Regressive Autism and MMR Vaccination - This article was originally scheduled to appear as the lead for the Vaccination News sponsored online conference on autism to be held at Redflagsdaily.com, but is being released sooner due to the breaking news today in the UK.

MMR scientists clash over autism link - TimesOnline - "But speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Dr Murch then appeared to soften his defence of MMR, saying it involved an "extremely small" but acceptable risk.

MMR is safe, says expert who helped make autism link - The Independent, UK

Safety of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines: A Two-Phased Study of Computerized Health Maintenance Organization Databases- journal article - Pediatrics

Scientists clash over MMR jab - www.femail.co.uk - "Two scientists at the centre of the MMR controversy have clashed in public, creating more confusion for parents...Both were involved in the 1998 research which raised public fears about a possible link between the triple jab and autism."

Doctors giving MMR 'by stealth' - www.femail.com

Alarming MMR Increase Shows Need For Parent Choice - www.scottishstories.org.uk

Scientist urges parents to let their children have MMR vaccine - www.cbsnewyork.com

Increase in MMR reports - There has been a rise in the notifications of measles, mumps and rubella over the past 18 months, latest figures have revealed. - BBC

Analysis and Critique of the  CDC's Handling of the Thimerosal Exposure Assessment Based on Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Information - Safe Minds

Measles Epidemic Attributed to Inadequate Vaccination Coverage --- Campania, Italy, 2002 - CDC via MMWR

Hep B vaccine challenge launched - A group of patients are planning legal action claiming they suffered side effects after being vaccinated against Hepatitis B. - BBC

Study Challenges Polio as Cause Of FDR's Illness - Researchers Blame Guillain-Barré - The Washington Post - "Franklin D. Roosevelt's triumph over disability, his ascent to the presidency, his reputation as one of the greatest men of the 20th century -- all are inextricably linked to the disease that paralyzed his legs in 1921, when he was 39 years old. That disease, everyone knows, was polio." - How many polio victims were actually victims of something else?

Study Suggests FDR Did Not Have Polio - The Guardian, UK - "Franklin D. Roosevelt may not have had polio at all, but a paralyzing disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome, Texas researchers say in a study that calls into question all the history books and presidential biographies."

Refusal of Polio Vaccines in Nigeria Could Have Tragic Consequences, warns WHO - VOA News

Efforts to Stop Polio Will Extend to Chad - $3 Million Vaccination Campaign Planned - The Washington Post

NIGERIA: Muslim leader cautiously welcomes checks on polio vaccine - allAfrica.com

UK government denies that smallpox vaccination plans have fallen short of target - journal article - BMJ 

Myocarditis after smallpox vaccination (requires registration) - journal article - The Lancet  

Researchers make vaccine-evading mousepox virus, igniting scientific debate - AP via USA Today

From the analyst's couch - Vaccines of the future - Nature Reviews/Drug Discovery

Experimental vaccine to prevent shingles part of national study in U.S. - Canada Press

Hopes high, but an AIDS vaccine still years away - The Post-Gazette

Melanoma vaccine developed at the University of Virginia shows promise in clinical trial - www.eurekalert.org

Melanoma Vaccine Developed At The University Of Virginia Shows Promise In Clinical Trial - Science Daily

ACS: Durable Immunity From Anticancer Vaccine, Hints at Prevention of Recurrence  - Doctor's Guide

Herpes vaccine trials - www.wistv.com

Oral Vaccines Show Promise - HealthDayNews via Forbes

Vaccination Update: Feline Distemper Vaccine Implicated in Development of Chronic Renal Failure - Little Big Cat

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Vote to Recommend Influenza Vaccination for Children Aged 6 to 23 Months - CDC Media Relations Press Release

Matthew's Law would limit use of restraints - This is the second article in a two-part series on the rights of people with autism, the efforts of the Family Alliance to Stop Abuse and Neglect, and those who oppose these efforts. - Windsor-Hights Herald via www.zwire.com

Virus-related muscle damage tied to chronic fatigue - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

Emerging viruses set to soar - BioMetNet (requires registration)

State pushes for fewer drugs in germ fight - Doctors are overprescribing antibiotics, often at the behest of pushy patients, N.M.'s health secretary says. - www.abqtrib.com

Revolving door between the US Government and Industry - www.cptech.org

Picky eating common in kids with bowel disease - Reuters Health via www.ivillagehealth.com

The Toxicology of Mercury — Current Exposures and Clinical Manifestations - journal article - The New England Journal of Medicine - fee required

New Smallpox Vaccine To Use Aborted Fetal Cell Line, MRC-5 - www.cogforlife.com

Health Employees Cautioned About New Flu Vaccine - Action 2 News

Flu shot, anyone? - The Washington Times

Nasal flu vaccine still has bugs - Mist has more risks, is more expensive than traditional shot - Rocky Mountain News

Hopes high, but an AIDS vaccine still years away - The Post-Gazette

UNICEF Makes Case for Oral Vaccines - allAfrica.com

Nigeria to Test Polio Vaccines for HIV - AP via Newsday

Whooping cough outbreak - The Journal News

US develops lethal new viruses - New Scientist

The Doctor Shrugged - FOX News - "In real life, one goes to a hospital if he or she is curious to have a near death experience. Medical treatment is the third leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer, according to a 2000 Journal of the American Medical Association article by Dr. Barbara Starfield (search) of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health."

The Cost of Courage: Doctor says whistleblowers need more protection - The Post-Gazette

FDA to Seek Genetic Information from Drug Makers - Reuters via Yahoo!

Bacterial Meningitis in Children with Cochlear Implants - journal article

Cash boost for vaccines: Funding prospects for vaccine development may be looking up, say analysts - The Scientist

Vaccination Coverage High In 2002-2003- ePediatrics News

Whooping cough outbreaks most in decades - UPI

New Flu Shot Recommendations Will Require Many More Office Visits - Reuters via Medscape

A soldier's tale: military misdiagnosis - He was a decorated Green Beret, but when his performance faltered, the Army gave him the boot - not medical treatment for his deadly disease -   - Dallas News

Some of AIDS Bill Directed To Injections - Aetna InteliHealth

Nigeria calls for vaccine checks - Nigeria has asked international donor agencies to check a polio vaccine after three of its northern states halted an immunisation drive over safety fears. - BBC

Lethem creates 'Fortress' of childhood longing - Jonathan Lethem, the audaciously talented author whose latest work is the novel The Fortress of Solitude, suffers from what he calls a "particular form of autism." - USA Today

Influenza Season Strikes Early in Western Canada - ProMedMail

October 28, 2003 - Experimental Vaccine to Prevent Shingles Part of National Study - Canadian Press - "For every 100 kids that get chickenpox, she says five of them will have complications, some extremely serious. Secondary bacterial infections have been known to get into the bloodstream and even cause flesh-eating disease in children or travel to their bones and joints...A cautionary theory has been put forward on the chickenpox vaccine-shingles issue...So the concern is: Will we trade a childhood disease for something that's far worse in adults?"

Comment: Where do they get statistics like the 5 in 100 one above?  Click here to see what they used to say about chickenpox, before there was a vaccine for it.  Go to Rise In Shingles Cases Linked To Universal Chickenpox Vaccine Program, in the Online Vaccines Conference at Redflagsdaily.com and Scandals: When is an oops not really an oops?  When you get to solve the problems you cause, and make money doing both! for more on the "chickenpox vaccine-shingles issue".

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Is partial reversal of autism possible? - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Respiratory Diphtheria in a Pennsylvania Resident Recently Returned from Haiti: Report Underscores Importance of Vaccination to Prevent Diphtheria - CDC Health Advisory via South Dakota Deptartment of Health

Whooping cough outbreaks most in decades - "Across the United States, cases of the deadly disease whooping cough are appearing more frequently than in decades and public health officials worry the increases are due at least in part to the reluctance of some parents to vaccinate their children." - UPI