Posted September 24, 2008

?October 15, 2008 - Impaired Immunity to Recall Antigens and Neoantigens in Severely Immunocompromised Children and Adolescents during the First Year of Effective Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 15, 2008 - Asymptomatic Shedding of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2: Implications for Prevention of Transmission (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 15, 2008 - Emergence and Persistence of CXCR4-Tropic HIV-1 in a Population of Men from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 15, 2008 - HIV-1 Tropism, Disease Progression, and Clinical Management (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 15, 2008 - Preferential Protection of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto by a Salp15 Homologue in Ixodes ricinus Saliva - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?October 2008 - Evidence-based Assessment of Cognitive Functioning in Pediatric Psychology - journal article (Journal of Pediatric Psychology)

?October 2008 - Feeding a Formula Supplemented With Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Modifies the "Ex Vivo" Cytokine Responses to Food Proteins in Infants at Low Risk for Allergy. - journal article (Pediatric Research)

?September 26, 2008 - Autism Speaks, CDC and The Advertising Council Launch Program to Educate Teachers About Importance of Early Intervention for Autism - Autism Speaks, in partnership with the Ad Council and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), launch a new educational tool kit, Talking to Parents About Autism, designed to promote early intervention and encourage educators to speak to a child's parents if they suspect a developmental delay. - press release - Autism Speaks and the Ad Council via eMediaWire

?September 26, 2008 - Students get their boosters - Wilkes Journal-Patriot

?September 25, 2008 - Vaccine stock lost due to faulty storage - Indian Express

* ?September 25, 2008 - Neutralizing antibodies derived from the B cells of 1918 influenza pandemic survivors - journal article (Nature)

* ?September 25, 2008 - Identifying and Addressing Safety Signals in Clinical Trials (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ?September 25, 2008 - Storm over Statins — The Controversy Surrounding Pharmacologic Treatment of Children (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ?September 25, 2008 - Campaign Contributions, Lobbying, and the U.S. Health Sector — An Update (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

?September 25, 2008 - Access to Quality and Affordable Health Care for Every American John McCain  (free full text) - Health Care Reform and the Presidential Candidates - journal article (NEJM)

?September 25, 2008 - Modern Health Care for All Americans Barack Obama (free full text) - Health Care Reform and the Presidential Candidates - journal article (NEJM)

?September 25, 2008 - Primum Non Nocere — The McCain Plan for Health Insecurity (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

?September 25, 2008 - Symptomatic Relief, but No Cure — The Obama Health Care Reform (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

?September 25, 2008 - Innate immunity and intestinal microbiota in the development of Type 1 diabetes - journal article (Nature)

* ?September 25, 2008 - Substandard vaccine giving rise to polio cases - The News International, Pakistan

* ?September 25, 2008 - Ranbaxy AIDS Drug Won't Be Funded by US After FDA Inspection - Bloomberg

* ?September 25, 2008 - Chinese Milk Banned in South Korea, France as Concern Escalates - Bloomberg

?September 25, 2008 - Third edition of 'SLMA Guidelines on Vaccines' launched - Ceylon Daily News

?September 25, 2008 - 86% of Americans Told to Get Flu Shot - Goal of CDC Vaccine Program Sets Record (requires registration) - Washington Post

?September 24, 2008 - Pregnant women to to be offered flu jab to protect babies - Pregnant women are set to be offered flu jabs from next year to protect the health of hundreds of thousands of babies. - The Telegraph, UK

* ?September 25, 2008 - Vaccination battleground as equine flu forum begins - Horsetalk, NZ - "'Vaccinating the horses against equine influenza is only protecting against a disease that exists today. Unfortunately the virus can mutate and have a completely different shape tomorrow, and a vaccinated horse can catch it,' Dr Axon says. 'Vaccination simply masks the symptoms of equine influenza and makes it even more difficult to spot. By the time the signs of the disease are visible you could have a huge outbreak and suffer the same devastating effects which the equine industry is still getting over."

?September 25, 2008 - Allies poles apart on vaccination - They stood side by side in the battle against equine influenza but the NSW Racing Industry and the Federal Government are now in opposition over the issue of vaccination. - The Courier-Mail

?September 25, 2008 - From Antibodies to Goats: Ensuring the Public Health - BioWorld Today

?September 25, 2008 - Severe pneumonia kills 11 children in Zambo city in just one week - ABS-CBN News

?September 25, 2008 - Measles cases rise as MMR vaccination rate stalls - The Times, UK

* ?September 24, 2008 - Standing Room Only at Maloney Meeting - Age of Autism

* ?September 24, 2008 - Every Child By Two Accuses Us of "Sidetracking" Research - Age of Autism

* ?September 24, 2008 - Dr Paul Offit - False Prophets - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity - "It always amazes me that any doctor can possibly make the claim that vaccines have been the greatest medical advance in the history of medicine. You wonder just what they get taught in medical school. Here are three medical articles which prove otherwise. I have a truckload more, but you might get the drift. As far as I am concerned, anyone who does not and cannot acknowledge that the best advances medicine ever had to offer were in the field of public health, and disease epidemiology, which included applying the knowledge of the importance of proper nutrition, clean water, sewage, and housing, cannot be trusted in any of their other verbiage. You don’t have to believe me. It’s all in their literature. Look for yourself."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Parents Lobby Swing Ridings in Autism Fight - The Epoch Times - "Activist group Medicare for Autism Now has launched a campaign called 'The Two Percent Solution' in 14 swing ridings across the country where candidates won by two per cent or less. They are backing any candidate who publicly supports legislation to amend the Canada Health Act to include autism treatment."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Celebs, stop taking poisonous shots at vaccines - opinion - New York Daily News - "'The bottom line is that vaccines prevent life-threatening and life-risking diseases,' says Dr. Julia McMillan of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Parents should ignore the junk science peddled by anti-vaccine activists and make sure that their kids are inoculated."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy on Oprah - Inside Autism Blog via Orange County Register

?September 24, 2008 - Adults skipping on new vaccines - 14 WFIE

?September 24, 2008 - Delaware ranks 9th in childhood immunizaitons - Brandywine East Community News

?September 24, 2008 - David Kirby smacked down--and not by me! - Respectful Insolence via Science Blogs

?September 24, 2008 - Congress & Senate Rally For Vaccines/Autism Briefing - The One Click Group

* ?September 24, 2008 - Parents Warned: Don't Use Ritalin - Hyperactive children should no longer be given Ritalin, new health guidelines say. (includes videos) - Sky News

* ?September 24, 2008 - Drug Maker Pledges to Report Payments to Doctors (requires registration) - The New York Times - "In the midst of a national debate over the influence of industry money on medical research and practice, the drug maker Eli Lilly says it will begin publicly reporting all of its payments to outside doctors for speaking and consulting services."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Chinese ordered cover-up of tainted milk scandal - Chinese authorities ordered a cover-up of a tainted milk scandal that has poisoned tens of thousands of babies because they feared social unrest if the news was made public, The Daily Telegraph has learned. - The Telegraph, UK

?September 24, 2008 - Vaccine Damage Cover Up - US Defense Department/British MOD - H. H. Fudenberg. , M.D., DDG, IOM via The One Click Group

* ?September 24, 2008 - Martin J Walker Exposes GMC Conflict Of Interest - The One Click Group

?September 24, 2008 - CDC Validates Dr Andrew Wakefield's Findings - Dr. Yazbak via The One Click Group

?September 24, 2008 - Incidence of Pneumonia Not Reduced By Vaccine - WHO via The One Click Group

?September 24, 2008 - Father develops course to teach parents of children with autism - Frederick News-Post - "The Seidels completed the Son-Rise Program, a training offered by the Autism Treatment Center of America in Massachusetts, and developed their own techniques to improve communication with their daughter."

?September 24, 2008 - Vaccines Aren’t Just For Kids, Three Vaccinations Adults Need - Most Adults Not Getting Vaccinations That Could Protect Them From Illness - WPXI.com

* ?September 24, 2008 - Budget cuts loom casting doubt on vaccine costs - KRNV.com - "Beginning Jan. 1 2009, the state will no longer supply vaccines to pediatricians. According to state officials, Nevada can no longer bear the brunt of the cost....Dr. Patrick Colletti says he crunched the numbers and it is going to cost him $42,000 a month to pay for the vaccines. 'We will have to buy everything and we can't afford it,' Colletti said."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Vaccination claims are 'idiocy' - letter - Caledon Enterprise

?September 24, 2008 - Deadline passes for sixth-graders to get new shot - Salisbury Post - "In the Rowan-Salisbury School System, 86 sixth-graders might be suspended today, according to Susan Thomas, the system's lead school health nurse."

?September 24, 2008 - Local sixth graders still need vaccinations - BlueRidgeNow.com - "Page said he would have to check the statute to see whether suspensions are mandatory, adding that he prefers the least heavy-handed method and doesn’t want to punish children. Students can also show proof of medical or religious exemptions from the shots."

?September 24, 2008 - Vaccine Suspend - CKWS-TV

* ?September 24, 2008 - Fifty-two sixth-graders still suspended over immunizations - Burlington Times News

* ?September 24, 2008 - School refuses 'cancer vaccine' - A Roman Catholic school has banned its pupils from receiving the new cervical cancer vaccine on its premises. - BBC - "Advice from the Roman Catholic Church says there is nothing wrong with allowing the cervical cancer vaccinations to be given. But governors at St Monica's - which has 1,200 pupils - have sent a letter to parents outlining their concerns about the vaccine. In it, they question the effectiveness of the injections and possible side effects. The letter says a number of the school's pupils who took part in a pilot study were subsequently off school suffering from nausea, joint pain, headaches and high fevers. It states: 'We do not believe that school is the right place for the three injections to be administered. 'Therefore, governors have taken the decision not to allow the school premises to be used for this programme.'"

* ?September 24, 2008 - Catholic school bans cancer vaccine • Letter due to be sent to parents highlights side-effects • Local health authority "disturbed" by decision - The Guardian, UK

?September 24, 2008 - School explains cancer jab ban - Press Association via Google - "St Monica's RC High School and Language College in Bury, Greater Manchester, will not offer the vaccination to girls, governors have decided."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Catholic school board declines HPV vaccine - St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic school division won't offer vaccine to Grade 5 girls - Edmonton Journal via Canada.com - "The Catholic school board representing more than 2,000 students in the Ponoka, Beaumont, Leduc and Drayton Valley areas have opted not to offer a vaccine to Grade 5 girls in their schools that protects against a sexually transmitted infection that causes most cervical cancers. 'The board would like to emphasize that this decision was made following thorough research into both sides of this debate from a moral and a health perspective,' states a press release posted on the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic school division website."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Human Papillomavirus “HPV” Vaccination Program - press release (pdf) - St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Board - "The following motion was 'defeated' at the September 19, 2008 Special Board Meeting: 'That the Board supports the administration of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Schools.'"

* ?September 24, 2008 - Doctor urges vaccination against HPV - The Windsor Star via Canada.com - "'I highly recommend that women, almost of any age, receive this vaccine,' Dr. Gordon Fraser said after his address to about 200 health professionals at the Ciociaro Club. 'I think it's as important for the 21st century as birth control was to women's autonomy in the 20th.' He told the audience his daughter will get the vaccine Gardasil at age 12, and he said later he also will recommend it for his young son. 'All men and boys -- give them the three shots and that'll help the women,' he told the group. It is not now recommended for boys and men in Canada and the U.S., but is 'gender neutral' in some other countries, he said."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Jab could save all this heartache, says mum - Bristol Evening Post, UK - "A heartbroken mum is urging young women to have the new HPV vaccine after her daughter died of cervical cancer at the age of 34. Anne Kemp, 55, of Hawthorn Way, Nailsea, has been campaigning for the vaccine to be introduced since the death of her daughter Michaela."

?September 24, 2008 - Grade 9 students to get HPV vaccine - Vaccination protects against most cervical cancer and genital warts - Canadian Press via St. John's Telegram

?September 24, 2008 - Shares story, and urges smears and vaccination - Gisborne Herald, New Zealand

?September 24, 2008 - HPV info meeting Sept. 10 - Peace Arch News - "In Surrey, trustee Heather Stilwell lobbied last spring that local schools not participate in the administration of Gardasil due to alleged risks associated with the vaccine and potential legal trouble the district could face. In mid-June, the board of trustees voted not to interfere in the school-based vaccine program, but later agreed to ask the Fraser Health Authority for a comprehensive information program aimed at Surrey’s diverse, multilingual community, available in print, online and at information sessions."

?September 24, 2008 - Mandate foe, not medicine’s - Joe Heck says his real objection is to the high cost of health insurance - Las Vegas Sun - "State Sen. Joe Heck is one of the Legislature’s strongest voices on health care, which isn’t surprising given that he’s a physician....In fact, last year Heck voted against a different health care bill mandating that most insurance companies include in their coverage the vaccine for the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), often a precursor to cervical cancer."

?September 24, 2008 - Polio survivor to speak at vaccination forum in Ithaca Thursday - Ithaca Journal - "Nichols, a native of DeWitt, is the author of 'Twin Voices: A Memoir of Polio, the Forgotten Killer' and was part of the 1954 Salk Trial that led to her recovery from paralytic polio as a first-grader."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Flu Season Is Coming - Conference Marks Start of Flu Season, Plans for Prevention - ABC News - "'We cannot anticipate how many people will receive an influenza vaccine this year. However, to help meet CDC vaccination recommendations, Novartis Vaccines is producing up to 40 million doses of Fluvirin,' said Beth Birke, a spokeswoman for Novartis, one of several companies that manufactures an approved flu vaccine. 'I think the concern this year is how we're going to immunize 30-plus million children,' said Baker."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Updated Families Fighting Flu Web Site Provides Innovative Tools and Resources to Help Educate About the Importance of Childhood Flu Vaccination - New section features Dr. Jon Abramson's innovative book, "Families Fighting Flu: A Guide for Parents," to help parents protect their children from influenza - press release - Families Fighting Flu via PRNewswire-USNewswire - "Families Fighting Flu is made possible by unrestricted grants from MedImmune, Inc., sanofi pasteur, CSL Biotherapies, and The Clorox Company."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Heath officials to schools: Help us give flu shots (requires registration) - Boston Globe

* ?September 24, 2008 - CDC expects plentiful, on-target flu vaccine - CIDRAP News - "Gerberding expressed a personal view that it is 'unconscionable' for a healthcare worker to avoid flu immunization unless he or she has a medical contraindication. 'I would encourage healthcare facilities to measure their levels of vaccination and report them,' and patients should ask about the rates, she said. When a reporter asked if any healthcare facilities are requiring employees to be vaccinated, Schaffner said, 'There are individual facilities that are moving in that direction. We're hoping that they will document their activities and publish that so we can all benefit from those things.'"

* ?September 24, 2008 - CDC wants 30 million more kids vaccinated this flu season - Medill Reports, Northwestern University

* ?September 24, 2008 - Most Parents Are Unaware of Expanded CDC Flu Vaccination Recommendations - Clorox-flu-campaign - Families Fighting Flu, Visiting Nurse Associations of America and The Clorox Company Partner to Educate and Vaccinate More Families Than Ever - press release - The Clorox Company via PRNewswire-USNewswire via The Earth Times - "Visit www.SayBooToTheFlu.com for the complete tour schedule, downloadable family activities, a flu clinic locator and simple flu prevention tips."

?September 24, 2008 - 30 million more children should get flu vaccinations, feds say (includes video) - CNN

?September 24, 2008 - Flu Vaccine Recommended for More Children - Largest-Ever Number of Americans Now Urged to Get Vaccinated - WebMD

?September 24, 2008 - 15 drive thru flu shot clinics available this flu season - WWSB ABC 7

?September 24, 2008 - Delegates Praise Rhode Island's Influenza Vaccine Model, Oppose DTC Health Screening - AAFP News Now

?September 24, 2008 - Flu Vaccine Does Not Reduce Risk Of Death In The Elderly - Agoravox

?September 24, 2008 - Flu shots recommended for all children older than 6 months - Orlando Sentinel

?September 24, 2008 - Influenza pandemic planning tweaked; exercise looks at preparedness - Belleville News-Democrat

?September 24, 2008 - Take Care Health Systems to Offer Flu Vaccinations Nationwide - Flu Shots Available at all 237 Take Care Clinics Starting October 1 Company Continues its Commitment to Vaccine Leadership for Children and Adults - press release - Take Care Health Systems via Business Wire via MarketWatch

?September 24, 2008 - Cancer vaccine specialist in PLUS IPO - A company developing a pipeline of cancer vaccines has raised £1.55 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on PLUS. Scancell raised the money through AIM-listed broker St Helen’s Capital. - GrowthBusiness.co.uk

?September 24, 2008 - Panacea would continue to supply vaccines to WHO: Jt MD - Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX via Trading Markets

* ?September 24, 2008 - Measles timebomb... just 49 per cent of children have MMR - Less than half of London's five-year-olds have been vaccinated against measles amid warnings of an epidemic in the capital, it emerged today. - Evening Standard via This is London

* ?September 24, 2008 - Epidemic fears as MMR jab rates stall - The Times, UK - "The Government has launched a £5.5 million drive to increase uptake rates after increased rates of measles were reported in recent months."

?September 24, 2008 - Parents give MMR jabs a miss - The Press, UK

* ?September 24, 2008 - Army: Anthrax Suspect Barred From Labs After Spill - AP via CBS News

* ?September 24, 2008 - Anthrax Case Documents Unsealed (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ?September 24, 2008 - Additional comments by Dr. Popov on producing anthrax - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ?September 24, 2008 - FBI investigation did not analyze anthrax from biodefense lab - USA Today

* ?September 24, 2008 - Ivins bragged he knew anthrax killer - Frederick News-Post

* ?September 24, 2008 - Ivins lost lab access in March after anthrax spill - Frederick News-Post

?September 24, 2008 - Anthrax suspect threatened reality TV contestant - Deep Background via MSNBC

?September 24, 2008 - Ivins: 'I Know Who Mailed The Anthrax!' (requires registration) - Washington Post Investigations

?September 24, 2008 - Army: Anthrax suspect barred from labs after spill - AP via Examiner.com

?September 24, 2008 - PharmAthene Presents Data for Protexia(R) and Valortim(R) at 2008 BARDA Industry Conference / PHEMCE Stakeholders Workshop - press release - PharmAthene, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall

?September 24, 2008 - Monoclonal antibodies, a new take on an old therapy - It seems that passive immunity therapies such as therapies based on monoclonal antibodies are slowly but surely maturing into safe and useful cures. - DigitalJournal.com

?September 24, 2008 - Mumps case not yet cause for concern - Western News

?September 24, 2008 - NY Schools See 5 Possible Meningitis Cases - Teacher, 4 Students Are Being Watched - WFSB.com

?September 24, 2008 - 2 Viral Meningitis Cases Reported In Tracy - Locker Room, Weight Room Areas Cleaned - KCRA.com

?September 24, 2008 - NCHS Alum Shares Struggle With Meningitis - New Canaan News Review

?September 24, 2008 - D.C. Aims to Publicize City's HIV-AIDS Epidemic (requires registration) - Washington Post

?September 24, 2008 - Mercury, Tuna and Big Business - New Hampshire Public Radio

?September 24, 2008 - EPA cleaning up 100 years of mercury tailings at Altoona Mine - Mount Shasta Herald

?September 24, 2008 - Witnesses describe early hours of mercury spill - Providence Journal

?September 24, 2008 - Mercury Exposure Advisory Issued In Tuscaloosa - NBC13.com - "The City believes people may have come in contact with the mercury....If you feel you have been exposed to mercury, seek medical care."

?September 24, 2008 - Mercury Spill Closes North Adams City Hall - iBerkshires.com - "'It's not much,' he said of the 'miniscule' amount of mercury, 'but it's not something you can take lightly.'"

* ?September 24, 2008 - Widely used inhaler could increase risks, study claims - RESULTS DISPUTED | Findings apply to patients with chronic lung disease - Chicago Sun-Times

?September 24, 2008 - I Want Your Antibodies - New research says our immune systems dictate attraction - Popular Science

?September 24, 2008 - Why The Idea of Giving Cholesterol Drugs to Kids Weirds Everybody Out - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

?September 24, 2008 - CFIA approves E. coli vaccine on effectiveness - Country Guide - ""We have demonstrated definitive efficacy of the vaccine and, on completing one last task, we'll have a full license in hand," said Bioniche CEO Graeme McRae."

?September 24, 2008 - Mass. horse felled by mosquito-borne virus - AP via Boston Herald

* ?September 24, 2008 - Pave 100 HIV vaccine trial too risky at present - A recent trial analysis has revealed that Merck STEP and the PAVE100 failed to protect individuals from HIV. Dr Anthony Fauci, the man responsible for the PAVE100 decision at NIAID, spoke about the trial, his decision, and future trial possibilities. - Merinews

* ?September 24, 2008 - Nice issues strict guidelines for GlaxoSmithKline and Roche flu drugs - Drug watchdog Nice has recommend the use of GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza and Roche's Tamiflu to fight influenza – but only if the patient is in an "at-risk group" and "has not been effectively protected by vaccination". - Telegraph, UK

?September 24, 2008 - Daily Mail publisher to innoculate staff against bird flu - Press Gazette, UK

* ?September 24, 2008 - Politics & Money: Pharma Still Bets On Obama - Pharmalot

* ?September 24, 2008 - Zerhouni resigns as NIH head (requires registration) - The Scientist - "Zerhouni received criticism for his appointment of David Schwartz, former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, who resigned from his post earlier this year amid allegations of mismanagement and misconduct. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) corresponded frequently with Zerhouni regarding NIH-funded scientists who the Senator alleged improperly disclosed financial ties to industry."

?September 24, 2008 - WHO keeps same strains for 2009 southern hemisphere flu vaccine - CIDRAP News

* ?September 24, 2008 - CDC Wants Most Americans To Get Flu Shot This Year - Wednesday Marks Start Of Flu Season - WTAE.TV

* ?September 24, 2008 - Video: Influenza Vaccine Recommended for More Americans Than Ever Before - International Business Times

* ?September 24, 2008 - Grassley Charges NIH Conflict Over Tufts Professor - Pharmalot

?September 24, 2008 - Cornell Prepares For Pandemic Flu - The Cornell Daily Sun

?September 24, 2008 - HPV innoculation protects against three cancers - Science Notes

* ?September 24, 2008 - Eli Lilly to Disclose Payments to Doctors - The Wall Street Journal - "To all you docs who made big bucks this year giving talks for Lilly, or serving as a consultant: Don’t worry, your secret is safe. The company won’t report payments made before Jan. 1, 2009. The online reporting will start in the second half of ‘09 at the earliest, and will include docs who were paid as speakers or advisers for the company."

* ?September 24, 2008 - Other Drug Makers May Follow Lilly In Disclosing Payments - Dow Jones Newswires via CNNMoney

?September 24, 2008 - More people need flu shot, but even more avoid it - Dayton Daily News

* ?September 24, 2008 - U.K. Urges Restraint In Using ADHD Drugs - The Wall Street Journal

?September 24, 2008 - Hidden Infections Crucial To Understanding, Controlling Disease Outbreaks - Scientists and news organizations typically focus on the number of dead and gravely ill during epidemics, but research at the University of Michigan suggests that less dramatic, mild infections lurking in large numbers of people are the key to understanding cycles of at least one potentially fatal infectious disease: cholera. - University of Michigan via ScienceDaily

?September 24, 2008 - Emerging Animal Diseases and International Trade - PorkWorld

?September 24, 2008 - Captive breeding introduced infectious disease to Mallorcan amphibians - A potentially deadly fungus that can kill frogs and toads was inadvertently introduced into Mallorca by a captive breeding programme that was reintroducing a rare species of toad into the wild, according to a new study published today in the journal Current Biology. - Media-Newswire

?September 24, 2008 - Pfizer Pfuture: Job Cuts, Niches & Emerging Markets - Pharmalot

?September 24, 2008 - Cost-effective HIV monitoring system found - The Journal Archives of Internal Medicine via UPI

?September 24, 2008 - New Analysis Finds that Neglected Tropical Disease Burden in Latin America and Caribbean May Exceed that of HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria - Efforts to Combat NTDs to be Featured at CGI Closing Plenary Session on September 26th - (PLoS) via PRWeb

?September 24, 2008 - Pattern of humoral immune response to Plasmodium falciparum blood stages in individuals presenting different clinical expressions of malaria - journal article (Malaria Journal)

?September 23, 2008 - Inovio Wins $933K Biodefense Contract for DNA Vaccine Development - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

?September 23, 2008 - Rare genetic disorder gives clues to autism, epilepsy, mental retardation - Symptoms may stem from structural abnormalities in neurons that lead to excess brain connections - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

?September 23, 2008 - Blue Shield of California awards $29.5M in bonuses to medical groups - East Bay Business Times - "In its Sept. 23 statement, Blue Shield said it uses the IHA standards to track and reward physician organizations on a range of clinical factors, including childhood immunizations"

?September 23, 2008 - Failure to receive vaccines keeps 174 from Washoe schools - Reno Gazette-Journal

?September 23, 2008 - NYC Community Outreach Improves Childhood Immunization Rates - Health Behavior News Service

?September 23, 2008 - Time to hit the brakes on an epidemic — the deaths of 7 out of 10 Americans - The Hill

?September 23, 2008 - Datamonitor: Battlefor HIV drug market share getting fiercer - maybe too fierce for some - M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge

?September 23, 2008 - Microbial Interactions During Upper Respiratory Tract Infection CME (requires registration) - Emerging Infectious Disease via Medscape

?September 23, 2008 - Gambia-US ready to combat bird flu - WOW, Gambia - "An international workshop on Incident Command System (ICS), aimed at combating bird flu is currently underway at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi."

?September 23, 2008 - Biosimilars: US presidential candidates pledge support - Obama and McCain campaigns back shorter exclusivity periods for branded biotech drugs. As a part of their respective strategies to contain healthcare costs through the wider use of generic drugs, both Barack Obama and John McCain have pledged their support for shorter exclusivity periods for branded biologics. These announcements indicate that biosimilars are set to become a reality even in the US, placing additional pressure on biopharmaceutical revenues. - Pharmaceutical Business Review

?September 23, 2008 - Parents 'need lessons about ADHD' - Parents need lessons in how to cope with their children's unruly behaviour, new guidelines on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) say. - BBC

?September 23, 2008 - Why Johnny can't tie his own shoes - What you think is clumsiness could be a serious condition called DCD, Tralee Pearce reports - The Globe And Mail

?September 23, 2008 - Brown in free prescriptions vow - Patients with long-term conditions will get free prescriptions in England under plans announced by the prime minister. - BBC News

* ?September 23, 2008 - Join Our Action For Justice for Vaccine Injured Children - Support the ‘National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2008’ - Bill No. H.R. 6391 in the House of Representatives - The Autism Action Coalition

* ?September 23, 2008 - More than half of US drug safety studies never see the light of day - Only 43% of the evidence of safety and efficacy that the US Food and Drug Administration uses to approve drugs is published in scientific journals. The authors of the survey say this amounts to "scientific misconduct" - The Guardian, UK

* ?September 23, 2008 - Author and Physician Dr. Mayer Eisenstein Holding Vaccination Seminars at Homefirst Medical Center in Chicago, Oct. 26 - press release - NewsReleaseWire.com via ExpertClick.com - "In his quest to educate the public about the controversy, Chicago Physician Dr. Mayer Eisenstein is holding another in a long series of vaccine seminars on October 26 at Homefirst Medical Center in the Rolling Meadows suburb of Chicago. Eisenstein, who has been on the front lines of the vaccine debate for 30 years, recently published the hard hitting 'Don’t Vaccinate Before You Educate.'"

* ?September 23, 2008 - Charlatans to the Rescue - book review - Wall Street Journal - "Autism's False Prophets By Paul A. Offit, M.D."

?September 23, 2008 - Charlatans to the Rescue - Wall Street Journal via National Center for Policy Analysis

?September 23, 2008 - Autism Society of America Announces Barbara Newhouse as Chief Operating Officer - press release - The Autism Society of America via Business Wire via MarketWatch

* ?September 23, 2008 - David Kirby Smacks Me Down - rahul k. parikh via Salon.com

* ?September 23, 2008 - Another Look at the Gardasil Vaccine Exemption (includes video) - NBC 29 News - "The Gardasil bill Governor Tim Kaine signed into law last year allows for any parent to say they don't want their daughter to be vaccinated. The General Assembly came to that compromise following concerns over mandating a vaccine for what is frequently a sexually transmitted disease."

?September 23, 2008 - Needle exchange: Doctors, parents debate child vaccinations - Asbury Park Press

?September 23, 2008 - NHCo Students Without Immunizations Suspended - WHQR Public Radio

?September 23, 2008 - Inovio Awarded US Army Contract for Bio-Defense Vaccine Research Using its Electroporation Delivery Technology - press release - Inovio Biomedical Corporation via Business Wire via The Earth Times

* ?September 23, 2008 - Who ‘owns’ the bird-flu virus? And why does Indonesia want to? - The National

?September 23, 2008 - Company on trial for alleged illegal storage of mercury - TheDay.com

?September 23, 2008 - Research Project: FOREIGN ANIMAL DISEASE VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS Project Number: 1940-32000-050-04 - Project Type: Reimbursable - USDA Agriculture Research Service - "African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) has been identified by USDA and DHS as an emerging agricultural pathogen due to the 2007, outbreaks in Eurasia and is now a high priority for biological countermeasure research. The objectives of this collaborative research agreement are: 1. Identify and recruit a qualified scientist from the Republic of Georgia to come to ARS, PIADC for the purpose of acquiring knowledge of ASF, and development of molecular biology skill sets."

?September 23, 2008 - What then can cause Polio? an extract from the book "Fear of the Invisible" by Janine Roberts - misc.health.alternative via Google Groups

?September 23, 2008 - Legionnaires' hits 6 patients at NJ hospital - Newsday

?September 23, 2008 - Tracing Killer Spores: The science behind the anthrax investigation. - News article from the journal Analytical Chemistry - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

?September 23, 2008 - Unpublished drug data and how you look at it (requires registration) - Booster Shots Blog via Los Angeles Times - "Good luck trying to find as much information as possible about medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. More than half of the clinical trial data supporting those drugs remains unpublished five years after the medications' approval, researchers at UC San Francisco have found."

* ?September 22, 2008 - Report suggests refocusing US pandemic vaccine efforts - CIDRAP News - "The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests in a new report that an increased focus on the development of vaccine adjuvants could save the US government money while improving the nation's preparedness for an influenza pandemic."

* ?September 22, 2008 - Antibiotics and Fever Reducers - Exploring Vaccines

?September 22, 2008 - Letter: Benefits of vaccinations outweigh risks - TCPalm

?September 22, 2008 - Autism film 'Recovered' to be screened Saturday - Documentary features children said to have recovered from autism. - Orange County Register - "In 1993, Doreen Granpeesheh began videotaping the therapies of 10 autistic children she was treating. Ten years later, she revisited those tapes, and tracked down the children. Five of the six she found, she says, had recovered, and those original tapes became 'Recovered: A Journey Through the Autism Spectrum.' On Saturday at 6 p.m., the Local Assistance Leagues join with the autism group ACT Today to screen the documentary at Chapman University in Orange."

?September 22, 2008 - And the Emmy goes to … - Culpeper Star-Exponent - "But really, the 32-year-old first time producer nabbed television’s top award last week for his work on 'Autism: The Musical,' which premiered on HBO earlier this year."

?September 22, 2008 - Testing For Bird Flu - KXNet.com

?September 22, 2008 - Iron-Moving Malfunction May Underlie Neurodegenerative Diseases, Aging - University of Michigan via Biocompare

?September 22, 2008 - Michigan's Best Kept Secret in Autism Treatment Continues to Expand - PR-Canadian.Net

?September 22, 2008 - Diversity of the gut microbiota and eczema in early life (pdf) - journal article (Clinical and Molecular Allergy)

* ?September 21, 2008 - Dental Fillings - Mercury in your Mouth - Rocklin and Roseville Today - "'Shortly before I had my fillings removed, I was starting to develop full-blown multiple sclerosis,' she said. 'I was stumbling when I walked, had tremors in my hands, and I had slurred speech. After I had the fillings taken out, a lot of those physical symptoms went away. The proof is in the pudding. I got better. I honestly believe I would be in a wheelchair now if I hadn't had the fillings taken out.'"

?September 18, 2008 - Tracing killer spores - The science behind the anthrax investigation. - Analytical Chemistry

?September 17, 2008 - On Pfizer’s case and Gov Shekarau’s response - letter - Nigerian Tribune

?September 10, 2008 - Look Beyond the Labels of Autism, Says Speaker (includes audio) - Illinois Wesleyan University - "Professor Temple Grandin knows her brain is wired differently than other people."

?September 10, 2008 - Cancer, Diabetes, Aids, Autism and Numerous Other Treatments Within Reach by Discovery of 24 Human DNAs, According to Bob Ainuu Afamasaga - New Discovered 24 DNA Sequences from Initial 64 DNA Is Foundation of New “Human Genetic Code Periodic Table” Which Will Make Research for Cures and Treatments of Cancer, Diabetes, AIDS, Autism… Easy According to Bob Ainuu Afamasaga - press release - ALIV LLC via PR.com

?September 8, 2008 - America is poisoning its children - Post-Bulletin

?September 2008 - U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines - A CBO Paper (pdf) - Congress of the United States Congressional Budget Office

?Volume 40 Issue 5, 2008 - Comparison of the interferon- ? release assay and the tuberculin skin test for contact investigation of tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated health care workers - journal article (Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases)

?Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005 - Autism and Autistic Symptoms Associated with Childhood Lead Poisoning (full text) (pdf) - journal article (The Journal of Applied Research)

?Vol. 61, Number 2, 2001 - Quantitative Evaluation of Urinary Porphyrins as a Measure of Kidney Mercury Content and Mercury Body Burden during Prolonged Methylmercury Exposure in Rats - press release - journal article (Toxicological Sciences)

* ?Baldwin / Castle 2008 - Freedom Of Choice In Health Care - "I strongly support the freedom of choice of practitioner and treatment for all citizens for their health care" --Chuck Baldwin - Baldwin08.com - "I also oppose any legislation, such as Homeland Security Bill, H.R. 5005, which seeks to authorize the forced vaccination of American citizens against small pox. The government should not have the power to force people to receive immunizations or vaccinations."

* ?The Gulf War Illness and Sheepherders’ Disease; Acetylcholine Deficiency Disorders? - H. H. Fudenberg. , M.D., DDG, IOM (pdf) - The One Click Group

* ?An Interest in Conflict? - The 'conflict of interest' policy of the General Medical Council and the fitness to practice hearing of Dr Andrew Wakefield, Professor Walker-Smith and Professor Simon Murch. - Martin J Walker MA (pdf) - CryShame via The One Click Group

?Thirty-year setback means more will dien- Goal 4: Child mortality - Insufficient funding and a lack of coordination has thrown efforts to reduce child mortality off track, resulting in more preventable deaths - The Guardian, UK

?Dr. Temple Grandin - website

* ?Raise Your Voice for Vaccination Choice! Thurs. October 16 @ 12pm - If you can do just one thing in support of vaccination choice this fall, please stand with us in Trenton. We must deliver the numbers. - New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice via http://njvaccinationchoice.org

* ?Vaccination Choice Rally - Thursday October 16, 2008 - Noon to 2 pm, NJ State House, Trenton (pdf) - New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice via Vaccination News

?Autumn 2008 - Bills C-51 & C-52: Canada’s ‘Big Brother’? (pdf) - Mosaic Mind, Body and Spirit Magazine

?October 2008 - Case-Control Study of Clinical Features of Influenza in Hospitalized Patients - journal article (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)

?September 24, 2008 - Pandemic Planning - journal article (JAMA)

* ?September 24, 2008 - Govt bans milk from China - BFAD checking if candies also have melamine - The Manila Times

* ?September 24, 2008 - Risks and Benefits of Importing Prescription Medications From Lower-Income Countries - journal article (JAMA)

?September 24, 2008 - Off-Label Indications for Medication Use and the Published Literature - journal article (JAMA)

?September 24, 2008 - Off-Label Indications for Medication Use and the Published Literature—Reply - journal article (JAMA)

?September 24, 2008 - Report Urges Addressing Barriers to Reimbursement for Mental Health Care - journal article (JAMA)

?September 24, 2008 - Who’s Afraid of the Empowered Patient? - journal article (JAMA)

?September 24, 2008 - "Conscience" Regulations - journal article (JAMA)

* ?September 24, 2008 - Elite capital schools refuse polio vaccination - The News International, Pakistan - "Children getting routine vaccination as per their vaccination cards is a big issue, as schools did not allow vaccination teams to enter their premises saying that their children have completed the routine vaccination and they do not need any further doses."

?September 24, 2008 - No vaccine for autism ignorance - letters - Minneapolis City Pages - "Letter writer Heather O'Brien would do well to actually do some research herself before repeating the preposterous claim that childhood vaccinations cause autism or slandering a nonprofit public health group (Letters to the Editor, 9/10/08 in response to Bradley Campbell's article)."

?September 24, 2008 - Reaching out - The National Autism Society of Malaysia is on a fund-raising campaign to finance projects that will benefit the rural poor. - Malaysia Star

?September 24, 2008 - UK NICE Recommends Relenza,Tamiflu Antivirals In Some Cases - Dow Jones via EasyBourse.com

?September 24, 2008 - Hepatitis C sufferers going untreated - The Age

* ?September 23, 2008 - Is GlaxoSmithKline Behaving Badly in Argentina? - Parents Allege Pharmaceutical Giant Tricked Them With Experimental Vaccine - ABC News - "It's impossible to say whether the 12 babies' deaths are due to the vaccine or not, because half of the [total number of] children were given a placebo," the energetic pediatrician told ABCNews.com through a translator. "But the way the study has been conducted is reprehensible." A large part of the problem lies in the consent form itself, says Marchese. The language in the 12-page document is so convoluted, she charges, that even she had to read it more than once to fully grasp its meaning. Another problem is how subjects say they were recruited, Marchese says."

* ?September 23, 2008 - Controversy Over A Glaxo Clinical Trial In Argentina - Pharmalot - "Protocol Compas” is the name of the study designed to test the efficacy of Synflorix, Glaxo’s experimental pediatric pneumonia vaccine, which can also ward off the bacteria that causes meningitis and ear infections. But at least 12 babies in the trial have died over the past year in Argentina, and critics say the study uses children from poor families, who are pressured into signing consent forms (back story)."

* ?September 23, 2008 - Autism One Radio Airs Maloney Autism Vaccine Meeting - Age of Autism

* ?September 23, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy on Oprah: Sneak Peek for Age of Autism! By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ?September 23, 2008 - Congressional Vaccine-Autism Briefing - Call your Congressman! - Adventures in Autism

* ?September 23, 2008 - Extra! Read All About it! Autism & Vaccines in the News this Wednesday! - Age of Autism

* ?September 23, 2008 - The Stealth Virus Chronicles By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ?September 23, 2008 - Dr. Rahul K. Parikh, I Am Becoming Embarrassed For You By David Kirby - Age of Autism

* ?September 23, 2008 - Congressman Weldon to Give Keynote at 2008 National Autism Conference, Fort Lauderdale - press release - National Autism Association via PRNewswire-USNewswire - "The comprehensive four-day conference is scheduled for November 13 through 16 at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure, an environmentally-friendly 'green' hotel. Congressman Dave Weldon (R-FL) will deliver the keynote address. A long-time advocate for children with autism, the Congressman has been responsible for spearheading efforts to eliminate toxins from vaccines, and investigate the link between mercury and autism. ... Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, Dr. Boyd Haley and Dr. David Ayoub are just some of the speakers who will address the most recent trends in autism research. Dr. Jon Poling and Dr. Dan Rossignol both will cover different areas of mitochondrial dysfunction and autism."

?September 23, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy's New Book, "Mother Warriors," Keeps Autism Controversy in the News - http://autism.about.com

?September 23, 2008 - Officials Break Ground on Autism Center - WFMZ-TV

* ?September 23, 2008 - 'Our son was left brain damaged after 3-in-1 vaccine' claim - Herald.ie - "The family of a 22-year-old whose parents maintain was brain damaged after receiving a three-in-one vaccine as a baby is to take Dublin City coroner to court."

* ?September 23, 2008 - I've Seen the Needle and The Damage Done - Age of Autism

* ?September 23, 2008 - UK Lawmaker Seeks to Deny Education to Children Who Aren't Vaccinated - NaturalNews.com - "British Labour MP Mary Creagh has proposed forbidding school enrollment to children who have not received the full course of childhood vaccines, turning the current recommendations compulsory....The chair of the British Medical Association, Dr. Hamish Meldrum, blasted the plan as 'morally and ethically dubious.' 'A Stalinist approach like this would be likely to backfire on an unprecedented scale and increase opposition to vaccinations,' he said."

* ?September 23, 2008 - To ward off suspensions, Brunswick offers vaccines at schools - StarNewsOnline.com - "Failure to suspend students who don’t get the shots could be considered a violation of the state’s public health law, and thus a misdemeanor, said Amy Caruso, spokeswoman for the immunization branch of the N.C. Division of Public Health. But it’s important for people to realize the vaccine requirement is new, and people can be confused."

* ?September 23, 2008 - 130 Alamance students get suspension notices due to vaccination law - Burlington Times-News - "Kernodle said students' families have to show official medical records to prove students have had the shots. A bill or note from the doctor's office isn't sufficient, she said. There's also an official form that must be turned in for students who get a medical exemption. For a religious exemption, she said, a parent or guardian with a "sincere religious objection" is required to submit a signed note."

* ?September 23, 2008 - Editorial: Required HPV vaccination is sick - The Michigan Journal, University of Michigan-Dearborn - "As Gardasil is the only HPV vaccination approved for use in the United States, we at The Michigan Journal can't help but wonder whether immigrants are being required to get the vaccination out of concern for public health, or because it's an easy way to fill the pockets of Merck & Co."

* ?September 23, 2008 - Discovery of new immunity mechanism may lead to better pneumococcal vaccine - PLoS Pathogens via BigNewsNetwork

* ?September 23, 2008 - Wyeth Pharma begins clinical trial of 13-valent conjugate vaccine in adults to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia - Quick Facts -Wyeth via  RTTNews

* ?September 23, 2008 - Major Adult Vaccine Clinical Trial for Pneumonia Prevention Begins - 85,000 Expected to Enroll in Phase 4 Study Initiated Pre-Registration - press release - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals via PRNewswire via PharmaLive

* ?September 23, 2008 - New contracts awarded for Quinvaxem® and Hepavax-Gene® - Crucell via Marketwire - "We are very excited to have received additional Quinvaxem® contracts bringing the total value of the contracts awarded to date to $0.5 billion. These awards further confirm the superior quality of our pentavalent vaccine and the continued growth we expect from Quinvaxem®" said Ronald Brus, Crucell's Chief Executive Officer."

* ?September 23, 2008 - UNC Charlotte to Evaluate Potential Adjuvant Activity of ImmuneRegen's Viprovex(R) With Cancer Vaccine - ImmuneRegen BioSciences via Market Wire via COMTEX via MaketWatch - "This UNC-funded collaboration, part of a material transfer agreement with the university, will evaluate the potential adjuvant activity of Viprovex on cancer vaccines currently being developed by Dr. Mukherjee."

* ?September 23, 2008 - Research Shows How AHCC® May Help Fight Flu and Other Infectious Agents - Nutrition Reviews via NPI Center

?September 23, 2008 - It's never too early for flu shot, health authorities agree - Arizona Daily Star - "Vaccines are good, influenzas are bad," said Lewis, a pediatric-infectious-disease specialist who spent 20 years working in that field. "People can forget who the enemy is. Sometimes they think it's the vaccine, but the vaccine is our body armor."

* ?September 23, 2008 - Medical studies about drugs may be victims of spin, says report - Scientific American

* ?September 23, 2008 - Publication bias in clinical trials used for FDA approval - ScienceBlogs

* ?September 23, 2008 - FDA Transparency Raises Volatility for Drug Company Shares - The Wall Street Journal

* ?September 23, 2008 - WHO keeps same strains for 2009 southern hemisphere flu vaccine - CIDRAP News

* ?September 23, 2008 - Some Minneapolis schools add new subject: flu shots - Minneapolis Star Tribune - "Students will be able to get flu shots at eight Minneapolis public schools this fall as part of a pilot project to increase the number of children getting vaccinated."

?September 23, 2008 - Kids' flu shot guidelines change to better protect you and your family - 9NEWS.com

* ?September 23, 2008 - Critics of Anthrax Inquiry Seek an Independent Review (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ?September 23, 2008 - Sinovac Initiates Development of Vaccine Against Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease - press release - Sinovac Biotech Ltd. via Xinhua-PRNewswire

* ?September 23, 2008 - US awards contracts in hunt for versatile biodefense drugs - CIDRAP News

* ?September 23, 2008 - Whatcom County woman's arthritis interfered with measles test - Bellingham Herald - "A 49-year-old woman's rheumatoid arthritis threw off a state test, resulting in an incorrect report that she had contracted Whatcom County's first case of measles since 1995....Stern said people with rheumatoid arthritis have antibodies, which the body produces to fight infection, that can throw off one of the tests for measles."

?September 23, 2008 - Two more students diagnosed with meningitis - Newsday

* ?September 23, 2008 - Plague among improper Medicare diagnoses, inquiry says - In further revelations of Medicare abuse, investigators found unlikely diagnoses like bubonic plague used to justify equipment purchases. - Minneapolis Star Tribune - "Government investigators have found vast numbers of questionable Medicare diagnoses -- some involving unlikely claims for bubonic plague, cholera and leprosy -- potentially resulting in as much as $1 billion in fraud, waste and abuse."

?September 23, 2008 - Epstein-Barr virus predicts outcome in nasopharyngeal carcinoma - American Association for Cancer Research via EurekAlert!

?September 23, 2008 - HIV Infection From Injection Drug Use Is Growing Global Problem - MedPage Today

?September 23, 2008 - HIV on rise among self-injecting drug users: study - Reuters

?September 23, 2008 - Nipple Shield Protects Breast-Fed Child From HIV - Cambridge University via redOrbit

* ?September 23, 2008 - Defense Contractor To Kill Parvo Virus At Dog Park - News 8 via CBS8.com - "Fernando Feria, president of L3 Communications, thought of Steramist, a product his company manufacturers that's used to clean hospitals and cruise ships. 'It's totally harmless. It's a hydrogen peroxide base, the same hydrogen peroxide used when you gargle,' he said."

?September 23, 2008 - Oral Circovirus Vaccines Studied - National Pork Board via Pork Magazine

?September 23, 2008 - Rabies vaccine supplies run short - News & Observer

?September 23, 2008 - Light bulbs with Mercury come with cleanup concerns - ABC15.com

?September 23, 2008 - The Upcoming Supreme Court Case of Wyeth v. Levine and the Preemption Temptation: Part One in a Two-Part Series - FindLaw

?September 23, 2008 - School nurse plays vital role in kids' health - Times Union

?September 23, 2008 - A Rice Protein Linked To Infectious Disease Resistance - PLoS Biology  via Medical News Today

?September 23, 2008 - Brown’s Martin Keller, Glaxo & Paxil Study 329 - Pharmalot

?September 23, 2008 - Are you deficient in vitamin D? - Blood tests to check sunshine vitamin levels are on the rise - Florida Today

?September 23, 2008 - Allergies Affect Immune System - Best Syndication

?September 23, 2008 - Four biologists win "genius" prize (requires registration) - The Scientist

?September 23, 2008 - Merck Growth Outlook Flattening - Trading Markets

* ?September 22, 2008 - Cervical cancer test poised to be boon in developing world - AFP via Inquirer.net - "The gadget careHPV was devised by Digene Corp., now called Qiagen NV, and a US NGO called the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, or PATH. The project was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Health campaigners are also striving to roll out the new HPV vaccine in poor countries, in line with vaccinations of girls of puberty age in rich economies."

?September 22, 2008 - Kabul marks Peace Day with polio shots - Medics with polio vaccinations pushed into some of Afghanistan’s most volatile provinces on the UN’ Peace Day yesterday with a Taliban pledge they should not be harmed during the three-day drive. - Gulf Times

* ?September 22, 2008 - Lilly CEO To Boston: Pharma Will Be Scared Away - Pharmalot - "The ink is barely dry on a new law governing how drugmakers can market to docs, but Lilly’s John Lechleiter isn’t wasting time trying to make lawmakers regret their decision. In remarks to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts Executive Forum, he claims the law will hamper innovation and force companies to reconsider expanding in Massachusetts, The Boston Business Journal reports."

?September 22, 2008 - The Vytorin Limbo: Going Lower All The Time - Pharmalot

* ?September 22, 2008 - Boehringer Ingelheim Shrinks Its Sales Force - Pharmalot - "The drugmaker has ended a contract with InVentiv, one of the players in the Rent-A-Rep business, which was promoting its troubled Micardis, an angiotensin receptor blocker, otherwise known as a blood pressure med. Micardis, you may recall, failed to perform well in some key clinical trials (back stories here and here)."

* ?September 22, 2008 - FDA’s Brain Drain Continues - Celgene is the latest drug sponsor to entice an FDA official to join its ranks: Florence Houn is now the company’s VP-regulatory policy and strategy. The move comes at a good time for Celgene as the company implements multiple REMS programs, but leaves FDA with one less high-ranking official. - The RPM Report

?September 22, 2008 - High risk NIH grants announced (requires registration) - The Scientist

* ?September 22, 2008 - Burst Bubbles and Bailouts: How the Politics of the Financial Crisis May Affect Big Pharma - Washington is rescuing Wall Street, and along the way building a stronger case for advocates of a greater role for government in health care. After all, if the Treasury can figure out how much Fannie Mae is really worth, why can’t it decide how to value a blockbuster drug? - The RPM Report

* ?September 22, 2008 - Lipitor Ads and Women: Grounds For A Lawsuit - Pharmalot

?September 22, 2008 - Indian Officials May Protest Ranbaxy Ban - Pharmalot

?September 22, 2008 - Scientists Resolve How Immune System Attacks Body's Own Infected Cells - Max Planck via Medgadget

?September 22, 2008 - FDA User Fee Deadlines: Jenkins Expands On Interview Comments - FDA Office of New Drugs director John Jenkins writes in with a clarification of where FDA stands on meeting its user fee goals for 2008. - The RPM Report

?September 22, 2008 - Type 1 diabetes linked to excessive cleanliness - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

?September 22, 2008 - Pyrethroid Pesticide Affects Puberty at Low Levels - Beyond Pesticides

?September 22, 2008 - Baxter Initiates Phase III Trial for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease - Baxter Healthcare Corporation via The Earth Times

* ?September 22, 2008 - Vaccine Exemptions - video - WXYZ.com

?September 22, 2008 - David Southall, specialist in Sally Clark case, given another chance - The Times, UK

* ?September 21, 2008 - The Sun is Rising - Hilary's Desk via Beyond Conformity

?September 21, 2008 - Vaccine can save vast number of lives, says cancer specialist - Times Colonist

?September 21, 2008 - Children's Hospital sees huge jumps in technology during its 100 years - The Rocky Mountain News

?September 21, 2008 - Causes and treatment of stutter - IPPmedia via Sunday Observer

* ?September 19, 2008 - FDAAA Delays: Hurry Up and Wait - FDA is running late on product approvals, as it implements the many provisions in the FDA Amendments Act. But now the agency is saying that it will be late on FDAAA deadlines as well. Of the dozen or so provisions with approaching deadlines, the priority review voucher program is one of special interest to drug sponsors. - The RPM Report

?September 19, 2008 - More Research Links Pesticides to Parkinson’s Disease - Beyond Pesticides

?September 19, 2008 - Biotech to add jobs, seek federal funds for research - Washington Business  Journal

?September 17, 2008 - Testicular Defects in Newborns Linked to Prenatal Chemical Exposure - Environmental Health News via Beyond Pesticides

?September 17, 2008 - City urged to seek long-term funds for HPV vaccine - TorStar News Service via Metro

?September 16, 2008 - National Autism Association's 'FOUND' Provides Funds to Union County Sheriff's Office for Project Lifesaver Equipment - press release - National Autism Association via PRNewswire-USNewswire

?September 16, 2008 - Capturing Replication Strategies Used By SARS Viruses in Their Bid to Spread - Biocompare

?September 15, 2008 - Rockland autism symposium nearly full - The Journal News

?September 10, 2008 - Confusion over autism - letters - Minneapolis City Pages

?September 9, 2008 - Vitamin B12 status and rate of brain volume loss in community-dwelling elderly - journal article (Neurology)

?September 8, 2008 - Vitamin B12 Key to Aging Brain - Deficiency led to more brain shrinkage, study shows - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

* ?September 2008 - Safety, Not Sex, Tops Parents' Concerns About HPV Vaccine - Pediatric News - "The study was limited by the relatively small sample and by the university setting, which might have provided more education to parents and daughters than would other settings. But the results suggest that even those parents and daughters who were counseled about the HPV vaccine wanted more information, and further studies are needed to determine the most effective ways to provide more education, the researchers wrote. Many mothers who were not planning to vaccinate their daughters within the next year planned to vaccinate them eventually, they added. The study was funded by grants from Merck & Co. and the National Institutes of Health."

* ?September 2008 - An Expert Makes the Case for Universal HPV Vaccination - Pediatric News - "We should not vaccinate preteens and teens; there are no efficacy data on patients aged 9-14 years. This age group is not at risk for lesions and monitoring them “would be unethical and unproductive,” Dr. Franco said. “Immunobridging” studies show that vaccine-induced humoral response in preteens is the highest among all groups, “which is sufficient justification for expectation of benefit,” he said."

* ?September 2008 - Reimbursement Is Physicians' Top Concern on HPV Vaccine - Pediatric News - "Overall, survey participants cited reimbursement as the No. 1 hurdle to offering the vaccine. In all, 95% of physicians said the vaccine would not promote promiscuity or decrease the use of condoms. Of the remainder, 3% were neutral on the issue, and 1.4% said that the vaccine might promote promiscuity, according to Dr. Ko."

* ?September 2008 - Check Gardasil Adverse-Event Data - Pediatric News - "The 585 serious adverse events included 20 deaths. There was no common pattern to these deaths that would suggest they were caused by the vaccine. Where autopsy results were available, the cause of death was unrelated to vaccine. Other serious adverse event reports following receipt of Gardasil were attributable to Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare neurologic disorder for which the typical attack rate is highest during adolescence. Further investigation by FDA and CDC found no increase in GBS cases beyond the expected number among Gardasil recipients."

?September 2008 - International Adoptees' Records of Immunizations Are Often Unreliable - Pediatric News

* ?September 2008 - How to Counsel Parents on FDA Drug Warnings: Know the evidence and monitor the FDA Web site regularly, an expert suggests. - Pediatric News

* ?September 2008 - Antidepressant Prescribing by Pediatricians Rose After Warning - Pediatric News - "Results of an analysis of data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey seem to show that the FDA warning “had a greater impact on the prescribing of antidepressants to youth by psychiatrists than by primary care physicians,” Julie M. Zito, Ph.D., said at a poster presentation at a meeting of the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health."

* ?September 2008 - Study Shows Spike in Prevalence of Food Allergies - Pediatric News - "The prevalence of reported food allergies has risen 24% among children under age 5 years and 19% among children aged 5-17 years during the past decade, according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics."

* ?September 2008 - Lesions, Developmental Delay? Try Blood Test - Pediatric News

* ?September 2008 - Pediatricians' Mental Health Care Role Suggested - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Youth Suicide Rate May Be Rising After Years of Decline - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Expert: Public Misperceives Rate of Food Allergies - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - A Diagnosis Without a Disease - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Atopic Patients Appear Free of Extra MRSA Risk - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Congenital Illness: Confronting the Dark Side - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Alternative Therapies for Chronic Abdominal Pain - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Thyroid Dysfunction Is Linked to Pediatric Headache - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Deciphering the Complexities of Rett Syndrome - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - ADHD Symptoms Linked to Enterovirus Infection - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Behavioral Therapy Cuts Need for ADHD Drug - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - A Child's Social Competence May Affect Diabetes Control - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Oral Vitamin D Boosts Peptides in AD Lesional Skin - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Curtailed Sleep in Infancy May Predict Later Adiposity - Pediatric News

?September 2008 - Long-chain n–3 fatty acids and mortality in elderly patients - journal article (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

?September 2008 - Low plasma eicosapentaenoic acid and depressive symptomatology are independent predictors of dementia risk - journal article (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

?September 2008 - Effect of fish-oil supplementation on mental well-being in older subjects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - journal article (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

?September 2008 - n–3 Fatty acids and health: DaVinci's code - journal article (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

* ?August/September 2008 - Jenny and Jim Rally Thousands - Largest autism demonstration in Washington says, "Green Our Vaccines" - Spectrum Magazine

?Once He Wasn't Autistic - Schafer Autism Report via www.sarnet.org

?Hand Foot and Mouth Disease - Patient, UK - " Hand foot and mouth disease is usually a short mild illness that mainly affects children. Most children fully recover within a week. Serious complications occur rarely. This disease is NOT related to the disease with a similar name which affects animals."

* ?Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s Vaccine-Autism Briefing Live on Autism One Radio - Representative Carolyn Maloney’s (D-NY) special briefing to lawmakers about recent updates on the vaccine-autism debate will be carried live on Autism One Radio, Wednesday, September 24th. Join Curt Linderman at 1:50 pm ET as he interviews David Kirby before the start of the briefing. At 2:00 pm David Kirby will brief members of Congress and their staff for 25 minutes. Mark Blaxill will continue the briefing until 2:45. Mark’s briefing will be followed by a Q&A period. - National Autism Association

?NFID Annual Influenza/Pneumococcal News Conference Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 10:00 am - 11:00 am ET - National Foundation for Infectious Disease

* ?Jenny McCarthy Press Tour & Events Calendar - TACA Talk About Curing Autism - "Jenny McCarthy’s new book, Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds, will be released on Tuesday September 23."

* ?Little Canaries - Understanding Autism in America - website

Posted September 22, 2008

* ?September 23, 2008 - Govt orders closure of BCG Vaccine Lab - Times of India

* ?September 23, 2008 - Family of deceased threaten legal action against city coroner - Irish Times - "An inquest into the death of Alan Duffy (22) of Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin, concluded at Dublin City Coroner's Court yesterday, more than 10 years after it first opened. Dublin city coroner Dr Brian Farrell found that Alan Duffy died of pneumonia, secondary to a neurological disorder at the Mater hospital on December 31, 1995. His parents Vera and Kevin have maintained the pneumonia was due to his mental handicap, which they claim was caused by a reaction to the three-in-one Pertussis (DPT) vaccine which he received as an infant."

* ?September 23, 2008 - Medical Mysteries - A Sore Throat That Turned Deadly Serious - Rare Infection Puzzled Staff at Small Hospital (requires registration) - Washington Post - "One of her first visitors was Niemira, who told Szokan she had probably contracted a staph or strep infection that had settled in her epiglottitis, an occurrence so rare Niemira compared it to getting struck by lightning."

?September 23, 2008 - GAVI Alliance, UNAIDS, Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria and UNICEF: Significant Progress In Mother And Child Health And Reduction of Malaria & HIV/AIDS Deaths In Poorest Nations - MaximsNewsNetwork

?September 23, 2008 - Dr Tanya Byron: my son won't speak - My son is nearly 2 and refuses to speak. I've been ill for six months; could this have affected his development? - The Times, UK

?September 23, 2008 - Autism seminar salted in SM-Davao - Philippine Information Agency - "Stehli is the Director of the Georgiana Institute in Roxbury, CT, a non-profit organization founded in 1991 and dedicated to providing information on Auditory Integration Training (AIT). Stehli who authored the book Sound of Miracle, a Child's Triumph Over Autism, is also the editor of Dancing in the Rain, Stories of Exceptional Progress by Parents of Children with Special Needs and Sound of Falling Snow, Stories of Recovery from Autism and Related Conditions."

?September 23, 2008 - Hope of malaria cure as organ gives bugs immunity from infection when mating - The Times, UK

?September 23, 2008 - Illegal blood suppliers face longer jail terms - China Daily

?September 23, 2008 - More Limits For BPA - editorial - Hartford Courant

?September 23, 2008 - NWFP confirms its 21st polio case - The News International, Pakistan

?September 23, 2008 - ERMA Report on Equine Influenza Available - Press Release: ERMA via Scoop.co.nz - "It describes the organisms which are the subject of the conditional release application, and analyses the risks, costs and benefits of the genetically modified organisms contained in the vaccines (Proteqflu and Proteqflu Te)."

?September 23, 2008 - Researchers reconsider Gardasil vaccine - Wilkes Beacon

* ?September 22, 2008 - Sally Clark doctor David Southall cleared to return to work with children by GMC - The doctor who falsely accused the husband of the solicitor Sally Clark of murdering their two baby sons has won the right to return to working with children. - The Telegraph, UK

* ?September 22, 2008 - Olmsted on Autism: Tell It To Bernadine Healy (includes video) - Age of Autism - "Today, we're adding a new permanent post to our home page -- a link to Bernadine Healy's comments in a CBS interview with Sharyl Attkisson.  You'll find it on the left sidebar under 'Papers, Reports, Info.' We're doing this for a couple of reasons. Reason One: It is the most important single statement by the most important person ever to lend credence to a plausible link between autism and vaccinations. It's a game-changer, and it's all the 'cover' any of us need to keep raising questions until they are answered to our satisfaction."

* ?September 22, 2008 - A-Champ Advocates Nationally for Autism Issues - Age of Autism

* ?September 22, 2008 - Email C-Span to Broadcast Maloney Briefing! - Age of Autism

?September 22, 2008 - Families forced to move to get autism therapy - Parents find help for children at specialized Kamloops centre - Vancouver Sun via Canada.com

* ?September 22, 2008 - Senate panel OKs 3rd attempt at autism coverage - AP via WANDtv.com - "An Illinois Senate committee wants to require insurance companies to cover expanded treatment for autism. It's the Senate's third attempt this year to approve the measure, which would require insurers to cover up to $36,000 a year and unlimited doctor visits until age 21 for people with autism spectrum disorders."

?September 22, 2008 - Getting specialer by the minute - Chicago Daily Herald - "Governor Blagojevich Calls Special Session to Help Children with Autism Access Healthcare Coverage Special Session marks the Governor’s Third Attempt since Spring Session to Provide Healthcare Options for Children with Autism"

?September 22, 2008 - Roxbury woman named to autism council - Succasunna resident will represent organization for developmentally disabled - Dailyrecord.com

?September 22, 2008 - Class will help families of children with autism - Dailyrecord.com - "Christina Peck, author of 'Blessed with Autism,' will share her tools for success in receiving monetary reimbursement for therapy from private insurance companies though the experiences of hundreds of clients she's helped over the past five years..."

?September 22, 2008 - A fathers discovery and journey battling autism - WKYC.com

?September 22, 2008 - New Division Chief A Renowned Autism Researcher - A renowned autism researcher and busy clinician has taken the helm of the Division of Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics th and the University of Rochester Medical Center didn't have to look farther than its own faculty to find her. Following a nation-wide search, Susan L. Hyman, M.D., has been named chief of the renamed and refocused division formerly known as the Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities. - University of Rochester Medical Center via Media-Newswire.com

?September 22, 2008 - Late Diagnosis of Celiac Disease Increases Risk of Sepsis - Celiac.com

* ?September 22, 2008 - Report: 135,000 kindergarten students without vaccinations - ABC15.com - "But pro-exemption parents like Melissa VanHook say vaccines like the MMR - or measles, mumps, rubella - that are designed to prevent the spread of disease may be doing more harm than good. 'Within one week of receiving his MMR, he had 105 (degree) fever and within a couple of days from that he would no longer make eye contact,' VanHook said of her 3-year-old son Dane. Six weeks later, Dane was diagnosed with autism. 'There is no question at all that my child became completely different and the only thing that is different is that we had done the MMR vaccination,' said VanHook."

* ?September 22, 2008 - Shot clinic offered as deadline looms (includes video) - WRAL.com - "The immunization requirement changes reflect the growing threat of whopping cough, Owens said. Most children have not had a booster shot for that disease since kindergarten. After several outbreaks in North Carolina schools last year, health experts realized that the standard, 10-year vaccine does not do enough."

* ?September 22, 2008 - No immunizations means more than 1,000 Washoe students absent - KRNV.com

?September 22, 2008 - Wake Students Given Extra Chance For Booster - NBC17.com

?September 22, 2008 - Students Could Face Suspension if Their Shots Aren’t Up-to-Date - WNCT.com

* ?September 22, 2008 - Students must have booster shots - News & Observer - "Triangle schools are holding a last-minute round of health clinics because more than 2,500 area sixth-graders need to get a newly required vaccination this week. Otherwise, they run the risk of being suspended from school."

* ?September 22, 2008 - Budget Cuts Could Create Statewide Vaccination Crisis - KTVN.com - "Pediatricians have received notice that state funding to help offset those costs and to fund those shots at the health department will be cut in January. That leaves doctors left to shoulder the cost of buying the medicine, storing it and recouping dwindling reimbursements from insurance companies. Most say they can't afford it. 'So now the possibility exists that they won't be available and there will be a vaccine crisis in the state and that's what we're trying to avoid. We're trying to avoid the crisis where no one will be giving the shots,' says Dr. Patrick Colletti."

* ?September 22, 2008 - AFRICA : Cervical cancer vaults to WHO priority list - IRIN Africa - "WHO is urging health ministries to make the HPV vaccine available in their national health plans to all 10 to 13-year- old girls in order to prevent the disease. The vaccine’s three doses cost a total of US$300, in a region where the average annual salary is about US$550, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The Geneva-based Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is expected to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to bring the price down, while the UN, Program for Adaptation of Technologies in Health (PATH), and World Bank have pledged to help with costs so patients only pay US$45 for the vaccine."

?September 22, 2008 - NPR's 'Morning Edition' Examines Parents' Concerns About HPV Vaccine - Daily Women's Health Policy Report via Medical News Today

?September 22, 2008 - Panel to discuss vaccine that prevents HPV - Charlottesville Daily Progress

?September 22, 2008 - Research proves MMR vaccine efficacy - Nurses have been handed a strong tool to encourage patients to accept MMR vaccination after a study confirmed it provides almost 100 per cent protection against measles. - Healthcare Republic

?September 22, 2008 - Central government takes on Uttar Pradesh over immunization - Sindh Today

?September 22, 2008 - IAC Express Issue number 755 - Immunization Action Coalition

* ?September 22, 2008 - Most Vaccine-Allergic Children Can Still Be Safely Vaccinated - Johns Hopkins Gazette - "Conflict of interest disclosure for Johns Hopkins investigators: Halsey has received research support from vaccine manufacturer Wyeth and is a consultant for vaccine manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline and Merck."

* ?September 22, 2008 - Pitt research indicates new virus is culprit, not bystander, in deadly skin cancer - Findings show molecular evolution of virus; reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences via EurekAlert!

* ?September 22, 2008 - New insights could lead to a better pneumococcal vaccine - Discovery of a new, previously unknown mechanism of immunity suggests that there may be a better way to protect vulnerable children and adults against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infection, say researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The findings, published in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens on September 19, may aid the development of novel pneumococcal vaccines. (The current vaccine, Prevnar, is expensive and covers only 7 of the 91 known pneumococcal strains.) - Children's Hospital Boston via PhysOrg.com

?September 22, 2008 - Vaccine protects against HER2-positive breast cancer in mice - Cancer Research UK

?September 22, 2008 - New research could lead to a vaccine for pneumococcus disease - University of Bristol via EurekAlert!

?September 22, 2008 - Viruses: The Immune System’s Smallest Enemy That Causes the Biggest Problems - NaturalNews.com

?September 22, 2008 - AVI BioPharma to Present at the UBS Global Life Sciences Conference - AVI BioPharma via Market Wire via Comtex via MarketWatch

?September 22, 2008 - SRI gets $8.3M contract for bioterror defense - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

* ?September 22, 2008 - International Scientific Conference Features Advances in Vaccine Development and Disease Prevention - press release - Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology via Business Wire via The Earth Times - "More than 150 scientists and business leaders in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries will convene for the New Cells for New Vaccines III: From Lab Bench to Clinical Trials third annual international scientific conference."

* ?September 22, 2008 - Encorium Group Signs $6.2 Million of New Contracts Mainly for Vaccines Clinical Trials - Approximately $20 Million of New Business Contracts Announced During the Past Ten Weeks - Encorium Group, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX via MarketWatch

?September 22, 2008 - Outbreak Of Suspicion - Chicago Tribune via Hartford Courant

* ?September 22, 2008 - Philip Morris International set to inhale Canadian flu vaccine maker Medicago - AP via Canadian Press - "Global cigarette maker Philip Morris International is set to invest $16 million in Canadian vaccine developer Medicago Inc. (TSXV:MDG), taking a 49.9 per cent stake which could grow to a majority holding. The Quebec City developer of inoculation through virus-like particles said Monday the proceeds of the private placement 'will be used to further fund the development of Medicago's pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccines.'"

* ?September 22, 2008 - Antivirals Used Inappropriately in 38% of Influenza Cases: Presented at AAFP - Doctor's Guide

* ?September 22, 2008 - Knox County's free FluMist vaccination program begins - Knoxville News Sentinel

* ?September 22, 2008 - Flu Shots Advised for Children Ages 18 and Younger - U.S. News & World Report On Parenting Blog - "Pediatricians are getting geared up for the onslaught; I got a letter from my pediatrician over the weekend telling me and other parents we need to schedule shots in advance and that if we don't show up, we'll have to pay a $25 penalty. I instantly felt fluish; my stomach had that 'oh no, not one more thing to tack onto my already too-long to-do list' feeling. Isn't it enough to sell gift wrap for the PTA fundraiser??"

* ?September 22, 2008 - Vaccines in good supply for flu season - Flu shots advised for schoolchildren - Green Bay Press Gazette

?September 22, 2008 - Give Your Fetus a Flu Shot - Pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson tells you how. - Mom Logic

?September 22, 2008 - Quidel Influenza Test Selected for FluSTAR ® Surveillance Program - QuickVue® Test to Be Exclusive for 2008/09 Influenza Season - press release - Quidel Corporation via Business Wire

?September 22, 2008 - County well-prepared for upcoming flu season (includes video) - NewsChannel 9 WSYR 

?September 22, 2008 - Flu vaccine includes new strains, recommendations for kids - Rockford Register Star 

?September 22, 2008 - Vaccines in good supply for flu season - Green Bay Press Gazette

?September 22, 2008 - Health department urges flu vaccines after spike in infections - KOAA.com

?September 22, 2008 - First vaccination blitz without need of appointments - The CSSS targets 21,000 over eight-days - Following in the footsteps of other Quebec cities, Laval residents can benefit, as of November, of this year from a first mass influenza vaccination campaign that requires no appointment for the service to be obtained. - Courrier Laval

?September 22, 2008 - FBI anthrax probe questioned - http://foodconsumer.org

?September 22, 2008 - New York Times Editors Are No Crime-Solvers - North Star Writers Group via American Chronicle

?September 22, 2008 - Commonwealth Biotechnologies Identified as Key Lab in the Amerithrax Investigation - Centre Daily Times

?September 22, 2008 - Student case of mumps prompts free vaccine clinics at Fanshawe - LondonTopic.ca

* ?September 22, 2008 - Drive-through vaccination effort a success in Amherst - 1,385 people receive hepatitis A booster - Buffalo News

?September 22, 2008 - Canada boosts global commitment to end polio - Rotary International

?September 22, 2008 - Presley reads from new University of Iowa Press memoir Oct. 3 - Allen Rucker, author of "The Best Seat in the House: How I Woke Up One Day and Was Paralyzed for Life," comments, "Alternating between sardonic and blunt, Gary Presley maps out an almost-50-year trek from infantile paralysis to post-polio syndrome to bonding with his power chair, Little Red; from helpless, passive cripple to defiant Gimp. - University of Iowa Arts Center Relations via Media-Newswire.com

?September 22, 2008 - For Patients with PPS, the Worst is Gone but not Over - Post-Polio Institute at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center offers support and hope - Nurse.com

?September 22, 2008 - More And More West Nile Virus Victims - eFluxMedia

?September 22, 2008 - Toward More Effective Drugs, Vaccines For Fighting HIV - Chemical And Engineering News - Medical News Today

?September 22, 2008 - Sharp rise in HIV in Australia - Rates of HIV infection in Australia have increased by almost 50% in the past eight years, according to a report. - BBC

* ?September 22, 2008 - Allergy says positive results for ragweed vaccine - Reuters via Hemscott - "Allergy Therapeutics Plc announced on Monday positive results from a Phase III trial of its Pollinex Quattro ragweed vaccine, but confirmed that trials in the United States are still on hold."

?September 22, 2008 - Bluetongue vaccines delivered into the open market - More batches of bluetongue vaccine will come on the market this morning (Monday, September 22) after Fort Dodge became the first firm to release product into the open market. - Farmers Guardian

?September 22, 2008 - Fewer prescriptions filled as economy slowed, analysis finds - Philadelphia Inquirer

?September 22, 2008 - Tomato plant hair throws light on human disease resistance - The Tech Herald

?September 22, 2008 - Junk Science - 'Functional' foods promise good health -- but can they deliver? - AdWeek

?September 22, 2008 - Portland keeps kids off field with high lead level - AP via The Oregonian via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

* ?September 22, 2008 - Chief of China's top quality-control agency steps down - International Herald Tribune - "The head of China's top quality-control agency resigned Monday in the face of a growing scandal over the country's tainted milk supply, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The toxic milk has sickened more than 50,000 infants and has killed at least four so far."

?September 22, 2008 - Melamine Making the FDA Crack Down on Food at US Ports - InjuryBoard.com

?September 22, 2008 - Tainted Chinese Milk Not a Threat in the US - ScienceMode

?September 22, 2008 - FDA takes stringent measures to test Chinese produced dairy products - National News Bureau, Public Relations Department of Thailand via Thaindian.com

?September 22, 2008 - Your Doctor's Rights Vs. Your Rights - U.S. News & World Report Blog - "In July, I wrote about a possible new federal rule designed to protect healthcare providers from being denied employment or fired if they, say, refused to administer emergency contraception or certain forms of birth control because of their religious or moral beliefs."

?September 21, 2008 - Kamloops gaining reputation for autism treatment - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

?September 20, 2008 - Success Story Against Guinea Worm - The disease has been reduced below 10,000 cases in five countries. - Voice of America

* ?September 20, 2008 - No deaths due to measles in Kishtwar: Government - The state health department denied that any deaths had occurred due to an outbreak of measles, however, it admitted that six deaths have taken place due to different diseases in Warwan-Afti area of Kishtwar district. - KashmirLive.com

* ?September 19, 2008 - For a Global Generation, Public Health Is a Hot Field (requires registration) - Washington Post - "Many forces have converged to make these subjects competitive for students' attention. For starters, global health is a huge growth industry.  The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has spent about $15 billion in the past five years, and funding is being nearly tripled for the next five. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are channeling billions into public health initiatives. Malaria eradication -- which failed in the 1950s and 60s -- is again on the table."

* ?September 19, 2008 - Book Supports Parents Who Want to Opt Out of Vaccinations - Vaccine Rx

?September 18, 2008 - Taking paracetamol regularly 'triples risk of asthma' - Daily Mail, UK

?September 18, 2008 - Antibiotics given to delay labour can harm baby - The Times, UK

?September 18, 2008 - Cerebral palsy link to antibiotics given during premature birth - Giving antibiotics to pregnant women going into premature labour increases the risk of cerebral palsy in the child, research has found. - The Telegraph, UK

?September 18, 2008 - Childhood outcomes after prescription of antibiotics to pregnant women with preterm rupture of the membranes: 7-year follow-up of the ORACLE I trial - journal article (The Lancet)

?September 18, 2008 - Childhood outcomes after prescription of antibiotics to pregnant women with spontaneous preterm labour: 7-year follow-up of the ORACLE II trial - journal article (The Lancet)

?September 18, 2008 - Antibiotics in preterm labour—the ORACLE speaks (requires registration and subscription) - journal article (The Lancet)

?September 17, 2008 - Government drops plans to study chelation for autism - AP via CNN

?September 17, 2008 - Maternal flu shots protect newborns: U.S. study - Reuters

?September 16, 2008 - FDA defends plastic linked with health risks - AP via Yahoo!

?September 16, 2008 - Common plastics chemical linked to human diseases - Reuters

?September 11, 2008 - Doubts Surfacing About Flu Vaccine's Effectiveness for Elderly - NaturalNews.com

?September 10, 2008 - Autism: Helping Children Connect (audio) - Day to Day via NPR

* ?September 10, 2008 - Changes to diet help with autism symptoms - Albert Lea Tribune - "Several members of our staff have crossed over the aisle from conventional medicine and have established theories and protocols consistent with the conservative holistic medicinal communities. Several of our nurses, physician assistants and physicians have established a vaccinate wisely protocol. Know what you are getting, ask why you are getting it and spread them out."

* ?September 10, 2008 - Flu shot advised for all children - 'Long overdue': However, the state may not have enough to go around. - The Morning Call

?September 9, 2008 - Measles: not just a harmless rash - The Edmond Sun

?September 9, 2008 - House Call: Vaccines don't pose danger to kids, but skipping them does - North County Journal

?September 9, 2008 - Flu vaccines available for Republic students - News-Leader.com

?September 9, 2008 - USAID Awards Additional $100 million to Continue Development of Effective Microbicide - press release - USAID.gov

?September 8, 2008 - Pandemic Preparation: SLU Launches Avian Flu Study - NIH-Funded Study Examines Combining Stockpiled and New Vaccines - Saint Louis University

?September 8, 2008 - Childhood Immunisation Report - Press Release: District Health Boards via Scoop.co.nz

?September 8, 2008 - Colleges are fighting back by getting students vaccinated against meningitis - Argus Leader

?September 8, 2008 - National Non-Profit Organization Brings Cervical Cancer Awareness Walk to Big Apple - Women gather in New York City to show support for cervical cancer prevention - press release - Tamika & Friends via PRNewswire via Comtex via MarketWatch

?September 2008 - Cancer immunotherapy – redefining vaccines - NOVA Science In The News

?May 2007 - Autistic traits in a population-based ADHD twin sample. - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)

?June 20, 2006 - The Big Bucks in Tylenol - The Long War on Aspirin - Counterpunch

?April 1999 - Cell-mediated and antibody immune responses to AIK-C and Connaught monovalent measles vaccine given to 6 month old infants. - journal article (Vaccine)

?July 1998 - The prototypic Th2 autoimmunity induced by mercury is dependent on IFN-gamma and not Th1/Th2 imbalance. - journal article (Journal of Immunology)

?December 1997 - Differential modulation of the immune response by breast- or formula-feeding of infants. - journal article (Acta Paediatrica)

?January 1997 - Kinetics of immunologic responses after primary MMR vaccination. - journal article (Vaccine)

?MOTHERS Act - A bill to ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression. - OpenCongress

?Text of S. 1375: Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act - GovTrack

?Vitamin D: as close to a magic bullet as you can get? - The vitamin D paradox - Alliance for Natural Health via American Association for Health Freedom

* ?Hearings on Vaccines and Autism Nassau County, NY, Thursday, pt. 25 - The Health Committee of the Nassau County Legislature with members of the Suffolk County Legislature Will hold a public hearing on the possible link between Vaccines and Autism Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 1 pm. - The Autism Action Coalition

* ?9/24 - Actress Jenny McCarthy - Warrior Moms - The Oprah Winfrey Show - "Jenny McCarthy brings us a story of 'mom courage' unlike any you've ever seen. Meet a mom so extraordinary, you'll want to cheer! Plus, Jenny and her love Jim Carrey sit down together for the first time. OAD (09/24/08) (PG)"

* ?Conference Calls 2008 Line Up - http://poisonevercure.150m.com - "Dr. Rebecca Carley Friday-September 26, 6pm MT- 8pm CT-9pm ET"

* ?Is Your Sen. or Rep. Attending Rep. Maloney's Vaccine-Autism Meeting? - Age of Autism - "THERE ARE NOW 80 CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE BRIEFING ON CAPITOL HILL – WHAT ABOUT YOURS?"