►October 2008 - The effect of β-interferon therapy on myelin basic protein-elicited CD4+ T cell proliferation and cytokine production in multiple sclerosis - journal article (Clinical Immunology)

* ►September 22, 2008 - Parents still seek answers after son's death 13 years ago - Irish Times - "Vera founded the Irish Association for Vaccine Damaged Children in the mid-1970s and the letters poured in from parents who believed their children had been adversely affected by vaccinations. By the time he died, Alan, who was confined to a wheelchair, was little more than skin and bone. It's the memory of 'looking at your child wasting away to a skeleton' and 'the pain he endured' that makes Vera relentless in her pursuit of the truth - to know the reason behind why her son was healthy at five months and severely brain-damaged five months later. Almost 35 years later the couple still have no answers. 'People say to me 'what keeps you going?' I have to close my eyes and remember what Alan looked like when we buried him and what he went through. 'I owe it to him and I owe it to his brothers and sisters. I'm not going to give up. I'm never going to stop. We're seeking the truth by whatever means possible.'"

►September 22, 2008 - DVD helps autistic kids read emotions - ScienceAlert

►September 22, 2008 - Health service plans for flu pandemic - Hunter New England Health will this week conduct the largest pandemic preparedness exercise ever undertaken in New South Wales. - www.abc.net.au

►September 22, 2008 - Drug resistance on the rise - Bangkok Post

►September 22, 2008 - Shielding children from HIV - A novel method for preventing HIV transmission from mother to child has been devised with the help of a Cambridge University engineer. - University of Cambridge

►September 22, 2008 - Hepa B can prevent health workers from getting a job - Philippine Inquirer

►September 22, 2008 - New virus in west of Fiji - There are reports of a virus in the west which has been plaguing the public. - Fiji Broadcasting Corporation

►September 22, 2008 - Israelis discover cure for bee colony collapse virus - Israel 21C

* ►September 21, 2008 - Where would we be without ACHAMP? - Please help us continue to help you. - The Autism Action Coalition - "We rarely ask our community for help, but we need your help now. Without your support ACHAMP will be forced to stop our highly effective advocacy for the autism community. ACHAMP has launched a fundraising effort in conjunction with Autism United to support our highly effective online advocacy efforts. Your donation to the ACHAMP team participating in Autism United’s Hope Walk ’08 will go directly to defray the cost of our online advocacy efforts, and it will be 100% tax-deductible."

* ►September 21, 2008 - Inside the vaccine-and-autism scare - A pediatrician traces the rise of the anti-vaccine movement that falsely linked thimerosal with autism and turned parents away from the most lifesaving medicine in history. - book review - Salon.com

* ►September 21, 2008 - Defending vaccines in the autism debate - Autism's False Prophets Bad Science, Risky Medicine and the Search for a Cure By Paul A. Offit - book review - Philadelphia Inquirer - "In Autism's False Prophets, Paul A. Offit, co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine and chief of infectious disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, helps to explain why. He has done a huge public service by exposing the tragic and dangerous place the anti-vaccine hysteria has taken us. Offit's account, written in layman's terms and with the literary skill of good storytellers, provides important insight into the fatal flaws of the key arguments of vaccine alarmists, including such well-known names as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I., Conn.), and Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.)."

* ►September 21, 2008 - How Doctors Fail Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum - http://autism.about.com

►September 21, 2008 - If We Dress as Failing Banks, Will We Get Help? By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

►September 21, 2008 - Health Care and Autism Debt - video - Age of Autism

►September 21, 2008 - Healing power of the horse helps man with autism - Foster's Daily Democrat

* ►September 21, 2008 - A crisis rooted in two Chinas - Milk scare stems from problematic 'normal' China, while the 'abnormal' China is a show-time success (requires registration or subscription) - Toronto Star

* ►September 21, 2008 - Nestle milk found to contain melamine in Hong Kong - Xinhua via China Daily

* ►September 21, 2008 - Merck staph vaccine enters phase II - Inside Vaccines

►September 21, 2008 - CDISC Awarded Contract For Training Of FDA Reviewers - Medical News Today

►September 21, 2008 - Consolidation likely to continue in generic drug industry (requires registration) - AP via Boston Globe

* ►September 21, 2008 - Most prescription drugs kids take not approved for their use - Here's what you should know - Detroit Free Press

►September 21, 2008 - Which way, FDA? - Is Lilly's promising blood thinner Effient destined to move ahead with FDA approval next week, or could it stall because of concerns over its health risks? - Indianapolis Star

►September 21, 2008 - Living Food: We trust it's safe? - editorial - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

►September 21, 2008 - Children’s immunization clinic schedules change - Poughkeepsie Journal

* ►September 21, 2008 - Seventh-graders need vaccine to return to school Monday - Reno Gazette-Journal - "The 1,200 seventh-graders who have not received the Tdap vaccine will not be allowed to attend class beginning Monday until their shots are brought up to date."

* ►September 21, 2008 - New virus test may stop cervical cancer in rural women - Reuters AlertNet - "The rapid test, careHPV, is a product of Qiagen NV <QGEN.DE><QGEN.O> and was designed to detect 14 high-risk types of HPV in about 2.5 hours. It can be operated by staff with minimal training and without any running water....Although there are now vaccines against HPV, they are useless in women already exposed to the virus. For these older women, screening and early detection remain the best hope."

* ►September 21, 2008 - Paulin's Gardasil stand hypocritical - letter - The Journal News - "When reports on the potential side effects of Gardasil became public, I thought for certain Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, would have abandoned her quest to mandate this unnecessary, under-tested and potentially life-threatening vaccine."

►September 21, 2008 - Schools taking vaccine decision from parents - column - Winnipeg Sun - "The schools will not vaccinate Grade 6 girls with Gardasil, a vaccine used to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV), due to unspecified 'religious reasons,' media reports revealed this week."

►September 21, 2008 - Religion cited as schools reject HPV vaccination - CanWest News Service via St. John's Telegram

►September 21, 2008 - Even with new vaccine, HPV still worrisome for women - Even if you've had HPV vaccine, Pap smears are still necessary - The Free Lance-Star

* ►September 21, 2008 - Multiple dosage DPT vaccines to be phased out - PTI via The Hindu - " The government is phasing out multiple dosages DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus) vaccines to be replaced by with a single shot pentavalent vaccine in the national immunisation programme from mid-2009....The World Health Organisation has approved pentavalent vaccines manufactured by Panacea, Shantha, Novartis and GlaxoSmithkline for supplies to the United Nations vaccination programmes."

►September 21, 2008 - Pancreatic Cancer Vaccines Offer New Hope - InjuryBoard.com Honolulu

►September 21, 2008 - Transgene's Therapeutic Vaccine TG4010: Promising Additional Clinical Data in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Phase IIb Trial - Transgene today announced further positive clinical results relating to its therapeutic vaccine TG4010 (MVA-MUC1-IL2) as an adjunct to first line chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). - PipelineReview.com

* ►September 21, 2008 - Plan now to get your flu vaccine - Immunizations of the future will be different - Schenectady Daily Gazette - "A registered nurse and mother from Fort Plain said she doesn’t plan to get a shot or to have her son vaccinated against the flu this year. Yvette Falzarine of Fort Plain said that as a nurse working at Little Falls Hospital and a mother, she takes many precautions to keep herself and her family healthy. 'I don’t get shots, but I do wash my hands a lot. I eat right and take a multivitamin, and in the winter, I take an additional 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C just to boost my immune system,' she said. 'I’ve also taught my son to wash his hands, never to drink from someone else’s cup and to take a vitamin every day.'"

►September 21, 2008 - Flu Shots: Florida's First Signs of Fall - The Ledger

►September 21, 2008 - Fact Finder investigates flu shots - KTVO.com

►September 21, 2008 - Randolph schools take aim at the flu (requires registration) - High Point Enterprise

►September 21, 2008 - Flu vaccine value called into question - Houston Chronicle

►September 21, 2008 - Health-care providers preparing for flu season - Las Cruces Sun-News

►September 21, 2008 - As fall arrives, so does flu shot season - East Valley Tribune

►September 21, 2008 - Flu shots now urged for children of all ages - Yuma Sun

►September 21, 2008 - Are you candidate for flu vaccine? - AP via Observer-Reporter

►September 21, 2008 - Need a shot in the arm? Plenty of flu vaccine for 2008, county says - County-sponsored clinics set to start Oct. 1 - Ashtabula Star-Beacon

* ►September 21, 2008 - UN: Guns fall silent in Afghanistan on Peace Day - AP via International Herald Tribune - "The Ministry of Public Health launched a polio vaccination campaign in which some 12,000 volunteers would vaccinate up to 1.8 million children from Sunday through Tuesday, the U.N. said."

►September 21, 2008 - Sunday Mercury SAYS: Scandal of TB - Sunday Mercury; Birmingham (UK) via redOrbit

►September 21, 2008 - Two more Long Island students have viral meningitis - Newsday

►September 21, 2008 - Dengue virus-affected patients reach 35 in SW Pakistan - Xinhua via China View

►September 21, 2008 - £50m to wipe out worm disease - The Press Association, UK via Google

►September 21, 2008 - Aethlon Medical Reports Promising Treatment Results In Hepatitis-C Infected Patients - Medical News Today

►September 21, 2008 - Importing HIV. They Are Nuts! - OpEdNews

►September 21, 2008 - Treatment can halve death rate - Sunday Tribune via Independent Online - "A clinical trial integrated the HIV and TB treatment, a joint strategy which, until now, was not implemented adequately in a clinical setting because of concerns about drug compatibility and toxicity."

►September 21, 2008 - RI trial over mercury storage to begin (requires registration) - AP via Boston Globe

►September 21, 2008 - No end in sight for the obesity epidemic - San Diego Union-Tribune 

►September 21, 2008 - Quality assurance programs improve clinical trials - American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology via EurekAlert!

►September 21, 2008 - WHO to warn customers over Sandoz drugs (requires registration) - Financial Times

* ►September 21, 2008 - China's tainted milk scandal widens as Hong Kong toddler reported sick from baby formula - AP via Newsday

* ►September 21, 2008 - Hillsborough sues feds over mercury removal - More than 75,000 flasks were supposed to be moved to Nevada facility - The Star-Ledger via NJ.com

►September 21, 2008 - She links HIV rates, social factors - The News & Observer

* ►September 21, 2008 - Doctor preaches wonder cure: Vitamin D - It reduces pain. It reduces illness. There is almost nothing that vitamin D can’t help, and that’s Dr. Greg Plotnikoff’s point. - Star Tribune

* ►September 21, 2008 - 'Friendly' bacteria protect against type 1 diabetes, Yale researchers find - Yale University via EurekAlert!

* ►September 21, 2008 - Institutionalized Medicaid recipients sue Florida - AP via Yahoo!

* ►September 20, 2008 - MPCA To Examine Plan To Reduce Mercury Emissions - AP via WCCO.com

►September 20, 2008 - Scientists trace extensive networks regulating alternative RNA splicing - RNA targets of tissue-specific splicing factors Fox-1 and Fox-2 are successfully predicted Two professors at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have succeeded in tracing intricate biochemical networks involving a class of proteins that enable genes to express themselves in specific tissues at particular moments in development. - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory via Psysorg

►September 20, 2008 - When a child acts up - AsiaOne.com - "Finally, when certain psychological and psychiatric conditions predispose a child to display behavioural problems, that behaviour may be a disorder. Indeed, until medical researchers became aware that there are children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), parents of such kids were often at a loss. Today, we know that a child with ADHD, a neurodevelopmental disorder, lacks an internal ability to inhibit his physical activity and control his attention span. As a result, he may appear restless or even aggressive."

►September 20, 2008 - I like you because you're like me - A new theory of mating may explain the rise in disorders such as autism and Asperger's - Toronto Star via HealthZone.ca

►September 20, 2008 - Life-Saving Break for Food Allergy Sufferers - HealthNews

►September 20, 2008 - Mothers encouraged to get more sun - The National

►September 20, 2008 - Health Highlights: - Despite New Law, HIV-Positive Travelers Still Banned from Entering U.S. - Chinese Tainted Milk Crisis Widens - Boost Public Confidence in Vaccines: Coalition - Experts Urge Global Action Against Antibiotic Resistance - Electronic Cigarettes Ineffective, Possibly Dangerous: WHO - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay

►September 20, 2008 - Antipsychotic Drugs - letter (requires registration) - The New York Times

►September 20, 2008 - Former Pet Food Contaminant Melamine Now Surfacing in Baby Formula - NaturalNews.com

* ►September 20, 2008 - Of Chinese Products, Powdered Milk Not the Only Poison - The Epoch Times

* ►September 19, 2008 - Should babies get flu shots? - WAVY.com - "But do flu shots really protect people?  The CDC admits last year's vaccine was only about 50 percent effective. "Some years they don't guess as well. Last year they didn't guess as well and it's not a guess, it's based on scientific data, but it's not a perfect system," said Abramson. Some European researchers say the vaccine is effective for kids over two, but not under. The CDC disagrees."

►September 19, 2008 - Senior Residents Encouraged to Get Flu, Pneumonia Immunizations - Hicksville Illustrated News

* ►September 19, 2008 - Pregnancy supplements may trigger asthma in kids - Journal of Clinical Investigation, via New Scientist

►September 19, 2008 - Throwing Out Your Medical Trash--Doing it Right! Medicine Matters from Sandra Fryhofer, MD (requires registration) (video) - Medscape

* ►September 19, 2008 - Baby girl dies 12 hours after vaccination - The Hindu - "A five-month-old infant, Surya, died nearly 12 hours after she was administered the first dose of the DPT, Oral Polio and Hepatitis B vaccines on Wednesday....Public health officials said it was unlikely to be a vaccine death because the most common cause, anaphylactic shock, would occur within an hour of vaccination."

* ►September 19, 2008 - Vitamin C Might Help Lower Hypertension (requires registration) - HealthDay via Washington Post

►September 19, 2008 - Studies show more links between vitamin D and MS - Reuters, UK

►September 18, 2008 - Hands Down: Hygiene Habits Remain Stagnant - press release - The Soap and Detergent Association via PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►September 18, 2008 - Press conference by Dr. Tahir Mir, WHO Medical Officer, Polio Eradication Initiative; Catherine Mbnegue, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan; Shigeru Aoyagi, UNESCO Representative in Afghanistan - United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) via ReliefWeb

►September 18, 2008 - SIGA Technologies to Attend the HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop 2008 and BARDA Industry Day - SIGA Technologies, Inc. via Globe Newswire

►September 18, 2008 - The prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in inflammatory bowel disease patients - World Journal of Gastroenterology via EurekAlert!

►September 18, 2008 - China should compensate HIV-hit blood donors: UN official - AFP via Google

►September 18, 2008 - FDA: Gardasil Provides Protection Against Vaginal and Vulvar Cancer - http://cancer.about.com

►September 18, 2008 - Benefits of Gardasil not yet proved - letters - The Daily Star

►September 18, 2008 - Public urged to get flu shot annually - Orillia Packet & Times

►September 18, 2008 - City wins jabs gong - The Warrnambool Standard, Australia - "Soothing music and soft lighting have helped transform child immunisations from terror sessions into award-winning health jabs. Warrnambool's childhood immunisation program has been rated among the best in Australia."

►September 18, 2008 - Disappointment over virus vaccine - Take-up of the bluetongue vaccine by Welsh farmers to protect cattle is "hugely disappointing," says Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones. (includes video) - BBC

* ►September 18, 2008 - Toward a broadly protective influenza vaccine (full text) - The current inactivated influenza virus vaccines induce antibodies that protect against closely related virus strains. They do not, however, protect against antibody-escape variants of seasonal influenza A viruses or new pandemic influenza A viruses emerging from non-human reservoirs. Might boosting influenza A virus–specific CD8+ T cell memory diminish the danger posed by these variant viruses? Pre-existing CD8+ T cell–mediated immunity directed at peptides from conserved internal proteins of the influenza A virus does not prevent infection, but it can promote early virus clearance and decrease morbidity in mice. In this issue of the JCI, Lee et al. show that people who have not been exposed to avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses have cross-reactive CD8+ T cell memory to a wide range of H5N1 peptides (see the related article, doi:10.1172/JCI32460). These peptides could be used to add a CD8+ T cell component to current antibody-focused vaccine strategies with a view to reducing the impact of infection with novel influenza A viruses. - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

* ►September 18, 2008 - General Practice Factors and MMR Vaccine Uptake: Structure, Process and Demography (requires registration) (full text) - Journal of Public Health via Medscape - "Our finding that sociodemographic factors and practice size were not associated with coverage strongly suggests that 'process' factors are important,i.e. the way practices approach and run their child vaccination programme. Although behavioural factors including individuals' attitudes and beliefs are known to be important determinants of uptake,[16] it is unlikely that they could explain the large variations in uptake between practices with similar sociodemographic profiles."

* ►September 18, 2008 - Prenatal maternal diet affects asthma risk in offspring (full text) - Recently, epigenetic-mediated mechanisms — which involve heritable changes in gene expression in the absence of alterations in DNA sequences — have been proposed as contributing to asthma. In this issue of the JCI, Hollingsworth and colleagues report on the effect of prenatal maternal dietary intake of methyl donors on the risk of allergic airway disease in offspring in mice and show that these effects involve epigenetic regulation (see the related article, doi:10.1172/JCI34378). Supplementation of the maternal diet with methyl donors was associated with greater airway allergic inflammation and IgE production in F1 and, to some extent, F2 progeny. Site-specific differences in DNA methylation and reduced transcriptional activity were detected. If these findings are confirmed, a new paradigm for asthma pathogenesis may be emerging. - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

* ►September 18, 2008 - Man arrested for baby’s death in 15-year-old cold case - Anderson Valley Post - "Kirvin said the delay in solving the case was due to a lack of cooperation from the parents, whose lawyers made questioning difficult. He added that there were other elements that lead to the delay, but he said he would not comment about those until Copeland’s trial."

* ►September 18, 2008 - New technology demonstrates what happens when a baby is shaken (includes video) - News 10 Now

►September 18, 2008 - World Faces Global Pandemic Of Antibiotic Resistance, Experts Warn - BMJ-British Medical Journal, via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily

* ►September 18, 2008 - First Lipid Hormone Discovered - Fatty acid helps boost insulin action and protects against fat buildup in the liver. - ScienceNews - "Well, move over, omega-3s; now there’s a fat that’s even phatter. Researchers at Harvard University and Lipomics Technologies in West Sacramento, Calif., have discovered that a fatty acid can make mice super healthy."

►September 18, 2008 - Managing Developmental Transitions in ADHD: Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Improve Care (requires registration) - Medscape Pediatrics

►September 18, 2008 - When healing turns to scarring: Research reveals why it happens and how to stop it - University of Western Ontario via EurekAlert!

►September 18, 2008 - Newer Antipsychotics Appear No Better Than Older Agent in Treating Child, Adolescent Schizophrenia (requires registration) - American Journal of Psychiatry via Medscape Medical News

►September 18, 2008 - Observation Therapy for AOM in an Emergency Department (requires registration) - Medscape Pediatrics

►September 17, 2008 - Highlights in Nonhymenoptera Anaphylaxis (requires registration) (full text) - Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology via Medscape

* ►September 17, 2008 - For dinner: Genetically altered 'super chicken' - AP via Yahoo!

►September 17, 2008 - Perchlorate and iodine: a novel focus on newborns - The behavior of perchlorate and iodine in women differs from in vitro data. - ACS Publications

►September 17, 2008 - Medical device ads criticized on Capitol Hill - AP via Yahoo!

►September 17, 2008 - Lead Lurks In Unexpected Places - Prevention Magazine Exposes Hidden Household Lead And Provides Tips On How to Protect Your Family - CBS News

►September 17, 2008 - Family history of Crohn's disease is associated with an increased risk for Crohn's disease of the pouch - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►September 17, 2008 - New technique could protect water from arsenic poisoning - Thaindian News

►September 17, 2008 - Two More Blockbusters Fall Short - editorial (requires registration) - The New York Times

►September 17, 2008 - State all set to introduce intra-dermal vaccines - Express News Service via Express Buzz

►September 16, 2008 - Annual Childhood Flu Shots Emphazied by El Paso's Largest Flu Shot Provider -  Immunize El Paso to provide flu shots for young and old all across borderland. - press release - ProAction, Inc. via Newswire Today

* ►September 16, 2008 - Link found between environment, child disorders (includes video) - NWCN.com

►September 16, 2008 - Bipolar Disorder Tied to Age of Fathers - The Creative Coast, Savannah

►September 16, 2008 - ADHD Genetics, Neurobiology, and Neuropharmacology CME/CE (requires registration) -  Medscape Pediatrics

►September 16, 2008 - Early parenting plays key role in infants' physiological response to stress - Society for Research in Child Development via EurekAlert!

* ►September 15, 2008 - Autism Spectrum and Psychiatric Comorbidities (requires registration) (video) - Medscape Pediatrics

* ►September 15, 2008 - Bipolar affecting more Queensland school students - Wild mood swings in Queensland schoolchildren are on the rise as modern diets and late-parenting lead to a rise in the incidence of bipolar disorder. - Courier Mail, AU

* ►September 15, 2008 - ADHD: Diagnosis Doesn't Always Mean Disability - Saint Joseph's University via News Blaze

►September 15, 2008 - Genetic research using human samples requires new types of informed consent - Public Library of Science via EurekAlert!

►September 15, 2008 - Acute atomoxetine treatment of younger and older children with ADHD: A meta-analysis of tolerability and efficacy - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health via 7th Space

►September 15, 2008 - Herpes drug inhibits HIV in patients infected with both viruses - McGill University via EurekAlert!

►September 15, 2008 - Great Lakes study demands validation - editorial - South Bend Tribune

►September 14, 2008 - The Correlation that Does Indicate Causation - Vaccines - Risks vs. Benefits

* ►September 13, 2008 - Gluten, Celiac Disease and the Brain - Celiac.com - "In the case of gluten ataxia, gluten cannot be properly digested in the body, and certain protein deposits develop in the brain, causing changes that affect the neurological system.  Complete avoidance of gluten in addition to supportive physical and cognitive therapies can sometimes reverse many of the patient’s symptoms, but complete recovery is not always possible.  A very poignant and thought-provoking article on gluten ataxia was published in “Living Without”, Spring, 2007, and it is well worth reading if you or someone in your family is experiencing problems with movement, strength, or balance."

►September 12, 2008 - The Bipolar Puzzle (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►September 11, 2008 - Ulster Research Explores Toxicity of Heavy Metals - University of Ulster

►September 11, 2008 - Students Taken To Hospital After Girl Drops Perfume - WMUR 9 New Hampshire

►September 11, 2008 - HPV vaccine added to immunizations - Westerly News via Canada.com

►September 10, 2008 - School Immunization Will Include Gardasil If Parents Give OK - Opinion250 News

►September 9, 2008 - When is a Pediatric Patient No Longer a Pediatric Patient (requires registration) (full text)- Journal of Pediatric Health Care via Medscape Pediatrics

►September 9, 2008 - Flu vaccines are on their way - Connecticut Post 

►September 9, 2008 - Mother and son conquer autism - Diet plan praised for turnaround - Detroit Free Press

►September 9, 2008 - Early diagnosis important with autism - DailyLocal.com

►September 8, 2008 - Shingles vaccination advised, provided one is available - Demand rises after CDC urges people over 60 to get inoculated. - Allentown Morning Call - "Merck & Co., the manufacturer, linked the national shortage to a spike in orders since the CDC recommended in May that most people over age 60 get the shot. Production was further stretched by a recommendation that children get two rounds of the chickenpox vaccine, which shares the same base ingredient as the shingles shot. Merck reports a national backlog of 16 to 20 weeks."

►September 8, 2008 - Selma Dritz, tracked early AIDS cases, dies - San Francisco Chronicle

* ►September 7, 2008 - Milk may help bacteria survive against low levels of antibiotics - Milk may help prevent potentially dangerous bacteria like Staphylococcus from being killed by antibiotics used to treat animals, scientists heard today (Monday 8 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin. - News-Medical.Net

►September 4, 2008 - US hosted wide mix of flu strains in 2006-07 - CIDRAP News

►September 4, 2008 - MDRNA Receives $350K to Enhance siRNA Drug Development against Influenza - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►September 3, 2008 - GAVI Alliance Shares Lessons Learned on Making Aid Effective with Accra Audience - MaximsNews Network

* ►September 2, 2008 - HIV vaccine trial no longer PAVEs the way (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

►September 2, 2008 - Senator, what is your policy on . . . “Other”? (full text) - In the midst of the monumentally important 2008 presidential election, information about the candidates’ proposals for biomedical research is notably absent. Why is this the case, and more importantly, what can be done about it? - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

►September 2, 2008 - Beating Lyme: Understanding and treating this complex and often misdiagnosed disease (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

►September 2, 2008 - Critical: What we can do about the health-care crisis (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

►September 2, 2008 - Hsp104 antagonizes α-synuclein aggregation and reduces dopaminergic degeneration in a rat model of Parkinson disease (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)

* ►September 2008 - Neonatal intensive care units can offer vaccines and information to parents (requires registration) - Infectious Diseases in Children

* ►September 2008 - The Immunization Alliance (requires registration) - Alliance working on a multi-pronged approach to recapture the public’s trust in immunization. - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - Incidence of U.S. measles cases highest since 1996 (requires registration) - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - PCV7 may have reduced pneumococcal infections among White Mountain Apache population - (requires registration) - Rate of pneumococcal infections decreased among children, remained stable among adults. - Infectious Diseases in Children

* ►September 2008 - Schools, childcare facilities lack adequate policies for food allergies (requires registration) - Increased awareness is necessary to assure that reactions are properly treated. - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - Debate about breast-feeding recommendations for infants with HIV continues (requires registration) - Two recent studies explored extended postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis and early, abrupt weaning in low-resource settings. - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium to be held in New York City in November (requires registration) - On the agenda this year: vaccine safety, otitis and sinusitis, urinary tract infections, STDs and bacterial pneumonia. - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - Pharmacotherapy for influenza disease (requires registration) - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - SPOT the rash (requires registration) - A monthly case study featured in Infectious Diseases in Children, with treatment information and discussion to follow. - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - What's Your Diagnosis (requires registration) - A monthly case study featured in Infectious Diseases in Children, with treatment information and discussion to follow. - Infectious Diseases in Children

►September 2008 - Role of mucosal dendritic cells in inflammatory bowel disease - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

►September 2008 - Roles of galectins in inflammatory bowel disease - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

* ►September 2008 - Why Schools Should Remove Gene-Altered Foods from Their Cafeterias - Organic Consumers Association

►September 2008 - The Conundrum of Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Questions to Consider - journal article (Psychomsomatics)

►August 7, 2008 - California Data Do Not Support a Link Between Thimerosal in Vaccines and Autism (requires registration) - Continuing Increases in Autism Reported to California's Developmental Services System: Mercury in Retrograde - Archives of General Psychiatry via Medscape Pediatrics

►August 2008 - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Thai autistic children. - journal article (Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand)

►Volume 40 Issue 9, 2008 - Smoking impairs human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 and 18 capsids antibody response following natural HPV infection - journal article (Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►June 2008 - ADHD: An Overview prepared by Teresa Binstock - www.ravenintellections.com

►October 1, 2008 - STAT4 Isoforms Differentially Regulate Th1 Cytokine Production and the Severity of Inflammatory Bowel Disease - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►October 2008 - Inhibition of peripheral TNF can block the malaise associated with CNS inflammatory diseases - journal article (Neurobiology of Disease)

►October 2008 - Implication of neuronal Ca2+-sensor protein VILIP-1 in the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia - journal article (Neurobiology of Disease)

►October 2008 - The effect of β-interferon therapy on myelin basic protein-elicited CD4+ T cell proliferation and cytokine production in multiple sclerosis - journal article (Clinical Immunology)

* ►September 24, 2008 - University of Cape Town, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences reports research in DNA vaccines (requires registration) - Therapeutics Daily

* ►September 21, 2008 - Milk scandal tests China to limits in post-Olympic era - Chinese official admits fatal contamination was kept quiet during Games - Sunday Herald, UK - "Hebei vice-governor Yang Chongyong confirmed that Shijiazhuang city officials delayed reporting the poisonings during August when Beijing was hosting the Olympics. Sanlu, he added, had 'already covered up many of the facts' before reporting the problem on August 2. The first reported death, of a five-month-old boy, occurred three months earlier on May 1. Chinese citizen journalists have also unearthed a May 12 bulletin board posting by 40-year-old Wang Yuanping alleging that he received four cases of milk for silence about his daughter's sickness. Wang said he regrets taking the bribe, but 'trying to reveal the truth about an incident is sometimes very hard.'"

* ►September 21, 2008 - Non-immunisated health workers put patients at risk - Patients are being put at risk because healthcare workers are ignoring their own advice and failing to be immunised, experts warn. - The Courier-Mail via www.news.com.au - "The Public Health Association of Australia believes there is a strong case for mandatory immunisation of healthcare workers, especially those who deal with vulnerable patients in hospitals and nursing homes. The issue of mandatory immunisation for hospital staff was debated by international experts at the National Immunisation Conference on the Gold Coast last week, with a paper on the debate to be published in the British Medical Journal."

►September 21, 2008 - Another case of polio detected in Jacobabad - The News International, Pakistan

►September 21, 2008 - 84,526 immunised against polio - Associated Press of Pakistan via The Pos

►September 21, 2008 - Now, Ranbaxy AIDS drug under US lens - Business Standard

►September 21, 2008 - Over 75 percent of high school girls get HPV vaccine - Saipan Tribune

►September 21, 2008 - Cervical cancer - opinion - Manila Times

►September 21, 2008 - Peanut allergies - Parents, be prepared. - USA Weekend Magazine

►September 21, 2008 - Credo: Simon Baron-Cohen - Autism expert, 50 - The Independent, UK

* ►September 21, 2008 - Autistic women: a life more ordinary - Why do women make up only one in four of those diagnosed as autistic? Could it be that they are simply better at pretending not to be? Charlotte Moore meets a group of women for whom 'normal' is an alien language that they battle to learn - The Telegraph, UK

►September 20, 2008 - Care must be taken to make sure autistic child remains eligible for benefits (requires registration) - Boston Globe

* ►September 20, 2008 - Humanity at Risk: Are The Males Going First? - Something is happening to today's boys and men: Fewer are being born compared with girls, they're having more trouble in school, virility and fertility are down and testicular cancer rates are up. Now, scientists say these 'fragile males' may be more vulnerable than females to pollutants, affecting their development as early as the womb. If so, writes Martin Mittelstaedt, it could be a bigger threat to our future than global warming (requires registration or subscription) - The Globe and Mail

►September 20, 2008 - Don’t Fear Vaccines, Say Doctors - FindingDulcinea

►September 20, 2008 - U.S. Lawmakers Push FDA to Inspect More Foreign Drug Manufacturing Factories - NaturalNews.com

* ►September 20, 2008 - Vaccines for rabies being doled out sparingly - Colorado Springs Gazette - "The vaccine shortage began in June 2007 after one of the two pharmaceutical companies, Sanofi Pasteur, halted production at a plant in France because of compliance issues with Food and Drug Administration standards and France's laws, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The other company, Novartis, was unable to keep up with demand after that occurred."

* ►September 20, 2008 - Girls haul trash for diaper cash and vaccines - The Norman girls' effort to raise money for a local non-profit has led Pampers to donate 1,000 tetanus vaccines to UNICEF. - Orange County Register

►September 20, 2008 - Taiwan puts vaccine project on hold - Central News Agency via eTaiwan News

►September 20, 2008 - Cattle sale to benefit search for anti-bacterial vaccine (requires registration) - Sacramento Bee

►September 20, 2008 - Hurricanes delay vaccine shipments - Saipan Tribune

►September 20, 2008 - As flu season approaches, vaccinations ramp up - Las Cruces Sun-News

►September 20, 2008 - HPV Immunization Program Starting - Pembina Valley Online - "The province's voluntary provincewide HPV vaccinations for grade 6 girls will be implemented this fall."

* ►September 20, 2008 - Overcoming Anthrax Doubts (Las Vegas Sun) - Las Vegas Sun via Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

►September 20, 2008 - Natalie Cole suffers hepatitis C. What you need to know - http://foodconsumer.org

* ►September 20, 2008 - Whatcom County measles case wasn't measles - Whatcom County's first case of measles in 13 years wasn't measles, after all. - Seattle Times - "The county health department says testing by the Centers for Disease Control contradicted the initial positive blood tests done by the state."

►September 20, 2008 - Meningitis warning for students - Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK

►September 20, 2008 - Another L.I. Student Diagnosed with Viral Meningitis -1010 WINS

►September 20, 2008 - Afghan Taliban back UN anti-polio drive, Peace Day: spokesman - AFP via Google

►September 20, 2008 - Polio’s third case in Jacobabad, 15th in Sindh detected - GEO.tv

►September 20, 2008 - US urged to end travel ban on people with HIV - AP via International Herald Tribune

►September 20, 2008 - Broken mercury necklace prompts EPA cleanup - Landowner, logger to receive state awards - Durango Herald

►September 20, 2008 - Rancho Cordova dentist sees bright future for dental pulp (requires registration) - Sacramento Bee

►September 20, 2008 - NBA delighted with whole-of-Scotland approach to vaccination programme - Farming UK

* ►September 20, 2008 - Vioxx shows miracle drugs not always what they seem - A former pharmaceutical executive has written a book that argues pain can be a good thing and the use of drugs to combat it is often not - The Vancouver Sun

►September 20, 2008 - FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination - FDA

* ►September 20, 2008 - Schering-Plough’s Chief Scientist Gets A Raise - Pharmalot - "Just a few days before eliminating more than 1,000 sales reps as part of a massive cost-cutting campaign designed to save $1.5 billion in expenses by 2012, the drugmaker awarded its chief scientist a basket of goodies - a 5 percent pay hike, an increase in his annual bonus and new stock awards."

►September 20, 2008 - Molecule behind diverse human chronic inflammatory diseases identified - Newspost Online

►September 20, 2008 - The Immune System and Stress - HealthNews Blog

►September 20, 2008 - Allergy in old age? Well, it’s possible - Hindustan Times - "Another factor leading to the increase in numbers of allergy sufferers is the indiscriminate use of antibiotics, vaccines and cleaner food and water that prevents the immune systems from becoming robust enough to fight allergens on its own."

* ►September 20, 2008 - Parents tell of danger from nuts - Parents  are urging support for schools to go "peanut free", saying exposure to even a tiny amount of the nuts is putting their children's lives at risk. - The Dominion Post via Stuff.co.nz

* ►September 19, 2008 - Food allergy sickens teen - Torrance: Girl is hospitalized after exposure to peanut fumes in science class. - The Daily Breeze

* ►September 19, 2008 - How Can Students Manage Allergies At School? - Tampa Tribune - "More than 20 percent of children have some allergic disease, most commonly asthma or allergic rhinitis (hay fever). A recent landmark 'Pediatric Allergies in America' survey found that 40 percent of parents of children with allergic rhinitis reported that the condition - marked by a runny nose, congestion and sneezing - interferes with their children's school performance. Side effects from some nasal allergy medications, particularly over-the-counter varieties, may also affect a child's alertness and ability to concentrate."

►September 19, 2008 - Only 785 cases of polio remain worldwide today - White Mountain Independent

►September 19, 2008 - World marks 90th anniversary of Spanish flu - Millions were killed by the outbreak, but few remember it - Canadian Press via Times and Transcript 

►September 19, 2008 - Influential doctors' groups says public confidence in vaccines needs to be restored - AP via Baltimore Sun

►September 19, 2008 - Health Department and Fever to Unveil Vaccination Awareness Program - OurSports Central

►September 19, 2008 - Polio up in Pakistan as clashes impede vaccination - Reuters AlertNet

►September 19, 2008 - How to prevent halothane hepatitis in Iran? - World Journal of Gastroenterology via EurekAlert!

►September 19, 2008 - MRSA, meningitis cases at Harborfields High - Newsday

►September 19, 2008 - Scout's death triggered water inspection - Vancouver Courier via Canada.com

►September 19, 2008 - New vaccine hope for potentially deadly bug - Scientists believe they have uncovered a way to possibly eradicate a virulent and potentially deadly bug. - The Telegraph, UK

►September 19, 2008 - 23rd Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe - Veterinary networks for permanent surveillance and vaccination: best tools for containing bluetongue - OIE

* ►September 19, 2008 - Doctors Say Public Needs Reassurance - AAP, AMA via redOrbit - "The alliance said public health officials need to proactively counteract campaigns by advocacy groups who believe vaccines can cause autism. The alliance says they are backed by scientific evidence of the benefits of vaccines. The alliance said public health officials could boost confidence in vaccines, by urging the government to create a public information campaign, and calling for more vaccine research."

* ►September 19, 2008 - Maternal Immunization With Influenza Vaccine May Reduce Influenza in Infants CME/CE (requires registration) - NEJM via Medscape Medical News

* ►September 19, 2008 - Ambitious Afghan anti-polio effort proceeds despite slayings - National Post via Canwest News Service via Canada.com

►September 19, 2008 - Strain of bird flu found in NZ - The Age, AU

* ►September 19, 2008 - Notice: Guidance for Industry: Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Containing Heritable rDNA Constructs; Availability - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►September 19, 2008 - Charity calls for review of Down’s screening - Screening for Down’s Syndrome may be causing more harm than good, according to an online report published this week by Down Syndrome Education International. - Medical Laboratory World

►September 19, 2008 - Novel Drug Development Alliance Between Napo Pharmaceuticals and Direct Relief International Targets Global Implications of Pediatric Diarrhea - PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►September 19, 2008 - Notice: Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2009: Proposed - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Justice via www.pharmcast.com

►September 19, 2008 - Notice: Draft Problem Formulation for Human Health Risk Assessments of Pathogens in Land-Applied Biosolids - Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) via www.pharmcast.com

►September 19, 2008 - Revealing The Regulating Mechanism Behind Signal Transduction In The Brain - Center for Human Genetics via Medical News Today

►September 19, 2008 - Studying Face Blindness Requires Naturalistic Emotional Stimuli - Public Library of Science (PLoS) via Medical News Today

* ►September 19, 2008 - Type 1 diabetes may result from good genes behaving badly - EurekAlert! via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►September 19, 2008 - Enigma Diagnostics Awarded GBP1.8 Million By UK Government - Datamonitor via redOrbit

►September 19, 2008 - Small change can make big difference for Danville boy - The News-Gazette.com - "It's all part of a "Coins for a Cure" drive to help 10-year-old Christopher Adkins, a fourth-grader who has mitochondrial disease."

* ►September 19, 2008 - Study: Insufficient vitamin D a risk factor for MS - The Canadian Press - "Our data supports most strongly the need to understand what is a healthy amount of vitamin D and how are we going to achieve that at a population level." Richert was appreciative of MS studies on children by Banwell and others. "Studying children with MS can help us answer some unique questions about the cause of MS," he said. Richert noted vitamin D given in megadoses can have some potential dangers."

►September 19, 2008 - Can Taurine be a potent antioxidant drug in the future? - Taurine is a potent antioxidant with hepatoprotective effects. Organelle based changes in hepatocytes after taurine treatment in experimental liver fibrosis were searched systematically and organelle injury scores decreased were found to decrease significantly. Moreover, ultrastructural and histopathological scores in both groups were in strong correlation. - World Journal of Gastroenterology via Physorg

►September 19, 2008 - Key Appointments to Ontario's Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Increase Capacity to Improve Public Health in Ontario - CNW via Canadian Business

►September 19, 2008 - Study into near-death experiences - A large study is to examine near-death experiences in cardiac arrest patients. - BBC

►September 19, 2008 - Journal Of Clinical Investigation: - Maternal diet can increase development and severity of asthma in offspring - Medical News Today

* ►September 19, 2008 - Anthrax Suspicions - Why an independent look at the FBI probe is essential - editorial (requires registration) - Washington Post

* ►September 18, 2008 - SIGA Technologies Receives Additional $20 Million From NIH for ST-246 Antiviral Therapeutic Development - SIGA Technologies, Inc. via GlobeNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch - "The support that we continue to receive from NIH for research and development of ST-246, we believe, speaks to the urgent need for a smallpox antiviral, as well as the continued success demonstrated by ST-246."

* ►September 18, 2008 - Government study confirms relative harm of newer antipsychotics in youth - Alliance for Human Research Protection

►September 18, 2008 - Lockheed Martin wins $56.7M health care contract - Washington Business Journal - "Clinical services for the federal work force will include emergency response, physical exams, immunizations, vision and health screenings, and health risk appraisals."

►September 18, 2008 - AFGHANISTAN: 1.8 million children to be immunised against polio on Peace Day - IRIN Asia

►September 18, 2008 - NIAID to Fund Consortium for Rapid HIV MDx Test (requires registration) - GenomeWeb News

►September 18, 2008 - Letter: Your View - Cancer Plague - Glasgow Daily Record - "I have just been told that a fifth member of my family has cancer. He is my uncle and has led a healthy life. He has just finished his 10th marathon and eats very healthily."

►September 18, 2008 - Pampers and UNICEF extend campaign to save babies' lives from Tetanus - AME Info

* ►September 18, 2008 - Fifth polio case in Peshawar confirmed - Regional Times - "He said majority of the affected child of Peshawar in the current year had received only 4 dozes of the P-3 vaccines however they should had been given at least 12 dozes to protect them of the polio virus, he informed."

* ►September 18, 2008 - Gardasil Is Not Fully Evaluated For Safety - letters - The Sault Star

* ►September 18, 2008 - Notice: Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Field Testing Rabies Vaccine, Live Raccoon Poxvirus Vector - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA via www.pharmcast.com

* ►September 18, 2008 - Proposed Rule: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions and Importation of Meat, Meat Byproducts, and Meat Food Products Derived From Bovines 30 Months of Age or Older - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA via www.pharmcast.com

* ►September 18, 2008 - MS figures 'much higher' than estimated - Irish Health

►September 18, 2008 - NSF, NIH award Ecology of Infectious Disease grants - Scientists to study links between environmental changes, spread of infectious diseases - National Science Foundation via First Science

►September 18, 2008 - Work together or face 'disastrous consequences' for health in Africa, experts warn - Consensus: Spread of malaria, Rift Valley fever, and avian flu far more likely if researchers continue to 'operate in silos' and if solutions ignore local conditions - International Livestock Research Institute via EurekAlert!

►September 18, 2008 - Infants and Stress - Child Development via Ivanhoe

* ►September 18, 2008 - Understanding dyslexia - The Irish News - "What about the MMR vaccination which the government is so keen to administer before school age? “I’m not against it but I believe the timing is important. Each child’s general health should be examined. “If he or she has been unwell, is not reaching milestones, is a risk of any infections or disease, then in my opinion it’s best to wait and to consider individual injections rather than the multiple injection.”

►September 18, 2008 - 'Govt must spend more on mental health' - Irish Health

►September 17, 2008 - Evaluation of antibody response to the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in pediatric chronic kidney disease - journal article (Pediatric Nephrology)

►September 17, 2008 - CDC's Proposed Budget Would Double HIV Prevention Spending (requires registration) - Medscape Medical News

►September 17, 2008 - USAID's Richard Greene Named Employee of the Year - USAID

* ►September 17, 2008 - NH pushing to get thousands more children immunized against the flu - Foster's Daily Democrat - "Next year, the state expects to go from the 44 percent currently being targeted for coverage to 80 percent to 90 percent of children from 6 months to 19 years old, Bobinsky said. It's unlikely, however, the state will ever reach every child because 'some people don't believe in immunization,' Bobinsky said....The children's vaccines are free of preservatives, including the mercury-containing organic compound thimerosal that, despite scientific validation, has alarmed people to links with autism, Bobinsky said. 'We did not want that to be a barrier' to immunizations, she said."

* ►September 17, 2008 - Draft Agenda - Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -1600 Clifton Road, NE, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center (Building 19), Atlanta, Georgia October 22-23, 2008 (pdf) - CDC

* ►September 17, 2008 - Mandatory flu jabs debated - A debate about whether all health care staff should be compelled to be vaccinated against influenza has topped the agenda at this year’s immunisation conference organised by the Public Health Australia Association on the Gold Coast. - 6minutes.com.au

* ►September 17, 2008 - Meningitis Trust Reaction To Announcement Of A New Approach To Vaccines - Medical News Today - "The Meningitis Trust is delighted to hear that ImmBio's development of a new Heat shock protein Complex approach to vaccines is proving successful to date, with promising signs for a vaccine to protect against meningococcal group B in the future."

►September 17, 2008 - Putting the hurt in shot price - letter - Searcy Daily Citizen

►September 17, 2008 - Medical Marketing makes progress in cancer vaccines, says focused on value - Thomson Financial via Hemscott

►September 17, 2008 - West Nile cases down by half - Wichita Eagle via Kansas.com

►September 17, 2008 - Bovine Colostrum And Fermented Cabbage Can Help Restrict Infections - MTT Agrifood Research Finland, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

►September 17, 2008 - Virus vaccine for 7million animals - Compulsory programme to protect cattle and sheep from bluetongue to start this autumn - Aberdeen Press & Journal

►September 17, 2008 - Senator, Target of Anthrax Letter, Challenges F.B.I. Finding (requires registration) - The New York Times

►September 16, 2008 - FDA: Infant Deaths From Antidepressants (MOTHERS Act) - video - YouTube

►September 16, 2008 - Health: Better Diagnosing Autism - CBS 3

►September 16, 2008 - Push on for insurers to share autism costs (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►September 16, 2008 - New Autism Research Center at UAB - NBC13.com

►September 16, 2008 - Father Uses Engineering Background to Help Children With Autism - press release - Accelerations Educational Software via Market Wire via MarketWatch

►September 16, 2008 - Autism parents know Alex's mom - TCPalm

►September 16, 2008 - Against the Grain: a Celiac Disease Review - Medical Laboratory Observer via redOrbit

►September 16, 2008 - Scientists 'invigorate' tired immune cells - United Press International 

►September 16, 2008 - Dan Olmsted obliterates yet another irony circuit - Respectful Insolence via Science Blogs

►September 16, 2008 - Clinical aspects of ALS in Gulf War Veterans - journal article (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

►September 16, 2008 - Notice: Revised FSIS Testing Methodology for Escherichia coli (E. coli) (O157:H7) - Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA via www.pharmcast.com

►September 16, 2008 - Notice (B): Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing - National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►September 16, 2008 - Notice (C): Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing - National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►September 15, 2008 - Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry on Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting for Nonprescription Human Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved Application - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►September 15, 2008 - Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Adverse Event Reporting and Recordkeeping for Dietary Supplements as Required by the Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►September 15, 2008 - Biological Selenium Removal: The Solution to Pollution? - Scientists investigate biological treatment options for remediating selenium-contaminated areas in the ►September-October issue of Journal of Environmental Quality. - University of Nottingham via Biocompare

►September 15, 2008 - New Programs Added in Antibody Collaboration Between XOMA and Takeda - XOMA Ltd. via GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network via PharmaLive

►September 15, 2008 - Probe after Summerseat girl's meningitis scare - Lancashire Telegraph - "But she was told by operators from telephone helpline NHS Direct that her symptoms were merely a ‘throat infection’ and advised her to give Charlotte the childhood remedy Calpol."

* ►September 15, 2008 - AIDS cure may lie in supercharged "mineral water" - Antibiotics and vaccines that prompt side effects, genetic mutations, and resistant germs may soon be obsolete pending the results of an AIDS trial sponsored by volunteers, humanitarian groups, and The Republic of Uganda. - Africa Science News Service

►September 15, 2008 - FTC’s ‘Operation False Cures’ Targets Peddlers of Bogus Cancer Remedies - Commission Launches Public Education Campaign - media advisory - Federal Trade Commission

►September 15, 2008 - Child Sex Abuse, Shaken Baby, Burns, Breaks and Bruises: One-Stop Op for Answers - press release - National Child Abuse Defense & Resource Center via Expertclick - "Once courts became the arbiters of science—accepting the decades old baseless theory of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and ignoring objective science illuminating 'Shaken Baby Syndrome'—and courts refused to demand the whole truth, justice joined never abused children and falsely accused parents called perps in a downward spiral."

►September 15, 2008 - Use of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies Increasing in Europe - Frost & Sullivan via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►September 14, 2008 - Tuberculosis Drug Shows Promise Against Latent Bacteria - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology via Biocompare

►September 10, 2008 - New Hampshire Childhood Vaccination Rated Second Highest - New Hampshire Health Department via eMaxHealth.com

►September 9, 2008 - New State Immunization For Kids - WDTV CBS 5

* ►September 9, 2008 - Editorial: Awareness campaign on side-effects of vaccines should have been done first - ThisDay, Tanzania

* ►September 8, 2008 - Our autism heartache - Evening Times, UK - "Darren seemed like a typical baby and had even started saying 'mummy' and 'daddy'. But aged 16 months he turned violent, began to harm himself - and never spoke again....Paul believes Darren's condition was caused by the MMR jab, a link that has never been proved. Paul said: 'He had been running about playing football the week before and then he was behaving like a drunk man the day after he had the jab.'"

►September 8, 2008 - Study Finds Arteries’ Role in Immunity - The Emory Wheel

►September 4, 2008 - Darpa Finds a Flu-Fighter - Wired.com - "University of South Carolina and Clemson University researchers, funded by Darpa, gave mice quercetin, a naturally occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, and discovered that the rodents were 'less likely to contract the flu,' according to a statement from the American Physiological Society."

►September 3, 2008 - Autism treatment still lags despite claims of progress - The Chronicle Herald

►September 3, 2008 - Bossier City man writes book about life with autism - Shreveport Times

►September 3, 2008 - Scientists Who Linked HPV with Cervical Cancer Win 20th Annual Warren Alpert Foundation Prize - press release - The Warren Alpert Foundation, Harvard Medical School via Business Wire via The Earth Times

►September 3, 2008 - When the Flu Kills - Tragedies Show Influenza Can Be Deadly; Experts Urge Flu Shots - ABC News

►September 2, 2008 - NIH Funds Discovery of New Influenza Inhibitors by Integral Molecular, Inc. - press release - Integral Molecular, Inc. via Business Wire via The Earth Times

►September 2, 2008 - Loss of sleep, even for a single night, increases inflammation in the body - Elsevier via EurekAlert!

* ►September 2, 2008 - Title: Vaccines for treatment of lymphoma and leukemia (patent) - Genitope Corporation (Fremont, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►September 2, 2008 - Title: Heat shock protein-based vaccines and immunotherapies (patent) - Antigenics Inc. (New York, NY) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►September 2, 2008 - Title: Cell lines (patent) - Reneuron Limited (Surrey, GB) via www.pharmcast.com - "The cell lines will now be described in further detail. The cell lines have been deposited at the European Collection of Animal Cultures, Vaccine Research and Production Laboratories, Public Health Laboratory Services, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP40 JG, UK."

►September 2, 2008 - Title: Method for screening anti-bacterial agents (patent) - AstraZeneca AB (Sodertalje, SE) via www.pharmcast.com

►September 2, 2008 - Title: Compositions and methods for the treatment of immune related diseases (patent) - Genetech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►September 2, 2008 - Title: Treatment of complement-associated disorders (patent) - Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►September 2, 2008 - Title: Use of specifically engineered enzymes to enhance the efficacy of prodrugs (patent) - The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL) via www.pharmcast.com

►September 2, 2008 - Title: Virus like particles, their preparation and their use preferably in pharmaceutical screening and functional genomics (patent) - Evotec AG (Hamburg, DE) via www.pharmcast.com

►September 1, 2008 - Young women urged to get cervical cancer shots - Wanganui Chronicle

►September 1, 2008 - Farm kids breathe easier - Massey University - "'We need more information from pregnant women and their children, so we are continuing to recruit participants to the study,' Dr Douwes says. 'In future, we may be able to develop a vaccine that could mimic exposure, or outline how people could make lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of allergic disease.' The team is looking for pregnant women, mothers and children from both rural and urban areas from the lower North Island, including Taranaki, Taihape and Hawke's Bay."

►September 1, 2008 - Now, Hardoi on polio radar - Expressindia

* ►September 1, 2008 - Biotech Industry and the Vaccine Controversy - http://biotech.about.com

* ►September 2008 - Autism: Shedding Light on a World of Unsolved Puzzles - Vision Magazine

* ►September 2008 - Osteopathy and Childhood - Vision Magazine - "VM: Does osteopathy offer you any insight into the causes of autism?...Usually there are many things you identify. Often there is a genetic background; on top of that at least half of the patients I see have had a history of having an MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination) about 3-6 months prior to the problem starting. Further, if they take Tylenol before getting this vaccination, from what I have seen, there is a greater chance for problems. They have bigger reactions, because what happens is that the Tylenol will suppress the initial reaction and then something else occurs which is less healthy."

* ►September 2008 - Neonatal Neurological Emergencies - journal article (Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine)

►September 2008 - Epidemiology of cerebral palsy - journal article (Paediatrics and Child Health)

►September 2008 - Outcome in cerebral palsy: life-expectancy - journal article (Paediatrics and Child Health)

►September 2008 - A guide to physiotherapy in cerebral palsy - journal article (Paediatrics and Child Health)

►September 2008 - Neurosurgical options in cerebral palsy - journal article (Paediatrics and Child Health)

►August 31, 2008 - My life is in danger –Man with 86 wives - The Punch, Nigeria - "When pressed on fears that his principle against Western, traditional or any form of medicine contravened the ongoing campaign against polio and other child killer diseases, Bello stated that following pressures from the state government in 2002, he sought Allah’s permission for the immunisation of the children under his care and that Allah had graciously approved the request."

►August 30, 2008 - DCOs responsible for polio campaign failure: Sherry - Daily Times, Pakistan

►August 30, 2008 - Adverse Event Detection in Drug Development: Recommendations and Obligations Beyond Phase 3 - American Journal of Public Health via redOrbit

►August 29, 2008 - Residents Worry About Rabies Vaccines Dropped - Fox44 News

►August 29, 2008 - Cinnamon Is Key Ingredient in Anti-Mold Wrapper (requires registration) - The New York Times

►Volume 14 Number 7, 2008 - Effect of Acupuncture in a Patient with 7-Year-History of Bell's Palsy - journal article (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)

►Volume 14 Number 6, 2008 - Acupuncture and Moxibustion as Fundamental Therapeutic Complements for Full Recovery of Staphylococcal Skin Infection After a Poor 50-Day Treatment Response to Antibiotics - journal article (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)

►Volume 14 Number 6, 2008 - The Human Brain Response to Acupuncture on Same-Meridian Acupoints: Evidence from an fMRI Study - journal article (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)

►Volume 14 Number 6, 2008 - Differences Between the Physiologic and Psychologic Effects of Aromatherapy Body Treatment - journal article (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)

►Volume 14 Number 6, 2008 - If You Build It, Will They Come? A Free-Care Acupuncture Clinic for Minority Adolescents in an Urban Hospital - journal article (The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)

* ►June 25-26, 2008 - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - Summary Report June 25-26, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia (pdf) - Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

* ►June 2008 - A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and Vitamin D - The Vitamin D Newsletter

* ►The Vitamin D Newsletter Archives - Vitamin D Council

* ►UNITE - united non-profits and individuals for truth and ethics - Mission: to educate the public about the dangers of psychiatric drugs and other interventions, protecting innocents from unnecessary harm and death. - www.uniteforlife.org - "9/17/08:URGENT! REID IMMEDIATELY MOVING FORWARD WITH OMNIBUS / MOTHERS ACT"

►A.I.D.S. Information Page - www.garynull.com

►Tylenol (Acetaminophen) depletes Glutathione (necessary for removal of mercury) - Whale.to

►Tylenol depletes GSH - Autism Research Institute

►Update On Merck - American Association for Health Freedom

Posted September 19, 2008

* ►October 15, 2008 - Indirect Effect of 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Pneumococcal Colonization among Unvaccinated Household Members - journal article (Clinical Infectious Diseases)

►October 15, 2008 - The Value of Infectious Diseases Specialists: Non–Patient Care Activities (free full text) - journal article (Clinical Infectious Diseases)

►October 15, 2008 - Assuring the Quality of Clinical Microbiology Test Results (free full text) - journal article (Clinical Infectious Diseases)

►October 15, 2008 - Quorum Sensing: Bacteria Talk Sense - journal article (Clinical Infectious Diseases)

►October 15, 2008 - Time Trend of the Prevalence of Hepatitis E Antibodies among Farmers and Blood Donors: A Potential Zoonosis in Denmark - journal article (Clinical Infectious Diseases)

►October 2008 - A review of central neuropathic pain states. - journal article (Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology)

►October 2008 - Classification of pediatric headache. - journal article (Current Pain and Headache Reports)

►October 2008 - Neuromodulators for the treatment of headache disorders and fibromyalgia. - journal article (Current Pain and Headache Reports)

►October 2008 - Research in motion: the enigma of Parkinson's disease pathology spread - journal article (Nature Reviews Neuroscience)

►October 2008 - Thirty years of Alzheimer's disease genetics: the implications of systematic meta-analyses - journal article (Nature Reviews Neuroscience)

►September 20, 2008 - Realistic review of projects required - Central Chronicle - "The reply has also admitted that only 3.6 percent cases of pneumonia are prevented for 1000 children immunized. If four children could be saved by treating them with Septran, which would cost Rs. 40 only, why would a cash strapped country like India opt for vaccination of 1000 children, which would cost Rs. 1.2 crores. Issues like this need the attention of the health authorities who are committed to an ailment free India."

* ►September 20, 2008 - Horse council argues against EI vaccination - Horsetalk, New Zealand - "Opponents to ongoing vaccination include the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA)."

* ►September 20, 2008 - After UP, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, get ‘not usable’ JE vaccines - Expressindia

►September 20, 2008 - Doctors, SDF personnel top list of people to get flu jabs - The Yomiuri Shimbun

►September 20, 2008 - Poultry farmers, businesses express mixed reactions over bird flu treatment - Punch, Nigeria

►September 20, 2008 - Govt starts door-to-door HIV/Aids testing - Daily Monitor, Uganda

* ►September 19, 2008 - FDA Requests Further Information on Dynavax/Merck´s Experimental Hepatitis B Vaccine - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested Dynavax Technologies Corp. for more information on a halted study of the developing hepatitis B vaccine Heplisav regarding a rare disease reaction in a patient, to which the biotech company has now responded regarding its trial with the experimental hepatitis B vaccine. Further details. - Network Medica - "Safety results show that the profiles for Heplisav and the already-approved Engerix-B are similar, Dynavax said. The incidence of adverse events was 81.9 percent for Heplisav patients, compared with 81.4 percent for Engerix-B patients."

* ►September 19, 2008 - Novartis MF59®-adjuvanted vaccine rapidly induces protective antibody levels against diverse strains of avian flu - Study shows the investigational pre-pandemic vaccine AFLUNOV® provides rapid immune response in individuals primed with MF59-adjuvanted H5 vaccine up to six years earlier. Individuals primed with MF59 adjuvant developed immunity seven days after receiving the AFLUNOV booster. Study supports notion of pre-pandemic vaccination to ensure protective antibody levels in population with one additional immunization in the event of a pandemic  - Novartis

* ►September 19, 2008 - Novavax Completes Enrollment of Its Seasonal Influenza VLP Vaccine Phase IIa Clinical Trial - Rapid Seasonal influenza VLP vaccine trial enrollment positions Company to report top line data in fourth quarter of this year - press release - Novavax, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall via The Earth Times

* ►September 19, 2008 - Wyeth takes pneumococcal vaccine to South Africa - HAYS Pharma

* ►September 19, 2008 - Preemption Protects Patients, Wyeth Brief Says (requires registration) - FDA News

* ►September 19, 2008 - Levine Case Pits Corporations Against Consumers - Injury Board

* ►September 19, 2008 - Can Drugmakers Benefit From The Credit Crisis? - Pharmalot

►September 19, 2008 - Gott revolves life around autism - Former Dodgers reliever and wife created 'Danny's Farm' - http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com

* ►September 19, 2008 - Shut Up You Dangerous Advocates!!! By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ►September 19, 2008 - MMR Vaccine Injured Aidan Quinn's Daughter - Age of Autism

* ►September 19, 2008 - Oklahoma parents renew push to get autism help - AP via NewsOK.com

* ►September 19, 2008 - Shortage of Providers Plagues Efforts to Treat Children with Autism - OKC Business

►September 19, 2008 - NIMH Cancels Autism Chelation Trial - MedPage Today

►September 19, 2008 - CNN's Roland Martin Discusses Autism Debt - Age of Autism

* ►September 19, 2008 - Painkiller doses boost child asthma risk - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity - "I look forward to the day when the medical profession has the courage to state in public that the current New Zealand rate of use of paracetamol is unacceptable and irresponsible, and that there is no place to continue the automatic use of paracetamol in young babies, during fever, illness or other non-life-threatening conditions. No parents who realized that the single most preventable cause of asthma in this country was the current excessive use of paracetamol, would continue being an accomplice to the large historical increase in the numbers of New Zealand children having to medicate lifelong asthma. Swapping a temperature for asthma makes no sense."

* ►September 19, 2008 - Students without vaccinations could get suspended (includes video) - WRAL.com - "Sanford, N.C. — Sixth graders face suspension from school if they do not have required immunizations by next Tuesday, according to a new state law."

* ►September 19, 2008 - Vaccination Declines in Idaho (includes video) - KIDK.com

* ►September 19, 2008 - No one can make you vaccinate child - letter - Caledon Enterprise - "Don't worry about receiving a 'warning letter' or that they can suspend your child, it is your right not to be vaccinated and not the Prime Minister, the Queen, the RCMP, Peel Public Health, not even Oprah Winfrey can make you vaccinate your child!"

* ►September 19, 2008 - Pediatricians to foot the bill for latest budget cuts - KRNV.com - "Pediatricians will be ringing in the New Year with a large bill they will most likely be unable to pay thanks to state funding cuts for immunizations. Beginning Jan., 1, the state will be cutting immunizations to area pediatricians that most insurance companies do not cover that will leave most pediatricians unable to foot the bill of thousands of dollars. 'For the physician, from the provider standpoint immunizations are really expensive and to put out a huge amount of money like $50,000 to $60,000 upfront that you'll never see again for a small business is just a huge outlay of money,' Krista Colletti said, pediatrician."

* ►September 19, 2008 - HPV Vaccine - Is The Right Information Reaching The Right People? - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists via Medical News Today

►September 19, 2008 - HPV vaccine optional - The Moose Jaw Times Herald

►September 19, 2008 - Fighting cervical cancer via vaccine - Sherbrooke Record

* ►September 19, 2008 - Stop the Mothers Act: Save Expectant Mothers from Mandatory Drugging with Antidepressants - NaturalNews.com

* ►September 19, 2008 - ANA Urges A BAN On BPA In Food, Health Care And Children's Products - Medical News Today - "The American Nurses Association (ANA) voiced concerns over the safety of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday....In testimony, ANA urged the FDA to ban the use of BPA in food, health care and children's products. Nancy Hughes, the Director for Occupational and Environmental Health for the ANA commented, 'The ANA is a firm advocate of the precautionary approach regarding dangers to the public health. Safer alternatives to BPA are available and currently in use.' For more information on ANA's environmental health policy please visit here."

►September 19, 2008 - FDA Says Bisphenol A is Safe. JAMA Studies Say Otherwise. - Age of Autism

►September 19, 2008 - US steps up inspections to keep out tainted milk - The Associated Press via Google

►September 19, 2008 - Seven Years Later: Electrons Unlocked Post-9/11 Anthrax Mail Mystery - A key part of the FBI's early investigation was finding whether the germ that killed five people in late 2001 was weaponized. Although they found the answer, scientists had to keep mum until the agency completed its inquiry - Scientific American

►September 19, 2008 - Leahy doubts FBI in anthrax case; scientist admits error - CIDRAP News

►September 19, 2008 - How to Create Your Own Pandemic: Infectious Creativity Used by Big Pharma - NaturalNews.com

►September 19, 2008 - Flu shot season begins - WEYI NBC25

* ►September 19, 2008 - Behind the Scenes of the Flu Vaccine - How the Flu Vaccine Is Made Each Year - ABC News

* ►September 19, 2008 - Flu Shots Still Offered Without Prescription - Augusta Chronicle via redOrbit - "A recent dispute over whether the law requires patients to get a prescription for a flu shot won't stop Georgia pharmacies from giving them again this year, pharmacists said. That's because Gov. Sonny Perdue said last week that no one would be sanctioned for continuing to give flu shots as they have."

* ►September 19, 2008 - Taking a Flu Shot? - Does the flu vaccine really reduce risk of death in the elderly? - The Epoch Times - "The BMJ piece concludes by stating: 'Dr. Majumdar concluded that policies calling for more vaccination of elderly people are based on the ‘flimsiest of evidence’ and reiterated his call for controlled studies.'"

►September 19, 2008 - Whatcom County measles case was false alarm - Bellingham Herald 

►September 19, 2008 - Measles shots given to over 140,000 children in Somalia, says UNICEF - UN News Centre

►September 19, 2008 - Spend money on dengue, not bird flu: WHO - The Age

►September 19, 2008 - Parents try pox parties to avoid vaccine - Chicago Tribune via Detroit Free Press

►September 19, 2008 - New West Nile virus cases found in Suffolk, UK - Xinhuanet via China View

►September 19, 2008 - State reports five cases of West Nile Virus - Detroit Free Press

►September 19, 2008 - Californians Won't See West Nile Vaccine Anytime Soon (audio) - 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio

►September 19, 2008 - I survived meningitis twice— but I’m lucky to be alive - The Corkman

►September 19, 2008 - Several Cases Of Viral Meningitis Diagnosed In Wilson County - KAKE.com

►September 19, 2008 - Ambitious Afghan anti-polio effort proceeds despite slayings - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

►September 19, 2008 - Cangene Files in Europe for HepaGam B (Human Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin) Solution for Infusion or Injection - press release - Cangene Corporation via CNW Group

►September 19, 2008 - Uganda tests pill to prevent HIV infection - New Vision, Uganda

►September 19, 2008 - 'Universal' HIV testing planned - All 15-59 year olds in some areas of England should be offered a HIV test by their GP, new recommendations say. - BBC

►September 19, 2008 - UNICEF Budgets N54b For Nigeria - LeadershipNigeria

►September 19, 2008 - 'Killer paint' could eradicate superbugs like MRSA and C. Difficile, scientists claim - A new "killer paint" could potentially eradicate superbugs from hospital wards, scientists believe. - The Telegraph, UK

►September 19, 2008 - Seven-year itch to see CDC study reveals flawed science - The Bay City Times via MLive.com

►September 19, 2008 - Chelation Study for Autism Called Off (requires registration) - WebMD via Medscape

►September 19, 2008 - Nervous System Rallies Immune System Forces Against Invading Pathogens - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

►September 19, 2008 - Duke medical team finds genetic link between immune and nerve systems - Duke University Medical Center via EurekAlert!

►September 19, 2008 - Maxygen licenses immune drugs to Astellas Pharma - Maxygen to Maxy-4 drugs to Astellas for $10 million, plus milestone and royalty payments - Maxygen via AP via CNN Money

* ►September 19, 2008 - Hundreds ditch bluetongue vaccine over breeding fears - A backlash against bluetongue vaccination has seen growing numbers of producers shelving plans to protect livestock against the virus. - FarmersWeekly, UK - "While the farmers were not prepared to be identified, they said reports about stock deaths following vaccination had done little to instill confidence in the vaccine. 'I've decided to leave my vaccine in the fridge until the spring,' said one Cumbria suckled calf producer. 'I want my cows safely in calf and a crop of calves on the ground before I start to jab.'"

* ►September 18, 2008 - Proper Name: Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Vaccine, Recombinant Gardasil - FDA/CBER

* ►September 18, 2008 - Multi-Pronged Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Regimen to be Studied in Melanoma Patients - Sanofi-Aventis via PipelineReview.com

* ►September 18, 2008 - NY issues its RealID card - ZDNet Government - "In a move that some fear as the harbinger of a national ID card, New York this week launched its version of the “enhanced” driver’s license, complete with RFID chip and good for land and sea crossings to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. It’s a “smart way to travel!” the state site boasts."

* ►September 18, 2008 - Doctors: Public Needs to Know Vaccines Are Safe - A new coalition of 22 major medical groups says public confidence in vaccine safety needs to be restored to avoid risks for deadly disease outbreaks. - FOX News

* ►September 18, 2008 - School nurses’ work is never done - Quantico Sentry - "One thing parents should know is that all DODEA schools require the same vaccinations, although the list may differ from state requirements."

* ►September 18, 2008 - Fighting back against autism - Wicked Local Wrentham

* ►September 18, 2008 - Baker to join autism commission - Joplin Independent

* ►September 18, 2008 - Michigan’s Best Kept Secret In Autism Treatment Continues to Expand - The Horizons Developmental Remediation Center in Caledonia, Michigan is proud to announce the addition of a 4th Certified Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) Consultant to their staff. Courtney Kowalczyk has completed twenty months of rigorous training, and was officially certified earlier this month. - I-Newswire

* ►September 18, 2008 - Facts and figures about autism - The Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, Mirror Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies

* ►September 18, 2008 - First responders to receive special training in autism - Tri-Town News

►September 18, 2008 - What skills do doctors and nurses need? - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 18, 2008 - Contaminated infant formula sickens 6200 babies in China - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 18, 2008 - Doctor has success with alternative medicines - Marriottsville/Sykesville/WoodstockThe View Newspapers

►September 18, 2008 - Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance - journal article (BMJ)

►September 18, 2008 - Mom's Diet Can Alter Genes to Raise Babies' Asthma Risk - Supplement use may be behind doubling of respiratory disease in last 25 years, study suggests - HealthDay News via U.S. News and World Report

►September 18, 2008 - Top-selling Cholesterol Drug Does Little For Women, Study Suggests - Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales. It has been prescribed to both men and women to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with common risk factors for heart disease. - Journal of Empirical Legal Studies via ScienceDaily

►September 18, 2008 - Hypnosis as a treatment of chronic widespread pain in general practice. A randomized controlled pilot trial - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders via 7th Space

* ►September 18, 2008 - The Mighty Quinn - IrishAbroad.com - "Ava Quinn has, however, been a joy to her parents, Aidan and his wife Elizabeth Bracco (sister of Lorraine Bracco of Sopranos fame.) But it surely hasn’t been easy for the family, which also includes a 10-year-old girl. Ava was, according to her dad, a perfectly normal baby, until she got vaccinated. 'So we had a normal child that was walking, talking, doing everything way faster than she was supposed to. Then, after an MMR, she got a 106 fever and turned blue and woke up the next day with dark circles and not knowing who she was. And uncoordinated. And her arm lifted up. Of course the doctors are all saying, ‘Oh, that’s normal.’ The horror must have been unbearable, but the family persevered. The worst, Quinn recalled, was seeing his child 'crying uncontrollably and in pain and nobody can tell you what to do to help. And there is nothing showing up on any of the tests. But you know your daughter is in pain.'"

* ►September 18, 2008 - Drug Label, Maimed Patient and Crucial Test for Justices (requires registration) - The New York Times - "In legal jargon, the cases concern 'pre-emption,' a doctrine that can bar injured consumers like Ms. Levine from suing in state court when the products that hurt them had met federal standards. The issue is less boring and more consequential than it sounds, and Ms. Levine’s case is shaping up to be the most important business case of the term."

* ►September 18, 2008 - Chickenpox Vaccination Leads To More Shingles - Health Protection Agency via eMaxHealth.com - "Albert Jan van Hoek, who performed the research for the Health Protection Agency, said; “Our models suggest that vaccination would reduce the burden of chickenpox in the young. However, it will lead to an increase in shingles in the medium term in adults because they will not get that ‘boosting’ effect from being in contact with cases of chickenpox."

►September 18, 2008 - New Study Debates MMR Vaccine and Autism Link - Vaccinating Your Baby, Dr. Jay Gordon

►September 18, 2008 - Vaccination Is the Only Way to Prevent Meningitis - This Life-Threatening Disease Can Strike Anyone, at Any Age, at Any Time - National Meningitis Association via Market Wire via Comtex via MarketWatch

►September 18, 2008 - Health centre holds flu jab marathon - Goole Today, UK

►September 18, 2008 - More on the Senate hearing - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

►September 18, 2008 - Viruses are "molecular acids"? - Respectful Insolence

►September 17, 2008 - Some veterinarians urge shots for virus - Feline calicivirus poses big risk to kittens - Explore Baltimore County - "Linda Reinhardt, a veterinarian at Valley Animal Hospital in Owings Mills, said her practice does give a vaccine for the standard calicivirus but not the new strain. Virtually all of her patients are indoor cats and aren't at risk of contracting the disease, she said. 'I think it is an issue in the shelter and catteries and so forth, but at this practice, we do not promote any new vaccine unless there is a dramatic impact,' Reinhardt said. Vaccine makers may be hyping the disease, Pikesville Animal Hospital's Carey Zumpano suspects..'I think there's more problems with more vaccination,' he said."

* ►September 17, 2008 - Influenza vaccine - a mother's gift? - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity - "There is no doubt that this study will be added to the piles of little twigs with which to make a bundle of references, in order to create “strength of numbers” and create the justification for vaccinating every pregnant mother on the face of the earth. It’s important to dissect each twig or study: Analysis: light version. This study is scientifically worthless for several reasons."

►September 17, 2008 - Agency sues Wake schools - Abuse of autistic students is claimed - News & Observer

►September 17, 2008 - Vaccines during pregnancy: Are they safe? - MayoClinic.com

►September 17, 2008 - State: Mercury risk means you should limit eating fish - The Virginian-Pilot

►September 17, 2008 - County tetanus shot program jammed with takers - nwi.com

* ►September 17, 2008 - New ways of thinking about autism - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 17, 2008 - Lancet withdraws research paper and warns authors about rules of "gift authorship" - journal article (BMJ)

►September 17, 2008 - WHO report shows progress in efforts to reduce malaria incidence - journal article (BMJ)

►September 17, 2008 - I think I’m worth it, why doesn’t NICE? - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 17, 2008 - Nationwide Consumer Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Georgia Against Baby Bottle Manufacturers - Law Offices of Robert H. Weiss, PLLC via Market Wire via COMTEX

* ►September 16, 2008 - Clarifications from adverse drug reactions agency - journal article (BMJ)

►September 16, 2008 - Madness of modern medicine - journal article (BMJ)

►September 16, 2008 - Effect of antipsychotics on stroke risk remains unproved - journal article (BMJ)

►September 16, 2008 - Face Blindness Research Shows Emotions Are Key In The Study Of Face Recognition - Recognizing the faces of family and friends is usually an effortless process. However, a minority of people have difficulties identifying the person they are meeting or remembering people they have met before. - Public Library of Science, via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily

►September 16, 2008 - Sucking eggs - Mother's touch banishes pain - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

►September 16, 2008 - Flu vaccination clinics available for children - Asbury Park Press

►September 15, 2008 - 'Meningitis could have killed my son' - Chorley Guardian, UK

►September 15, 2008 - Inner workings of the HIV virus - Baruch College The Ticker

►September 15, 2008 - Doctors must do more to identify child abuse, Dutch association says - journal article (BMJ)

►September 15, 2008 - Low Serum Vitamin D Levels Associated With Higher Mortality in Elderly Men: Presented at ASBMR - American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) via Doctor's Guide

►September 12, 2008 - New antibiotics are needed as resistance grows, expert says - journal article (BMJ)

►September 11, 2008 - Excellence in Medicine Awards - 2009 AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards - www.ama-assn.org

* ►September 11, 2008 - Let critics of homeopathy eat humble pie - Dr. Brian Kaplan Articles

►September 11, 2008 - Volunteers sought for flu jab trials - Fenland Today, UK - "Experts at Leicester hospitals are looking for volunteers to take part in a £1m, three-year research project to test a newly developed drug. Trials of the vaccine have shown it to be effective against so-called avian or bird flu, which experts predict could be responsible for a major flu outbreak."

►September 11, 2008 - Help From Herpes? Coinfection Induces Acyclovir To Inhibit HIV - Cell Press, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►September 10, 2008 - World's Best-Selling Autism Author Dr. Temple Grandin Offers New Book - Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the real issues of autism in her innovative book The Way I See It (Future Horizons, ISBN 9781932565720, $14.95, paperback, September 2008). - press release - Future Horizons, Inc. via PRWeb

►September 10, 2008 - Sucking eggs - exercise fights the flab - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

►September 10, 2008 - ‘Protect children with vaccinations’ - Eversham Journal

* ►September 10, 2008 - Mandatory vaccination best way to prevent cervical cancer - Lower Hudson Journal News

* ►September 9, 2008 - Web site raising vaccine awareness - San Gabriel Valley Tribune - "With the help of a team of colleagues and friends, the duo created www.givevaccines.org in a quiz-type format. Statistically, for every correct question answered, 0.01 milliliters of vaccines will be donated to someone in need. Currently, the questions focus on vocabulary and medical terminology."

►September 9, 2008 - 12 diagnosed with West Nile virus so far this year - San Diego Union-Tribune

►September 9, 2008 - DeRisi Wins Heinz Award for Virus Detection and Malaria Research - UCSF Today

* ►September 8, 2008 - Pharma Companies Testing in 3rd countries - From Office of Kathy Sinnott, MEP for Ireland South via JABS Forum - "Can the Commission give its opinion on whether the practice of using infants like guinea pigs for drug testing is at all ethical?  Experts forecast that human clinical trials will become a multi-million dollar industry in India by 2010; both GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson have been involved in 22 trials each, testing new drugs in India over the last year. The international community should address this serious issue within the lucrative, multi-million dollar drug industry. Does the Commission agree that such unethical treatment should be stopped? Signature(s): Kathy Sinnott"

►September 6, 2008 - Sucking eggs - natural birth babies bond better - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

►September 6, 2008 - Lamotrigine monotherapy for newly diagnosed typical absence seizures in children. - journal article (Epilepsy Research)

►September 4, 2008 - Nassau pesticide spraying postponed - Newsday

►September 2008 - Students and staff are advised to check their MPR vaccine status - A student who recently started at Helsinki University was diagnosed with measles last week. The person has contracted the disease abroad. - Universitas Helsingiensis - Finland

* ►Autism Speaks Announces $3.6 Million in Grants Focusing on Environmental Factors and Autism - Autism Speaks - "Three projects will focus on the potential role of vaccines, specifically the role of ethylmercury or other vaccine components. These include a project by Dr. Flavio Keller at the University Bio-Medica in Rome, who will study the behavioral and pathological effects of ethyl and methyl mercury on a strain of mice that possess a certain mutation in order to examine gene and environment interactions. Dr. Mark Noble from the University of Rochester will use a genetically modified cell line to study the effects of ethylmercury and aluminum hydroxide on oxidative potential. Finally, Dr. David Baskin from Methodist Hospital in Houston, will study cell proliferation in response to thimerosal exposure."

* ►2008 Environmental Factors and Autism Grants - Autism Speaks

►Join us in Las Vegas for the First Ever Autism Speaks Weekend - Walk, Ride, and Party October 11 and 12 - Autism Speaks

►Charter of Health Freedom - website - "With the Charter's ground breaking solution finally unveiled, we trust that it will be embraced by all Canadians."