* ►June 2008 - Rectal immunization generates protective immunity in the female genital tract against herpes simplex virus type 2 infection: Relative importance of myeloid differentiation factor 88 - journal article (Antiviral Research)

►June 2008 - R75761, a lead compound for the development of antiviral drugs in late stage poliomyelitis eradication strategies and beyond - journal article (Antiviral Research)

►May 2008 - Prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in patients with airways disease - journal article (Respiratory Medicine)

* ►April 7, 2008 - Vaccine court's ruling adds to confusion over autism link - Experts caution that the case, involving an underlying mitochondrial disorder, does not have broad application regarding vaccine safety. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►April 7, 2008 - FDA pledges better communication on drug safety: AMNews interviews Andrew von Eschenbach, MD - The commissioner outlines ways in which physicians can expect to see change. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►April 7, 2008 - Florida Supreme Court lifts past peer review confidentiality - Dissenting judges said physicians and hospitals have a right to rely on past protections despite a more recent constitutional amendment opening up incident reports. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Employer mandates hit legal snag, states continue to search for options - Businesses argue that a federal act overrides state and local employer responsibility laws. Court rulings so far run three to one against this type of health system reform. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Missouri Supreme Court: Doctors can sue if hospitals ignore bylaws in privileging issues - The court also said medical staff bylaws do not create a legal contract. The court will not review the privileging decision itself. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Aetna launches personalized health search engine - The system would use members' demographic information and PHR data. Some worry the insurer's actions are too intrusive. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Uniform IT definitions proposed to promote understanding - The definitions distinguish electronic health records, which include information from multiple facilities, from electronic medical records, which would be from a single entity. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Ibuprofen may lessen benefit of daily aspirin - Other pain relievers are preferable for those who need aspirin therapy, although the full clinical relevance of this effect is unclear. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Resident Match breaks records for applicants and couples - Among the 28,737 medical students vying for first-year residency positions were 738 pairs, but matching a couple is no small feat. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Medicare pay bill: Raises to replace cuts through 2009 - Negotiations on Medicare legislation are picking up steam in the Senate. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Ask questions before working at retail clinics - When should physicians accept employment with in-store clinics? - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Selling the bitter EMR pill (HIMSS meeting) - At a major health technology meeting, technology advocates, hospitals and others put their heads together to see how to get physicians to embrace health IT. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - United panned in survey of hospital execs - Hospital leaders call the company the most difficult to deal with, but United says the survey is questionable. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Keeping an eye on United - Nevada's formation of a physician advisory council in the wake of a health plan merger gives doctors a chance to scrutinize UnitedHealth Group's conduct. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Consider e-prescribing as one step in climb to health IT - A message to all physicians from Edward L. Langston, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Sweetener scrutiny: Are sugar substitutes a helpful tool or an ineffective crutch? - Artificial sweeteners are considered safe, but questions persist as to what role they play in helping patients lose weight of if, in fact, they cause people to eat more. - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - Letters to the Editor - Amid debate on prostate cancer care, one physician relates his experience - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - News in brief: Health & Science - Warfarin brochure developed - Colorectal screening guidelines - Pain can linger for trauma patients - NFID publishes strategies to increase flu vaccination among health care workers - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - News in brief: Government & Medicine - CMS seeks doctors' opinions on Medicare carriers - Massachusetts physicians call for state medical liability reforms - Medicaid rules draw opposition - www.ama-assn.org

►April 7, 2008 - News in brief: Professional Issues - Oregon keeps wrongful death damage cap - Public favors quality reporting but uncertain about pay-for-performance - www.ama-assn.org

►April 1, 2008 - Recent report suggests Tamiflu resistance among seasonal influenza virus - European Public Health Alliance

►April 1, 2008 - CDC announces year's first fatal hepatitis A case - Sanitation: CDC Deputy Director Lin Ting urged people, especially those who habitually eat out, to take extra precautionary measures when it comes to food - Taipei Times

►April 1, 2008 - Virus-laced dressings may halt superbugs - The Scotsman

►April 1, 2008 - Anti-flu checks in force as schools reopen - The Standard, Hong Kong

►April 1, 2008 - City in grip of viral diseases - Times of India

►April 1, 2008 - Somalia shows Nigeria the way to go about polio eradication - Vanguard

►April 1, 2008 - Campaigners eager to highlight autism - The Scotsman

* ►April 1, 2008 - Katrina report slams CDC (requires registration or subscription) - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - "Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed in 'almost every respect' to protect Hurricane Katrina's victims from dangerous formaldehyde fumes, despite knowing the trailers the government gave them were contaminated, according to a new report by congressional investigators."

* ►April 2008 - Maternal bisphenol-A levels at delivery: a looming problem? - journal article (Journal of Perinatology)

* ►April 2008 - Polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides and neurodevelopment. - Therapeutics and Toxicology - journal article (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

* ►April 2008 - Coverage of the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program in Ethiopia - journal article (Journal of Tropical Pediatrics)

►April 2008 - Using innate immunity to characterize the host response to microbial invasion in severe sepsis - journal article (Future Microbiology)

►April 2008 - The TB laboratory of the future: macrophage-based selection of XDR-TB therapeutics - journal article (Future Microbiology)

* ►March 31, 2008 - Inoculated Against Facts - By Paul A. Offit (requires registration) - The New York Times - "The oral polio vaccine could in rare cases cause paralysis, for example, and an early version of the rotavirus vaccine might cause intestinal blockage. (In the interest of full disclosure: I am a co-inventor and co-patent holder of a newer rotavirus vaccine.)"..."The vaccine court should return to the preponderance-of-evidence standard. But much damage has already been done by the Poling decision. Parents may now worry about vaccinating their children, more autism research money may be steered toward vaccines and away from more promising leads and, if similar awards are made in state courts, pharmaceutical companies may abandon vaccines for American children. In the name of trying to help children with autism, the Poling decision has only hurt them."

* ►March 31, 2008 - David Kirby: Lies My NYT Told Me (Or Why Trust a Doctor Who Says 10,000 Shots Are Safe?) - The Huffington Post - "The following letter was delivered to Mr. David Shipley, OpEd Page Editor of the New York Time, in regards to the essay by Dr. Paul Offit In today's paper:"

* ►March 31, 2008 - Paul Offit: The NYT Forgot to Run His Bio by Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ►March 31, 2008 - Olmsted on Autism: Susan Jacoby's Pseudo-Intellectual Junk by Dan Olmsted - Age of Autism

* ►March 31, 2008 - Autism's simmering controversy - Area parents debate possible link to vaccinations - Louisville Courier-Journal - "As a baby, Austin Pope seemed to be developing normally -- even at an advanced pace, saying 75 words at 18 months. But a month after getting five vaccines in one day, an unusually high number at the time, Austin began regressing, said his mother, Janet Pope of Crestwood....This month, federal officials conceded that 9-year-old Hannah Poling of Athens, Ga., should be awarded damages from a federal vaccine-injury fund because vaccines worsened a rare mitochondrial dysfunction, a problem involving cell metabolism. This, they said, led to autism-like symptoms. 'I'm hoping this will break the issue wide open,' said Pope, 52, a former emergency room nurse and Air Force major."

* ►March 31, 2008 - The Policy Implications of the Hannah Poling Decision - Age of Autism - "Editor's Note: Margaret Dunkle is Hannah Poling’s great aunt and an early intervention specialist. She wrote the following memo to her colleagues at the 'Early Identification and Intervention Collaborative for Los Angeles County' and has given her permission to Age of Autism to reprint it in full."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Julie Gerberding Admits on CNN that Vaccines can Trigger Autism (includes video) - Adventures in Autism - "Apparently, if you dress in soft pink and speak in dulcet, reassuring tones, you can indict yourself in the biggest international health crisis of the times and not even your interviewer will notice. It is time for Dr. Gerberding to be forced to give cogent answers to the difficult questions that it is her responsibility to truthfully address. From all I have seen, it will take an act of Congress to do it. I am joining Hannah Poling's parents in calling for the immediate release of the Poling case documents, and calling for congressional hearings into the autism cases in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. This obfuscation and double speak must end."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Autism's mysteries remain as numbers grow (includes video) - CNN - "For years, they had been trying to have children. After in vitro fertilization, Lynn gave birth to identical twins, Hunter and Nicholas, and a fraternal brother named Zachary. Though they were born prematurely, they grew to be healthy, happy babies. Then something changed. At around 18 months, the boys began to display unusual behaviors. Zach became compulsive, lined up cereal boxes and toys; he wouldn't socialize and kept to himself. Hunter would roam the house at night and scream at the top of his lungs. Nick just stopped talking.  Lynn asked her pediatrician about it. Her sons' doctor said she was overreacting and they should wait and see. But Lynn and Randy were sure there was something wrong with their children. It was frustrating for Lynn, who watched her children change every day before her eyes. 'It was almost as if somebody turned the switch off. It was like the first 18 months of their lives didn't happen.'"

* ►March 31, 2008 - Researcher Squashes Immunization-Autism Link - Canadian Doctor Researches Subject For 12 Years - WSMV Nashville - "Dr. Eric Fombonne who has a chair in research and child psychiatry at Canada's McGill University said there is no connection. 'All of the studies have been negative. We have not found any increased risk,' said Fombonne."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Autism Linked to Vaccines - R News - "Federal health officials have conceded that childhood vaccines 'significantly aggravated' a rare, underlying disorder that led to autism-like symptoms in a 9-year-old Georgia girl."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Autism and Schizophrenia Linked - U.S. News & World Report

* ►March 31, 2008 - MMR row doctor: "I was just doing my duty" - Management in Practice

* ►March 31, 2008 - Autism Treatment Center of America CEO, Himself Fully Recovered From Autism, Unleashes Part 3 of Bold 7-Part Challenge for Autism Awareness Month -- Stop Writing Off This Generation of Kids - press release - The Autism Treatment Center of America via Marketwire - "With one out of 150 children now being diagnosed with autism, I find it baffling that millions and millions of dollars are being poured into autism research to look at... genetics. Well, I'm sure that finding out the genes that contribute to autism will do our great grandkids a lot of good. But what about the children who are alive right now? What about our kids?"

►March 31, 2008 - Autism in Wisconsin: Rising numbers call for increased resources - OnMilwaukee.com

►March 31, 2008 - Studies find no link between autism, vaccines - Wausau Daily Herald

►March 31, 2008 - Settlement in Autism Vaccine Case - InjuryBoard.com

►March 31, 2008 - Are psychologists the answer to delays for autism diagnosis? - CJAD - "With hundreds of children in Quebec waiting more than 2 years for an autism diagnosis, some experts are arguing it is time to allow psychologists to help."

►March 31, 2008 - Pre-school autistic children self talk - United Press International

►March 31, 2008 - Autism campaign - letter - Ledbury Reporter, UK

►March 31, 2008 - Champions of Autism: Brothers speak for those who can’t speak for themselves - University of Louisville

►March 31, 2008 - Autism's Blessings - http://autism.about.com

* ►March 31, 2008 - Shots: They don’t work if kids don’t get them - editorial - TheNewsTribune.com

* ►March 31, 2008 - IAC Express Issue number 720 - Immunization Action Coalition - "FDA updates two tables in its 'Thimerosal in Vaccines' online resource - FDA recently updated two tables in its online resource 'Thimerosal in Vaccines.' They are 'Table 2. Preservatives in US. Licensed Vaccines' and 'Table 3. Thimerosal and Expanded List of Vaccines.' To access the updated tables, go to: http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm and click on the pertinent link in the table of contents."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Eli Lilly spent $4.36M lobbying in 2007 - AP via Forbes

* ►March 31, 2008 - FDA Orders Drug Safety Plans - Newsinferno.com

►March 31, 2008 - FDA Commish Joins Blogosphere - Motley Fool

►March 31, 2008 - Pediatricians left guessing at drug doses (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►March 31, 2008 - Eastern Europe Holds Considerable Potential for IR and Non-Mercury Thermometers - Frost & Sullivan via Business Wire via FOX Business

►March 31, 2008 - Regarding mercury levels, how much fish is safe to eat per week? - What is a safe amount of fish to eat per week for an adult female (past pregnancy age) and male in regard to mercury levels? (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

* ►March 31, 2008 - Man poisoned by mercury dies - Durant Daily Democrat - "A man who was poisoned March 19 while trying to use mercury to extract gold from computer parts has died and the home is so contaminated that it cannot be lived in, an emergency official said today."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Mercury rising as a potent killer in state - NewsOK.com - "A man and woman in southern Oklahoma were hospitalized with mercury poisoning last week after engaging in what officials said is a rare and dangerous science experiment — using mercury to pull gold from electronic equipment, apparently for profit."

►March 31, 2008 - Local wrecking yards help get mercury out - The Wenatchee World Online

* ►March 31, 2008 - Sabin Vaccine Institute Receives $9.2M Gates Foundation Grant to Pursue Sustainable Immunization Financing - The Advocacy Project will aim to increase awareness and appreciation of the value of immunization in fifteen countries that are receiving time-limited support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), leading to increased government and external contributions and, ultimately, fiscally sustainable immunization systems. Though the countries have agreed to achieve this goal, added encouragement and follow-up are now needed to maintain focus and build momentum. The Sabin Vaccine Institute will field a seven-person team that will collaborate closely with Ministries of Health and Finance, WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank and other global immunization partners. If successful, budgets in these countries will be adequate to finance routine immunization system operations, all traditional vaccines and some proportion of newer vaccine procurement by 2013. - press release - The Sabin Vaccine Institute via PRWeb

►March 31, 2008 - Do I need the Gardisal vaccine? - Belleville News-Democrat

►March 31, 2008 - Should HPV vaccines be mandatory? - guest column - The UAB Kaleidoscope - "If we are forced to receive immunization shots to enter our school systems, we should take shots that potentially protect us against life endangering diseases. If we know there is a safe vaccine that protects us against the most common STD which may lead to a form of cancer, why wouldn’t we take it?"

* ►March 31, 2008 - Little-known lung infection soars among children: study - 'Huge' Burden On System - National Post - "Before the advent of antibiotics, half the people who contracted empyema died, though the mortality rate is still about 5%,Dr. Finley said....It is unclear why children are being affected disproportionately. One reason might be the pneumococcal vaccines children receive to prevent meningitis, pneumonia and other illnesses. Although they have saved thousands of lives, the vaccines might also have resulted in greater incidence of one serotype of the streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria not covered by the shot, which in turn is the main trigger of empyema in children, Dr. Finley said. Adding that strain to the vaccine might help, he said."

* ►March 31, 2008 - KY Health Officials Investigating String of MRSA Deaths - WBKO - "Health officials in Kentucky are investigating whether a new antibiotic-resistant strain of pneumonia is responsible for three recent deaths."

* ►March 31, 2008 - ACC: Flu Vaccine Less Effective in Heart Failure Patients - American College of Cardiology via MedPage Today

* ►March 31, 2008 - CSL Biotherapies Announces Afluria® Pre-Booking Open for 2008-2009 Flu Season - Newest entrant into U.S. market plans to deliver 6 million doses, largely thimerosal-free, pre-filled syringes - press release - CSL Biotherapies via Business Wire - "We are proud to further our commitment to providing US communities with an increasing and steady supply of thimerosal-free and latex-free flu vaccine."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Strategies for Preventing Infection in Cancer Patients with Neutropenia: A Report from the 2007 ONS Annual Congress - CancerConsultants.com - "Concern about provider refusal of flu vaccine posing a risk of infection to neutropenic cancer patients raises concern about the balance between the moral obligation to the patient and the provider’s right of self-determination. Suzanne Cowperthwaite, RN, BSN, of the Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center discussed this issue in relation to recommendations to consider mandatory flu vaccination for healthcare providers.[11] Cowperthwaite concluded that mandatory vaccination is defensible because the moral obligation to the patient exceeds other considerations. However, she goes on to recommend a strategy similar to that used in Reedy’s project in which providers are required to either accept or actively decline the vaccination rather than insisting upon mandatory vaccination."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Letter: March is still a good time to protect against the flu - By Dr. Marilyn Peitso President Elect, Minnesota Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics CentraCare Clinic - St. Cloud Times

* ►March 31, 2008 - Two teenagers die of bird flu in Indonesia, toll hits 107 - Xinhua via China View

►March 31, 2008 - Veredus Labs and STMicroelectronics Release Easily Portable Diagnostic Test Gadget - Wired - "Veredus Laboratories and STMicroelectronics just released the VereFlu portable diagnostic test, or the ‘lab-on-a-chip’ application, which detects influenza in only two hours and will hopefully help prevent deadly pandemics."

►March 31, 2008 - Meningitis leaves 30 dead in Meghalaya - PTI via The Hindu

* ►March 31, 2008 - ‘Give us roads and water, polio drops come later’ - ExpressIndia.com

►March 31, 2008 - Guantanamo: Anti-polio Campaign to Start - Solvisión

►March 31, 2008 - Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced today, calling it a 'historic achievement' - eGov monitor

* ►March 31, 2008 - Somalia scores ‘historic’ polio-free achievement - Rotary International

►March 31, 2008 - Lebanon begins vaccinations under UN strategy to end measles, rubella - UN News Centre

* ►March 31, 2008 - Measles found in toddler - Cibola County Beacon - "'We are still looking into how this child may have contracted the measles, even though he received his first vaccination against measles,' said Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil."

►March 31, 2008 - Measles 'Not Yet' an Epidemic - Arutz Sheva

►March 31, 2008 - Measles cases in Pima County now number nine - County officials say it's "possible, and likely" that other cases may occur - Arizona Daily Star

►March 31, 2008 - Hepatitis vaccines available for PF Chang's diners - Lebanon Western Star

►March 31, 2008 - 20 Riverside patients test negative for hepatitis C - Daily Press

►March 31, 2008 - Uganda: No Date Yet for HIV Vaccine Trials - The Monitor (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com

►March 31, 2008 - Stigma Clings Stubbornly To Women Living With HIV/AIDS - amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research via ScienceDaily

►March 31, 2008 - Opinion | Editorials Respond to Call for Increase in Basic Research, New Strategies for HIV/AIDS Vaccine - www.kaisernetwork.org

►March 31, 2008 - Across The Nation | CDC Releases Surveillance Report on U.S. 2006 HIV/AIDS Cases - www.kaisernetwork.org

►March 31, 2008 - Cameroon: Despite Free Treatment, TB Infection Still High - The Post (Buea) via AllAfrica.com

►March 31, 2008 - Crucell Announces Start of Phase II Clinical Study Rabies Monoclonal Antibody Combination in US - First Milestone Achieved in Collaboration Agreement with Sanofi Pasteur - Marketwire via CNNMoney

►March 31, 2008 - VIVALIS: Annual Report 2007 - press release - VIVALIS via Marketwire

►March 31, 2008 - PharmAthene Reports Year-End 2007 Financial Results - PharmAthene, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall

►March 31, 2008 - Bavarian Nordic sees 2008 pretax loss widening; updates strategic plan - Thomson Financial via Forbes

►March 31, 2008 - Cuba Studies Candidate Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Cuban News Agency

►March 31, 2008 - Most People Believe Smallpox Not An Extinct Disease, Survey Shows - Society for General Microbiology, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►March 31, 2008 - Mansfield school staged as site of an anthrax disaster drill - County, city, and school officials, emergency responders, and community members will participate - Pegasus News

►March 31, 2008 - North Carolina Works With CDC TO Fight Public Health Disasters - State and national public health officials work together to keep N.C. safer - WNCT.com

►March 31, 2008 - Protecting our children - Toy safety standards should be set federally, rather than state by state - editorial - Las Vegas Sun

►March 31, 2008 - High fevers in kids seem scarier than they usually are - Daily Herald

►March 31, 2008 - The Appendix Has a Purpose After All: Repopulating the Gut with Friendly Flora - NaturalNews.com

►March 31, 2008 - SDSU researchers work toward next-generation PRRS vaccine - South Dakota State University

►March 31, 2008 - On Eve of Deadline for Using Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads, Physician Leaders Expand Electronic Prescribing Initiative - AOA Joins AAFP, AAP, ACC, ACOG and MGMA in Helping More Physicians Get Connected for E-Prescribing - press release - The Center for Improving Medication Management  via Marketwire

* ►March 31, 2008 - Vaccine hope for dying Tasmanian devils - The Telegraph, UK

* ►March 31, 2008 - Brain cancer fears over heavy mobile phone use - Sydney Morning Herald

* ►March 31, 2008 - Product Approval Information Proper Name: Hepatitis A Vaccine, Inactivated Havrix - GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, License #1617 - FDA/CBER

* ►March 31, 2008 - Russia ready to produce bird flu vaccine jointly with SE Asian countries - Antara News

* ►March 31, 2008 - Bird flu kills 2 people in Indonesia, bringing country's death toll to 107 - The China Post

* ►March 31, 2008 - Psychiatrists Back Industry Sponsorship At Events - Pharmalot

* ►March 31, 2008 - Sinovac Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results - Third Sequential Profitable Quarter -- -- Conference Call on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. ET - Sinovac Biotech via Xinhua-PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch - "Exceeding our internal projections for year-over-year sales growth, our 2007 sales increased 118%, due to higher than anticipated sales of our lead products, Healive(R), our inactivated hepatitis A vaccine, and Anflu(R), our seasonal influenza vaccine, based on the proactive efforts of our sales organization across China.''

* ►March 31, 2008 - Sompat orders test of bird-flu vaccines - The Nation, Bangkok

* ►March 31, 2008 - Lingering Bacteria Don't Indicate Chronic Lyme Disease - UC Davis - "Our theory is that these remaining bacteria are in a metabolically dormant, non-dividing state," Barthold said. "This would explain why we were unable to culture them. "In future studies we need to look at the long-term fate of these bacteria," he said. "They seem to be non-dividing. If so, are they permanently crippled by the antibiotics and eventually would die out, or would they grow back over the long term and cause a recurrence of the disease?" While the residual bacteria do not appear to cause disease, they may contribute to the persistence of Lyme disease symptoms, the researchers suggested."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Celebrex Is A Big Risk At High Doses - Pharmalot

* ►March 31, 2008 - Trial: Popular cholesterol drug fails to improve heart disease - AP via CNN

►March 31, 2008 - Should messages about hormones be on labels? - 2 sides in spat about if disclaimer on milk bottles will hurt dairies - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

►March 31, 2008 - Somalia leads Pakistan, India in defeating polio - www.banadir.com

►March 31, 2008 - Even cheap masks stop flu spreading - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

►March 31, 2008 - Harvard-trained chemist to lead drug maker Eli Lilly - AP via The Boston Herald

►March 31, 2008 - Anger at 'missed TB opportunity' - London has become Europe's TB capital because primary care trusts are failing to adopt measures drawn up four years ago, MPs and health campaigners say. - BBC

►March 31, 2008 - 'Work pressure' on junior doctors - Junior doctors are being asked to work longer hours, often unpaid, because of staff shortfalls, the British Medical Association has warned. - BBC

►March 31, 2008 - Who Does The Best ePromotion To Docs? - Pharmalot

►March 31, 2008 - Novartis and FDA Complete Two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to Define and Test a Process for Qualifying Preclinical Safety Biomarkers - Novartis via PRNewswire via PharmaLive

►March 31, 2008 - GPs face release of data on prescribing - The Financial Times

►March 31, 2008 - New Treatment Option for Difficult Diseases: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia - Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome via Brain Blogger

►March 31, 2008 - SBA to increase size limits for federal contracts to small firms - Dallas Business Journal

►March 31, 2008 - UT expands research of Lyme disease - Grants, Technology to Bolster Study of Ailment - Toledo Blade

►March 31, 2008 - Micro Chips Could Speed Up Detection Of Livestock Viruses - Some of the worst threats to farm workers and farm animals such as bird flu, foot-and-mouth disease and other emerging viruses could soon be quickly identified by using a simple screening chip developed by scientists from the Institute for Animal Health, scientists will hear March 31, 2008 at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting. - Society for General Microbiology via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily

►March 31, 2008 - Global strategy for asthma management and prevention. - Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Global strategy for asthma management and prevention. Bethesda (MD): Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) via www.guideline.gov

* ►March 30, 2008 - Experts say don't go commando on vaccines - Florida Today - "Claims and counterclaims, conspiracy theorists and quack-remedy opportunists abound in the vaccine debate. But few on any side deny parents who let kids go commando on vaccines are putting others more at risk of serious disease. That's why high immunization rates should be maintained in the United States. But if parental anxiety about vaccines continues to grow, they might not be. Scandals about drugs such as painkiller Vioxx, yanked from shelves in 2004, and now defective batches of Heparin, a blood thinner linked to 19 deaths and severe allergic reactions, only make the public more wary of safety claims from government and drug companies. Federal health agencies should be deeply concerned about that skepticism. And shift strategies to mount much more savvy public relations campaigns about the risks from contagious disease. Many parents today grew up post-polio and other epidemics and have no memory of the devastating toll diseases that are now virtually eradicated in the United States can have on children and others."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Environmental factors linked to development of autoimmune diseases - Scientists working at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research have shown that environmental factors can influence the development of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. - Nature via News-Medical Net - "Dr Stockinger said: ''Multiple factors can influence the development of autoimmune diseases, these include genetics, hormones, diet, the presence of infection or exposure to chemical and environmental irritants. Autoimmune diseases are becoming increasingly common in industrialised countries and it is likely that this is connected to environmental factors.''

* ►March 30, 2008 - A little genetic knowledge not necessarily a good thing - Nashua Telegraph - "Researchers believe there are many genes, maybe hundreds, that might play a role for increased or decreased risk for those conditions, and they're only beginning to understand how the different genes and the proteins they produce interact. Likewise, scientists are only starting to understand how people carrying certain genes are likely to react positively or negatively to drugs, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration encouraging tests for a handful of prescriptions so far."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Action group pursues its work to enhance autism awareness - www.swvatoday.com

►March 30, 2008 - Cholesterol Lowering and Ezetimibe (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►March 30, 2008 - Use of Ezetimibe in the United States and Canada (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►March 30, 2008 - Simvastatin with or without Ezetimibe in Familial Hypercholesterolemia (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►March 30, 2008 - Does ENHANCE Diminish Confidence in Lowering LDL or in Ezetimibe? (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►March 30, 2008 - We should think before we vaccinate - letter - Iowa City Press-Citizen

* ►March 30, 2008 - Immunization saves lives - letter - Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times Online

* ►March 30, 2008 - Autism/Autoimmunity/Deficient MMR Immune response - JABS Forum - "Scientists have known at least since 2000 that the primitive concept of simply inducing antibodies does not produce immunity. The immune system is much more complex than they thought. They now know that it consists of at least two parts; the humoral and the cellular. If one is activated the other is suppressed. This was not known when vaccination first was introduced. In view of this more recent knowledge their approach has been to try and prevent the suppression, with some ghastly outcomes. If you recall the Phase I trial of TeGenero's TGN1412 experiment last year that went horribly wrong and five young volunteers nearly died - that was a drug designed to prevent suppression of cellular immune function. LOL, when will we learn to stop playing God with the immune system, which is far more intelligent than any scientist."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Chronicle tests find mercury above guidelines in bluefin tuna at some local sushi restaurants - Houston Chronicle

►March 30, 2008 - UPDATE: Panel: Doctors Should Cut Vytorin, Zetia Use - Dow Jones via CNNMoney

►March 30, 2008 - Man-made molecules reverse liver cirrhosis in rats - Reuters

►March 30, 2008 - HIV Vaccine Trials Begin Leading to Strong Hopes for AIDS Cure - AZoNano.com via Meridian Institute

* ►March 29, 2008 - Feds destroy vaccine that accomplished one of medicine's greatest feats: ending smallpox - AP via San Diego Union-Tribune - "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month made arrangements to dispose of the last of its 12 million doses of Dryvax, and notified other health departments and the military to do the same by Feb. 29."

* ►March 29, 2008 - Interview-Proper surveillance can stop flu pandemic-expert - Reuters - "If proper surveillance is in place for animals and humans, yes, we can stop pandemic influenza forever. Not just for H5N1, it may also work for other subtypes of viruses," he said in an interview over the weekend. "We have the ability to remove pandemics if we have a long-term strategy."

►March 29, 2008 - Nonprofit gears up for biotech road show - San Francisco Chronicle - "The worldwide market for MS drugs is $5.85 billion, and could increase to $11.85 billion by 2011, according to Kalorama Information. A novel drug for multiple sclerosis could reach $1 billion in sales, Bromley said. "A 1 percent royalty on that ends up being a lot of money," he said."

►March 29, 2008 - Patient evaluations of hospitals available online - The Seattle Times

* ►March 28, 2008 - CDC chief on autism, vaccines - CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding discusses autism with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta. - video - CNN

* ►March 28, 2008 - Ag-Mart Settles Birth Defect Case - Palm Beach Post (and editorial), The News & Observer, Naples News, AP via Forbes via Beyond Pesticides - "Ag-Mart has a history of state pesticide violations and use of extremely toxic pesticides (although in 2005, the company did agree to discontinue use of chemicals linked to reproductive risks, excepting methyl bromide, which is still in use)."

►March 28, 2008 - Caution call on pharmacist drugs - Raising the number of drugs that can be bought at pharmacies may affect safety and cut effectiveness, specialists say. - BBC

►March 28, 2008 - Maternal and Infant Characteristics Associated with Prone and Lateral Infant Sleep Positioning in Washington State, 1996-2002 - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

►March 27, 2008 - Action Alert: Stop the Attack on Public Health and the Environment in the Farm Bill - Beyond Pesticides

►March 26, 2008 - Child immunization rates are improving - NewsOK.com

►March 26, 2008 - CDC Vaccine Price List - Prices last reviewed/updated: March 26, 2008 - CDC

* ►March 25, 2008 - Rapid Clearance of Human Papillomavirus and Implications for Clinical Focus on Persistent Infections - journal article (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)

►March 21, 2008 - Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae strains and antibiotics usage patterns in pediatric outpatients: Results from a children's hospital in China (2000-2004) - journal article (Pediatric Pulmonology)

►March 17, 2008 - GENEART Is Awarded A Grant To Advance Its GeneOptimizer® Technology as Part Of A Collaborative EU Project - press release - GENEART AG via ABN Newswire

* ►March 14, 2008 - "Let's Talk - Immunization" telconference was held on Friday March 14, 2008 on recent media coverage of vaccine issues. Speaker: Paul Offit, MD. Chief of Infectious Diseases, and Director of The Vaccine Education Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. (MP3) - Pennsylvania Immunization Education Program via www.paiep.org

* ►March 12, 2008 - Dental offices contribute to methylmercury burden - Bacteria that methylate mercury thrive in wastewater found downstream from dental traps. - Environmental Science & Technology

►March 5, 2008 - Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus – prevalence, patterns of use, and costs - journal article (Pediatric Diabetes)

►March 1, 2008 - Inhibitory Effect of Honeybee-Collected Pollen on Mast Cell Degranulation In Vivo and In Vitro - journal article (Journal of Medicinal Food)

* ►March 2008 - Diagnostic labelling of autism spectrum disorders in NSW - journal article (Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health)

►March 2008 - In Vitro Activity of Mupirocin on Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and its Potential Implications in Chronic Rhinosinusitis. - journal article (The Laryngoscope)

►Volume 43 Issue 4, 2008 - A low-dose intradermal hepatitis B vaccine programme in health-care workers and students is highly effective and cost saving: A retrospective follow-up survey in the clinical setting - journal article (Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal & Abdominal Surgery)

►Volume 40 Issue 4, 2008 - Streptococcus suis: Meningitis, spondylodiscitis and bacteraemia with a serotype 14 strain - journal article (Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►February 2008 - Prenatal Exposures to Persistent and Non-Persistent Organic Compounds and Effects on Immune System Development - journal article (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology)

►February 2008 - Evidence for a Role of Paternal Exposures in Developmental Toxicity - journal article (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology)

►February 2008 - The Faroes Statement: Human Health Effects of Developmental Exposure to Chemicals in Our Environment - journal article (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology)

►February 2008 - Pesticide Toxicity and the Developing Brain - journal article (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology)

►February 2008 - Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: New Insights - journal article (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology)

►February 2008 - Assessing Developmental Toxicant Exposures via Biomonitoring - journal article (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology)

►February 2008 - Consequences of Exposure to Carcinogens Beginning During Developmental Life - journal article (Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology)

►June 10, 2007 - Dr. Mary Megson Speaks on Autism Epidemic and Vaccines - YouTube

►March 31, 2008 - Why the spring makes us feverish (requires registration or subscription) - Hormones, evolution, body chemistry and sleep cycle all may play a part in the seasonal behavior shift. - Los Angeles Times

►March 31, 2008 - Hepatitis Expert to Report on Risk Among Hispanics - University of Texas at Dallas

►March 31, 2008 - Whooping-cough outbreak seen - The Yomiuri Shimbun

►March 31, 2008 - Haryana covers 12 districts under polio campaign - PTI via The Hindu

►March 31, 2008 - Faster vaccine development a must, says health expert - The Standard, Hong Kong - "A health expert warned yesterday the development of anti-flu vaccines is not catching up with the virus' mutation."

►March 31, 2008 - Mumps outbreak spreads to WA from NT cases - The West Australian

►March 31, 2008 - Medical guidelines seen ailing / Donations from drugmakers call impartiality of research into question - The Daily Yomiuri

* ►March 31, 2008 - Saving the kids - The East African Magazine - "Five years after Uganda introduced a vaccine to fight Haemophilus influenza Type B (Hib) meningitis, the disease has been virtually eliminated, says a study....The government chose to use what is known as a pentavalent vaccine — a five-in-one injection that includes vaccines for Hib as well as diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and hepatitis B."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Doubt Cast on 2 Drugs Used to Lower Cholesterol (requires registration) - The New York Times - "Two widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, Vytorin and Zetia, may not work and should be used only as a last resort, a panel of four cardiologists told an audience of more than 5,000 people at a major cardiology conference on Sunday."

* ►March 31, 2008 - Drugs companies Merck and Schering-Plough ‘suppressed Ezetrol trial results’ - The Times, UK

* ►March 30, 2008 - VAERS reporting -- is it accurate? - Renew America - "In my article on Gardasil dated March 28th, 2008 I gave the newest stats on Gardasil. They are as follows. 5238 reported incidents +2141 = 7379 (I will update the multiple incident number at a future date.) 89 were considered life threatening 204 were hospitalized 913 had not recovered at the time of the report 124 are disabled at the time of the report 13 have died  Because of this vaccine three more young women died and we have an increase of 932 incidents reported. That is approximately 310+ girls that had an adverse reaction to this travesty every month. I am going to start with this sentence in the first paragraph. It is estimated that only 1–10% of all doctors report a severe health problem which occurs after a drug or vaccine is given to a patient."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Ken Stoller Files Complaint Against Anne Schuchat - Adventures in Autism - "Dr. Kenneth Stoller has filed a complaint with the CDC over Dr. Anne Schuchat's response to David Kirby's piece in the AJC. The CDC has two months to reply."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Cry Shame! New Web Address! - Age of Autism - "The immediate mission for CryShame is to support Professor Simon Murch, Dr Andrew Wakefield and Professor Walker-Smith as they stand accused before the General Medical Council of the UK. CryShame additionally supports the democratic rights of scientists and medical practitioners to engage in valid research and to publish relevant findings without fear of prejudice or attack."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Review: Autism the Musical by Michelle O'Neil - Age of Autism

* ►March 30, 2008 - Autism link to vaccines debated - Verdict in Georgia case sends shock waves to SW Florida - The News-Press - "Stacy Alvarez of Cape Coral cried earlier this month when she learned about a little girl in Georgia who had been awarded money from a federal vaccine injury fund after a judge agreed shots had triggered her autism. Alvarez has three children with the disease. 'I'm hopeful. I'm not holding my breath. But I'm hopeful. I feel like we have a chance.' She's part of a class-action lawsuit against vaccine makers."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Gulfport Woman Reports Remarkable Progress In Her Son's Battle With Autism - WLOX-TV

* ►March 30, 2008 - The cost of autism - Legislation in Tallahassee could require large group insurance plans to help pay for therapy - The Northwest Florida Daily News

►March 30, 2008 - New autism program works with families in homes - AP via The Jamestown Sun via In-Forum - "A new program to help treat autistic children in North Dakota aims to provide a doctor's appointment in a family's own living room."

►March 30, 2008 - How Can You Live Forever If You Don't Take Care Of Yourself? by Michelle Dozois - Age of Autism

►March 30, 2008 - Fighting autism - Albany Herald

►March 30, 2008 - Kindergarten And Primary School Teachers Trained To Detect Autism - Bernama, Malaysian National News Agency

►March 30, 2008 - Autism affects 300 families - April is Autism Awareness month and the Autistic Society of TT (ASTT) is calling urgent action by the Government to provide the necessary services for citizens suffering with autism and their families who struggle to care for them. - Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday

►March 30, 2008 - MMR Doctor Denies Submitting Kids To Painful Tests Just To Prove His Theories - Medical News Today

* ►March 30, 2008 - Southern California measles outbreak highlights vaccination debate - Santa Cruz Sentinel - "In Watsonville 99 percent of children have received their immunizations for measles, mumps, polio and other potentially crippling and fatal childhood diseases, according to the county Health Services Agency. But in Santa Cruz 14 percent of children have parents who elected not to give their kids the shots, according the agency."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Fear over vaccines and autism - opinion - The Denver Post - "There simply can be no other scientific conclusion than that reached by the Institute of Medicine: Vaccination does not cause autism."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Get tough on immunization - editorial - Toledo Blade - "IN THE interest of public health, states must make it tougher for parents to get exemptions from having their children immunized against disease. Although 90 percent of the nation's children who are old enough for vaccinations get them, it's worrisome that more parents are refusing, typically on the basis of unproven or specious medical information spread via the Internet."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Needed vaccines aren’t effective in every case - www.kpcnews.com

* ►March 30, 2008 - Ex-drug salesman: We lured docs with gifts - Companies recruit ‘beautiful people’ as reps - Boston Herald - "Ahari said most physicians think they are too smart to be influenced, but drug companies have learned otherwise from experience. After a drug manufacturer took a group of physicians to an all-expenses-paid conference in the Caribbean, those same physicians began prescribing that drug in earnest. 'Physicians can be influenced like everyone else,' Ahari said. 'We paid for that conference with all the prescriptions that came in the next month.'"

* ►March 30, 2008 - Smallpox jab to foil al Qaeda - People.co.uk - "Health Secretary Alan Johnson has given orders for a new immunisation programme in case terrorists release the potentially deadly virus. Doctors, nurses and ambulance teams have all volunteered to have the vaccine which carries the risk of side-effects."

►March 30, 2008 - BOG policy recommends additional vaccines for new university students - Tallahassee Democrat

►March 30, 2008 - Condition Branding - CBS News

►March 30, 2008 - Commentary: CDC innovations deliver better service, savings - Federal Times

* ►March 30, 2008 - Safety agencies overwhelmed by surging inspection workload - Federal Times

* ►March 30, 2008 - Fed Rules Claim to Pre-Empt Injury Suits - 'Silent Tort Reform': Federal Agencies Are Saying Their Rules Pre-Empt Injury Lawsuits - AP via Yahoo!

* ►March 30, 2008 - Toxic Toys: Game Over - State Must Act Where Feds Won't - opinion - Hartford Courant

* ►March 30, 2008 - Event discloses high toxin levels in children's toys - The Stamford Advocate - "The handheld device resembled a price scanner, but after it zapped his son's Fisher Price roller vacuum toy, sticker shock wasn't what upset state Sen. Bob Duff. The device, an X-ray fluorescence analyzer, discovered 200 parts per million of lead, far more than the 40 parts per million that pediatricians consider acceptable on toys. Worse than that, the toy's paint contained 250 parts per million of mercury, said Damian Fox, who conducted the tests. 'There should be zero mercury,' said Fox, who owns Glastonbury-based Aremytoyssafe.com, a service that tests chemical levels in toys and other items. 'This is going into the garbage,' said Duff, D-Norwalk. 'Actually, it's going in on household hazardous waste day.'"

* ►March 30, 2008 - Monitoring stations keep an eye on pesticide drift - Yakima Herald-Republic

* ►March 30, 2008 - Baby rice warning: study finds high levels of carcinogenic arsenic - The Independent, UK

* ►March 30, 2008 - Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking' - Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation - The Independent, UK

►March 30, 2008 - Trash is no place for fluorescent - News & Observer

►March 30, 2008 - Emergent BioSolutions: Pipeline Dreams Can Become Nightmares - Seeking Alpha

►March 30, 2008 - New Eli Lilly CEO walks into tough road - AP via BusinessWeek

►March 30, 2008 - China watchdog responds to heparin scare; AZ now affected - China's drug regulatory authority is finally responding to curb its damaged reputation by urging its local authorities to take a more proactive role in stemming what is fast becoming a global heparin contamination, sparked by material sourced in the country. - OutSourcing-Pharma.com

►March 30, 2008 - People needed for flu vaccine trial - AAP via Sydney Morning Herald

►March 30, 2008 - Excuse Me, But You're Spreading the Flu - Can you tell bathroom visitors to wash up? Plus unwanted smells and the right pardons. (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►March 30, 2008 - Chips could speed up detection of livestock viruses - Society for General Microbiology via www.eurekalert.org

►March 30, 2008 - Vaccine for Ebola virus - Society for General Microbiology via www.eurekalert.org

* ►March 30, 2008 - The Future of a Vaccine, and New Warnings for Asia - A study says the number of Asians with H.I.V. could double to 10 million by 2020 unless prevention efforts expand. And scientists meet in the U.S. to discuss the latest setbacks in developing an AIDS vaccine. - Voice of America

►March 30, 2008 - Gene Mutations Tied to Immune Comeback During Therapy for HIV-1 -  University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio via Newswise - "Nature Medicine, one of the world’s highest-impact journals, posted the study online March 30. The findings explain why some subjects’ immune systems fail to have a sustained immune comeback, despite suppression of HIV-1 replication by highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), while others’ immune systems roar back."

►March 30, 2008 - Public Health Crisis: Hepatitis increases HIV worry - Clinic patient fears she may have infected others - Las Vegas Review - "To her doctor, there is no question how she got hepatitis. 'We went through every risk factor, and the only way she got it was at the endoscopy clinic,' Karagiozis said. 'What she's going through now because of the hepatitis is the worst thing you can imagine.'"

►March 30, 2008 - Schering-Plough, Merck's Vytorin Fails Artery Study - Bloomberg

* ►March 30, 2008 - Vaccinations and drugs are being forced on the public, Part I - Renew America - "At Merck, the Executive Director of Medical Affairs for Vaccines Richard Haupt, mentioned "the media publicity had become a 'potential distraction' that was interfering with the company's objective of promoting widespread use of the product. "We've reevaluated our position, but certainly plan to continue education efforts in different venues, such as with legislators, health departments and coalition groups in various states." If that isn't a statement of admission to pushing a product, I don't know what is!"

* ►March 30, 2008 - Vietnam imports bird flu vaccine from China - Sixty million bird flu vaccine doses are expected to arrive in Vietnam Saturday from China, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Friday. - Thanh Nien Daily

* ►March 30, 2008 - Flu outbreak cost fears - Tasmanians are being urged to get flu vaccinations amid fears that sick leave could devastate the state's industries this winter. - Sunday Tasmanian

* ►March 30, 2008 - The Drug Scare That Exposed a World of Hurt (requires registration) - The New York Times - "After many near misses and warning signs, the heparin scare has eliminated any doubt that, here and abroad, regulatory agencies overseeing the safety of medicine are overwhelmed in a global economy where supply chains are long and opaque, and often involve many manufacturers."

►March 30, 2008 - Blunt urging parents to make sure children are immunized - The Daily Statesman - "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) second both Blunt and Hoecker's advise to parents."

►March 30, 2008 - What a jab - The flu may be dangerous, but there are ways to prevent and treat it. In the final part of this two-part series on influenza, we look at the prevention and treatment of influenza. - The Star, Malaysia

►March 30, 2008 - Sale ban for gene modified-link maize seed - Sunday Nation - "The government has suspended the sale of a maize seed variety from South Africa that is suspected of being contaminated with a genetically modified material called MON810 that originated in the USA."

►March 30, 2008 - All you need to know about tuberculosis - Tuberculosis (TB) has been claiming lives for millennia. Despite initial declines in the incidence of the disease in the mid-twentieth century, it is once again reemerging. - Press TV, Iran

►March 30, 2008 - King Saud University to launch genetic program - MENAFN

►March 30, 2008 - Fed rules claim to pre-empt injury suits - BusinessWeek

►March 30, 2008 - White cells in blood - The Star, Malaysia

►March 30, 2008 - House plants filter toxins from the air - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

* ►March 29, 2008 - 'NRI doctor guilty of unethical tests on British patients' - An NRI psychiatrist from Assam faces the sack after being found guilty of conducting unethical drug tests on mentally ill patients, according to reports Saturday. - The London Times via IANS via Newkerala.com

* ►March 29, 2008 - M15 in terrorist checks on 800 killer virus labs - Daily Mail, UK - "MI5 and anti-terrorist police are carrying out secret background checks on thousands of scientists amid fears that Al Qaeda is trying to infiltrate British research laboratories to obtain deadly viruses. The vetting, which includes checks on family backgrounds, political views and associates, is part of a review of some 800 laboratories in hospitals, universities and private firms where staff have access to incurable viruses such as ebola."

* ►March 29, 2008 - EPA drops ball on danger of chemicals to children - Agency oversight panel out of money and, critics say, beholden to industry - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

►March 29, 2008 - Spike in cases of horses in Florida with encephalitis prompts vigilance (includes video) - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

►March 29, 2008 - Foul Play: Genetics may affect athlete doping tests - Science News

►March 29, 2008 - Grow Your Own Probiotics, Part 1: Kefir - American Chronicle

►March 29, 2008 - From the March 26, 1938, issue - Science News

►March 29, 2008 - Valentine’s bill may speed up autism diagnoses - Lynchburg News and Advance

►March 29, 2008 - Autism: Finding a way - Enid News & Eagle

►March 29, 2008 - Some forced to choose between mortgage, HIV meds - Quad City Times

►March 29, 2008 - Sex happens: Let's make it safer - HPV vaccine one way to do just that - Houston Chronicle

►March 28, 2008 - Gautier students diagnosed with meningitis - AP via The Picayune Item

* ►March 28, 2008 - Three Leading Institutions Launch Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy - News Blaze - "Three leading Philadelphia institutions - the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics, The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center, and the Vaccine Education Center of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia -- have established the new Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy as a joint program to focus on bioethics, policy and advocacy around vaccine discovery, development and clinical use, and global public health. More information about the Center can be found at www.centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.org"

* ►March 28, 2008 - A Study to Gather Safety Data Following Administration of a Hib-Containing Booster Vaccine in Children Aged Two to Five Years (DIPS) - Sponsored by: Health Protection Agency www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Pediatric Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Cell-Culture Derived and Egg-Based Subunit Influenza Vaccines in Healthy Children and Adolescents - Sponsored by: Novartis Vaccines www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Safety and Immune Response of Novartis of MenACWY Conjugate Vaccine When Given to Healthy Children - Sponsored by: Novartis Vaccines www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Study of a Tetravalent Meningococcal Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine in Toddlers 9 to 18 Months of Age - Sponsored by: Sanofi-Aventis www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Safety and Immunogenicity of a Quadrivalent Meningococcal Tetanus Protein Conjugate Vaccine in Toddlers - Sponsored by: Sanofi-Aventis www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of Influenza Vaccine in Healthy Subject (Aged 6 to 72 Months) Versus Control Vaccines - This study has been suspended. - Sponsored by: Novartis Vaccines www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Immunogenicity and Reactogenicity of a Booster Dose of GSK Bio's DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib Vaccine - Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Safety and Immunogenicity of a Booster Dose of GSK Biological's Boostrix-Polio Vaccine - Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Immunogenicity and Safety Following a Single Dose of Influenza Vaccines in Healthy Children Who Received Either One or the Other Vaccine in the Previous V70P2 Study - Sponsored by: Novartis Vaccines www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - A Post Marketing Evaluation of the Effectiveness of FluMist Among Children - Sponsors and Collaborators: MedImmune, Inc.RTI International www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Assessment of Antibody Persistence in Children Previously Vaccinated With Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine - Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - A Study to Describe Pediatric Influenza Vaccine Coverage -  Sponsored by: MedImmune www.clinicaltrials.gov

* ►March 28, 2008 - Notice: Public Comments and Revised Final Criteria for Removing Chemicals From Future Editions of CDC's National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►March 28, 2008 - A Phase IV, Randomised Study to Evaluate the Immune Response of UK Infants Receiving DTaP/Hib/IPV, Meningococcal C Conjugate and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines, Antibody Persistence and Responses to Booster Doses in the Second Year of Life (Sched2) - Sponsors and Collaborators: Health Protection Agency Institute of Child Health National Institute for Biological Standards and Control www.clinicaltrials.gov

►March 28, 2008 - A Phase I, Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled, Single Center Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Dose Range of Glycoconjugate Antigen Vaccine of Group B Streptococcus in Healthy Women 18- 40 Years of Age - Sponsored by: Novartis Vaccines www.clinicaltrials.gov

►March 28, 2008 - An Open-Label, Single-Dose, Safety Study of Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine in Chinese Female Subjects - Sponsored by: Merck www.clinicaltrials.gov

►March 28, 2008 - Study of Immunogenicity and Safety of a Booster Dose of DTaP-IPV-HB-PRP~T Combined Vaccine in Healthy Turkish Infants - Sponsored by: Sanofi-Aventis www.clinicaltrials.gov

►March 28, 2008 - Safety and Immunogenicity Study of a Liquid Pentavalent Combination Vaccine - Sponsored by: Shantha Biotechnics Limited www.clinicaltrials.gov

►March 28, 2008 - The Influence of Probiotics on the Immunologic Response to Vaccinations in Infants - Sponsored by: Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center www.clinicaltrials.gov

►March 28, 2008 - Even the Media can be Progressive - Progressive U

►March 28, 2008 - Is the Dollar Depressing Drug Companies? - The Motley Fool

►March 28, 2008 - Preschool Kids Do Better When They Talk To Themselves - Children with and without behavioral problems, as well as autistic children, should be encouraged to talk aloud - George Mason University via Red Orbit

►March 28, 2008 - Notice: Hi-Tech Pharmaceutcals, Inc.; Denial of Applications - Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration via www.pharmcast.com

►March 28, 2008 - Developmental neurotoxicity of low dose diazinon exposure of neonatal rats: Effects on serotonin systems in adolescence and adulthood. - journal article (Brain Research Bulletin)

►March 28, 2008 - Living With Lyme Disease - WAOW News Line 9

►March 28, 2008 - Stress Exhaustion – Signs and Symptoms of Stress Exhaustion - American Chronicle

* ►March 27, 2008 - Notice: Notice of Availability of Assessments of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Status of Denmark and France - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA via www.pharmcast.com

* ►March 27, 2008 - Notice: Identification of Drug and Biological Products Deemed to Have Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies for Purposes of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►March 27, 2008 - Mounting Evidence Shows Red Wine Antioxidant Kills Cancer - Rochester researchers showed for the first time that a natural antioxidant found in grape skins and red wine can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by reaching to the cell's core energy source, or mitochondria, and crippling its function. - University of Rochester Medical Center, via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily

►March 27, 2008 - Chronic Illness Linked To Coal-mining Pollution, Study Shows - Pollution from coal mining may have a negative impact on public health in mining communities, according to data analyzed in a West Virginia University research study. - West Virginia University Health Sciences Center via ScienceDaily

►March 27, 2008 - Hampton woman fights children's exposure to toxins - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

►March 27, 2008 - Infectious disease project wins national award - Belfast News Letter

* ►March 26, 2008 - Notice: International Conference on Harmonisation; Draft Guidance on S2(R1) Genotoxicity Testing and Data Interpretation for Pharmaceuticals Intended for Human Use; Availability - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►March 25, 2008 - Too Much Information? Study Shows How Ignorance Can Be Influential - University of Southern California researchers provide a challenge to the classic economic model of information manipulation, in which knowing more than anybody else is the key to influence. Instead, economists Isabelle Brocas and Juan D. Carrillo present a situation -- commonly observed in real life -- in which all parties have access to the same information, but one party still manages to control public opinion. - University of Southern California, via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily - "For example, a pharmaceutical company such as Merck may be obliged to make public the findings of all studies related to a new drug. Preliminary trials may indicate no short-term side effects, and the company may elect not to perform follow-up trials before releasing the drug on the market."

* ►March 25, 2008 - Disease makes dubious doctor a believer - The Huntsville Times

►March 25, 2008 - Notice: U.S. Health Care Trade Policy Mission to China, April 24-25, 2008. - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►March 25, 2008 - Notice: Global Harmonization Task Force, Study Group 4; Final Document; Availability - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►March 24, 2008 - Ambassador Sobel: The U.S. and Brazil: Partners in the Battle Against Tuberculosis - Embassy of the United States Brasilia Brazil

►March 16, 2008 - Health chiefs warn of invasion of blood-sucking tick which causes paralysis and death - Daily Mail, UK

►March 13, 2008 - Five Controversial Food Additives - Most food ingredients we consume are safe, but a few have raised concerns among some health experts. - Newsweek

* ►March 11, 2008 - Title: Molecular vaccine linking an endoplasmic chaperone polypeptide to an antigen (patent) - The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) via www.pharmcast.com - "In one embodiment, the antigen (e.g., the MHC class I-binding peptide epitope) is derived from a pathogen, e.g., it comprises a peptide expressed by a pathogen. The pathogen can be a virus, such as, e.g., a papilloma virus, a herpesvirus, a retrovirus (e.g., an immunodeficiency virus, such as HIV-1), an adenovirus, and the like."

* ►March 11, 2008 - Title: Regulated antigen delivery system (RADS) (patent) - Washington University (Saint Louis, MO), AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. (Needham, MA) via www.pharmcast.com - "Such a system is useful for live bacterial vaccines, which are generally grown in culture under conditions in which the runaway plasmid replication is not initiated (e.g., with arabinose). The bacteria are then inoculated into the vertebrate. In such a system, the inoculated bacteria colonize the lymphoid tissue before runaway plasmid replication is initiated, which allows production of large amounts of antigen."

* ►March 11, 2008 - Title: Method of treating influenza with geranyl-geranyl acetone (patent) - Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) via www.pharmcast.com - "No reliable and effective remedy for viruses has yet been discovered during the development in recent years of various drugs. Currently, although inoculation with inactive vaccine has been used as an effective means, the influenza A virus, for example, has effectively altered its superficial antigenicity, and the therapeutic effectiveness of the vaccine is often reduced."

►March 11, 2008 - Title: Pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (patent) - Sachetto; Jean-Pierre (CH-4144, Arlesheim, CH), Sandborn; William Jeffery (SW. Rochester, MN), Tremaine; William John (SW. Rochester, MN) via www.pharmcast.com

►March 11, 2008 - Title: Therapeutic targets for treatment of HCV infections, methods of treating HCV infections and compounds useful therefor (patent) - GPC Biotech AG (Munich, DE) via www.pharmcast.com

►March 6, 2008 - Nick’s Law Deserves Yes Vote - Legislation Helps Autistic Children - Okie Funk - "State legislators should pass Nick’s Law, which would require health insurance companies provide coverage for people with autism."

►March 2008 - The Effect of Immune Selection on the Structure of the Meningococcal Opa Protein Repertoire (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►March 2008 - The Influence of Host and Bacterial Genotype on the Development of Disseminated Disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►March 2008 - Beyond PrPres Type 1/Type 2 Dichotomy in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►March 2008 - SIRT1 Inhibition Alleviates Gene Silencing in Fragile X Mental Retardation Syndrome (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►February 28, 2008 - Probiotic Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp. cremoris and Streptococcus thermophilus induce IL-12 and IFN-γ production (full text) - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

►September 7, 2007 - The Association Between Tick-borne infections, Lyme Borreliosis and Autism spectrum disorders. (pdf) - Medical Hypotheses via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►September 6, 2007 - New Techniques Discovered to Reverse Autism - BusinessWire.com via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric
 
►September 2007 - The association between tick-borne infections, Lyme borreliosis and autism spectrum disorders - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►May 8, 2007 - Kids with Autism Cannot Read Facial Expressions - News-Medical.net via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►2007 - Autism - You'll Never See It The Same Way Again! (pdf) - J. Michael Uszler, MD USAAA 2007 International Conference via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric
 
►2007 - Methyl-B12 : Doing It Right! Methylcobalamin Update (pdf) - James A. Neubrander, MD USAAA 2007 International Conference via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►2007 - J.N.R. Nicolson 2007 PDF Document - Evidence for Mycoplasma ssp., Chlamydia pneunomiae, and Human Herpes Virus-6 Coinfections in the Blood of Patients With Autistic Spectrum Disorders - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►2007 - The Use Of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Autistic Children With Special Focus On Inflammation And Oxidated Stress (pdf) - Dan Rossignol, MD USAAA 2007 International Conference - International Child Development Resource Center via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►2007 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorders - James A. Neubrander, MD USAAA 2007 International Conference via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►November 18, 2004 - Autism Marked by Widespread Brain Inflammation - Annals of Neurology via Reuters via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric
 
►November 15, 2004 - Brain Inflammation Found in Autism - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►February 11, 2002 - Brain Abnormalities Identified in Autistic Brains - Neurology via Reuters via Rapid Recovery Hyperbarics

►June 26, 2001 - Autism May Be More Common Than Once Thought - Yahoo! via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►August 2000 - SPECT Findings in Mentally Retarded Autistic Individuals - Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience via Rapid Recovery Hyperbarics
 
►June 17, 1999 - Families for Early Autism Treatment - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Autism Treatment - Paul Harch, M.D. - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►EU Plans to Ban New Mercury Thermometers - Reuters via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►ABC 7 Medical: Autism Study Prompts Debate - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Blood Mercury Reporting in NHANES: Identifying Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and Multiracial Groups - Environmental Health Perspectives via Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Urine Testing Confirms Autism is Mercury Poisoning - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Clinically Observed Reduction of Spasticity in Patients with Neurological Diseases and in Children with Cerebal Palsy from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Heat-Killed Bacteria's Role in Inducing an Innate Immune Response and its Possible Link to Autism - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Brain Damage In Autism: Not What Scientists Once Thought - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Brain’s Immune System Triggered In Autism - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Carnegie Mellon And University Of Pittsburgh Scientists Discover Left-Brain/Right-Brain Differences In People With Autism - Rapid Recovery Hyperbaric

►Research Projects - Hormones - Autism Research Centre

►Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Autism - Rapid Recovery Hyperbarics

* ►REQUEST ID NUMBER: E74979213 CURRENT STATUS: New REQUEST MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE: 5/24/2008  Last Name: Stoller First Name: Kenneth - Management Analysis and Service Office, CDC - "Requestor's Recommendation for Correction: The constant mantra of the 'best science' does not show a connection without any consideration being taken for know toxicity issues, known (as in the scientific literature showing various heavy metals cause mitochondrial dysfunction) must stop if there is to be anything left of the vaccine program in a few short years. Then, implement a non CDC controlled study of vaccinated versus non-vaccinated populations - this represents straight-forward scientific logic."

Posted March 29, 2008

►April 2008 - Mother taking knowledge of autism to Cozumel parents - North Forty News

►March 31, 2008 - Mushrooms soar in vitamin D when exposed to UV rays - Vitamin D2 content rose to two to four times the FDA daily value per serving after brief periods under ultraviolet light. The mushroom industry plans to bring high vitamin-D fungi to the market (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

►March 30, 2008 - What if a Flu Like 1918’s Broke Out Now? - correction (requires registration) - The New York Times

►March 30, 2008 - What a jab - The flu may be dangerous, but there are ways to prevent and treat it. In the final part of this two-part series on influenza, we look at the prevention and treatment of influenza. - Malaysia Star

►March 30, 2008 - Barbara Ellen: All that smooching was far too cordiale - You owe me 300 quid for that advice, Dr Wakefield - Comment is free via The Observer via The Guardian

►March 30, 2008 - The other mercury risk - letter - Taipei Times - "How many millions of fluorescent light bulbs are carelessly dumped, releasing mercury into the environment?"

* ►March 30, 2008 - 'Effect of DTP vaccine not for life' - Times of India - "Remember the stab of pain you felt when your six-week-old got that first vaccination? The Diptheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DTP) vaccine, you were told, would give him life-long protection from these fatal diseases. Sadly, that's not true."

* ►March 30, 2008 - Grim Outlook for an AIDS Vaccine - editorial (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►March 30, 2008 - When Parents Say No to Vaccines - letters (requires registration) - The New York Times - "When my nursing and crawling 6-month-old son went limp, refused to nurse and couldn’t raise his head for 36 hours after his third diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus shot, you bet I educated myself about the true risks that accompany immunizations....Until the medical community can guarantee parents that these shots won’t kill or injure our children, I stand firmly behind the decision I made for my 6-month-old — now a grown man capable of making his own medical decisions."

* ►March 29, 2008 - David Kirby: Can Vaccines Cause Autism? CDC: "We Don't Know" - The Huffington Post

* ►March 29, 2008 - CDC'S Gerberding to CNN: Vaccines Can Trigger Autism Symptoms - Age of Autism

* ►March 29, 2008 - An Invitation to Julie Gerberding to Help Her Find the Missing Information on Autism - Adventures in Autism

* ►March 29, 2008 - House Call With Dr. Sanjay Gupta - Unraveling the Mystery of Autism; Talking With the CDC Director; Stories of Children with Autism; Aging with Autism - transcript - CNN

* ►March 29, 2008 - Media Alert - The Dr Andrew Wakefield Letter Published - The One Click Group

* ►March 29, 2008 - Forbes.com: 1 in 50 At Risk? - Age of Autism

* ►March 29, 2008 - The Naked Author Strips Autism Bare - Age of Autism

* ►March 29, 2008 - Maybe We Should Take Our Kids To The Vet? - Age of Autism

* ►March 29, 2008 - Sacramento doctor takes unconventional approach to autism (requires registration) - Sacramento Bee - "Dr. Michael Chez, a neurologist specializing in child autism, likens talking about the neurodevelopmental disorder to discussing politics or religion. 'Many times, I have wanted to give it up, because it's hard to keep your ego from being beaten up all the time,' said Chez, who practices at Sutter Health and holds a teaching position at UC Davis. 'You're portrayed as part of the Evil Empire of the Darth Vader Medical Society.'"

►March 29, 2008 - Fayetteville : Artist, 26, offers insight on autism - Arkansas Democrat Gazette

►March 29, 2008 - Autism, cochlear implant bills needed to be passed - letters - Baraboo News Republic

* ►March 29, 2008 - Undiagnosed cancer passed to transplant recipients (includes video) - Newsday

* ►March 29, 2008 - My Daughter Will Not Be a Guinea Pig - letter (requires registration) - Washington Post

* ►March 29, 2008 - Flu shots leave heart failure patients at risk - Reuters - "'What we theorize is that heart failure as a condition leads to impaired immune function, which renders these patients less able to respond to the vaccine,' said Orly Vardeny of the University of Wisconsin, who presented the study at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago."

* ►March 29, 2008 - Rare medical investigation unfolds - Post-Bulletin - "'There are several disturbing facts involved: All work at Quality Pork Processors in Austin. All work in the kill. None are exposed to chemicals. At least 3 work with brain or spinal cord of pigs. Ages range from 21 to 46. Four are Hispanic, 2 are white. Two women, 4 men. Time of onset ranges from Nov. 06 (2006) to 3 weeks ago,' he wrote in September."
 
* ►March 29, 2008 - Love them, protect them, immunize them - North County Times

►March 29, 2008 - Pfizer director held on child porn charges - A British-born executive of the giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer has been arrested on child porn charges in the US. - Irish Examiner

* ►March 29, 2008 - Don't go back to the stone age of diseases - Daily Press - "More responsiveness from the federal government about all aspects of immunizations — including adverse reactions, why shots can't be spread out over longer periods and what if anything drug company profits might have to do with vaccine mandates — can allay suspicions. The alternative is fewer parents willing to take kids to get their shots."

* ►March 29, 2008 - Dad's Hidden Influence - A father's legacy to a child's health may start before conception and last generations - Science News

►March 29, 2008 - White's view on mercury suspicious - GoErie.com - " The bottom line is that White wants less stringent regulations on this dangerous neurotoxin, while the Rendell rule would result in more substantial reductions."

►March 29, 2008 - Bats may be key to Ebola vaccine - Experts say they are making progress in the battle against the horrifying Ebola virus with a congress in Gabon told that a vaccine could be ready in five years. - Melbourne Herald Sun

►March 29, 2008 - Perth study to check value of flu vaccine - The West Australian

►March 29, 2008 - Culling begins in Bird flu hit areas in WB - Times of India

►March 29, 2008 - Russian official warns of bird flu risk - United Press International

►March 29, 2008 - Bird flu can mutate to infect humans - Trend News

►March 29, 2008 - Lack of screening for TB a real worry - letters - The Scotsman

►March 29, 2008 - Eight More Carrying TB Virus - Scunthorpe Telegraph, UK

►March 29, 2008 - Pakistan launches a campaign against measles - OneWorld.net

►March 29, 2008 - Health Dept seeks clerics' help to wipe out measles - The Post

* ►March 29, 2008 - Two die of measles in Obaro - The Post - "The father of deceased said he was a labourer and could not afford an expensive treatment. He alleged that he received no treatment from the govt hospital and doctors took no interest in the patients’ treatment."

* ►March 29, 2008 - Measles Outbreak Hits Northern Nigerian State - Health authorities in Nigeria 's northern Katsina state have set up treatment centers to deal with a measles epidemic which has killed nearly two hundred children in the past three months, and infected thousands. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa filed this report from the Nigerian capital, Abuja. - Voice of America

►March 29, 2008 - 10 cases of chickenpox reported in area - Gainesville Sun

* ►March 29, 2008 - A Mother Whose Son Died From Meningitis Speaks Out (includes video) - WLOX-TV

* ►March 29, 2008 - Oswego student had rare form of meningitis (includes video) - News 10 Now - "College officials said he had the B strain of the disease which is resistant to the vaccine. They also said the vaccines given to his classmates probably had no effect."

* ►March 29, 2008 - Meningitis jab could save 180 lives a year - The Telegraph, UK - "Strain B accounts for about 90 per cent of the 1,800 cases of meningitis in Britain every year. It kills one in every 10 of the children infected by it. About 15 per cent of those who survive are left with severe disabilities. The vaccine has been designed to be given to babies in three doses, with a booster after two years."

* ►March 29, 2008 - Govandi toddler--Maharashtra's first polio victim in 2008 - Chennai Online - "'The child despite taking the immunisation drops was malnourished and this lead him to contract the virus,' Executive Health Officer for the civic body Dr Jairaj Thanekar told PTI."

* ►March 29, 2008 - Pinkie power - Students sport purple fingers for polio - Lake City Reporter - "The Purple Pinkie Project allows Columbia County students to help get polio vaccines to those far-off places and gives them a mark of solidarity in the process. Each dollar a child brings gets them one finger painted purple, a mark used in other countries to identify a child as being vaccinated."

►March 29, 2008 - Officials Suspect Pneumonia In 3 Deaths - WCPO.com - "Epidemiologist Mary Tooms of the Purchase District Health Department told reporters that MRSA pneumonia may be dangerous but also very rare. The Department is investigating all three deaths to uncover whether the victims died from MRSA pneumonia."

* ►March 29, 2008 - M15 in terrorist checks on 800 killer virus labs - This is London - "MI5 and anti-terrorist police are carrying out secret background checks on thousands of scientists amid fears that Al Qaeda is trying to infiltrate British research laboratories to obtain deadly viruses."

* ►March 29, 2008 - HIV-AIDS originated the minds of Eugenics practitioners - The Canadian National Newspaper

►March 29, 2008 - HIV-positive Canadian takes on US travel ban - Two-decade-old law that allows U.S. to refuse entry to those who carry the virus that causes AIDS may be overturned (requires registration or subscription) - Globe and Mail

►March 29, 2008 - Investigator Says Hepatitis C Probe Slowed By Nevada Law - AP via Las Vegas Review-Journal via KOLO.com

►March 29, 2008 - China shuts down 23 websites for illegal drug sales - Xinhua via China View

►March 29, 2008 - FDA Warns Consumers Of Adverse Reactions To Total Body and Total Mega Formulas - All Headline News

►March 29, 2008 - Dole Joins Those Recalling Cantaloupes - AP via Google

►March 29, 2008 - Salmonella Cantaloupe Prompts Simply Fresh Fruit Recall - Newsinferno

* ►March 29, 2008 - EXCESSIVE RABIES SHOTS, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, TRAIN SERVICE, MEDIA AGENDA, SMOKING BAN - Yearly shots pose threat to our pets - letters - The Wichita Eagle via www.kansas.com - "Yes, rabies is deadly. However, unnecessary rabies vaccinations have been documented to cause significant adverse affects to domestic animals, including autoimmune diseases affecting the thyroid, joints, blood, eyes, skin, kidney, liver, bowel and central nervous system. Other possible effects are anaphylactic shock, aggression, seizures, epilepsy and fibrosarcoma at injection sites."

►March 28, 2008 - MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION, VACCINES AND AUTISM: 1 in 50 Children Could Be at Risk - WILL THE GOVERNMENT CURB AN OVERLY AGGRESSIVE VACCINATION SCHEDULE TO COMBAT RISING AUTISM RATES? - National Autism Association via PRNewswire-USNewswire via Forbes

* ►March 28, 2008 - Autistic poet gives rare glimpse into mystery illness (includes video) - CNN

►March 28, 2008 - Flu shots don’t prevent “stomach flu” — try rest and fluids - Wilmington News Journal

►March 28, 2008 - Schizophrenia Linked to Rare, Often Unique Genetic Glitches (requires registration) - Washington Post

►March 28, 2008 - MCS-International Newsflash 7 - Bringing the hidden dangers of modern synthetic chemicals out into the Light worldwide - The One Click Group

►March 28, 2008 - Sebelius signs bill to lure NBAF project - Topeka Capital-Journal

►March 28, 2008 - Diabetes debacle - New FDA rules threaten to hobble small biotechs - San Francisco Business Times - "Late-stage diabetes drug trials will be longer and costlier with new FDA guidelines aimed at boosting drug safety, and some small biotechs are feeling the pinch."

►March 27, 2008 - Acambis extends its £20m JE vaccine deal - Business Weekly, UK

►March 27, 2008 - Wakfield to go in front of GMC panel - Nursing in Practice

►March 27, 2008 - Vaccine-Autism Link - WPTV - "Experts warn Hannah's case is rare and may well be an exception rather than a rule. 'So you can't generalize and say ok, now every child with a mitochondrial disorder is going to go through same thing that Hannah did,' said Dr. Jennifer Shu, of the American Academy of Pediatrics."

►March 27, 2008 - Our impoverished FDA - commentary - Washington Times

►March 27, 2008 - Lake County Board delays continuing vaccines for adults - Trial program has sought to keep immunizations affordable, accessible - Daily Herald - "'Theoretically, I think it's a great idea,' said Shari Bornstein, board of health member and a Gurnee physician. 'It's not that I want to discourage vaccinations. I'm just a little concerned (about the risks).'"

►March 27, 2008 - Ground Zero Ruling Could Cost City Billions of Dollars - New York Sun

►March 27, 2008 - 3 Wild Polio Cases Reported in Bauchi - ThisDay

►March 27, 2008 - Researchers say AIDS drugs failing - Washington Post via Inside Bay Area

►March 27, 2008 - CDC Report On STI Rates Among Teen Girls Should 'Reinvigorate' HPV Vaccine Mandate Debate, Editorial Says - Daily Women's Health Policy Report via Medical News Today

►March 27, 2008 - WYOMING Rabies Laws--ACTION ALERT!!! - Citizen Canine Dog Forum

►March 27, 2008 - Save antibiotics for lifesaving - editorial - Des Moines Register

►March 26, 2008 - Alaska's settlement with Eli Lilly is a tax on healthcare, says critic - LegalNewsline

►March 26, 2008 - Measles vaccine advised - The Oklahoman - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX via Trading Markets

►March 26, 2008 - Natural Medicine Is No Substitute For Science - commentary - UConn Daily Campus

►March 26, 2008 - Actress Salma Hayek in Chicago next week for Pampers - Munster Times

* ►March 26, 2008 - Bush administration asks federal appeals court to rehear mercury emissions case - JURIST

►March 25, 2008 - Measles hit eight in far north Qld - AAP via Sunshine Coast Daily

* ►March 24, 2008 - Megan McArdle: More parents forgoing vaccinations - TheAtlantic.com - "Update I chose the word 'sociopath' quite deliberately. I think parents who leave their children unvaccinated are the moral equivalent of people who drive drunk."

►March 21, 2008 - When the scoop is not the best medicine - Health stories involving pharmaceutical companies must be handled with special care and attention if true investigative reporting and not scaremongering is to be the order of the day, says John Clare, former ITN and Daily Mail journalist - Press Gazette, UK

►March 20, 2008 - Case of measles discovered at basketball game - A spectator at a Beecher High School basketball game has tested positive for measles. - WJRT ABC 12

►March 20, 2008 - Health Ministry to vaccinate health workers against measles - Ha'aretz

►March 19, 2008 - Major measles vaccination campaign in Oromiya, the largest region of Ethiopia - This campaign should last two weeks, and cover the two most affected districts. MSF aims to immunise around 100,000 children between six months and 15 years old. - Medecins Sans Frontieres

►March 19, 2008 - Measles outbreak alert - York Press, UK

►March 12, 2008 - STD Vaccine Being Offered At Local School (includes video) - KEPR CBS 19

►March 10, 2008 - Pharmexa and Ichor Medical Systems Enter Into an Agreement to Co-Develop Multiple DNA Vaccines Delivered by Electroporation - PharmaLive via MedAdNews

►March 10, 2008 - 'Two drops of life' - Kingman Daily Miner

►March 10, 2008 - Diesel fumes can affect your brain, scientists say - Reuters

►March 6, 2008 - Nrf2 activation by sulforaphane restores the age-related decrease of TH1 immunity: Role of dendritic cells - journal article (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

* ►February 7, 2008- House Panel Defends FEMA Trailer Whistle-blower - U.S. News & World Report - "In a letter dispatched to Julie Gerberding, director of the CDC, and Howard Frumkin, administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Chairman Bart Gordon expresses concern that the agency may have retaliated against Christopher DeRosa for "blowing the whistle on ATSDR's conduct.' Gordon declares: 'We will not tolerate retaliation against any whistle-blowers.'"

* ►December 2007 - Reversing Autism: Homeopathy and the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. - We Have a Problem - "This article first appeared in the December 2007 edition of Similia (Vol. 19 No.2), the journal of the Australian Homeopathic Association." - Homeopathy for Autism

►June 2007 - Are there altered antibody responses to measles, mumps, or rubella viruses in autism? - journal article (Journal of Neurovirology)

►May 2007 - Glutathione depletion in hippocampal cells increases levels of H and L ferritin and glutathione S-transferase mRNAs (full text) - journal article (Genes to Cells)

►November 1, 2006 - Studies Fail To Demonstrate Safety Or Effectiveness Of Influenza Vaccine In Children And Adults - Medical News Today

►August 18, 2006 - Myths and Facts About Mitochondrial Diseases - Cleveland Clinic

* ►January 2006 - Possible Immunological Disorders in Autism: Concomitant Autoimmunity and Immune Tolerance (full text) (pdf) - journal article (Egyptian Journal of Immunology)

►October 26, 2005 - Jay Gordon, MD: Medicine and Politics - The Huffington Post

►April 15, 2005 - Science, Politics and Vaccinations (audio) - To The Point via KCRW.com

►March 7, 2005 - Doctor Contrarian - Los Angeles Times via Dr. Jay Gordon

►March 7, 2005 - Los Angeles Times Health Section Article About Vaccinations - Dr. Jay Gordon's Response to the Article - Dr. Jay Gordon

►April 2003 - Elevated levels of measles antibodies in children with autism. - journal article (Pediatric Neurology)

►1999 - Association of childhood leukaemia with factors related to the immune system - journal article (British Journal of Cancer)

* ►Dr. Jay Gordon - website

* ►Vaccinating Your Baby - Blog

►Vaccinations: Assessing the Risks - DVD trailer - "Which vaccinations are best for my child and when is the safest way to schedule them?"

►The Relationship Between Tonsillectomy and Distant Immunological Function - 1000 Cytokines

►Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for Autism - Autism Nutrition

* ►Are we vaccinating too much? - Know Better Pet Food - "Catherine O'Driscoll is founder of Canine Health Concern, and author of the book, 'What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines'."

►AUTISM UPDATE--CONFERENCE plus AUTISM THE MUSICAL Sunday, May 4, 2008 New York City

►Pittsburgh Autism Expo 2008: Environmental Impacts and Practical Treatments - Friday, Oct. 24 - Oct. 25, 2008 - Keynote Speaker, David Kirby, Author, Evidence of Harm

►Northwest Houston Chapter Autism Society of America Annual Fall Conference, Saturday, October 4, 2008 - Keynote:  Dr. Andrew Wakefield and clinicians from Thoughtful House Center for Children. - Registration forms will also be available on the following websites in August 2008: www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org or www.Autism-Society.org/chapter1006