►December 2008 - Agreement between parental reports and patient records in food allergies among infants and young children in Finland - journal article (Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)

►December 2008 - The use of board games in child psychotherapy - journal article (Journal of Psychotherapy)

* ►November 14, 2008 - Indonesia to test 17 for bird flu in Sulawesi - China Post

* ►November 14, 2008 - Only 55 per cent children fully vaccinated in State - Tamil Nadu has the highest immunisation rate of 81 per cent - The Hindu

►November 14, 2008 - Pollen jab prevents hay fever - Injecting pollen into lymph nodes provides long-term protection against hay fever within two months, research suggests. - Healthcare Republic

►November 14, 2008 - Great American Smokeout --- November 20, 2008 - MMWR/CDC

►November 14, 2008 - Cigarette Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2007 - MMWR/CDC

►November 14, 2008 - Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses --- United States, 2000--2004 - MMWR/CDC

►November 14, 2008 - Deaths from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease --- United States, 2000--2005 - MMWR/CDC

►November 14, 2008 - QuickStats: Percentage of Deaths from Leading Causes Among Teens Aged 15--19 Years --- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2005 - MMWR/CDC

►November 14, 2008 - Notice to Readers: World COPD Day --- November 19, 2008 - MMWR/CDC

* ►November 14, 2008 - Notice to Readers: Twelfth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research - MMWR/CDC - "CDC and 11 other national and international agencies and organizations will collaborate with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases in sponsoring the Twelfth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, April 27--29, 2009, at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland."

►November 14, 2008 - Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information - MMWR/CDC

* ►November 14, 2008 - Few will turn 50 in SA - Life expectancy now only 48.8 years for men, 49.6 for women - The Times, South Africa

* ►November 13, 2008 - The AAP and Dr. Tayloe: Ignoring a generation of sick kids By Anne Dachel - Age of Autism

* ►November 13, 2008 - Autism Community “United in Expressing Our Disapproval” of the NIH Strategic Plan for Autism Research - Age of Autism
 

* ►November 13, 2008 - Autistic Children Turned Away - WOAI.com - "When a child is sick, most parents think relief is as close as the doctor's office.  But, many parents here tell us their children have been turned away by some medical professionals.  News 4's Leslie Bohl Jones investigates why a certain diagnosis may be the reason doctors are turning these young patients away."

►November 13, 2008 - Illinois autism-insurance bill may die in committee - SmartBrief

* ►November 13, 2008 - Channel 13 Investigation: Autism & Insurance Part 3 (includes video) - WHO TV

* ►November 13, 2008 - 'Genetic tug of war' could cause autism, schizophrenia: New theory - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

* ►November 13, 2008 - Commensal Bacteria, probiotics and the mighty dollar - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

* ►November 13, 2008 - Why treat nutritional deficiency with drugs? - press release - Orthomolecular Medicine News Service

* ►November 13, 2008 - New vaccine bonds likely delayed until 2009 - Reuters via The Guardian, UK

* ►November 13, 2008 - Amber Waves of Antibodies - The Huffington Post - "Another week, another hole ripped in our food safety net. This one is courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which last month proposed a rule change that will weaken regulations on the outdoor cultivation of food crops such as peas, corn, and rice that have been genetically modified to produce drugs and industrial chemicals. ... 'Pharma' crops are grown for antibodies, hormones, anticoagulants, and vaccines. Other "industrial" plants yield chemicals used in the manufacture of detergents and plastics."

* ►November 13, 2008 - Rebalancing the scales of justice - Barack Obama must stop the supreme court from providing immunity to health insurers and other corporate law-breakers - Comment is free via The Guardian, UK

* ►November 13, 2008 - As Seen on TV: Breast Cancer Vaccines - Learn More About Ongoing Research and How to Take Part in Clinical Trials - Researchers have explored experimental breast cancer vaccines that seek to use the body's immune system to target and kill breast cancer cells. More than 40 different research studies on breast cancer vaccines are under way across the country as part of an effort to prevent breast cancer from relapsing and to find a cure. - ABC News

* ►November 13, 2008 - GARDASIL(R), Merck's Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Demonstrated Efficacy in Preventing HPV-Related Disease in Males in Phase III Study - press release - Merck & Co. via Business Wire

* ►November 13, 2008 - Merck Cancer Shot Cuts Genital Warts, Lesions in Men - Bloomberg - "Merck & Co.'s Gardasil shot, used to prevent cervical cancer in women, slashed the risk of genital warts and pre-cancerous lesions by 90 percent in men, according to the largest study of the vaccine in males. Merck said it will use the data to seek U.S. approval to sell Gardasil for males this year to protect against warts and the lesions, which may lead to cancer of the penis and anus. The shot protects against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV."

* ►November 13, 2008 - Merck Could Double Potential Customers - The Motley Fool - "It's not ideal to have half of the population unable to use your product, but Merck (NYSE: MRK) is trying to change that for its human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil."..."Vaccines have become big business for pharmaceutical companies -- Novartis (NYSE: NVS) and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) saw the writing on the wall and acquired companies to get in on the action. For Merck to get Gardasil back into that high-growth category, it needs to get its label expanded and then be able to persuade older boys and young men that they need the vaccine -- not an easy task with the rising cost of health care."

►November 13, 2008 - Where The Boys Are: Merck, Gardasil And Warts - Pharmalot

* ►November 13, 2008 - Merck Study Shows Promise for Gardasil in Boys - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

* ►November 13, 2008 - Reader has adverse reaction to paper’s HPV story - letters - Victoria News

* ►November 13, 2008 - Get a Deep Insight into the Vaccine Technologies and Global Markets - Reportlinker.com Business Wire via StreetInsider.com

* ►November 13, 2008 - Amid Senate Probe, NIH Changes Research Head - Pharmalot

* ►November 13, 2008 - Disease laboratory prepares for germs - The $18 million Level 3 Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is set for dedication Saturday off East Campus Drive at MU. The lab is one of 13 nationwide funded by the National Institutes of Health to deal with bioterrorist threats and infectious diseases. - Columbia Tribune

►November 13, 2008 - Strategies to make kid shots easier - Daily Press

* ►November 13, 2008 - Local firm gets loan for bird flu vaccine - The Capital Times - "Local vaccine research and development firm FluGen Inc. is getting a $250,000 loan from the state to help in the development of a bird flu vaccine."

* ►November 13, 2008 - More than just flu shots at clinic - Test of emergency dispensing system runs smoothly - Rapid City Journal

* ►November 13, 2008 - DelSite Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results - Completed and Planned Divestitures Will Further Company's Focus on Commercial Development of Vaccine, Drug Delivery and Adjuvant Technologies - DelSite via CNN Money

►November 13, 2008 - Crisis had no negative impact on Novartis - report - Reuters

* ►November 13, 2008 - Readers speak out on protecting pharmaceuticals - The Baltimore Sun

* ►November 13, 2008 - UK Regulator Reprimands Lilly For Cialis Marketing - Pharmalot

* ►November 13, 2008 - Which Country Spends The Most On Meds? - Pharmalot

►November 13, 2008 - Big Pharma Eyes Biotech Deals, But Cautionsly - Dow Jones via CNN Money

* ►November 13, 2008 - Novartis, Sanofi Sales Unleashed by FDA Disease Plan - Bloomberg - "Under the plan, a company that submits a prospective treatment for one of 16 tropical illnesses will get a voucher that can be used to gain a faster review of another, more commercial, medicine. A priority review can add between four and six months of exclusive sales before the drug's patent ends, an advantage worth as much as half a billion dollars in extra revenue, economists estimate."

►November 13, 2008 - New Antibiotic Against Serious Infections - Receives First Approval in Europe - PRNewswire via ItNews

►November 13, 2008 - Infectious disease hospital lacks water - The Mercury, South Africa

►November 13, 2008 - Wyeth's (WYE) PREMARIN gets FDA approval - BloggingStocks

* ►November 13, 2008 - How bleach beats bacteria - MSN, UK - "The new findings may lead to a greater understanding of how the immune system fights off bacterial infections. It could also lead to better ways of dealing with inflammation, an unwanted side effect of the immune response that is destructive to healthy tissue. Inflammation damage is believed to be the direct result of uncontrolled hypochlorite production."

►November 13, 2008 - Novartis’s Dan Vasella: What Financial Crisis? - Pharmalot

►November 13, 2008 - The First Defense: Probiotics offer a delicate balance - Sun Herald

* ►November 13, 2008 - Drive-By Flu Shots - TIME Magazine - "The curbside care is simple: you pull up, read about the risks and sign a consent form, then bare your bicep and get a shot--all without leaving the driver's seat. In October in Lynchburg, Va., the Central Virginia Health District's first drive-by clinic served 300 patients in 3 1/2 hours. That's less than 45 seconds per vaccination (and no time cooped up in a room with possible germ spreaders). But critics say that the process is dangerous and that the last place you want to be if something goes wrong is speeding down the highway. It takes time to hash out the risk factors associated with flu shots, such as being allergic to eggs or already having a fever when you get vaccinated. 'Vaccines are not innocuous,' says Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, a consumer-led nonprofit in Vienna, Va. 'We don't support a drive-by as if you're ordering a bottle of spring water.'"

* ►November 13, 2008 - Tamiflu down the drain - Effect Measure via ScienceBlogs

►November 13, 2008 - Indonesia says teenager tests negative for bird flu - AFP via Google

►November 13, 2008 - Midshipman being treated for bacterial meningitis - AP via Examiner.com

►November 13, 2008 - Clark Co. Sees Increase In Whooping Cough Cases - WHIOtv.com

►November 13, 2008 - It's beginning to look like a bad year for whooping cough. - Minneapolis Star Tribune

►November 13, 2008 - Health Advisory Issued after Whooping Cough Outbreaks - Illness is especially dangerous for infants - FOX 9 News

►November 13, 2008 - McHenry County reports whooping cough cases, urges vigilance - Chicago Daily Herald

►November 13, 2008 - Whooping cough outbreak reported in Douglas County - Wahpeton Daily News

►November 13, 2008 - Pennsylvania Health Department Reminds Parents to Immunize Their Children Against Pertussis - press release - Pennsylvania Department of Health via PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

* ►November 13, 2008 - Bill Gates Kicks Off Anti-Polio Drive in India - India Journal

►November 13, 2008 - Polio soon to be eradicated in Nigeria? - Good news in the fight against polio! The MOPVI monovalent oral vaccine introduced in Nigeria in 2006 has proved to be 4 times more effective than its predecessors. - Destination Santé

►November 13, 2008 - WHO renews polio immunisation drive in northern Nigeria - AFP via Google

* ►November 13, 2008 - ‘One Out of Four Nigerians Malnourished’ - THISDAY - "On the mortality resulting from Vitamin A Deficiency, he said about 2.5 million deaths are recorded annually on the global level. It is the likely cause of 23 per cent of childhood deaths, and over 50 per cent suffer from severe complications of measles. The don added that VAD is a major contributor of 20 -24 per cent of child mortality from diseases like diarrhea, measles and malaria. According to him, Nigeria is one of the top six countries in the world that account for the largest concentration of vitamin A deficient and xerophthalmic children. He said 29.5 per cent of Nigerian children less than 5 years are vitamin A deficient, adding that the problem is nationwide and of public health concern."

* ►November 13, 2008 - Africare Honors President George W. Bush at 2008 Africare Award Dinner - Africare (Washington, DC) via AllAfrica.com - "The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has committed over 60 billion dollars to fight global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. In addition, his administration has facilitated $34 billion to diminish debt, over $14 billion to invest in economies, nearly $4.5 billion to fight poverty and $10 million for clean water on the African continent."

►November 13, 2008 - CDC: COPD kills 1 in 20 Americans - UPI via Times of the Internet

►November 13, 2008 - Can a Bone-Marrow Transplant Halt HIV? - TIME Magazine

►November 13, 2008 - Genetic Immunity(R) Announces First Patient Dosed In Phase II Trial With DermaVir Patch For HIV Disease - press release - Genetic Immunity via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►November 13, 2008 - Chile minister admits HIV failure - Chile's public health service may have failed to tell 512 people they had tested positive for HIV, which can lead to Aids, the health minister has said. - BBC

►November 13, 2008 - Delaware: State gets an 'F' on infant mortality, HIV death rate - Delmarva Daily Times

►November 13, 2008 - HIV Vaccine Failure Still Brings Insights - Researchers say lessons learned might one day lead to vaccine that works - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►November 13, 2008 - Novel Regulatory Step During HIV Replication - Salk Institute for Biological Studies via Newswise

►November 13, 2008 - Calif. man indicted in nationwide anthrax scare - AP via Monterey County Herald

►November 13, 2008 - Joint exercise responds to 'anthrax' discovery - North Platte Telegraph

►November 13, 2008 - FDA to detain food shipments from China - AP via Forbes

►November 13, 2008 - Mystery solved: How bleach kills germs - Reuters

►November 13, 2008 - Haz-mat teams clean mercury spill at high school - Desert Dispatch - "Hazardous materials teams spent several days cleaning a small-scale mercury spill at Barstow High School. The mercury spilled after an old thermometer broke on the floor in a chemistry storage room at the school last Friday, Principal Ed Cheek said."

►November 13, 2008 - Managing mercury risks from energy-saving light bulbs - European Commission, Environment DG via Environmental Expert

►November 13, 2008 - Helpful advice about vaccinating your dog - Newsday via www.ajc.com

* ►November 12, 2008 - Vical Completes Enrollment and Reports Positive Interim Data in CMV Vaccine Phase 2 Trial - press release - Vical Incorporated via PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 12, 2008 - HIV Testing for Global 'One Million Tests' Campaign Begins During Cambodia's National Water Festival - AHF Cambodia CARES Donates 20,000 Kits to Government Testing Programs and Commits to Test 10,000 Individuals; Hard-hit Country Will Test 30,000 People Throughout November - press release - AIDS Healthcare Foundation via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►November 12, 2008 - Nest of the influenza pandemic - Temple Daily Telegram

►November 12, 2008 - Public-Health Chief Backs Wider Use of Flu Shots - Sun Gazette

* ►November 12, 2008 - Students on Medicaid can receive influenza vaccines - Shreveport Times - "Some Caddo students who qualify for Medicaid can get an influenza vaccination as part of a demonstration project to evaluate the feasibility school-based vaccinations....Teams of doctors, nurses and medical volunteers will use FluMist to vaccinate all Medicaid-eligible students in 33 elementary and middle schools with a Medicaid population of 60 percent or higher."

* ►November 12, 2008 - Autism Diets Help Parents Recover Children: Nourishing Hope for Autism and Cooking To Heal Help Them Succeed - Leading Autism Nutrition Specialist To Provide Autism Diet Education and Tools at the National Autism Association Conference in Florida, November 13-16th. - press release - Nourishing Hope for Autism via PRWeb

* ►November 12, 2008 - Newspapers seek unsealing of anthrax search records - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

►November 12, 2008 - Universal Detection Technology Analysis of the Recent Rise of "Suspicious Powder Mailings" - press release - Universal Detection Technology via Market Wire via Comtex via MarketWatch

►November 12, 2008 - SIGA to Present ST-246 to the World Health Organization - press release - SIGA Technologies, Inc. via GlobeNewswire via COMTEX via Trading Markets

* ►November 12, 2008 - New autism loci discovered (requires registration) - The Scientist

* ►November 12, 2008 - Pharma Execs: Cost Cutting Is Not A Top Priority - Pharmalot

* ►November 12, 2008 - Express Scripts Offers $1M Rewards For Extortion - Pharmalot - "The pharmacy benefits manager says a small number of its clients have received letters threatening to expose the personal info of its members, and the threats are believed to be connected to an extortion threat disclosed last week."
►November 12, 2008 - Anaphylaxis in the Emergency Department: A Paediatric Perspective CME (requires registration) - Medscape

►November 12, 2008 - Another Setback For Glaxo’s Avandia - Pharmalot

►November 12, 2008 - Early Onset Approved for ADHD Drug - 30-minute onset of action for Focalin XR - HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report

►November 12, 2008 - Infectious disease experts at K-State to attend symposium at BRI facility - The Manhattan Mercury

►November 12, 2008 - US$170 million for chronic diseases - RadioJamaica.com

►November 12, 2008 - Whooping cough sickens 16 students in West Middlesex - Outbreak only at elementary school - Sharon Herald

* ►November 12, 2008 - First Holistic Guide to Primate Disease Covers Critical Gap in Global Health - Why are so many infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans? Why do we have so little capacity to predict epidemics, or avoid them? Some answers, and possible solutions, can be found in the first trench-to-bench guide to wild primate infectious diseases, to be published Nov. 17 in the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. - Yearbook of Physical Anthropology via Media-Newswire

►November 12, 2008 - America Needs Health Care, Not Sick Care - River Cities Reader

►November 12, 2008 - Low on Crestor? First Consider Natural Means to Lower Inflammation - NewsReleaseWire via Expertclick.com

►November 12, 2008 - New book helps medical students master clinical skills - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory via EurekAlert!

►November 12, 2008 - Hormone Shows Promise in Reversing Alzheimer’s Disease and Stroke - Saint Louis University via Biocompare

►November 12, 2008 - US 'super bugs' invading South America, according to UT Medical School at Houston researchers - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston via EurekAlert!

* ►November 11, 2008 - 'Airport malaria' -- cause for concern in the US - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene via EurekAlert!

►November 11, 2008 - The economic costs of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease: prospective cohort study of infants with GBS disease in England - journal article (The European Journal of Health Economics)

►November 11, 2008 - The miseries of allergies just may help prevent some cancers, study finds - Cornell University Communications via EurekAlert!

►November 11, 2008 - Protein Can Nurture Or Devastate Brain Cells, Depending On Its 'Friends,' Researchers Find - UT Southwestern Medical Center via EurekAlert!

►November 11, 2008 - Health center focuses on education, not emergencies - Information: Most clients have low or no income, says nurse manager Conard. (requires registration) - Anchorage Daily News - "We've got Gardasil here too, and that's over $120 a shot. Right now, the state of Alaska is providing that to all young women for free, but that's leaving soon. And people just aren't taking advantage of that."

►November 11, 2008 - Vaccines Not Just for Children (includes video) - KFYR-TV

►November 11, 2008 - Rabies vaccine will cost you more because of technical error - Times of India

►November 11, 2008 - Health experts want action against pneumonia, rotavirus diseases - World’s leading experts on infectious disease and vaccines meet in Nairobi, Kenya at the 5th international symposium from the November 13-14 to call for renewed action for protection of citizens against pneumococcal disease, a leading killer of children and adults worldwide. - Africa Science News Service

►November 11, 2008 - House Call with Dr. Andy: Parents need to learn new ABCs about kids' vitamin D - News-Press.com

* ►November 11, 2008 - 4 of 5: My Grandmother's world in my head - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

►November 10, 2008 - New Combination Vaccine in Pakistan to Tackle Child Killer - Associated Press of Pakistan

►November 10, 2008 - New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Other Honorees Celebrate Opening of the First Laboratory Solely Devoted to the Development of an AIDS Vaccine - The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Opens State-of-the-Art AIDS Vaccine Lab at Historic Brooklyn Army Terminal - press release - The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative via Business Wire via MarketWatch

* ►November 10, 2008 - 3 of 5: Another empty fallacy - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

►November 10, 2008 - New insights into pneumococcal disease - journal article (Respirology)

►November 10, 2008 - Brain scans demonstrate link between education and Alzheimer's - Washington University School of Medicine via EurekAlert!

►November 9, 2008 - India loses out on 100m euros funding to combat diseases - Times of India

* ►November 9, 2008 - 2 of 5: Hollow Timbrels of "expert"-generated feardom - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

* ►November 8, 2008 - 1 of 5 Whose world is in your head? - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

* ►November 8, 2008 - Zimbabwe returns US$7.3m Global Fund money - Zim Online

►November 7, 2008 - Design of system that will revolutionise control of influenza epidemics - Basqueresearch.com - "Ikerlan-IK4, Gaiker-IK4 and the Donostia hospital in representation of Bioef are taking part in a European project the goal of which is to design a portable device that will revolutionise the manner of controlling flu epidemics internationally, thanks to a significant reduction in the time needed for their detection from the current 24 hours to a period of between 30 and 60 minutes, and to an increase in the number of control points."

* ►November 5, 2008 - Medical atrocities did not end with Nazi era - Physicians still take part in genocidal campaigns, prisoner interrogation, gathering told - Toronto Star

* ►November 1, 2008 - Mutational screening of the Mitochondrial transcription factors B1 and B2 (TFB1M and TFB2M) in Parkinson's disease. - journal article (Parkinsonism & Related Disorders)

* ►November 2008 - Crucell Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results - Crucell via Huginonline.com - "Crucell also received a milestone payment from sanofi pasteur for the advancement of the seasonal influenza vaccine (FluCell) developed by sanofi pasteur, using Crucell's PER.C6® technology."

►November 2008 - Hyperprolactinemia: Monitoring children on long-term risperidone - journal article (Current Psychiatry)

►November 2008 - Systematic Analysis of Outcomes Evaluations Applied to Drug Management Programs - journal article (The American Journal of Managed Care)

►November 2008 - Incremental Drug Treatment Cost in HIV-Positive Patients in Industry-Sponsored Clinical Trials - journal article via (The Annals of Pharmacotherapy)

►November 2008 - Choice of Comparator in Active Control Trials of New Drugs - journal article via (The Annals of Pharmacotherapy)

* ►October 31, 2008 - Is childhood pain associated with future mental health problems? - journal article (Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)

* ►October 30, 2008 - NCI's Flawed SELECT Study Attacks Vitamin E - NaturalNews.com

* ►October 29, 2008 - Teenager on acne treatment dies - A 14-year-old boy has died after taking for the first time a medical treatment for acne prescribed by his doctor. - BBC - "Shaun Jones, of Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd, died after suffering a suspected allergic reaction to the tablets. The promising rugby player developed breathing difficulties and collapsed after taking the pills."

* ►October 29, 2008 - Copper fittings 'all but eliminate superbugs' - Hospitals could be fitted with copper fixtures after research found it significantly reduced the presence of superbugs in wards. - The Telegraph, UK

* ►October 17, 2008 - The FDA, Vitamins, and the Dietary Supplement Industry - U.S. Pharmacist

* ►September/October 2008 - Histological Inflammatory Responses in the Placenta and Early Neonatal Brain Injury - journal article (Pediatric and Developmental Pathology)

* ►December 1, 2008 - “Gently Rough”: The Vaccine Potential of a Salmonella enterica Regulatory Lipopolysaccharide Mutant - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - Differential Recruitment of Dendritic Cells and Monocytes to Respiratory Mucosal Sites in Children with Influenza Virus or Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - Maternal Neutralizing Antibody and Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus to Infants - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - Enterovirus-Associated Encephalitis in the California Encephalitis Project, 1998–2005 - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - Muscle Injury, Vimentin Expression, and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Predispose to Cryptic Group A Streptococcal Necrotizing Infection - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - CD4+ T Helper Cell Responses against Human Bocavirus Viral Protein 2 Viruslike Particles in Healthy Adults - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa (free full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - Characteristics of Circulating T Cell Receptor γδ T Cells from Individuals Chronically Infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV): An Association between Vδ2 Subtype and Chronic HBV Infection - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - Polymorphisms in the Mannan-Binding Lectin Gene Are Not Associated with Questionnaire-Reported Respiratory Tract Infections in Children - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 1, 2008 - A Gene-Dosage Effect for Interleukin-4 Receptor α-Chain Expression Has an Impact on Th2-Mediated Allergic Inflammation during Bronchopulmonary Mycosis - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 2008 - Oral immunotherapy for food allergy in children. - journal article (Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►December 2008 - Sublingual immunotherapy: what have we learnt from the 'big trials'? - journal article (Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►November 14, 2008 - Toledo native to talk about book that chronicles polio care at Warm Springs - La Prensa

►November 13, 2008 - Illumination controls differentiation of dopamine neurons regulating behaviour - journal article (Nature)

►November 13, 2008 - Sustaining Relationships (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 13, 2008 - Transforming Practice (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 13, 2008 - Reforming Physician Payment (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 13, 2008 - Lessons from the U.K. (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 13, 2008 - Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Severe Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder - journal article (NEJM)

* ►November 13, 2008 - Vaccination drives by NGOs illegal, says civic official - Times of India - "PUNE: Calling the door-to-door vaccination drives held by private organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGO) illegal and life threatening, a civic official has appealed to citizens not to fall prey to the offers. City-based RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar brought up this issue on Tuesday, following which the civic body made it clear that private vaccination camps should only be held at hospital set-ups."

* ►November 13, 2008 - Panel for injections in polio pocket - The Telegraph, India - "The wild polio virus has persisted in these nine districts, which include Badaun, Moradabad and Rampur, despite repeated immunisation with the oral vaccine. Sources said though some members of the advisory group had argued for the introduction of the injectible vaccine, there was 'sharp disagreement' among the members over the dose schedule being proposed in the draft recommendations."

* ►November 13, 2008 - Bengal faces vaccine shortage - The Telegraph, India

* ►November 13, 2008 - Hong Kong Officials Find Toxic Chemical in Fish Feed - Wall Street Journal

►November 13, 2008 - Avian Influenza: Institute conducts research into vaccine production - Daily Triumph, Nigeria

►November 13, 2008 - Bird flu prompts mass cull - Bangkok Post

►November 13, 2008 - Emergent BioSolutions Files Universal Shelf Registration Statement - Welt.de

* ►November 12, 2008 - Paul Offit's Lies: What Would You Do? By J.B. Handley - Age of Autism

* ►November 12, 2008 - The Power Plant and the Assassin By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ►November 12, 2008 - Protect our children from flu shot mandate - letter - MyCentralJersey.com

* ►November 12, 2008 - Autism And Vaccines (includes video) - WSAV.com - "Kim  Spencer's 8-year-old son Patrick is having a better experience in life now compared to just a few years ago when he was diagnosed with Autism. 'We do have medical test results that do show my son to be mercury toxic,' says Kim.  Many like Savannah Pediatrician Dr. Ramon Ramos blame Thimerosal, suspecting that the mercury preservative used in some vaccines causes Autism."

►November 12, 2008 - School Gives Autistic Students Way to Communicate - The Community School Believes Social-Emotional Development Is Key to Healthy Intellectual Growth (includes video) - Good Morning America via ABC News

* ►November 12, 2008 - Channel 13 Investigation: Autism & Insurance Part 2 (includes video) - WHO TV

►November 12, 2008 - Trader Joe's Cares More than your Doctor - Age of Autism

►November 12, 2008 - Connection Between Autism and Schizophrenia? - Autism Blog via http://autism.about.com

* ►November 12, 2008 - Flu & You: Know Your Options by Barbara Loe Fisher - Vaccine Awakening

* ►November 12, 2008 - NVIC Vaccine E-Newsletter

Flu & You: Know Your Options by Barbara Loe Fisher

These days you can't turn around without being reminded that the "flu" season is just around the corner and it is time for every American - but especially infants, kindergarteners through high school graduates and anyone over 50 - to get a shot of influenza vaccine. But there are lots of new questions about whether the influenza vaccine is ineffective in children and whether it is also ineffective in the elderly at the same time there are growing doubts about whether many doctors and health officials have told the public the truth and nothing but the truth about the risks associated with infectious disease and the risks associated with vaccination.

Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) has produced several investigative reports on vaccination during the past several years and a recent CBN report on influenza vaccine examined the validity of the annual influenza mortality figure that the CDC routinely uses (36,000 deaths per year in the U.S. from influenza). The report also presented several perspectives about getting a flu shot versus using a more natural approach to staying well in the flu season. (See VIDEO of report as well as VIDEO outtakes not included in the broadast story featuring Vitamin D Council Executive Director John Cannell, M.D. on pandemic influenza, Heather Maurer on how she made an educated flu shot decision for her child; Virginia Health Commissioner Karen Remley, M.D. on why public health officials like flu shots; and my comments on "cradle-to-grave" vaccine policies and development of a "supervaccine.")

Joseph Mercola, M.D., a champion of the holistic health and wellness lifestyle and strong advocate for the informed consent ethic in medicine, frequently offers alternative perspectives about infectious disease and vaccination. See Dr. Mercola's past newsletters discussing flu vaccination and other vaccination topics at www.mercola.com and view a speech I gave at the Natural Living Conference sponsored by Holistic Moms Network on his website.

In the coming months, the push for Americans to get flu shots will increase but how many will understand the government-acknowledged risks and precautions for inactivated, injected influenza vaccine or the live virus nasal influenza vaccine which are more fully outlined in the manufacturer's product inserts available on the web and at pharmacies and in doctor's offices?

How many Americans know there are practical steps to take during the flu season that will not only help protect against all infections, including actual influenza as well as other "flu-like illnesses" that can often be mistaken for influenza? (Only about 20 percent of all "flu-like" illness is actually influenza and only three strains of the many strains of type A and type B influenza that may be circulating during the year are actually included in the influenza vaccine).

To prevent and treat influenza or flu-like respiratory illness that does not involve fever over 103 F., pneumonia or serious complications which may require medical intervention, the National Vaccine Information Center offers the following non- toxic suggestions:

1. Wash your hands frequently.
2. Avoid close contact with those who are sick.
3. If you are sick, avoid close contact with those who are well.
4. Cover your mouth if you cough or sneeze.
5. Drink plenty of fluids, especially water.
6. Get adequate sleep.
7. Eat a healthy diet rich in vitamins and minerals, especially foods containing vitamin C (such as citrus fruits) and vitamin D (such as cod liver oil) and spend a few minutes a day in sunlight to help your body make and store vitamin D.
8. Exercise regularly when you are well.
9. Lower stress.
10. Consider including holistic alternatives in your wellness or healing plan, such as chiropractic adjustments, homeopathic and naturopathic remedies, acupuncture and other health care options.

Whatever you do this flu season - whether or not you choose to vaccinate - become vaccine educated and know your options.

Knowledge is power and an informed, empowered consumer is one who can stand up for the right to freely exercise informed preventive health options.

See www.NVIC.org and www.StandUpBeCounted.org for more information.
Please email [email protected] if you would like to volunteer to work in your state to help NVIC educate Americans about vaccination or have special expertise you would like to share. NVIC is also looking for volunteers in the Northern Virginia and greater Washington, D.C. area to assist our staff with many exciting and challenging projects.

"The federal government finds of that 36,000, about 1,000 people die directly from the flu virus. Blame for the remaining 35,000 deaths goes to diseases like pneumonia that may follow the flu. However there's no clear scientific connection between the flu and these more serious afflictions. That means most of the time the shot would have little impact in actually preventing death. Barbara Loe Fisher heads of the non-governmental National Vaccine Information Center. She says the repeated references to 36,000 seems to be an attempt to scare people into getting the shot. Fisher suggests the public is smart enough to decide independently. A free market would be better, she believes. "If we allow vaccines to be subject to the test of the marketplace, then the public will use those vaccines they consider to be safe, effective, and necessary," Fisher says......Dr. John Cannell, Executive Director of the Vitamin D Council, suggests the reason we even have a flu season is because our vitamin D levels drop. That takes place naturally as we get less and less sun with the approach of winter. Cannell explains that less sun means we produce less vitamin D in our skin. "Pretty much any disease, any infectious disease, that is more common in winter is a target of vitamin D," Cannell says. He says that's true even of some serious non-seasonal, prolonged diseases such as tuberculosis. Early in the 19th century, TB sanitariums where people would get sun were one of the few ways to recover from "consumption," as it was known. So Cannell suggests babies get a 1,000 units a day and those two and older get 2,000 units. Many adults and some children need to take more than that. For kids, that can come as a single daily drop of liquid D. Cannell says a recent discovery explains vitamin D's role in the flu season. The vitamin triggers your body to produce its own antibiotics against flu as well as colds." - Gailon Totheroh, CBN News Service (November 4, 2008) VIDEOS at http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/475564.aspx and http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/479085.aspx

"Led by Dr. Peter Szilagyi, researchers at University of Rochester studied 414 children aged 5 and younger, who came down with the flu during the 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 flu seasons. These children were compared with over 5,000 controls who did not have influenza during the same seasons. Turns out that flu shots seemed not to make much difference: Kids who got immunized did not get the flu at lower rates than unvaccinated kids. In fact, the immunized youngsters were just as likely to be hospitalized or to visit the doctor as kids who never received the vaccine.......Targeting the correct strain is a always a bit of a guessing game, however; researchers make their best scientifically based prediction as to which flu virus will be making the rounds in a coming season, but they often have to make these predictions up to nine months ahead of time, in order to keep up with the lengthy vaccine manufacturing process. "In some circumstances, it is like forecasting the weather," says Dr. Geoffrey Weinberg, professor of pediatrics at University of Rochester. "Sometimes we are right on, and sometimes we are off." - Alice Park, Time Magazine (October 6 2008)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847794,00.html

"The influenza vaccine, which has been strongly recommended for people over 65 for more than four decades, is losing its reputation as an effective way to ward off the virus in the elderly. A growing number of immunologists and epidemiologists say the vaccine probably does not work very well for people over 70, the group that accounts for three-fourths of all flu deaths. The latest blow was a study in The Lancet last month that called into question much of the statistical evidence for the vaccine's effectiveness. The authors said previous studies had measured the wrong thing: not any actual protection against the flu virus but a fundamental difference between the kinds of people who get vaccines and those who do not. This contention is far from universally accepted. And even skeptics say that until more effective measures are found, older people should continue to be vaccinated, because some protection against the flu is better than none. Still, the Lancet article has reignited a longstanding debate over claims that the vaccine prevents thousands of hospitalizations and deaths in older people. "The whole notion of who needs the vaccine and why is changing before our eyes," said Peter Doshi, a doctoral candidate at M.I.T. who published a paper on the historical impact of influenza in May in The American Journal of Public Health ." - Brenda Goodman, New York Times (September 2, 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/health/02flu.html

* ►November 12, 2008 - NACCP, Families Fighting Flu, and the Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Team Up to Educate Families About Annual Childhood Flu Vaccination - New Survey: Misinformation, Concern among Mothers Regarding Protecting Children from the Flu (includes podcast) - press release - PRNewswire

* ►November 12, 2008 - Letter: A vaccine with less thimerosal - South County Independent - "The discussion regarding the safety of the thimerosal additive in the influenza vaccine has been hampered by the perception that many of those who question the safety of a thimerosal-containing vaccine are 'anti-vaccine' militants who promote their cause based on fuzzy science."

* ►November 12, 2008 - Campaign encourages moms-to-be to get flu shot (includes video) - News 10 Now - "While there have been no proven links, New York is one of six states that have banned the use of thimerosal-containing vaccines in children and pregnant women to get any fears around the vaccine out of the way."

►November 12, 2008 - Somerset doctor offers recommendations for fighting the flu - Daily American

►November 12, 2008 - Avoiding the flu won't hurt a bit: Shots to be given at rail stations - Stamford Advocate

►November 12, 2008 - Blanco County Flu Shot Turnout Doubles Normal - Blanco County News

►November 12, 2008 - Katie Couric's Notebook: Google The Flu (includes video) - Couric & Co. via CBS News

►November 12, 2008 - Is CDC's Google search-term tracking just the beginning? - NextGov

* ►November 12, 2008 - Google to Spy on Users Conducting Flu Searches, Report Details to U.S. Government - NaturalNews.com

* ►November 12, 2008 - Google monitors flu, vitamins D and C prevent it - http://foodconsumer.org

* ►November 12, 2008 - Indonesia records 113th bird flu death - eTaiwan News

* ►November 12, 2008 - I Feel My Liver Donor's Presence - San Diego Weekly Reader - "'I had a feeling that something was wrong for a long time.' Fifty-six-year-old David Clark says as he lies recovering at a friend’s home from a liver transplant he received on June 13, 2008. He pauses for a long moment during which he is time-traveling back to 1971. 'The best explanation was the injections I had gotten in the Army, even before I got to Vietnam. I was with a group of returning second-tour NCOs, and we had all gotten injections using jet-injectors, which are no longer used. They had no protective measures to prevent flashback [indication of blood in the syringe]. They really didn’t understand viruses at that point. We walked in a line down a hallway, and various medics shot us in the arm with these air guns, and they splashed blood back on us. Everybody had a bleeding arm.'"

* ►November 12, 2008 - Cowen accuses Kenny of 'emotional blackmail' over vaccine - The Irish Times - "Cervical cancer screening provides better cover than a vaccination programme, Taoiseach Brian Cowen claimed today in the Dáil. Mr Cowen was responding to questions from the Opposition about the recent withdrawal of the vaccination programme for girls....Mr Cowen accused Mr Kenny of resorting to 'emotional blackmail' by suggesting that the withdrawal vaccination programme would lead to loss of life. 'You’re making assertions that simply aren’t true and you’re doing it using populist arguments, using emotional blackmail and you’re wrong,' said the Taoiseach."

* ►November 12, 2008 - Harney stands over decision to scrap vaccine plan - Belfast Telegraph

* ►November 12, 2008 - McDaid refuses to support Government on vaccine vote - The Irish Times - "Fianna Fáil backbencher Dr Jim McDaid refused to support the Government in tonight’s vote on Fine Gael’s cervical cancer vaccine motion. Dr McDaid, who represents Donegal North East, abstained after repeating his view that the Government’s reversal of its decision to provide the free vaccine was passing 'a death sentence on a certain percentage of these 12-year-old girls' whose parents could not afford the cost involved."

►November 12, 2008 - Govt to introduce IPV vaccines to control polio in UP, Bihar - PTI via The Hindu

* ►November 12, 2008 - Russia Chooses Inactivated Polio Vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur for Primary Immunization of all Infants - Sanofi Pasteur and Chumakov Institute Russian Academy Medical Sciences Providers of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) IMOVAX PolioTM for Russia National "Project Health" - press release - Sanofi Pasteur via PRNewswire-FirstCall via Comtex via MarketWatch

►November 12, 2008 - Rotary Int'l making dreams real through efforts to eradicate polio - The Freeport News

* ►November 12, 2008 - High court should reject vaccine suits - Point of View: Drug labeling liability - NewsOK.com - "The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case likely to have profound effects on how vaccines are marketed, distributed and developed. The court’s verdict could affirm the existing regulatory framework for testing and labeling vaccines. That would be good news, as vaccines are among the most effective medical advancements in history.  A ruling in the other direction, though, would enable a torrent of frivolous lawsuits, threatening future vaccine development and cutting off patient access to medicines."

►November 12, 2008 - How to keep kids calm for shots (requires registration) - McClatchy / Tribune via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

►November 12, 2008 - IAC Express Issue number 763 - Immunization Action Coalition

►November 12, 2008 - Brinda fires vaccine shot at Ramadoss - The Statesman

►November 12, 2008 - Activist asks PMC for effective vaccination - Sakaal Times

►November 12, 2008 - Oxford Tech-Transfer Arm Licenses Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine Technology to Novartis (requires registration) - Biotech Transfer Week

►November 12, 2008 - Dr. Carrie Jones: The HPV Vaccine - What Do You Need To Know? - EmpowHer

►November 12, 2008 - Academics Say Gardasil Should Not Be Mandatory - InjuryBoard.com

►November 12, 2008 - Mandatory HPV Vaccination is Unwarranted and Unwise, Experts Suggest - Infection Control Today

►November 12, 2008 - More Doctors Say Gardasil Shouldn’t Be Mandatory - Newsinferno.com

►November 12, 2008 - Journal Uses Out-of-Date Info to Bash Merck’s Gardasil - BNET

* ►November 12, 2008 - US Government Mandates HPV Vaccine for New US Residents - NaturalNews.com

* ►November 12, 2008 - Mandatory HPV Vaccination Is Unwarranted And Unwise, According to Experts - Wiley-Blackwell via ScienceDaily

►November 12, 2008 - Mum dies from meningitis - Manchester Evening News - "Mum Julie Steciuk, 46, felt ill only days before she was due to fly home from Benidorm. She took Lemsip and went to bed, but in the middle of the night, her condition deteriorated. She was taken to hospital and within hours, she was in a coma."

►November 12, 2008 - Rare meningitis discovered in five kids - VietNamNet Bridge

* ►November 12, 2008 - Single in the City: Vaccines, prayer books, shoes - I’m almost ready for the Haj - The National - "'No matter what I tell people, they are always afraid, as they had painful childhood experiences with needles,' said the nurse with a smile. As soon as she said that, all my childhood inoculations came flooding back; all those painful jabs, every one delivered – or so it seemed – by an inexperienced intern nurse who hadn’t yet learnt to wield a needle. And I especially remembered the jab that left one of my legs numb and me unable to walk properly for several days. I was six. I thought I would have got over those old fears… until she injected me. Flu and meningitis in one arm, yellow fever in the other. Ouch."

►November 12, 2008 - Whooping cough outbreak confirmed in Evanston - Chicago Sun-Times

►November 12, 2008 - St. Charles County schools still dealing with whooping cough - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

►November 12, 2008 - Twenty confirmed cases of whooping cough in Hardin County - News Enterprise

* ►November 12, 2008 - Patient gets accidental Aids cure - Daily Nation, Kenya - "The startling case of an Aids patient who was cured after undergoing a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia is stirring new hope that researchers might someday find a cure for Aids."

* ►November 12, 2008 - Results of landmark study of HIV vaccine published in the Lancet - Study sponsors remain committed to solutions to address HIV and AIDS epidemic - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center via EurekAlert!

* ►November 12, 2008 - Big Pharma's New Mass-Drugging Agenda Pushes Statin Drugs for Healthy People - NaturalNews.com

►November 12, 2008 - Honored alum heads the Food and Drug Administration - Saint Joseph's University The Hawk

►November 12, 2008 - Miami Clinic Owner Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for $10.9 Million Medicare Fraud - press release - U.S. Department of Justice via PRNewswire-USNewswire via Comtex via MarketWatch

►November 12, 2008 - China drug agency recalls hemorrhoid medicine over liver damage fears - Xinhua via China View

* ►November 12, 2008 - CDC: More Teens Must Be Vaccinated - journal article (JAMA)

* ►November 12, 2008 - Issues Behind Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest - journal article (JAMA)

* ►November 12, 2008 - New AIDS vaccine lab for NYC (requires registration) - The Scientist

* ►November 12, 2008 - New York City Angles To Become A Biotech Hub - Pharmalot - "The latest effort to transform the city into a magnet for R&D and investment has its official opening today in the 90-year-old Brooklyn Army Terminal, where the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, or IAVI, will occupy part of a cavernous warehouse built as a military supply depot during World War I. "

* ►November 12, 2008 - Flu Shot Protects Kids, Even During Years With A Bad Vaccine Match - Children who receive all recommended flu vaccine appear to be less likely to catch the respiratory virus that the CDC estimates hospitalizes 20,000 children every year. - University of Rochester Medical Center, via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily

* ►November 12, 2008 - Brain Trust: Universities & Pharma Tighten Alliances - Pharmalot

* ►November 12, 2008 - Influenza Pandemic - journal article (JAMA)

* ►November 12, 2008 - Assessment of measles immunity among infants in Maputo City, Mozambique. (pdf) - journal article (BMC Public Health)

* ►November 12, 2008 - FDA Warns Public of Extortion Scam by FDA Impersonators - FDA - "Several instances have been reported to the FDA of calls enticing consumers to purchase discounted prescription drugs by wiring funds to one of several locations in the Dominican Republic. No medications are ever delivered. A subsequent call is received from a fraudulent "FDA special agent" informing the consumer that a fine of several thousand dollars is required to be sent to an address in the Dominican Republic to prevent incarceration or other legal action."

►November 12, 2008 - Nobel Prize Honors HIV, HPV Discoveries - journal article (JAMA)

* ►November 12, 2008 - A New Way to Predict Outbreaks: Replikin Peptide Concentration in H5N1 Influenza Virus Genome as a Marker for Lethal Outbreaks - Replikins via PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

* ►November 12, 2008 - MF59 and Squalene - Exploring Vaccines

►November 12, 2008 - Officials Recommend Expanded Testing for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection - journal article (JAMA)

►November 12, 2008 - Hi, Connie. We’re ready for you. - Human Lab Rats - San Diego Reader

►November 12, 2008 - ALS Registry - journal article (JAMA)

►November 12, 2008 - Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2007 - journal article (JAMA)

►November 12, 2008 - GAO: FDA Oversight of Produce Is Poor - journal article (JAMA)

►November 12, 2008 - Translating New Medical Therapies Into Societal Benefit - journal article (JAMA)

►November 12, 2008 - Hospital Infections - journal article (JAMA)

* ►November 12, 2008 - Novartis says FDA approved 30-Min Onset of Action for ADHD capsules Focalin XR - Update - Novartis via RTTNews

►November 12, 2008 - Doctors debate Vytorin cancer risk at heart meeting - Reuters

►November 12, 2008 - Studies do not link heart risk to bone drugs: FDA - Reuters

►November 12, 2008 - Merck Serono Launches Expansion of Flagship Biotech Center to Meet Growing Patient Needs - PRNewswire

►November 12, 2008 - Wyeth admits to racial comment but wants lawsuit tossed - The Journal News

►November 12, 2008 - Cleveland Clinic Unveils 'Top 10' Medical Innovations for 2009 - Hospital Predicts Ten Emerging Technologies That Will Shape Healthcare Next Year - Cleveland Clinic via PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 12, 2008 - Listen To Your iPod… And Take Your iPill (video) - Pharmalot

►November 12, 2008 - Why Are Healthcare Costs So High? Humana Says… (video) - Pharmalot

►November 12, 2008 - Disease Modeling: Mathematical Models Resolve Controversy Over Nicotine Addiction - Human disease research produces an enormous amount of data from different sources such as animal models, high throughput genetic screening of human tissue, and in vitro laboratory experiments. This data operates at different levels and scales including genes, molecules, cells, tissues and whole organs, embodying a huge amount of potentially valuable insight that current computer modelling approaches often fail to exploit properly. - European Science Foundation via ScienceDaily

►November 12, 2008 - Shifts in Thinking About Dementia - journal article (JAMA)

* ►November 11, 2008 - Calls for a more flexible approach to vaccine funding - Governments should take a broader perspective - including quality-of-life impacts - when considering whether to fund vaccines, according to a paper from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). - News-Medical.Net

* ►November 11, 2008 - Merck’s Gardasil Should Not Be Mandatory: Report - Pharmalot - "A trio of academics is joining the debate over the notion requiring girls to be vaccinated with Merck’s Gardasil is not a good idea. And in a recent issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Gail Javitt of Johns Hopkins’s Berman Institute of Bioethics, Deena Berkowitz of George Washington University School of Medicine and Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University Law Center they offer five reasons.."

* ►November 11, 2008 - CMPI Responds to Katie Couric and CBS Evening News' Coverage of Vaccines and Autism Myth - Center for Medicine in the Public Interest via Market Wire via redOrbit

* ►November 11, 2008 - Vaccine for lung cancer adds hope for cure - News 8 Austin

* ►November 11, 2008 - New NIH head talks budget, priorities (requires registration) - The Scientist

* ►November 11, 2008 - Five Rules Of Thumb About A New FDA Commish - Pharmalot

►November 11, 2008 - Bird flu: US to provide 44 million dollars in extra aid - AKI

* ►November 11, 2008 - Family Finds, Returns Service Dog To Autistic Boy (includes video) - CBS News 11

* ►November 11, 2008 - Iowa biologist falsified figures (requires registration) - The Scientist

►November 11, 2008 - Oxford opens animal lab (requires registration) - The Scientist

* ►November 11, 2008 - Newborn Neurons in the Adult Brain Can Settle in the Wrong Neighborhood - Salk Institute via Biocompare

►November 11, 2008 - Girl's immune deficiency nearly cured - Yet another intravenous needle sticks Jayla Turner's tiny arm, and the only consolation for hearing the baby's cries is the knowledge that soon, she will be free of such assaults. - The News & Observer via Physorg

* ►November 11, 2008 - Wyeth v. Levine Could Endanger Your Health - Forbes

►November 11, 2008 - Merck Discloses Additional Vytorin Investigations and Lawsuits - The Insurance & Reinsurance Blog

►November 11, 2008 - Looming Shortage In Pharmacy School Faculty - Pharmalot

►November 11, 2008 - Glaxo To Close UK Plant That Employs 620 Workers - Pharmalot

* ►November 11, 2008 - Judge Tosses RICO Lawsuit Against AstraZeneca - Pharmalot

►November 11, 2008 - Absence Of ERK2 Gene Linked To Birth Defects - Case Western Reserve University via Medical News Today

►November 11, 2008 - Crippled by MS, golfer Tony was told he'd never play again. But an astonishing new drug has proved all the doctors wrong - Daily Mail, UK

►November 11, 2008 - Autism Recognition Skills for Arkansas Teachers - Arkansasmatters.com

* ►November 11, 2008 - Massive malaria vaccine trial to begin in Africa - AP via USA Today - "The preliminary trials showed the vaccine was likely to be at least 30% effective against mild malaria cases and about 50% effective against severe malaria. That may sound low compared to, for example, the injectable polio vaccine that is at least 90% effective. But researchers have found it difficult to pin down a vaccine for parasites, and further tests may show the GlaxoSmithKline candidate is more effective, Cohen said. Dr. Michel Van Herp, an epidemiologist with the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres, said a vaccine might have to be more effective than the GlaxoSmithKline candidate has been shown to be so far to be worth the effort of putting it in use. But he acknowledged that matching the effectiveness of the polio vaccine has proven difficult, and said a partially effective vaccine 'at least will reduce the workload on the health sector.'"

►November 11, 2008 - Study showing evidence of a major environmental trigger for autism - Science Centric

* ►November 11, 2008 - Lead is common, but high levels pose risks - Hamilton Spectator - "Q. Is there a treatment available for someone with a very high blood-lead level? A. It's called chelation therapy. It's treating with EDTA, a chemical that combines calcium with lead. It simply binds the lead and extracts it, then it's excreted."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Lead fears have anxious parents seeking answers - Hamilton Spectator - "Loren Catley, 24, doesn't know the cause of the learning, vision and hearing problems in her oldest boy or asthma in her second-youngest son. She doesn't know if it has anything to do with lead exposure, but would like to."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Vitamin D can aid fertility - Women with fertility problems may benefit from taking vitamin D supplements, research has found. - The Telegraph, UK - "The team from Yale University School of Medicine studied 67 infertile women and took Vitamin D measures from them. Only 7 per cent of them had normal vitamin D levels and the rest had either insufficient levels or clinical deficiency."

►November 11, 2008 - National Lab a ‘bright spot’ for UTMB - The Galveston County Daily News - "About 750 people will gather today at the University of Texas Medical Branch to dedicate a $174 million biodefense laboratory where researchers will develop drugs and vaccines to battle infectious diseases, including deadly germs terrorists might use."

►November 11, 2008 - Influenza Vaccine - Journal and Courier

►November 11, 2008 - Making a Difference : Reaching out to help polio survivors - Sahuarita Sun

►November 11, 2008 - The best-kept biopharmaceutical secret in Belleville - Community Press - "It’s been 10 years from conception to reality, but Belleville-based Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. is finally able to market it’s Econiche E. coli cattle vaccine in Canada."

►November 11, 2008 - Uganda Health News: Minister calls for routine measles immunization - UGPulse.com

►November 10, 2008 - Drug safety revisited - A Supreme Court case challenges the FDA's role in the process. - editorial (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times

►November 10, 2008 - Vitamin D, Vaccines, and the Flu Shot (includes videos) - Christian Broadcasting Network

►November 10, 2008 - Thailand burns melamine-tainted products - Xinhua via China View

►November 10, 2008 - Blood could save UT student's life - Houston donors asked to give white cells in rare case - Houston Chronicle

►November 10, 2008 - Long Fight Over Autism Care Could End - Today's TMJ4

* ►November 10, 2008 - The Brain Mom and Dad Are Fighting in Your Genes—and in Your Brain - Our brains may contain a battle of the sexes that can cause schizophrenia and autism. - Discover Magazine

* ►November 10, 2008 - Waxman vs. Dingell: A Fight Pharma Can Enjoy - Obama vs. McCain may have been more important for the direction of the country, but Waxman vs. Dingell is likely to be the pivotal election for determining the direction of legislation most critical to the pharmaceutical industry. The good news for pharma: this is a fight it can’t lose. - The RPM Report

* ►November 10, 2008 - Transitioning to a New FDA: What’s Next for Von Eschenbach? - FDA commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach is moving out of Washington no later than January 20, when the Obama Administration officially takes charge. Where he goes next may be a very familiar place. - The RPM Report

►November 10, 2008 - Expecting Longer Lives With Greater Risk, Reward - Down Syndrome Generation First to Outlive Parents - The Washington Post

* ►November 10, 2008 - Celgene stem cell therapy gets FDA nod for human trials - Celgene via Reuters - "The company said clinical development of PDA001, its therapy utilizing human placenta-derived stem cells, would start by the end of the year. Crohn's disease is a chronic and often debilitating inflammatory disease of the colon and large intestine that affects some 500,000 people in the United States and leads to frequent hospitalizations and surgery."

* ►November 10, 2008 - Fewer Sales Reps Lead to Higher Costs - Pharma Marketing Blog

►November 10, 2008 - Eosinophilic Oesophagitis: A Common Cause of Dysphagia in Young Adults? CME (requires registration) - Medscape

►November 10, 2008 - Should healthy people take statins too? - Rosuvastatin appears to lower the risk of heart disease in healthy people. - news (Nature)

* ►November 9, 2008 - FDA Commissioner Search: Myths and Reality - Speculation about the next FDA head is well under way, but before it gets out of hand, here are five rules of thumb to keep in mind. - The RPM Report

* ►November 9, 2008 - Obama’s Health Care Team: More Names to Consider - The election’s over, but the most important names to know in the new Administration have yet to be selected. Here are some more people to watch as the Obama health team takes shape. - The RPM Report

* ►November 9, 2008 - Mother of autistic child addresses crowd at Orange-Ulster BOCES - Times Herald-Record - "Katie Wright has had her share of controversy and family drama. Wright addressed a group of about 50 parents and educators on Saturday at the Autism in Orange County Symposium held at Orange-Ulster BOCES."

* ►November 9, 2008 - Cities, States Questioning Wisdom of Adding Fluoride Chemicals to Public Water Supplies - NaturalNews.com

* ►November 9, 2008 - Meningitis UK campaigner Steve Dayman clocks up 10,000 miles of charity walks - This is Bristol - "The route was in the shape of the number four, to highlight that meningitis can kill in under four hours, and visited university cities where the charity is funding research into a vaccine against meningitis B, including Bristol. The strain of the disease accounts for nearly 90 per cent of all cases of meningitis in the UK, and the Meningitis UK Search 4 a Vaccine campaign aims to raise £7 million to help develop an immunisation programme."

►November 9, 2008 - Sam urges students to be vaccinated against mumps - This is Gloucestershire

►November 7, 2008 - Meeting will face up to cervical cancer - Selkirk Advertiser

* ►November 5, 2008 - It Doesn’t Always Pay to Work at FDA - Low morale is a persistent problem at FDA; an underfunded agency with policies constantly criticized by Congress doesn’t always make for a pleasant place to work. But at least employees got paid on time. That is, according to Senator Grassley, until now. - The RPM Report

►November 5, 2008 - Researchers Describe How Chronic Inflammation Can Lead to Stomach Cancer - Columbia University Medical Center via Biocompare

* ►November 4, 2008 - 6-year-old first confirmed Del. flu case - The News Journal

►November 4, 2008 - Lung Airway Cells Activate Vitamin D and Increase Immune Response - University of Iowa via Biocompare

►November 4, 2008 - Just How Effective is the Flu Vaccine? (includes video) - Christian Broadcasting Network

►November 3, 2008 - Previously Unknown Immune Cell May Help Those with Crohn's and Colitis - Washington University School of Medicine via Biocompare

* ►November 2008 - Transdermal drug delivery - journal article (Nature Biotechnology)

►November 2008 - Role of probiotic therapy in IBD. - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►October 2008 - Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (pdf) - journal article (Gastroenterology)

* ►October 2008 - Immunization Works! - CDC - "How to Collect Immunization Data in a Changing World: Currently, CDC is exploring methods that will allow the collection of information on immunization coverage at a time when fewer people are using landline phones."

* ►August 1, 2008 - To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? - Most health care providers say it’s the right thing to do, but Washington has some of the lowest immunization rates in the nation. - Seattle's Child Magazine

►Stop Budget Cuts for Special Ed and Autism Services - Call Your legislators on November 18 - The Autism Action Coalition

* ►November 12, 2008 - ‘Vaccine shortage hits immunisation programme’ - Permit units to resume production, Brinda Karat urges Anbumani - The Hindu

* ►November 12, 2008 - Brinda Karat accuses Ramadoss of misleading Parliament on vaccine supply - Times of India

* ►November 12, 2008 - Polio drive to get a boost with injectible vaccine - Times of India - "The government will introduce a combination of IPV and the oral polio vaccine (OPV) by March-April 2009, especially in badly affected areas of western UP and Bihar."

* ►November 12, 2008 - HSE bonuses would fund vaccination programme, says Reilly - Irish Times - "Fine Gael health spokesman Dr James Reilly said that the bonuses paid to HSE bosses would fund the administration of the Government's reversed cervical cancer vaccination scheme for young girls."

►November 12, 2008 - Vaccines lined up to fight child deaths - Business Daily Africa

►November 12, 2008 - Push for fluoride in bottle water - The Age, Australia

* ►November 12, 2008 - Autism 'over-diagnosis' concerns Education Minister - Queensland Education Minister Rod Welford says he is concerned by the apparent over-diagnosis of autism in Queensland children. - www.abc.net.au

* ►November 11, 2008 - The EPA's Stalin era - "It's absolutely shocking what's going on," say insiders. Secretive changes have diluted science and jeopardized public health. Will Obama overcome Bush's toxic legacy? - Salon

* ►November 11, 2008 - A Brief stopover in another reality - Martin J. Walker, CryShame via The One Click Group - "One Click Note: The next session of the General Medical Council (GMC) Fitness To Practice Hearing against Dr Andrew Wakefield, Professor John Walker-Smith and Professor Simon Murch has resumed. The planned dates are 3 – 19 November 2008."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Two Men Complete First-Ever Walk Across the Country for Autism - press release - National Autism Association via PRNewswire-USNewswire via Comtex via MarketWatch - "Robert Williams and Bobby Genese began their historic walk on May 13th in San Francisco, CA. Their six-month journey ended at the White House on Election Day. The men walked for the National Autism Association (NAA) in memory of Elias Tembenis, the son of their long-time friends, Harry and Gina Tembenis of Worcester. Elias suffered a severe vaccine reaction at the age of four months, and was later diagnosed with a seizure disorder and autism."

* ►November 11, 2008 - CMPI Responds to Katie Couric and CBS Evening News' Coverage of Vaccines and Autism Myth - press release - Center for Medicine in the Public Interest via Market Wire via Comtex via MarketWatch

* ►November 11, 2008 - President Obama: The First "First Father" of the Autism Generation By Mark Blaxill - Age of Autism

* ►November 11, 2008 - Kim Stagliano: A Reminder to Autism Speaks on Vaccine Research Promises - The Huffington Post

* ►November 11, 2008 - We Remember Veteran's Day - Age of Autism

* ►November 11, 2008 - Action coming on autism bill? - Lawmakers may consider health care plan this week - Kankakee Daily Journal - "In Illinois, 22,000 people have been diagnosed with autism and 14,000 are waiting for services from the state, said Mary Kay Betz, spokeswoman for the Autism Society of Illinois and parent of two autistic boys."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Channel 13 Investigation: Autism & Insurance (includes video) - WHO TV

* ►November 11, 2008 - Autism, Vaccines and Human Nature - Autism Blog via http://autism.about.com

►November 11, 2008 - Graduate Certificate Gives Teachers Information, Skills to Help Students with Autism - University of Arkansas Daily Headlines

* ►November 11, 2008 - Advance Market Commitments: Bringing Medicines to Developing Nations - WorldChanging - "In February, 2007, the countries of Canada, Italy, Norway, Russia and the United Kingdom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed US $1.5 billion to create the world’s first AMC. The target product is a vaccine against pneumococcal disease, which kills 1.6 million people a year. Many of its victims are children under age five, most of whom live in developing countries."

* ►November 11, 2008 - School of Medicine Awards of Excellence - University of Pennsylvania Almanac - "Dr. Paul A. Offit, professor of pediatrics, is the winner of this year’s Luigi Mastroianni Clinical Innovator Award, which recognizes a Penn Medicine physician who has made significant contributions toward the invention and development of new techniques, approaches, procedures or devices that change medical practice and are of major benefit to patient care. Dr. Offit was selected for his innovative work on the rotavirus vaccine."

►November 11, 2008 - Undergrad Competition Inspires Ulcer Vaccine - Discovery Channel

►November 11, 2008 - Cadila acquires Italian vaccine research company Etna Biotech - Economic Times, India

►November 11, 2008 - Baby Blog - Immunizations - KSPR News

►November 11, 2008 - Generator to protect health dept. vaccines - Reporter-Times

►November 11, 2008 - High vaccine prices costing lives - TAC - Sapa via Independent Online

* ►November 11, 2008 - Pampers-UNICEF campaign raises 5.1 million vaccines in GCC - Pampers and UNICEF successfully conclude their regional campaign to save babies lives from tetanus - press release - UNICEF via Zawya.com

* ►November 11, 2008 - US recovered $1.34b from settlements of fraud cases (requires registration) - Bloomberg via Boston Globe - "The United States recovered $1.34 billion to resolve claims of fraud against the government in fiscal 2008, obtaining settlements from companies including Merck & Co., Cephalon Inc., and Amerigroup Corp., the Justice Department said."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Making Gardasil Vaccination Mandatory Would Be Unwise, Academics Say - Wall Street Journal Health Blog - "Update: Merck spokeswoman Amy Rose told the Health Blog in an email this afternoon that the company had stopped lobbying for Gardasil school-requirements and is focused on educating policy and lawmakers looking at Gardasil use about HPV, cervical cancer and the company’s vaccine."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Gardasil Linked to Seventy-Eight Outbreaks of Genital Warts - NaturalNews.com

* ►November 11, 2008 - LSU Health Sciences Center Public Health Contributes to Estimate of HPV-Related Cancers - press release - AScribe Newswire

* ►November 11, 2008 - Over 9,000 girls to be vaccinated against cervical cancer by 2010 - Around 9,200 11-year-old girls in Vietnam will receive a free vaccine to prevent cervical cancer by 2010, a representative from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has said. - Thanh Nien Daily

* ►November 11, 2008 - Cancer vaccination abandonment - Widower condemns cancer vaccination u-turn - Mayo News

►November 11, 2008 - Fine Gael calls for reversal of cervical cancer vaccine programme cut - Belfast Telegraph

* ►November 11, 2008 - Consumer Reports Survey: Nearly Half of Adults Won't Get Flu Vaccine, Citing Poor Excuses Like 'I Don't Get Sick' - press release - Consumer Reports via PRNewswire-USNewswire via Comtex via MarketWatch

* ►November 11, 2008 - Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread (requires registration) - The New York Times - "In early February, for example, the C.D.C. reported that the flu had recently spiked in the mid-Atlantic states. But Google says its search data show a spike in queries about flu symptoms two weeks before that report came out. Its new service at google.org/flutrends analyzes those searches as they come in, creating graphs and maps of the country that, ideally, will show where the flu is spreading."

 * ►November 11, 2008 - Africa: Google.org to Help Scientists Forecast Disease Outbreaks - America.gov (Washington, DC) via AllAfrica.com

►November 11, 2008 - Flu Shots Myths vs. Facts - East Valley Living

►November 11, 2008 - Europe not ready for flu pandemic - Financial Times

* ►November 11, 2008 - Thailand culls chickens after bird flu outbreak - Reuters India

►November 11, 2008 - Preparing to fight the flu - Morganton News Herald

►November 11, 2008 - Roanoke College urges students to get flu vaccines - WDBJ7.com

►November 11, 2008 - Flu shot protects you and others in your family - Kalamazoo Gazette via MLive.com

* ►November 11, 2008 - Pictured: Britney Spears leaves hospital with son following 'seizure' drama - Daily Mail, UK - "Sources say chaos erupted when Jayden suffered a suspected seizure out of the blue, at about 3pm yesterday. 'One minute Britney and her sons were relaxing and enjoying their first visit to Kentwood in months, and the next minute Jayden had fallen ill,' said a source."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Nasty intestinal bug spikes in U.S. hospitals - Diarrhea-causing C. diff germ much more common than thought, study says - MSNBC - "A virulent, drug-resistant gut infection that causes potentially deadly diarrhea, especially among the old and sick, is up to 20 times more common than previously thought, a large survey of U.S. hospitals and health care centers finds."

►November 11, 2008 - Rough waters for cruise ship as illness hits 261 passengers - Brampton resident spends five days in cabin after norovirus outbreak - Toronto Star

* ►November 11, 2008 - Baby died day after medical check - A nine-month-old baby died from multiple organ failure the day after being sent home from hospital, an inquest heard. - BBC - "Aleesha Evans's parents were told by staff at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport that she had a viral infection and needed only Calpol and Nurofen....She died at a Cardiff hospital of suspected meningococcal septicaemia."

►November 11, 2008 - Fort Bend ISD Student Contracts Meningitis - MyFox Houston

►November 11, 2008 - Hep B Status Hidden For Decades - AsianWeek

►November 11, 2008 - Drug-Resistant TB Declines in United States - Number of XDR-TB cases down to only 2 in 2007, CDC reports - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►November 11, 2008 - Center for Disease Control, and Prevention releases recent study results on blood-lead levels - HometownSource.com - "The North Dakota Health Department recommends that pregnant women and children under six should not eat wild game harvested with lead bullets."

* ►November 11, 2008 - Adenovirus-based T-cell vaccine prevents AIDS in monkeys, offering fresh hope for approach - Aidsmap

* ►November 11, 2008 - HIV/AIDS vaccine developed at Western to go into trials - Sun Media via London Free Press - "Dr. Chil-Yong Kang of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario developed the experimental vaccine that still has to go through toxicology tests. The vaccine is now being manufactured and is licensed to Sumagen Canada Inc."

* ►November 11, 2008 - British Teenager Wins Right to Die With Dignity - A Terminally Ill 13-Year-Old Says No to a Life-Saving Heart Transplant - ABC News

►November 11, 2008 - Obese kids' arteries look like middle-aged adults' - Reuters

►November 11, 2008 - Going to the doctor? Go prepared, expert advises - Reuters Health

►November 11, 2008 - Rabies vaccine will cost you more because of technical error - Times of India

►November 11, 2008 - Health information for your dog or just slick marketing? - San Francisco Chronicle

►November 10, 2008 - Hanoians to have free cholera and typhoid vaccines - To confront the outbreak of diseases after recent flooding, the Hanoi Department of Health will provide free cholera and typhoid vaccines for people in some areas in Hanoi as of November 11. - VietNamNet Bridge

►November 10, 2008 - Flu Shots May Cut Risk Of Blood Clots Forming In Veins - American Heart Association via ScienceDaily

►November 10, 2008 - Autism Spectrum Liberation Front Versus UC/DA (Mortal Kombat) - Bay Area Indymedia

►November 10, 2008 - Warning over untested web 'cures' - Leading medical experts are warning patients against using untested remedies advertised on the internet which, they say, sell "false hope". - BBC

►November 10, 2008 - HPV research calls for vaccination of boys - FierceVaccines - "Although some countries have allowed boys to be given Gardasil based on initial studies, others, such as Canada, have asked for efficacy studies. 'In Canada... they want us to do the efficacy studies, to show in fact that the vaccine, not only does it cause an immune response recognition, but it actually prevents a disease,' she said."

* ►November 10, 2008 - David Kirby: Autism Speaks: Don't Rule Out Vaccines - The Huffington Post

* ►November 10, 2008 - Kim Stagliano: Where's Our Bailout? 3 Kids with Autism. No Job. Again. - The Huffington Post

* ►November 10, 2008 - MyVetwork offers online community for troops - USA Today - "After Brendan Hart left the Marine Corps in 2005, he wanted to reconnect with other veterans, people who would understand what he went through and what support he might need. Plenty of services exist, says Hart, 26, who is on medical leave from Dartmouth College because of a contaminated smallpox vaccine he was given while serving. But finding them was another matter."

* ►November 10, 2008 - The "Expensive Urine" Myth - What About Those "Wasted" Vitamins? - press release - Orthomolecular Medicine News Service

* ►November 9, 2008 - There Is No Such Thing as the West Nile Virus - NaturalNews.com

* ►November 7, 2008 - Anaphylaxis Hospitalizations on Rise Among People Younger Than 20 (requires registration) - Reuters Health via Medscape - "The rate of anaphylaxis hospitalization increased by more than 4-fold during the study period. Specifically, the researchers report, 'The hospitalization rate for anaphylaxis was 1.0 per 100,000 in 1990 and increased to 4.7 per 100,000 by 2006.' Males had a significantly higher rate of hospitalization for anaphylaxis than females (relative risk 1.45). The authors did not observe an African American ethnicity effect. Peaks in hospitalizations were observed in very young children and in teens."

* ►November 6, 2008 -  Discover Magazine article: "The Shaken Baby Debate" **SENSITIVE**  - Debate This! via The Mommy Playbook

* ►November 3-10, 2008 - A Brief Stopover in Another Reality - CryShame - "November 3rd - November 10th The GMC hearing begins again and the Legal Assessor suggests criminal charges against me....As most of us now know, the hearing began on Monday 3rd November with the legal assessor attacking me for having dared to write about Dr Kumar's GlaxoSmithKline shares. To say that I felt as if I had been teleported back to the Soviet Union of the 1950s, would be an understatement. The statement and it's history is dealt with after this section on the week's evidence."