about why so many highly vaccinated children are so sick.
In what appears to be a classic act of collective political cowardice,
NY Assembly Bill 10942 would force nearly six dozen doses of vaccines
on children and many more in the future but there are no publicly named
individual sponsors attached to the bill. The only sponsor listed is
the "Rules Committee" headed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
(D-Manhattan) . There is a lot of speculation about how much
influence Merck and other vaccine manufacturers, as well as medical
organizations and government officials pushing the forced vaccination
political agenda, are bringing to bear on legislators behind the
scenes.
Parents in New York claim that Assembly Speaker Silver is blocking
passage of
AB 5468 for
philosophical belief exemption to vaccination in the Assembly
(there is a companion bill, SB 3031, in the state Senate). Current NY
law only allows parents to file a medical or religious exemption to
vaccination and both of these exemptions have become increasingly
difficult to obtain in New York. Many parents are reporting that their
religious exemptions are being denied or revoked after they have been
grilled for hours by state attorneys and school officials about their
spiritual beliefs. Some doctors practicing in New York are also
reporting that they cannot write medical exemptions without being
harassed by state health officials.
Parents protesting attempts by the pharmaceutical industry and
government to force nearly six dozen vaccines on children or deny them
an education, which limits their ability to hold a job and function in
society, are also supporting
Assembly Bill
3064 (also SB 1563) for religious exemption to vaccination that
would prevent state officials from grilling parents about their
religious beliefs for the purpose of denying a religious exemption to
vaccination. This bill states that "this legislation is intended to
protect parents from inappropriate and intrusive inquiry into their
beliefs by government authorities" and already has numerous sponsors.
Parents are also supporting
Assembly Bill
3180 (also SB 1575) for medical exemptions to vaccination to allow
licensed physicians and certified nurse practitioners to write medical
exemptions for children if they believe that "such immunization or
immunizations may be detrimental to the person's health or is otherwise
medically contraindicated for health reasons" without being subject to
override by state health officials seeking to deny medical exemptions.
This bill also already has numerous sponsors.
New York citizens, who want to attend the 11:30 a.m. June 10 rally and
press conference on the steps of the Capitol Building (Swan St. side)
in Albany, can get more information about bus transportation from Long
Island, Rochester and suburban Albany as well as other details about
the event at
www.mykidsmychoice.com.
After the rally, parents plan to meet with legislators and then attend
a Health Committee meeting at 1 p.m. in the Legislative Office Building
(Room 823).
For more information on contacting New York state legislators, go to http://assembly.state.ny.us/.
New York voters can type in their zip code and find contact information
for their own Assemblyperson and Senator and voice their opinion. To
find out more about contacting NY legislators on this issue, go to the
website of
A-Champ
.
Rita Palma, a Bayport mother of three, said "Vaccines are under more
scrutiny than ever. Yet some lawmakers pick right now to create a bill
that actually increases vaccine mandates. This bill is a slap in the
face to worried parents throughout New York. AB 10942 is being pushed
by Big Pharma lobbyists. We need to show them that New Yorkers will not
stand for this and make our voices heard."
Congratulations to the parents and those principled lawmakers in New
York, who are standing up and being counted in support of legislation
protecting the human right to informed consent to vaccination. Every
American should have the right to hold sincere religious and
conscientious belief convictions about whether or not to subject
themselves or their children to harm from a pharmaceutical product,
such as a vaccine, that carries an uncertain risk of injury or death.
Doctors are not infallible and the products drug companies create for
profit are not always safe or effective for everyone. And no child in
America should be subjected to vaccination or any other medical
procedure without the informed consent of his or her parents. New York
AB 10942 backed by Big Pharma and Big Government is a prescription for
tyranny.
Stand Up! Be Counted .
Your health and your freedom is on the line.
* ►June 9, 2008 -
A
philosophical 'no' to vaccines - Albany Times Union - "Families who
object to mandatory vaccines will gather Tuesday on the steps of the
state Capitol to support a proposed 'philosophical' exemption to
mandatory vaccines. 'It will give parents the ability to choose what
vaccinations their children should have,' said Lisa Rudley, who lives
in Westchester County and believes vaccines made her son autistic."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Woman
alleges vaccine caused infection, sues healthcare provider -
Southeast Texas Record - "Alleging her infection was caused by the
healthcare provider who administrated her shot, Jana Richard has filed
suit against Maxim Healthcare Services Inc....According to her
petition, on Oct. 26, 2006, Richard sought medical treatment from Maxim
and was given a pneumococcal vaccine immunization in her left arm. A
few days later, she experienced severe pain, swelling and redness in
her left arm and was diagnosed with cellulitis."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
ACIP
Meetings, Agendas, and Registration - Draft Meeting Agenda June
25-26, 2008 - CDC
* ►June 9, 2008 -
World
Mercury Project Rolls Out The Truth by Dan Olmsted - Age of Autism
- "The mercury flu shot for pregnant women seems to us like proof
positive that the public health officials and pediatricians of the
United States have lost their collective half-brains. Both Eric and I
have been told by concerned doctors that a big swath of the youngest
kids with autism now are 'flu shot kids' whose mothers got the mercury
shot during pregnancy."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Diabetes
Devours Our Kids. Where's The Panic? By Kim Stagliano - Age of
Autism
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Harvard's
Dr. Biederman and Dr. Wilens "On The Take" At Your Kids' Expense?
By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Katie
Wright At The Green Our Vaccines Rally - Age of Autism
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Vaccination
Controversy Spreads to Playdates - Wall Street Journal Blogs
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Jenny
McCarthy 'On the Record' on Her Autism Crusade - This is a rush
transcript from "On the Record ," June 6, 2008. This copy may not be in
its final form and may be updated. (includes video) - FOX News
►June 9, 2008 -
Families
struggle for autism assistance - Arizona insurance law expected to
offer new aid - The Arizona Republic
►June 9, 2008 -
The
Autism Gap - Gotham Gazette
►June 9, 2008 -
12-year-old
boy with autism survives fall into swift-moving stream - MLive.com
►June 9, 2008 -
Colorado
State University Study Helps With Diagnosing Autism, Asperger Syndrome,
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Other Disorders -
Colorado State University
►June 9, 2008 -
Medical
Breakthrough?! How Articles About Autism Can Mislead -
http://autism.about.com
►June 9, 2008 - CSTE
Announces Media Coverage Opportunities for Tuesday, June 10 -
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists via
PRNewswire-USNewswire via Denver Post
►June 9, 2008 - IAC Express
2008 - Issue number 735 - Immunization Action Coalition -
"PowerPoint presentations made at the National Conference on
Immunization and Health Coalitions can now be downloaded. The
conference was held in San Francisco on May 21-23. To access the
presentations, go to:
http://www.sfimmunize.org/page4.html"
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Myanmar
gives polio vaccination to under-five cyclone-survived children -
Xinhua via China View - "Myanmar has given polio vaccination to 540
cyclone-survived children under five years of age in relief camps in
Laputta, one of the disaster-hard-hit townships in southwestern
Ayeyawaddy delta, state media reported Monday. Another 720 children
ranging from 9 months to 10 years of age were also given measles
vaccination, said the New Light of Myanmar."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Meningitis
C 'superbugs' threat - The Press Association via Google -
"Meningitis C 'superbugs' that are impervious to vaccines could pose a
new threat to children, new research has claimed. Scientists in the UK
have identified three strains with heightened resistance to
vaccine-triggered immune responses."
►June 9, 2008 -
Selected
UK MPs Deny Medical/Political Information - The One Click Group
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Lettuce Suspected in
Washington State E. Coli Outbreak - Newsinferno.com
* ►June 9, 2008 -
'One
less' and proud - Great Kills college freshman wants to get the
word out about Gardasil, a vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer
- Staten Island Advance via SILive.com - "'As a young woman this is the
quickest and easiest way for me to show cancer who is boss. There are
so many things in life that we have no control over,' said Miss Fusaro.
'This is something we can control, and by ignoring this advancement in
medicine, I believe women are putting themselves at risk for a disease
which can be prevented.'"
* ►June 9, 2008 -
World
agencies: G-8 should help more with public health - AP via USA
Today - "It was signed by the heads of the World Health Organization,
UNICEF, UNAIDS, the U.N. Population Fund, the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, TB and Malaria, the GAVI Alliance, which works toward greater
access to vaccines and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Also
backing the letter was the World Bank."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Nobel
Winner Sees Potential for Flu-Carrying Bacteria in Food - Bloomberg
- "Barry J. Marshall, the Australian scientist who won a Nobel Prize
for identifying a cancer-causing stomach bacterium, said the bug may
one day be used in a commercial food product to protect against
influenza. Marshall and colleagues at closely-held Ondek Ltd, the
company he helped found, plan to give a genetically modified form of
the Helicobacter pylori bacterium to humans this year in the first
round of trials, he said June 4 at a vaccine conference in Singapore."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
AIDS
Vaccines May Not Warrant Tests in U.S. Teens, Panel Says -
Bloomberg - "Early testing of experimental AIDS vaccines in teenagers
may be ethically justified in countries where the disease is spreading
more quickly than in the U.S., scientific advisers said today. The
risks of such trials may not outweigh the benefits in the U.S.,
according to the panel advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."
►June 9, 2008 -
Hospitals
to participate in flu exercise Wednesday - BurlingtonFreePress.com
►June 9, 2008 -
Dangerous intestinal bug becoming more common in Washington - Mid
Columbia Tri City Herald - "The pathogen, called Clostridium difficile,
or C-diff for short, is responsible for more deaths in the United
States than all other intestinal infections combined."
►June 9, 2008 - M7
warns on Hepatitis - New Vision, Uganda
►June 9, 2008 -
Wood
County Cancer Numbers Headed To CDC - West Virginia MetroNews
►June 9, 2008 -
CDC
Becomes First Federal WaterSense Partner - U.S. EPA
►June 9, 2008 -
Mom
to Mom: Don't mess with a fever - BurlingtonFreePress.com
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Kaiser
to Use Microsoft's HealthVault - eFluxMedia - "It appears that data
kept in Kaiser’s personal health records, including test results,
prescriptions and immunizations will be transferred in a secure way to
Microsoft’s HealthVault. The company has 8.7 million members in nine
states and the District of Columbia."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Your
voices: menopause, hormones and the FDA - Agency compounding
woman's health woes - letters - Tucson Citizen
* ►June 9, 2008 -
David
vs. Wyeth: FDA places Big Pharma profits above well-being of women
- opinion - Tuscon Citizen - "And while the Food and Drug
Administration is now trying to restrict my patients' access to these
drugs, I, my fellow doctors and our patients across Arizona are
grateful to Congresswoman Giffords for sponsoring a resolution that
admonishes the FDA's policy. The FDA announced earlier this year that
it would 'halt' the compounding of hormone treatments with estriol, one
of three estrogens that a woman's body naturally produces. The agency
admitted that it knew of no adverse events associated with estriol.
It's clear that safety concerns did not prompt this action. So what
did? The campaign against compounded estriol was initiated by Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals after a federal study of its hormone products was
stopped early because of increased risks of heart disease, cancer and
stroke. As a result, sales of Wyeth's products fell dramatically."
►June 9, 2008 -
Accelr8
Presents Research Results on Direct Bacterial Extraction and 'Superbug'
Tests - Presentations Include Performance Results for Direct
Extraction of Live Bacteria from Patient Specimens and Testing for
Multi-Drug Resistant “Superbugs” - press release - Accelr8 Technology
Corporation via Business Wire
►June 9, 2008 - US FDA
Grants Pediatric Exclusivity For UCB's Keppra(R) - Medical News
Today
►June 9, 2008 -
Scientists identify a key regulator of DNA mutations - The
Rockefeller University Newswire
* ►June 9, 2008 -
AVI
BioPharma to Present at the 6th Annual Biodefense Vaccines and
Therapeutics Meeting - Opening Presentation to Highlight AVI's
Antiviral Therapeutics Program - press release - AVI BioPharma, Inc.
via Marketwire via CNNMoney
* ►June 9, 2008 -
CEL-SCI
Presents Favorable Data for Leaps Vaccine Technology at Prestigious
Immunology Conference - Findings Suggest New Way to Stimulate the
Immune System to Fight Viral Diseases - press release - CEL-SCI
Corporation via PRNewswire-FirstCall via The Earth Times -
"...immunization with a LEAPS (Ligand Epitope Antigen Presentation
System) vaccine altered the immunological hormone (cytokine) balance
toward a Th1 environment. It has been shown that a Th1 cellular
immune response is needed for protection against many viral diseases.
Th1 promotes a combination of antibody and cell mediated protective
immune responses compared to the antibody producing Th2 environment
induced by most vaccines."
►June 9, 2008 -
The
guy who gets things done (requires registration) - The Boston Globe
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Schools
learn to handle diabetes - Lisa O’Donnell was in sheer panic, but
Alan King didn’t understand. - The Times-Tribune - "In the U.S.,
1-in-500 kids and teens have diabetes, and each year the incidence
among children rises 3 percent, said Larry Deeb, M.D., former president
of medicine and science for the American Diabetes Association. In
Lackawanna County alone, the number of diabetic students jumped 30
percent between 1997-98 and 2005-06."
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Fast
Food Chains Hold the Tomatoes - Fast Food Restaurants and Grocery
Stores Pull Tomatoes as Salmonella Spreads - ABC News
* ►June 9, 2008 -
Emergency
Pesticide Ban for Saving the Honeybee - Prof. Joe Cummins’ warning
against neonicotinoid pesticides in the killing of honeybees was
dramatically confirmed, resulting in swift action on the part of the
German Government. - Institute of Science in Society
►June 9, 2008 -
Are
babies hurt by lack of vitamin D? (requires registration) - The
Boston Globe
►June 9, 2008 -
New
canine rabies vaccine could offer longer protection - DVM Magazine
- "A study is under way at the University of Wisconsin School of
Veterinary Medicine to determine how long a new, more potent rabies
vaccine protects dogs from the virus. The Rabies Challenge Fund study
will determine if the vaccine provides immunity for as long as seven
years. The two-phase study should be completed in 2013 and 2015."
* ►June 9, 2008 - Prevention
of influenza: recommendations for influenza immunization of children,
2007-2008. - Pediatrics
via
www.guideline.gov
* ►June 9, 2008 - Children's
Medical Research Draws Scrutiny on Safety, Need - Bloomberg
►June 9, 2008 - Banned
In Boston? Two Docs Debate The Gift Ban (includes video) -
Pharmalot
* ►June 9, 2008 - FDA
Bars Docs From Conducting Clinical Trials - Pharmalot -"The FDA can
disqualify researchers found for misconduct, such as falsifying
results, during studies. Among those banned this year was Maria Anne
Kirkman Campbell, who pleaded guilty to fraud in 2003 in connection
with a study on a Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic. Please see the
FDA
web site."
* ►June 9, 2008 - Trio
of infections less fearsome - The Republican - "They were once
feared as terrible plagues that would ruin the great outdoors for the
region's nature lovers. But West Nile virus, rabies and Lyme disease
have reached a mature stability in the Pioneer Valley, producing a
relatively stable number of cases in recent years. And while these
infections are still concerns for those who want to venture outside,
the triple threat is keeping few inside."
* ►June 9, 2008 - Catching
Cold: Merck Sneezes Over Singulair Scrips - Pharmalot - "Why the
drop? Singulair is a seasonal product, due to its allergy indication,
and this year’s season could have been light, although other allergy
meds have performed better. There’s also been new competition this year
from an OTC version of Zyrtec. “This could be slightly more worrisome
since market share could be permanently lost to this new competitor,”
Anderson writes.“The third potential cause of weakness is that in March
2008, FDA flagged Singulair as having a
potential
link with suicide."
►June 9, 2008 - Provenge
Activists To Get Another Day In Court - Pharmalot
►June 9, 2008 - Toxin
Leeches into Canned Foods (audio) - The Environment Report
►June 9, 2008 - Management
of cervical cancer. - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines
Network (SIGN) via www.guideline.gov
►June 9, 2008 - Queen's
honour for pioneering virologist - Australian Broadcasting
Corporation - "A leading virologist whose research helped open the path
toward a hepatitis B vaccine has been recognised this morning in the
Queen's Birthday Honours."
►June 9, 2008 - Emergence
of Drugs from Elan/Wyeth, Eli Lilly, Myriad Genetics and Medivation
Will Drive the Alzheimer's Disease Drug Market to Nearly Triple by 2017
- Sales of Currently Dominant Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Will
Decrease by Nearly Half Over the Next Decade, According to a New Report
from Decision Resources - Decision Resources via PRNewswire via
PharmaLive
►June 9, 2008 - Sanofi-Aventis
To Cut Up To 800 Reps In France - Pharmalot
* ►June 9, 2008 - Pesticides
blamed for plummeting salmon stocks - New Scientist Environment
►June 9, 2008 - Nose
stem cells used to treat Parkinson's - Scientists in Queensland,
Australia have made a major breakthrough in research into Parkinson's
disease. - Stem Cells via News-Medical.Net
* ►June 9, 2008 - Risky
practices found at N.J. hamburger maker - AP via The Record
* ►June 8, 2008 - Frustration
at FDA makes staff ripe for picking by drug firms - AP via San
Francisco Chronicle
* ►June 8, 2008 - Potentially
fatal bacteria found in pigs, farmworkers - Federal agencies urged
to check for MRSA in meat - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
►June 8, 2008 - Is
Google good for your health records? - Newhouse News Service via
Houston Chronicle
►June 8, 2008 - Vitamin
D Deficiency Widespread in the U.S. - HealthNews
►June 8, 2008 - Food
allergies: What you need to know - Foodconsumer.org
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Local
mother joins march for autism awareness - Opelika-Auburn News - "A
few years ago, Jenny Rowe didn’t know much about autism. But when her
son, Patrick, was diagnosed, she started to research. 'When you find
out your kid’s got autism, you want answers,' she said."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Why
Is Anyone Taking This Guy Seriously? - Injecting Sense Blog -
"Before I joined the corporate world, I spent many years as a
litigator. One of my most frustrating experiences in the courtroom came
when a judge (who was well past his prime) allowed the other side’s
expert testify in technical areas well beyond his expertise. I have
much the same reaction whenever I hear Paul Offit speak."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Prescription
for disaster: drugs, lies, and greed - Our Daily Meds: How the
Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing
Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs By Melody Petersen
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 432 pp., $26 - book review (requires
registration) - Boston Globe
►June 8, 2008 -
Help
with autism under 1 roof - Sites assist families with data,
support - Arizona Republic
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Merck
Sponsors Cinema Ads For HPV Vaccine Gardasil - Medical News Today
►June 8, 2008 -
The
WMD Notebook: Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B - A lesser known
inhalation or ingestion agent (requires subscription for full article -
Firehouse.com
►June 8, 2008 - Who Still Dies
of AIDS, and Why - In the age of HAART, the virus can still outwit
modern medicine - New York Magazine
►June 8, 2008 - Sierra Club
campaigns against formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers - McClatchy
Newspapers via Sun Herald - "Several agencies list formaldehyde as a
likely carcinogen."
►June 8, 2008 -
Well,
I’m proud to be... ‘True’ or ‘transplanted,’ Okies celebrate Muskogee
- Crippling childhood polio doesn’t stop business owner - Muskogee
Phoenix
►June 7, 2008 -
Special
needs school in works - Parents of autistic children hoping to stop
busing kids - The Times Herald Record
* ►June 6, 2008 - FDA
Brand Name Review: Finding Predictability in the Process - FDA is
moving forward in revising the approval process for proposed
proprietary brand names. Industry is worried that the changes will make
the system even less predictable. Given that FDA needs industry buy-in
to make the new program work, the pilot may be over before it starts. -
The RPM Report
* ►June 6, 2008 - Time To
Talk About CAM: - Health Care Providers and Patients Need To Ask
and Tell - NIH News
* ►June 6, 2008 - EU
urges more collaboration after heparin scandal - Reuters
►June 6, 2008 - NHS £1.7bn
surplus spending row - The government has come under fire after
figures showed a £1.658bn surplus in the NHS last year. - BBC
►June 6, 2008 - Noven:
Manufacturing issues with ADHD patch improve - Noven via AP via The
Boston Globe
►June 6, 2008 - Early
Alzheimer's patients pressing for research, resources - CNN Health
►June 6, 2008 - Bipolar
Disorder: Epidemic Without a Disease - The Earth Times
►June 6, 2008 - Brainy
Babies - Ivanhoe Newswire
* ►June 6, 2008 -
In
shift, FDA says mercury fillings may harm some - Philadelphia
Inquirer
►June 5, 2008 -
US
FDA Admits Risks of Mercury Dental Fillings, Settles Lawsuit -
Mercury Policy Project via PRNewswire-USNewswire via The Earth Times
* ►June 5, 2008 -
Genocea
Biosciences and PATH sign collaboration agreement to accelerate
pneumoccocus vaccine development - Genocea Teams with Pneumococcus
Expert Richard Malley of Children’s Hospital Boston - press release -
Genocea Biosciences via Business Wire
►June 5, 2008 -
World's Leading Health Experts Urge Countries To Use Newly Released
Data To Prevent The Death Of Millions Of Children Due To Rotavirus
- Sabin Vaccine Institute via Medical News Today
* ►June 5, 2008 - New
research explores role of serotonin - Findings provide insight into
clinical disorders characterised by low serotonin level, such as
depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and severe anxiety -
University of Cambridge via EurekAlert!
►June 5, 2008 - Human
metapneumovirus common cause of pediatric respiratory infections -
Reuters Health via Medical Imaging
* ►June 2, 2008 -
Vaccine,
autism: What's the answer? - Just 4 Mom Blog via Deseret News
* ►June 1, 2008 -
The
Ethicist - Kicked Out of the Play Group (requires registration) -
The New York Times - "My daughter’s play group consists of children
ranging in age from infancy to 4 years old. One mother revealed that
she does not vaccinate her son. After much frank but cordial discussion
and opinions from pediatricians — some thought she endangered our
vaccinated kids; others did not — she felt pressured to leave the
group. Did the group behave ethically? J.G., PASADENA"
* ►June 1, 2008 - Prenatal
Biochemical Screening Only Detects Half of Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Women should be better informed before deciding to undertake it -
European Society of Human Genetics via Biocompare
►June 1, 2008 - Genetics of
ALS Progression - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory via Biocompare
* ►June 2008 - Clinical Phase
1 Testing of the Safety and Immunogenicity of an Epitope-Based DNA
Vaccine in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Subjects
Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy - journal article (Clinical and Vaccine Immunology)
* ►June 2008 - Immunoglobulin
G Avidities in Infants in Mexico after Primary Immunization with Three
Doses of Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Tetanus Toxoid Haemophilus
influenzae Type b Vaccine - journal article (Clinical and Vaccine Immunology)
* ►June 2008 - Children
with Bacterial Meningitis Presenting to the Emergency Department during
the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era - journal article (Academic Emergency Medicine)
►June 2008 - Cross-sectional
and longitudinal factors predicting influenza vaccination in Hong Kong
Chinese elderly aged 65 and above - journal article (Journal of Infection)
* ►June 2008 - Memory T Cells
Specific for Novel Human Papillomavirus Type 16 (HPV16) E6 Epitopes in
Women Whose HPV16 Infection Has Become Undetectable -
journal article (Clinical and Vaccine
Immunology)
►June 2008 - Increasing
cause of cough among adults - journal article (Emergency Medicine Australasia)
* ►May 20, 2008 -
Title:
Protein sequences containing antigenized antibodies for foot-and-mouth
disease (patent) - The Hong Kong University of Science &
Technology (Hong Kong, HK) via www.pharmcast.com
* ►May 8, 2008 - Antibodies
Elicited by Inactivated Propionibacterium acnes-Based Vaccines Exert
Protective Immunity and Attenuate the IL-8 Production in Human
Sebocytes: Relevance to Therapy for Acne Vulgaris - journal article
(Journal of Investigative Dermatology)
* ►May 2008 - Evaluation
of the anti-tuberculosis activity generated by different multigene DNA
vaccine constructs - journal article (Microbes and Infection)
►Volume 251 Issue 1, 2008 - Mycobacterium
bovis Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) stimulates IL-10 production
via the PI3K/Akt and p38 MAPK pathways in human lung epithelial cells
- journal article (Cellular Immunology)
* ►World Mercury Project -
website - "World Mercury Project was founded by Eric W. Gladen, who has
lived a mercury induced nightmare his entire life without knowing the
cause, until the answer was handed to him in the form of one last
tetanus shot that was preserved with the neurotoxin thimerosal.
The mercury in that shot put him into a catatonic state, and induced
almost every symptom of Autism, Lou Gehrig’s, Multiple Sclerosis,
Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and many more 'Conditions'. Throughout
his recovery, Eric talked to hundreds of doctors and specialists in the
field of this tragedy, and countless adults and children who just by
'coincidence' came down with neurological conditions right after they
received some form of exposure to mercury."
Posted June 8, 2008
►July 1,
2008 - Advanced
Survey of Tuberculosis Transmission in a Complex Socioepidemiologic
Scenario with a High Proportion of Cases in Immigrants - journal
article (Clinical Infectious Diseases)
►July 1, 2008 - Active
Surveillance Cultures and Contact Precautions for Control of
Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Ethical Considerations -
journal article (Clinical Infectious
Diseases)
* ►June 8, 2008 - No
jabs for my kids - Some parents fear polio drugs do more harm than
good - Toronto Sun - "I have a young friend who is a fitness freak and
who eats only organic -- a poster girl for good living. But she would
call herself a conscientious objector -- no vaccines for her kids! She
believes they present more risk than benefit. I tell her that every day
we make hundreds of decisions based on a risk-benefit analysis. But she
has never seen polio, doesn't know the meaning of meningitis, and
laughs at the notion of "whooping" cough. She doesn't fear the unknown;
I fear the known. Sure, there are questions about immunization, but
let's not put our children at risk while we're figuring out the
answers."
* ►June 8, 2008 - Food
Allergies Trigger Multibillion-Dollar Specialty Market - The
Washington Post - "The market for food-allergy and intolerance products
is projected to reach $3.9 billion this year, according to Packaged
Facts, a New York research firm. And the market for gluten-free foods
and drinks is expected to hit $1.3 billion by 2010, up from $700
million in 2006, according to research firm Mintel. An estimated 12
million people in the United States have food allergies, and another 2
million have celiac disease, a disorder in which the body's immune
system attacks itself when exposed to gluten, a protein found in wheat,
barley and rye. Those figures are expected to rise. The number of
children with peanut allergies alone has doubled in the past decade.
Food-induced anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal allergic reaction, causes
about 30,000 emergency room visits and 150 to 200 deaths annually,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta."
* ►June 8, 2008 - K-State
one of four finalists vying for facility - Competition fierce for
$450 million National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility - The
Capital-Journal
* ►June 8, 2008 - Effects
of controversial chemical sensitivity disorder all too real - The
Boston Herald
* ►June 8, 2008 - Lyme
disease cases often ignored, activists say - The Daily Times -
"Lucy Barnes, a Maryland resident and an international Lyme disease
activist, said the battle over Lyme disease guidelines has little
interest vested in patient care. "It is a scientific nightmare that no
one is paying attention to," she said. "It hasn't been allowed to be
explored and no one can understand on the surface what is going on out
there."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
People
step up to wage vaccine fight while media watches and doctors look the
other way - letter - Youngstown Vindicator - "Over 8, 000 people
attended the rally to lend a voice over concerns of toxins in vaccines.
Every state in the union was represented along with Canada, Mexico, and
the Philippines. What was so very disappointing was the poor media
coverage this rally received by the mainstream media. Our politicians
need to be held accountable to us and our children. Any person holding
office or running for public office should know our children are being
damaged from toxic vaccines and they had better be willing to craft and
support legislation that works to correct this problem and spare future
generations from harm."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Researchers
Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay (requires registration) - The New York
Times - "A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has
helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines
in children earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug
makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this
income to university officials, according to information given
Congressional investigators. Dr. Joseph Biederman belatedly reported at
least $1.6 million in consulting fees....Some of their research is
financed by government grants."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Harvard
Doctors Failed to Disclose Fees, Senator Says - Bloomberg -
"'Obviously, if a researcher is taking money from a drug company while
also receiving federal dollars to research that company's product, then
there is a conflict of interest,' Grassley said in a statement he
entered into the Congressional Record. He sent letters to the medical
school and the U.S. National Institutes of Health last week."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Vaccine
Patents And Ingredients - Claiming Aluminium - The One Click Group
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Autism
One Radio Presents David Kirby In London - SPECIAL on AUTISM ONE
RADIO: DAVID KIRBY in LONDON Thursday, June 12th 8:30 am – 12:15 pm ET
www.autismone.org/radio -
The One Click Group
* ►June 8, 2008 -
One
More Look at Thimerosal - HealthNewsDigest.com - "Indeed, no matter
how much data could be piled up, the zealots would not be swayed, and
would blow off the mountain of contrary evidence as being part of some
Big pharma/government conspiracy."
* ►June 8, 2008 -
Threat
of world Aids pandemic among heterosexuals is over, report admits -
A 25-year health campaign was misplaced outside the continent of
Africa. But the disease still kills more than all wars and conflicts -
The Independent, UK
►June 8, 2008 -
Plan
covers 1.4 million children - Chicago Sun- Times - "All Kids covers
hospital stays, prescription drugs, immunizations, medical equipment
and physical therapy, among other things."
►June 8, 2008 -
Legionnaires Linked to Hotel Hot Tub - Chicagoist
►June 8, 2008 - Divided
by fluoride - Daily Echo, UK
►June 8, 2008 - Biotech
giants demand a high price for saving the planet - Companies
accused of 'profiteering' as they attempt to patent crop genes - The
Independent, UK
►June 8, 2008 - Possible cancer
cluster found in Wood County - Sunday Gazette Mail - "DuPont Co.
officials have discovered evidence of a possible "cancer cluster" among
workers at the company's Washington Works plant near Parkersburg,
government records show."
►June 8, 2008 - Fake
patients test Vermont medical students - AP via Yahoo!
►June 8, 2008 - Patient
Web sites used for news, support in crisis - AP via Yahoo!
* ►June 7. 2008 - Who's
to Blame for the Tyson Bird Flu Outbreak? - Gather.com
* ►June 7, 2008 - Is
the FDA Hiding Something? - Ahead of a Congressional Inquiry, FDA
Names New Panel to Study Potentially Toxic Chemical. Why Now? - The
Daily Green
* ►June 7, 2008 -
Heckenlively
On The Omnibus Autism Proceeding: 5/29 - Beating up on the
Government’s Case . . . Again! – The Omnibus Autism Proceeding – Second
Set of Hearings (Thimerosal & Autism) – Day Thirteen – May 29, 2008
- Age of Autism
* ►June 7, 2008 -
Holland
On The Omnibus Autism Proceeding: 5/29 - May 29, 2008: The
Petitioners’ Rebuttal, continued By Mary Holland, Esq. - Age of Autism
* ►June 7, 2008 -
Anti-Supplement
Congressmen At It Again - press release - National Health
Federation via The One Click Group
* ►June 7, 2008 -
Vaccine
Debate in New Jersey - Our Gluten Free Family
►June 7, 2008 -
FDA
Warning Letters to Companies Decline Sharply - free preview - Wall
Street Journal
* ►June 6, 2008 -
Welcome
to the Family Blog for Jenny - Jenny's Journey Blog - "Doctors
don't know for sure why Jenny got so sick but some think it may be
connected to the Gardasil vaccinations she got (last one in March,
2007) and the weakening that seemed to start in spring and gradually
built up."
* ►June 6, 2008 -
Local
parents march in D.C. for Autism - "Green our vaccines," that is
the message thousands took to lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
(includes video) - WTVD ABC 11
►June 6, 2008 -
Jenny
McCarthy on Autism - tonight ON THE RECORD at 10pm - FOX News
►June 6, 2008 -
Getting to Know the Child With Asperger Syndrome - Professional
School Counseling via RedOrbit
►June 6, 2008 -
Author
to release, sign her novel about autism - Nashoba Publishing Online
►June 6, 2008 -
Autism
Rising in Newfoundland and Labrador - Your Health Guide
►June 6, 2008 -
The
House That Love Built - When A TV Show Turned Down A Mother's Dying
Wish, Her Community Stepped In - CBS News
►June 6, 2008 -
Ontario's
smog causes 9,500 deaths per year, medical association says - CBC
►June 6, 2008 -
Extra
childhood vaccine needed - Nursing in Practice
►June 6, 2008 -
Breaking
the silence - At 3, Riley Methot has yet to speak his first word.
Riley has autism and is 14th on a waiting list to receive behavioural
treatment - Niagara This Week
►June 6, 2008 -
CDC
Denies Gardasil Vaccine Death Stats - One Click Note - Gardasil
Vaccine Stats - The One Click Group
* ►June 6, 2008 - US
military service members vaccinated against smallpox in 2003 and 2004
experience a slightly higher risk of hospitalization post-vaccination
- journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - Effectiveness
of a physician peer educator in improving the quality of immunization
services for young children in primary care practices -
journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - AIDS
vaccine: Efficacy, safety and ethics - journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - Lipid
A and liposomes containing lipid A as antigens and adjuvants
- journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - Genetic
diversity-independent neutralization of pandemic viruses (e.g. HIV),
potentially pandemic (e.g. H5N1 strain of influenza) and carcinogenic
(e.g. HBV and HCV) viruses and possible agents of bioterrorism
(variola) by enveloped virus neutralizing compounds (EVNCs)
- journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - B
cell immunopathology during HIV-1 infection: Lessons to learn for HIV-1
vaccine design - journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - HIV-1
envelope glycoprotein-mediated fusion and pathogenesis: Implications
for therapy and vaccine development - journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - Traitors
of the immune system—Enhancing antibodies in HIV infection: Their
possible implication in HIV vaccine development - journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - Some
lead poisoning data not passed to county - The Galveston County
Daily News
►June 6, 2008 - Host
genetic factors that control immune responses to retrovirus infections
- journal article (Vaccine)
* ►June 6, 2008 - Duke
chemist has new way to tell right from left - Duke
University via EurekAlert! - "A Duke University chemist has apparently
solved a long-standing frustration in creating certain synthetic
molecules that make up drugs, which could lead to better drugs with
fewer side effects."
►June 6, 2008 - Research into
prion diseases continues to progress - Peace County Sun
►June 6, 2008 - Crystal
clear savings for drug giants - University of Leeds via EurekAlert!
►June 6, 2008 - UC
research shows risk of ALS exposure in Gulf War veterans is time limited
- University of Leeds via EurekAlert!
►June 6, 2008 - Circadian Math:
One Plus One Doesn’t Always Equal Two -
Neuroscience Letters via RPI
News & Events
►June 6, 2008 - Election
2008 | Health Care Legislation Might Not Top Next Administration's
Agenda, Former House Leader Says - Kaiser Network
►June 5, 2008 - Information
on Heparin Sodium Injection - Please report all adverse events
associated with heparin to MedWatch - FDA/CDER
►June 5, 2008 - Finding
the source: Cells that initiate a common infant tumor identified
-
Journal of Clinical Investigation
via EurekAlert!
►June 5, 2008 - Extensive
resistance common in Nigerians failing antiretroviral therapy -
Aidsmap
* ►June 5, 2008 - NY
considers creating 'organ-removal' ambulance - AP via Yahoo!
►June 5, 2008 -
Hispanics
dying on job at higher rates than others - AP via Yahoo!
►June 5, 2008 - JCI
online early table of contents - Journal
of Clinical Investigation via EurekAlert!
►June 5, 2008 -
Jim
Carrey and Jenny McCarthy Join the Green Our Vaccines March -
eNews20.com
►June 5, 2008 -
"Green
Our Vaccine" Takes Jim Carrey to a March - eFluxMedia
►June 5, 2008 -
Is
Golf Causing Diabetes? - Pesticides Commonly Used on Golf Courses
Linked to Disease: NIH - The Daily Green
* ►June 5, 2008 -
Sheep
flatulence inoculation developed - New Zealand scientists claim to
have developed a "flatulence inoculation" aimed at cutting down on the
massive amount of methane produced by its sheep and cows. - The
Telegraph, UK - "But Phil Goff, New Zealand's trade minister, told an
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in Paris
yesterday that a solution was in sight. 'Our agricultural research
organisation just last week was able to map the genome ... that causes
methane in ruminant animals and we believe we can vaccinate against'
flatulent emissions, Mr Goff said."
* ►June 4, 2008
- Non-whites
receive harsher sentences for inflicted traumatic brain injury of
children - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill via
EurekAlert!
►June 4, 2008 - Early
Communication About an Ongoing Safety Review of Tumor Necrosis Factor
(TNF) Blockers (marketed as Remicade, Enbrel, Humira, and Cimzia) -
FDA/CDER
* ►June 4, 2008 - Findings
offer insights into role of breastfeeding in preventing infant death,
HIV infection - NIH/National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development via EurekAlert!
* ►June 4, 2008 -
March
Aims to Raise Autism Awareness (includes slide show and video) -
AOL Body
* ►June 4, 2008 -
Author
to speak on autism June 14 at Miamisburg hotel - Dayton Daily News
- "David Kirby, whose prize-winning 2005 book laid out evidence
contending that environmental toxins contribute to autism, will speak
in Miamisburg on Saturday, June 14. The 90-minute lecture beginning at
9 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 31 Prestige Plaza Drive, is sponsored by
Dayton Area Families for Effective Autism Treatment, an advocacy and
support organization formed by parents of children with autism-spectrum
disorders."
►June 4, 2008 -
Tracking
plastic's breakdown products - Researchers examine the metabolites
of a popular plasticizer in sewage sludge. - Environmental Science and
Technology
►June 4, 2008 -
Cervical
cancer vaccines may start soon - The Irish Times
►June 3, 2008 -
FSUY,
UM to share $7 million grant to study autism early intervention -
Florida State University via www.eurekalert.org
►June 3, 2008 -
Autism on the rise - New study could affect government treatment of
autism in school - St. John's Telegram
►June 3, 2008 -
Fears
grow that MRSA variant has entered food chain - The Independent, UK
►June 3, 2008 -
FDA
Urged To Ban Some Food Dyes - Group Says 8 Artificial Colorings May
Cause Hyperactivity And Behavior Problems In Some Kids - AP via CBS News
►June 3, 2008 - AMSA PharmFree
Scorecard Grades U.S. Medical Schools on Conflict-Of-Interest Policies;
Only 7 Receive an 'A' - press release - AMSA.org
►June 3, 2008 - Antibacterial
wipes can still spread bacteria - American Society for Microbiology
via EurekAlert!
* ►June 3, 2008 - US
eyes REACH-style law for chemicals - EurActiv
* ►June 2, 2008 - Immunogenicity,
safety and consistency of new trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
- journal article (Vaccine)
►June 2, 2008 - Notice:
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration -
Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration via
www.pharmcast.com
* ►June 2, 2008 - Adverse
events in hospitals occur 3 times more among patients with
communications problems - Canadian Medical Association
Journal via EurekAlert!
* ►June 2, 2008 - A
Duke University chemist has apparently solved a long-standing
frustration in creating certain synthetic molecules that make up drugs,
which could lead to better drugs with fewer side effects. - New
Findings Provide Important Clues Toward the Development of Customized
Treatments - NARSAD
►June 2, 2008 - Scientists
demonstrate feasibility of preventing malaria parasite from becoming
sexually mature - Discovery could help to control the spread
of drug resistance - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
via EurekAlert!
►June 2, 2008 -
Nutricia Partners With Autism Speaks - Autism Speaks via Medical
News Today
* ►June 2, 2008 -
A
HALF-TRUTH IS STILL A LIE! - NoGreenVaccine via Yahoo! Groups -
"For those who don't know our story, in 2001 we were 'advised' to
vaccinate our second child with mercury-free shots - after our first
child was already vaccine-injured. Back then we didn't have the
contacts, time, or resources to research the entire vaccine issue. We
addressed it with the local peds but were conveniently persuaded to
vaccinate with the mercury-free jabs. So what happened? Our daughter
reacted the very night of her last vaccinations and almost died as a
result. She spent one long horrific month fighting for her life in ER
and was diagnosed terminal. She surprised everyone and lived, surviving
on a feeding machine for 3 years (we were told indefinitely). You can
read about our children's vaccine-injuries here: Jonny&Sierra -
Vaccine Induced Autism:
http://www.vaproject.org/personalstories/jonny-sierra.htm"
* ►June 2, 2008 -
Widespread
Vitamin D Deficiency Poses Risk - Reuters via Newsmax.com -
"Children with vitamin D deficiency sometimes have bowed legs or easily
fractured bones. They can also appear tired, or shaky, or suffer
seizures in severe cases."
* ►June 2, 2008 -
HIV Vaccine Trial
to Have Substantial Design Changes (requires registration) -
Medscape - "We are asking so little in this trial. It is not going to
protect people, it very likely is not going to affect viral load. And
if it fails to meet even those endpoints, it is going to have a very
hard time with the media and in Congress 3 years from now."
►June 2, 2008 -
Being
Born Small, Early Raises Autism Risk - HealthDay via The Statesman
►June 1, 2008 - Judge orders end
to selenium violations at Logan mine - The Charleston Gazette
►June 1, 2008 -
Investigators
focus on infant deaths - Intensive program trains authorities to
look for specific causes of death based on federal recommendations -
Indianapolis Star
* ►June 2008 - Gluten
Intake Interferes With the Humoral Immune Response to Recombinant
Hepatitis B Vaccine in Patients With Celiac Disease (full
text) - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Vaccine-Era
Varicella Epidemiology and Vaccine Effectiveness in a Public Elementary
School Population, 2002–2007 (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Unintended
Consequences: Mandatory Tuberculin Skin Testing and Severe Isoniazid
Hepatotoxicity - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Prevalence
of Developmental Delays and Participation in Early Intervention
Services for Young Children (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Postlicensure
Monitoring of Intussusception After RotaTeq Vaccination in the United
States, February 1, 2006, to September 25, 2007 - journal
article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Head
Covering and the Risk for SIDS: Findings From the New Zealand and
German SIDS Case-Control Studies (full text) - journal
article (Pediatrics)
►June 2008 - Race
Matters in the Prosecution of Perpetrators of Inflicted Traumatic Brain
Injury - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Annual
Risk of Death Resulting From Short Falls Among Young Children: Less
Than 1 in 1 Million - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Autism
and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Research
- journal article (Pediatrics)
- "Broad participation by the autism community enriched the meeting
significantly by contributing a valuable and personal perspective that
is often missing from scientific meetings. It also began a much
improved public–private partnership in which all stakeholders are
represented. On the basis of the presentations and the discussions that
followed, an array of important scientific opportunities were
identified in 5 general categories: (1) opportunities to advance
clinical research; (2) opportunities to enhance epidemiologic studies;
(3) opportunities to improve the understanding of autism's pathology
and etiology; (4) tools and infrastructure needs; and (5) opportunities
for public–private partnerships."
* ►June 2008 - Birth
Weight and Gestational Age Characteristics of Children With Autism,
Including a Comparison With Other Developmental Disabilities
- journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Febrile
Seizures: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Long-term Management of
the Child With Simple Febrile Seizures - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Streptococcal
Infection and Exacerbations of Childhood Tics and Obsessive-Compulsive
Symptoms: A Prospective Blinded Cohort Study - journal
article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Prevalence
of and Risk Factors for Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant and
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Children
Seen in a Practice-Based Research Network - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Should
We Screen for Language Delay in Toddlers? - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Should
We Screen for Language Delay in Toddlers?: In Reply -
journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Prescribing
Assistive-Technology Systems: Focus on Children With Impaired
Communication - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►June 2008 - Differential
Gender Response to Respiratory Infections and to the Protective Effect
of Breast Milk in Preterm Infants (full text) - journal
article (Pediatrics)
►June 2008 - Reducing
Absenteeism From Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Illness in Elementary
School Students: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Infection-Control
Intervention (full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)
►June 2008 - A 15-year
review of pediatric neurosurgical fellowships: implications for the
pediatric neurosurgical workforce - journal article (Journal of Neurosurgery)
* ►June 2008 - Availability
of the epinephrine autoinjector at school in children with peanut
allergy - journal article (Annals
of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
* ►June 2008 - The
prevalence of latex allergy in sixth-year medical students: assessment
of knowledge, risk, and attitudes about future specialty direction
- journal article (Annals of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology)
►June 2008 - A
prospective study of maternal anti-HPA 1a antibody level as a potential
predictor of alloimmune thrombocytopenia in the newborn - journal
article (Haematologica)
* ►June 2008 - Improved
Cognitive Development Among Preterm Infants Attributable to Early
Supplementation of Human Milk With Docosahexaenoic Acid and Arachidonic
Acid - journal article (Pediatrics)
►June 2008 - Cancer
Incidence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2001–2003
(full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)
* ►May 21, 2008 -
Vaccine
Booster's Secret Revealed - ScienceNOW Daily News - "Knowing how
alum works its magic may help researchers design more specific
adjuvants that are more effective or have fewer side effects, HogenEsch
says. Alum, for instance, is known to kill muscle cells when injected
into muscles, as many vaccines are."
* ►May 20, 2008 - Title:
Vaccine against staphylococcus intoxication (patent) - The
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington, DC) via www.pharmcast.com
►May 20, 2008 -
Title:
Peptides for the treatment of cancer associated with the human
papilloma virus (HPV) and other epithelial tumors (patent) - Centro
de Ingenieria Genetica y Biotechologia (Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, CU)
via
www.pharmcast.com
►May 20, 2008 - Title:
Reovirus for the treatment of cellular proliferative disorders
(patent) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (Calgary, Alberta, CA) via
www.pharmcast.com
►May 16, 2008 - Juice
'prevents clogged arteries' - Juices made from apples or purple
grapes - and the fruit themselves - protect against developing clogged
arteries, a study suggests. - BBC
* ►May 15, 2008 -
State
falsely accuses 3,000 of child abuse - Investigators have 'power of
God,' can ruin life with stroke of pen - WorldNetDaily
►May 14, 2008 -
Ads
touting dairy for weight loss "misleading" - Reuters
►February 2007 -
Presence
of herpesviruses in middle ear fluid of children with otitis media with
effusion - journal article (Pediatrics
International)
►November 2005 -
Isolation
of measles virus from middle ear fluid of infants with acute otitis
media. - journal article (Journal
of Infection)
►Jenny's Journey -
Jenny is a 14 year old with a rapidly progressing paralysis. We are
looking for other people like her in an effort to find treatment. - blog
* ►Help
Protect Government Whistleblowers - Public Citizen
* ►Email
Today to Stop Worst Vaccine Bill Ever in New York - ALL FEDERAL
SHOTS WILL BECOME MANDATORY - A-CHAMP.org
* ►General
Medical Council - Is the hearing of Andrew Wakefield at the General
Medical Council a witch-hunt? Have they got the wrong man? And what is
the significance of the Hannah Polling case in the US? Why are the
media in the UK ignoring it? 'General Medical Council' is the sequel to
'But Are You Hearing This' and was filmed on the opening day of Andrew
Wakefield's defense. - video - CryShame
* ►Just
When You Thought it was Safe to go Back in the Water - CryShame -
"In the last 13 working days, the panel has sat only on 5 interrupted
days (Wednesday 23rd April, Tuesday 29th April, Wednesday 30th April,
Tuesday May 6th , and Wednesday 7th ). This is hardly the agenda for a
group that in the Health Minister's words, should consider the case of
Dr Andrew Wakefield ‘as quickly as possible'. Still, never mind we know
that the whole plan and objective of the GMC is to ensure that Dr
Wakefield is ‘out of play' sitting in the sin-bin for as long as is
possible, while the government and science lobby groups press their
case for the safety of MMR and other combined vaccines, beyond the
hearing."
►*
F.A.I.R.
Autism Media - David Kirby, Author "Evidence of Harm" - video -
A/Zcast.net
►DAVID KIRBY UPCOMING SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS - Evidence of Harm
JUNE 14 - DAFEAT CONFERENCE, AKRON, OH
JUNE 19 - TOWN HALL MEETING, BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, RI
JUNE 23 - SEPTA BENEFIT, PLEASANTVILLE, NY
JUNE 26 - TOWN HALL MEETING, NYU LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY
June 27 - TOWN HALL MEETING, NORTHEASTERN UNIV., BOSTON, MA
* ►Globalist
Threat to Vitamins - Bureaucrats attached to the United Nations are
seeking to deprive millions worldwide of access to nutritional
supplements. - SundayNite.net
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
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