* ►October/November 2008 - Jenny McCarthy is a 'Parasite' - Jenny McCarthy, Amanda Peet Are Central Focus in Pro-Vaccine Campaign - Spectrum Magazine

* ►October/November 2008 - Deciding Autism Omnibus - Spectrum Magazine

* ►October 1, 2008 - Qatar takes fight against autism to UN - Peninsula On-line

►October 1, 2008 - Father age link to autism in children - Older fathers are almost twice as likely to have autistic children as younger men, research has found. - The Telegraph, UK

►October 1, 2008 - Teenage suspected meningococcal victim in critical state - Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - "If confirmed, it will be the ninth case in the Hunter New England Health region this year."

►October 1, 2008 - New meningococcal case found - Liverpool Champion, Australia - "A Sydney South-West Area Health Service said young people who have the meningococcal-C vaccine should still be on the lookout for symptoms because there are two main strands of the disease, B and C."

* ►October 1, 2008 - Afghan child tests positive for polio - Pakistan Dawn - "The nine-month-old child had received seven doses of polio drops during special campaigns but didn’t get vaccination during routine immunisation."

* ►October 1, 2008 - Trialled: The C.diff vaccine that could 'handcuff' killer superbug - Daily Mail, UK - "Six hundred men and women will be given the vaccine  -  the first of its kind in the world  -  from next month. If the tests prove successful, the jab could be on the market within three years and used to treat severely ill patients or to mass vaccinate pensioners."

►October 1, 2008 - Post Vaccination Reactions - Sun.Star, Philippines

►October 1, 2008 - 63 polio cases confirmed in country so far this year - The News International, Pakistan
 
►October 1, 2008 - Support polio immunisation, Yuguda urges monarchs - Vanguard, Nigeria

►October 1, 2008 - Suspected bird flu victim dies - Bangkok Post

►October 1, 2008 - Biotech to bring home the bacon? - commentary - Washington Times - "After more than 20 years of deliberation, the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has proposed that every 'transgenic' animal crafted with gene-splicing technology will be subject to the procedures and regulations for drugs used to treat animal diseases, such as pain relievers or anti-flea medicines."

►October 1, 2008 - Induction of a VLA-2 (CD49b)-Expressing Effector T Cell Population by a Cell-Based Neuroblastoma Vaccine Expressing CD137L - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►October 2008 - Tau and S100B Proteins as Biochemical Markers of Bilirubin-Induced Neurotoxicity in Term Neonates - journal article (Pediatric Neurology)

►October 2008 - Chronic abdominal pain: a psychological approach for the clinician - journal article (Paediatrics and Child Health)

►October 2008 - Does breast feeding provide protection against acute appendicitis? A case-control study - journal article (Tropical Doctor)

* ►September 30, 2008 - HHS calls for improved vaccine surveillance systems - Government Health IT - "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a new electronic reporting system is necessary to maintain the ability of federal health agencies to identify the adverse effects of vaccines. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), co-managed by CDC and the Food and Drug Administration, is 80 percent paper-based, according to a draft background document on the CDC Immunization Safety Office’s Scientific Agenda. CDC is seeking to increase research into vaccine safety and plans to hold public hearings on the plan."

* ►September 30, 2008 - Obstetricians urge pregnant women to get flu shots - Reuters - "Some pregnant women may be concerned about the safety of the flu vaccine because some contain thimerosal -- a mercury-based vaccine preservative. But according to ACOG, there is no evidence that thimerosal is a danger to the health of the pregnant woman or her fetus. Thimerosal-free flu vaccines are available, but they tend to be more expensive."

* ►September 30, 2008 - CDC Issues New Recommendations For Flu Shots - CBS News 8 - "'Basically every child we see in our practice, we're going to have to tell them, even though you're up to date, you're going to need a flu shot,' he said."

►September 30, 2008 - CDC: All children should now get flu shot - The Wenatchee World Online

►September 30, 2008 - Get influenza vaccinations, health officials say - Press-Enterprise

* ►September 30, 2008 - Dr. Martin Wants Your Calls and E-Mails! By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ►September 30, 2008 - Mother Warriors: You've Got to be Carefully Untaught By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ►September 30, 2008 - Mother has a different story - letter - Chilliwack Times via Canada.com - "If I could turn back the hands of time and not inject my children, I would. I beat myself up on a regular basis that I did not do my homework before I chose the immunization path, but now that we are on that path with autism as its result, we just keep moving forward and accept what we cannot change."

* ►September 30, 2008 - Notes from the desktop..."My name is Tanner. My name is Tanner - Tanners Dad's Blog

* ►September 30, 2008 - Pop Tarts: Jenny McCarthy Slams Amanda Peet Over Vaccines - Actress and new mom Amanda Peet referred to parents who choose not to vaccinate their children as “parasites” in a recent interview. But despite her public apology aimed at parents of autistic children who believe that vaccines may have caused the illness, Jenny McCarthy hasn’t forgiven or forgotten. - FOX News

* ►September 30, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy and Amanda Peet duke it out over childhood vaccines and autism - New York Daily News

* ►September 30, 2008 - Actress Jenny McCarthy Takes A Swing At Actress Amanda Peet - News Blaze

►September 30, 2008 - It’s On! Jenny McCarthy vs. Amanda Peet on the Topic of Childhood Vaccines - Modern Mom

►September 30, 2008 - Innoculate this: Amanda Peet, Jenny McCarthy's verbal vaccine war - Los Angeles Times Dish Rag Blog

►September 30, 2008 - 2nd International Conference, Signs of Autism in Infants: Changing Outcomes Through Early Identification and Intervention, October 11 & 12, 2008; Unique and Critical Event - This conference brings together a roster of visionary and accomplished leaders in autism research and clinical practice who are dedicated to the earliest possible identification of autism in very young children and the initiation of intervention to interrupt and ameliorate the devastating consequences of the diagnosis. During the 2-day event these experts will present the outcomes of their work that will show us hopeful new options and lead the way to widespread early recognition and intervention. - Child Development Media, Inc. via PRWeb

* ►September 30, 2008 - Please Support the Jonathan Carey Foundation - Protect Our Children from Abuse - The Autism Action Coalition - "Please support the Jonathan Carey Walk for Vulnerable Children THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 Bethlehem Town Park 261 Elm Avenue Delmar, New York"

►September 30, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy Takes on Amanda Peet - Age of Autism

►September 30, 2008 - Adults with autism beat odds - The disorder is common in Utah; U.'s research may offer hope for worried parents - The Salt Lake Tribune

* ►September 30, 2008 - Link Between Vaccine and MS Unproven (requires registration) - HealthDay via Washington Post - "The French study found that children with MS were almost twice as likely to have received the vaccine called Engerix B three or more years before the disease's onset. Further studies will need to be done to determine whether the vaccine is a direct cause of the development of MS."

►September 30, 2008 - Link Between Vaccine and MS Unproven - HealthDay via Yahoo!

* ►September 30, 2008 - The Global Vaccines Market 2008-2023 - The period 2008-2023 will see a vaccine "boost". There will be a new resurgence in the sales and utilisation of vaccines. Are you prepared for this? You should be. - PharmiWeb.com

* ►September 30, 2008 - Merck sued, misleading drug marketing - MyFox Gulf Coast - "Attorney General Bill McCollum sued Merck and Company, Inc. on Tuesday, on behalf of Florida state agencies damaged by the company’s allegedly deceptive marketing and promotion of one of its prescription drugs."

►September 30, 2008 - Teen girls in rush to take up cancer jab - This is South Wales

►September 30, 2008 - Pupils treated too harshly - editorial - Kingston Whig-Standard

►September 30, 2008 - Only 73 students still lack proof of vaccination - Greensboro News-Record

* ►September 30, 2008 - VaxInnate’s Second Flu Vaccine Candidate Enters Clinical Development; Results Expected in Early 2009 - Study Tests Novel Technology with Potential to Transform Production of Flu Vaccines - press release - VaxInnate Corporation via Business Wire

* ►September 30, 2008 - Treating a Cold and Flu the Holistic Way - What Alternative Medicine Experts Do When They Get Sick (includes video) - ABC News

* ►September 30, 2008 - New Applied Biosystems test diagnoses flu fast - Reuters - "The test, designed to quickly detect both bird flu and seasonal influenza strains, should be rolled out to state health departments soon, the company and the CDC said."

►September 30, 2008 - CDC goes online to push pediatric flu vaccinations - SmartBrief

►September 30, 2008 - Flu vaccine facts - letter - Lawrence Journal-World 

►September 30, 2008 - DSHS Texas Receives CDC Pandemic Flu Grant - Medical News Today

►September 30, 2008 - Obama-sponsored mercury-storage bill sent to President Bush - Legislation would ban export of the metal in 2013 (requires registration) - Chicago Tribune

* ►September 30, 2008 - Congress Passes Obama, Murkowski, Allen Bill to Ban Dangerous Mercury Exports - Senator Barack Obama via All American Patriots

* ►September 30, 2008 - FBI won't release details on anthrax suspect - McClatchy Washington Bureau - "The FBI is declining to release at least 15,000 pages of documents related to the now deceased prime suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks despite lingering suspicions that the bureau has accused the wrong man."

* ►September 30, 2008 - Emergent's Anthrax Vaccine Effective With Fewer Doses in Study - Bloomberg

* ►September 30, 2008 - Fewer doses of anthrax vaccine comparable to current dosing regimen - Baylor College of Medicine - "'We expect that reducing the number of adverse reactions will lead to a higher level of acceptability of the vaccine,' said Dr. Wendy Keitel, professor of molecular virology and microbiology at BCM and director of the Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit at BCM. 'And reducing the number of times the vaccine is given will reduce the cost and complexity of delivering the entire program.'"

►September 30, 2008 - PharmAthene and Panacea Biotec Ltd. Establish Strategic Alliance in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases - PharmAthene, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall via International Business Times

►September 30, 2008 - Florida man dies from rare bacterium - AP via CBS 12 - "Panama City medical examiners say a man who died following a high-speed police chase had a rare form of cholera-causing bacterium."

►September 30, 2008 - Over 100 in hospital with meningitis in northern Russia - RIA Novosti

►September 30, 2008 - Meningitis warning - Swindon Advertiser, UK - "With thousands of 16 to 19-year-olds starting or returning to college, staff have been quick to make sure students know the risks of the infectious brain disease."

* ►September 30, 2008 - New US institute to focus on AIDS vaccine - Reuters South Africa - "The $30 million facility is a joint venture by the nonprofit Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative."

►September 30, 2008 - AHF Applauds Schwarzenegger for Signing First-in-the-Nation HIV Testing Coverage Bill - AB 1894 (Krekorian, D--Burbank), Sponsored by AHF, Compels Insurers Operating in California to Cover Costs of Routine HIV Tests Legislation Will Help California Comply with CDC's Updated 2006 HIV Testing Guidelines Recommending Routine HIV Screening for All Individuals Ages 13 to 65 - AIDS Healthcare Foundation via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►September 30, 2008 - Hepatitis B Linked to Pancreatic Cancer - MedPage Today

►September 30, 2008 - CDC: More Than A Third Of Epileptics Not Receiving Adequate Treatment - U.S. Medicine

►September 30, 2008 - Chickenpox parties continue despite vaccine - McClatchy Newspapers via Frederick News-Post

►September 30, 2008 - Solvay Pharmaceuticals scratches plan for Birmingham plant - Birmingham Business Journal

►September 30, 2008 - Pro-Con: Should Congress permit states to override the FDA's approval process by passing the Medical Safety Device Act? NO - opinion - Kansas City Star

►September 30, 2008 - Pro-Con: Should Congress permit states to override the FDA's approval process by passing the Medical Safety Device Act? YES - opinion - Kansas City Star

►September 30, 2008 - Warning on bluetongue vaccination - Whitby Gazette, UK

►September 30, 2008 - I gave lethal jab to Edna Alker, inquest hears - Liverpool Echo

►September 30, 2008 - It's Life and Death: Canadian Actress Speaks Out About Living with Severe Allergies - Lauren Collins Speaks to Students about the Vital Importance of Allergy Awareness - press release - King Pharmaceuticals Canada via CNW Group

►September 30, 2008 - 'Unvaccinated kids' linked to whooping cough spike - There has been a significant spike in the figures for whooping cough cases in northern New South Wales. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

►September 30, 2008 - Dozens exposed to animals receive rabies shots - Orlando Sentinel

►September 30, 2008 - Deadly epidemics are rare, but not anything new - Kings County Record, Canada

►September 30, 2008 - Can rusty nails cause lockjaw? - The Detroit News

►September 30, 2008 - Tackling autism - Florida Tech's second annual conference focuses on reaching children early - Florida Today

►September 30, 2008 - Allentown schools warn of confirmed whooping cough case - The Morning Call

►September 30, 2008 - Still in the Lyme Light - Politicians and Hollywood enter the debate over "chronic Lyme disease." - Slate Magazine

►September 30, 2008 - TB Bacterium Uses Its Sugar Coat To Sweeten Its Chances Of Living In Lungs - Common strains of tuberculosis-causing bacteria have hijacked the human body’s immune response to play tricks on cells in the lungs, scientists say. - Ohio State University via ScienceDaily

►September 30, 2008 - PolyMedix Presents Data On Anti-Tuberculosis Activity Of Its Novel Antibiotic Compounds - PolyMedix via Medical News Today

►September 30, 2008 - Baxter's Antimicrobial IV Technology Now Shown To Kill Six Common Pathogens, Including MRSA And VRE - Baxter Healthcare via Medical News Today

►September 30, 2008 - Ontario auditor slams hospitals over C. difficile - The Globe And Mail - "Poor hand hygiene and housekeeping standards in Ontario hospitals provided a breeding ground for the spread of a highly contagious superbug that claimed the lives of 75 patients at one health-care institution alone, the province's auditor says."

►September 30, 2008 - US science funding frozen (requires registration) - The Scientist

►September 30, 2008 - The Internet - Medsurg Nursing via redOrbit

►September 30, 2008 - The role of antioxidant supplement in immune system, neoplastic, and neurodegenerative disorders: a point of view for an assessment of the risk/benefit profile - Nutrition Journal via 7th Space

►September 30, 2008 - New Tests To Help Teenagers With Developmental Coordination Disorder - Action Medical Research via Medical News Today

►September 30, 2008 - BNET Focus on Antidepressants: Part 1, Sales and Strategy - BNET Industries

►September 30, 2008 - CombiMatrix Launches Two New Array-Based Diagnostic Tests - CombiMatrix via Globe Newswire - "Some of the syndromes identified by this test include Down (Trisomy 21), Prader-Willi, Smith Magenis, Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, and DiGeorge Syndromes, to name just a few. The newly launched, updated version of this test now increases the number of specific genetic syndromes tested for, to over 220."

►September 30, 2008 - International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Announces Physician Training Program - International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), in partnership with Turn the Corner Foundation (TTC), launch a new physicians training program intended to decrease the incidence of chronic Lyme disease. Lyme is a complex disease without accurate diagnostic testing solutions. Advanced clinical expertise is often required by physicians to ensure patients receive effective diagnosis and treatment programs. This program is intended to increase patients' access to care for Lyme treatment by increasing the number of physicians trained to treat both early and late-stage cases of Lyme disease. - PRWeb

►September 30, 2008 - Pfizer's Change Of Heart - Forbes

►September 30, 2008 - Wyeth warns it may cut jobs at Sanford plant this fall - WRAL LocalTechWire

►September 30, 2008 - EMEA Approves Novartis´ Aclasta/Reclasta for Osteoporosis in Men - The European health authorities have approved Novartis´ osteoporosis drug Aclasta – called Reclasta in the U.S. - for use in men, as well as broadening its use, the Swiss drugmaker announced. - Network Medica

* ►September 29, 2008 - Solantic To Offer First-Ever Guaranteed Flu Vaccination - PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch - "Solantic, a leading provider of walk-in urgent care across Florida, is now offering the first-ever guaranteed flu vaccination. Whoever receives their flu shot (or the nasal vaccine FluMist) at Solantic -- and then contracts the flu -- will receive a free flu examination with a physician, including a flu test and treatment recommendation."

* ►September 29, 2008 - Who Will Develop The Best Anthrax Vaccine? - Huliq News - "The contracts are offered by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. Emergent received a $29.7 million contract to develop a recombinant version of BioThrax, which is supposed to be more effective and safe, but will still require refrigeration. PharmAthene received a $83.9 million contract to develop a genetically modified anthrax vaccine, which is supposed to be much faster and will not require refrigeration."

* ►September 29, 2008 - PharmAthene Inc receives contract for development of third generation rPA anthrax vaccine - M2 Equitybites via COMTEX via Trading Markets

* ►September 29, 2008 - National Institutes of Health gives Dynavax a $17M contract - San Francisco Business Times

* ►September 29, 2008 - NOVAVAX Featured at Clinton Global Initiative 2008 Annual Meeting - Company recognized for pursuit of cost-effective and rapidly deployed vaccine solution for avian and seasonal flu - PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►September 29, 2008 - Development of a behaviour change communication strategy for a vaccination-linked malaria control tool in southern Tanzania (pdf) -journal article (Malaria Journal)

►September 29, 2008 - Development of a behaviour change communication strategy for a vaccination-linked malaria control tool in southern Tanzania - Malaria Journal via 7th Space

►September 29, 2008 - The Dark Side of Personalized Medicine - Policymakers and R&D heads across the drug industry appear unified that personalized medicine represents the future of drug development and innovation. Well, does it? - The RPM Report

►September 29, 2008 - Is It Ethical To Include Pregnant Women In Research? - Medical News Today

►September 29, 2008 - Children with disorders get help as they cautiously venture into real world - Memphis Commercial Appeal

►September 29, 2008 - Minnesota: Hopkins High Won't Open Teen Clinic - Star Tribune via www.aegis.org

►September 29, 2008 - Penicillin bug genome unravelled - Dutch researchers have decoded the DNA sequence of the fungus which produces penicillin. - BBC

►September 29, 2008 - When Things Just Don’t Add Up - Education Canada via Ivanhoe

►September 29, 2008 - Boston Ends Program For Cheap Canadian Drugs - Pharmalot

►September 29, 2008 - Logging On for a Second (or Third) Opinion (requires registration) - The New York Times

►September 29, 2008 - Is Cleanliness No Longer Next to Godliness? - Diabetes Health

►September 29, 2008 - Shining a light on sun vitamin - Duke University Medical Center via Independent.ie

►September 29, 2008 - 'One Health' aims for holistic science outlook - Collegiate Times

►September 29, 2008 - Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for First Rapid On-Demand Molecular Diagnostic Test for MRSA and S. aureus - Cepheid via StreetInsider.com

►September 29, 2008 - Cephalon settles improper drug marketing case for $425M - Philadelphia Business Journal

►September 29, 2008 - Some 'ignore food label schemes' - Food labelling could end up being ignored by a large number of shoppers, experts suggest. - BBC

►September 29, 2008 - China still ahead of India on outsourced trials, says PwC report - Pharma Times

* ►September 29, 2008 - Breaking news event on the Gary Null Show - www.gnhealth.com - Allow me to share with you an extremely important announcement about a ground-breaking scientific press conference that I will be hosting this coming Wednesday, October 1st....Multi-award winning British journalist, Janine Roberts, will unveil new reports on the gross contamination of our children’s vaccines and the hidden agenda by so-called vaccine experts. Gary and Janine will discuss controversies surrounding our need to reassess vaccines and the meaning of viruses entirely. This program will challenge the entire basis of our vaccine program. A selection of alarming documents will be revealed including NIH official transcripts never before reported."

►September 29, 2008 - Chiropractor Sponsoring Ante up for Autism Event - Planet Chiropractic - "This Friday, October 3rd, chiropractor Michael Dorausch, founder of planetchiropractic.com, is one of several sponsors providing funding for the 2008 Ante up for Autism event in Dana Point California. The event features celebrity hosts Jenny McCarthy, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, and many celebrity guests."

►September 29, 2008 - Plenty of flu vaccine on hand this season - Americans ready to take up arms and noses against the bug that causes the seasonal flu have plenty of ammunition this year. - MarketWatch via Seattle Times

►September 29, 2008 - Some Minneapolis elementary schools host pilot flu shot clinics - Insight News

►September 29, 2008 - Vaccines Ready for Flu Season - Six new additions to approved list - Consumer Affairs

►September 29, 2008 - Keeping Grandma and Grandpa Flu-Free - Dr. Marie Savard Has Advice for Senior Citizens Facing Another Flu Season - ABC News

►September 29, 2008 - CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects - Occupational Health Safety

►September 29, 2008 - Hawaii health department gets $1.3M from CDC - AP via Honolulu Advertiser

* ►September 29, 2008 - FDA Approved Human Medical Experiments with Artificial Blood; Hundreds Died - NaturalNews.com

 ►September 29, 2008 - Eating Fish, Breast-Feeding Boosts Infant Development - Mom's careful choice of foods offers both physical and mental advantages, study says - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►September 29, 2008 - Aethlon Medical Initiates First Clinical Study Of a Medical Device to Treat HIV/AIDS Patients - Aethlon Medical, Inc. via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►September 29, 2008 - Manufacturer to Pay $425M for Improper Drug Marketing - Drug maker Cephalon on Monday completed a previously announced $425 million civil settlement with federal authorities over off-label drug marketing. - AP via FOX News

►September 29, 2008 - Fears for Afghan anti-polio drive - Almost 200,000 children in Afghanistan missed out on a recent polio immunisation drive because of violence linked to the Taleban, the UN says. - BBC

►September 29, 2008 - 2 women in NY hospital contract meningitis - Staten Island Advance via Newsday

►September 29, 2008 - New test for meningitis ends rash decisions - Sunday Mirror, UK

►September 29, 2008 - Hepatitis Outbreak: Health crisis witnesses silent - Investigators see incentives not to snitch - Las Vegas Review Journal

* ►September 28, 2008 - Superheroes help immunizations - Temple Daily Telegram - "Batman, Spiderman, Cinderella and Snow White roamed the Bell County Expo Center as anxious children waited to get free immunizations."

►September 28, 2008 - Questions about drug-resistant Tuberculosis - Sunday Monitor

* ►September 27, 2008 - US kids more medicated than Europeans - Irish Health - "A team of researchers from the US, Germany and the Netherlands examined the prescription levels of psychotropic drugs in the three countries. Psychotropic drugs include antidepressants, sedatives and tranquillisers. “Antidepressant and stimulant prevalence were three or more times greater in the US than in the Netherlands and Germany, while antipsychotic (drug) prevalence was 1.5 to 2.2 times greater,” explained lead researcher, Julie Zito."

►September 27, 2008 - Nassau Co. (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing-Leg. Denise Ford - video - YouTube

►September 27, 2008 - Nassau County (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing - John Gilmore - video - YouTube

►September 27, 2008 - Nassau Co. (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing- Robert J. Krakow - video - YouTube

►September 27, 2008 - Nassau County (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing - Evelyn Ain - video - YouTube

►September 27, 2008 - Nassau Co. (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing -Dr. Michael Grosso - video - YouTube

►September 27, 2008 - Nassau Co. (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing - Dr. Paul Lee (1) - video - YouTube - "Dr. Paul Lee, President of the Nassau County Pediatric Society, representing the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)."

►September 26, 2008 - Nassau Co. (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing - Dr. Paul Lee (2) - video - YouTube

►September 26, 2008 - Nassau County (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing - Louise Kuo Habakus - video - YouTube

►September 26, 2008 - Nassau County (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing - Dr. Sherr - video - YouTube

►September 26, 2008 - Nassau County (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing - Rita Palma - video - YouTube

►September 26, 2008 - Nassau Co. (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing-Assem. Marc Alessi - video - YouTube

►September 26, 2008 - Nassau Co. (NY) Autism & Vaccine Hearing-Rep. Francis Becker - video - YouTube

* ►September 26, 2008 - Engerix hep B vaccine may raise risk of MS in kids - Neurology via Reuters Health via HealthCentral.com

* ►September 26, 2008 - Phila. biotech firm lands federal grant for influenza treatment - Philadelphia Business Journal

* ►September 26, 2008 - Dept's secret catalogue of hospital errors - Irish Health

►September 26, 2008 - A longitudinal study of schizophrenia- and affective spectrum disorders in individuals diagnosed with a developmental language disorder as children - journal article (Journal of Neural Transmission)

►September 26, 2008 - What Is The Relationship Between Serum Folate/vitamin B12 And MTHFR C677T Genotype? - World Journal of Gastroenterology via Biocompare

►September 26, 2008 - A fatal case of encephalitis associated with Chikungunya virus infection - journal article (Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►September 26, 2008 - Fishy Diet Protects Babies from Eczema? - Archives of Disease in Childhood via Ivanhoe

* ►September 25, 2008 - Comparative study of reactogenicity and immunogenicity of new and established measles, mumps and rubella vaccines in healthy children - journal article (Infection)

►September 25, 2008 - Genetic origins of hyper-IgE syndrome - journal article (Current Allergy and Asthma Reports)

►September 25, 2008 - Flu Vaccine Urged for Kids of School Age - Wall Street Journal

* ►September 24, 2008 - Efforts continue to posthumously promote EHartford man who opposed military vaccinations - Journal Inquirer - "Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is continuing months of efforts to press the state’s National Guard and Gov. M. Jodi Rell to posthumously promote Russell Dingle of East Hartford — one of the nationwide leaders of a successful effort to promote drug safety and licensing requirements for the military’s mandatory anthrax vaccine inoculations. 'Lieutenant Colonel Dingle, at great personal and professional sacrifice, not only persevered in challenging the legality of the vaccine, but also succeeded in forcing the (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to correct the warning label on the vaccine — thereby avoiding birth defects and other serious health problems for many people,' Blumenthal said in a May letter to Rell."

►September 24, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy: On a Mission from God - http://autism.about.com

►September 23, 2008 - Immunizing our kids - Chilliwack Times via Canada.com

* ►September 19, 2008 - CNS demyelination and quadrivalent HPV vaccination. - journal article (Multiple Sclerosis) - "We report five patients who presented with multifocal or atypical demyelinating syndromes within 21 days of immunization with the quadrivalent human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil((R)). Although the target population for vaccination, young females, has an inherently high risk for MS, the temporal association with demyelinating events in these cases may be explained by the potent immuno-stimulatory properties of HPV virus-like particles which comprise the vaccine."

►September 16, 2008 - Comparison of the effect of ciprofloxacin and Tazocin((R)) on the incidence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an Intensive Care Unit. - journal article (International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)

* ►September 11, 2008 - The Gary Null Show - audio - Special 3hr Broadcast on HIV/AIDS - Gary conducts an exclusive, special interview for the press with British journalist Janine Roberts and invited AIDS researcher guests, including Professor Andrew Maniotis, Prof Etienne deHarven &  Dr Roberto Giraldo to bring new documentation to the attention of the public in support of earlier charges of scientific fraud against Dr. Robert Gallo, the reknowned virologist who is credited with discovering HIV. - www.garynull.progressiveradionetwork.org

* ►September 11, 2008 - Exclusive Press Conference Interview with Janine Roberts - Gary Null's A.I.D.S. Information Page

* ►September 4, 2008 - Interview about vaccinations - video - Shiv Chopra

►September 2008 - Accuracy of primary care medical providers' understanding of the FDA black box warning label for antidepressants - journal article (Primary Care and Community Psychiatry)

►2008 - Honey Bees Not Healthy in U. S. or U. K. - Earthfiles.com

►Autism Calendar of Events - October 2008 - Schafer Autism Report

* ►Special Event- Wednesday, Oct. 1st. - Gary will hold a live press conference at the 92d Street Studio, between 1st and 2d Avenues in NYC, with Janine Roberts. (See directly below for more information on Janine.) The press conference will be held live at 2pm. - Limited seating will be available at the 92d Street Studio, Seats are available free of charge, by reservation only. - The Gary Null Show via Progressive Radio Network

* ►Tanners Dad - Causecast - blog

* ►Shiv Chopra - Issues about Health and Food Safety - blog

* ►October 6, 2008 - The never-ending story: Flu vaccine season goes year-round - The process of developing and distributing vaccine is long and complicated, but efforts to speed it up are paying off. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►October 6, 2008 - When it's OK to say: No new patients -  Are there ethical limits to a physician's right to refuse accepting new patients? - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors - Some worry that doctors will leave the program rather than continue to contend with its flaws. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Florida high court rejects curb on medical staff rights - Judges found a county law unconstitutional, saying the statute undermined the "balance of power" outlined in medical staff bylaws. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - As elections near, AMA spotlights uninsured issue - A bipartisan group of lawmakers hopes to gain approval of a universal coverage compromise after the next administration takes over. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Certificate-of-need law in Illinois slammed by feds, AMA - Doctors and hospitals continue to battle over the effectiveness of such laws in dozens of states. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - House EHR bill mixes Medicare physician bonuses with cuts - Congress is unlikely to address additional health information technology legislation before 2009. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Trade group's "accreditation" could confuse medical tourists - The proposed benchmarks are designed to reward best practices, but health care accrediting bodies worry that the terminology could mislead patients. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Drug samples can mean fewer generic prescriptions for the uninsured - A study's findings raise questions about whether the benefits of drugmakers' free samples outweigh patients' out-of-pocket costs. -  www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Liability reform and better ob-gyn access - Tort reform in Illinois has had some impact in maintaining ob-gyn services, but liability remains a big concern. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Survey looks at impact of health risk assessments - The study found that 17% of employees taking an HRA discuss the results with a doctor. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Studies produce no consensus on Pennsylvania Blues merger - The state's insurance department must decide on the Independence Blue Cross-Highmark merger without benefit of a clear mandate from reports it commissioned. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Former CEO to pay United investors $30 million - William McGuire, MD, further whittles down his holdings in a third settlement over stock options. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Don't rush change to ICD-10 codes - CMS' 2011 deadline for updating to a far more complicated coding system with a new transaction form is unreasonable and unrealistic. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Litigation Center fights for AMA members -- and wins - A message to all physicians from Joseph M. Heyman, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Surgeon general urges more vigilance on dangerous clots - The subtle signs of DVT and PE can be missed easily by patients and physicians, according to a new report. - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - Letters to the Editor - Ban direct-to-consumer drug ads - Recognize Center for the Intrepid's Dr. Menetrez is a physiatrist - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - News in brief: Health & Science - New uses for HPV vaccine - ACP gives osteoporosis guidelines - Physical activity overcomes obesity genes - Home blood pressure monitoring accurately predicts death risk - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - News in brief: Government & Medicine - Whistle-blower activity on the rise for health care fraud - Kentucky leaders seek higher SCHIP enrollment - www.ama-assn.org

►October 6, 2008 - News in brief: Professional Issues - Medical liability case filings, insurance rates decline in West Virginia - www.ama-assn.org

* ►September 30, 2008 - Serum institute gets clean chit, killer vaccine sent for more tests - Expressindia.com

►September 30, 2008 - Probe teams for Aurangabad - The Hindu

►September 30, 2008 - Vaccine elimination by 2012 - Fiji Daily Post - "Fiji’s target on the elimination of measles and hepatitis B by the 2012 is on track."

►September 30, 2008 - Doctors prepare for new flu strains with more vaccines - The Daily Toreador

►September 30, 2008 - New system to quickly detect flu viruses - A researcher team from Chulalongkorn University has come up with a new technique to quickly detect and identify influenza infections in humans. With this technique, doctors can determine the type of virus a patient has contracted within three hours and thus render the correct treatment. - The Nation Multimedia

►September 30, 2008 - Disingenuous doctrine - The cervical cancer vaccination: the Catholic Church should open its mind - letter - The Times, UK

►September 30, 2008 - FTA supports Gardasil - The Fijian Teachers Association is calling on Parents and guardians to see their young girls are part and parcel of the Ministry of health preventative program. - Radio Fiji

* ►September 30, 2008 - Mandate forces parents to weigh HPV vaccine risks - Local panel explores tough decision about opting out - C-Ville

►September 30, 2008 - Scripps gets grant for HIV vaccine research - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

* ►September 29, 2008 - Reminder - This is Your Chance to Influence Federal Autism Spending - Comments Due Tuesday By Jim Moody, Esq. - Age of Autism - "If you don’t like the way your tax dollars are being spent, or not spent, on autism research, this is your chance to speak up and take action."

* ►September 29, 2008 - Excerpt: "Mother Warriors" - Jenny McCarthy shares stories of hope on raising an autistic child (includes video) - Good Morning America via ABC News - "When we pulled up to the hospital there was a police officer standing outside. We opened the car door and started screaming 'Our baby's seizing!' The police officer took him, and we ran in. I shouted to them, 'I think he's having a reaction to the shots, to the vaccines. He got them today.' So they brought me over to the nurse and she asked me what the situation was and I said again, 'I think he's having a reaction to the vaccines. He got them today.' He had now been seizing 40 minutes....We were in the ICU for 2 or 3 days and when we finally left what I stated to the police officer, to the people registering, to the emergency room staff about the vaccine injury, never showed up in any paperwork. Nowhere was it noted that it was a vaccine reaction. When we went back to his pediatrician and told him that we believed it was because of the shots Elias received that same day he told us there was in no way a correlation at all between the seizures and his vaccines. He went on and on and told us not to worry and he did such a good job convincing us that we actually believed him. Then it happened again. We vaccinated and he seized and seized. He seized forty five times within this first year. It was during this time my husband stared researching on The University of Google."

* ►September 29, 2008 - Autism battlefront - Worcester mother a ‘warrior’- Worcester Telegram & Gazette - "Mrs. Tembenis is one of several parents featured in McCarthy’s book. 'Gina Tembenis is a Mother Warrior because of her ability to keep going and keep fighting for her son, even though he is not physically here,' said McCarthy in a phone interview. 'Right away I knew Elias’ story has to be told but I don’t know if I would be able to keep walking and talking if that happened to my son. She is without a doubt the number one warrior in my book.'"

* ►September 29, 2008 - NIH Announces Funding for New Epigenomics Initiative - National Institutes of Health - "Diet and exposure to environmental chemicals throughout all stages of human development, among other factors, can cause epigenetic changes that may turn on or turn off certain genes. Changes in the regulation of genes could make people more or less susceptible to developing a disease later in life. (See scientific illustration of how epigenetic mechanisms can affect health at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/epigenomics/epigeneticmechanisms.asp.)"

* ►September 29, 2008 - Groundbreaking Findings on Autism to be Presented at Carnegie Mellon International Symposium - Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a distinctive, world-class research university that blends cutting-edge programs across many disciplines including business, computer science, the arts and sciences, engineering and public policy. - press release - Carnegie Mellon via PRNewswire - "For more information, and to view the symposium's complete program,
please visit the Web site: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/autismsymposium/."

* ►September 29, 2008 - A Mulligan for Vaccines? By Harry Hofherr - Age of Autism

* ►September 29, 2008 - Mother Warriors: A Nation Of Families Healing Autism Against all Odds - Age of Autism

* ►September 29, 2008 - On Media: The CDC Medicine Show By Anne Dachel - Age of Autism

* ►September 29, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy on Good Morning America - Age of Autism

* ►September 29, 2008 - Dr Andrew Wakefield - UK Government MMR Filthy Secret - The One Click Group
 
* ►September 29, 2008 - MySpace: Ask The Candidates - Age of Autism

* ►September 29, 2008 - Baby given 'wrong MMR jab' - Metro.co.uk - "Gemma Gibbs fears 13-month-old daughter Kaylee may not be able to fight the disease after she was mistakenly given a Hib jab rather than an MMR vaccination."

* ►September 29, 2008 - This week’s poll: Autism epidemic? - Inside Autism Blog via Orange County Register

* ►September 29, 2008 - PETA's New 'Got Autism?' Billboard Has Stark Warning for Newark Parents - Recent Studies Find Link Between Cow's Milk and the Debilitating Disease - press release - PETA.org

►September 29, 2008 - Got Autism? PETA unveils new billboard in Newark - Newsday

* ►September 29, 2008 - York researcher fights autism - Excalibur Online - "York University professor Dorota Crawford of the school of kinesiology and health science was one of the many beneficiaries of a new $21-million Ontario provincial government research grant for her groundbreaking research in autism....The funding – provided via the Ontario Research Fund – was divided up between 114 different research projects at post-secondary institutions across the province. 'I think the key message is that those who were successful represent the very best of our researchers in Ontario, and our best researchers need to have the best tools,' Wilkinson said....The announcement’s featured recipient was Crawford, who, along with her staff, is attempting to determine whether there is a genetic link to autism."

►September 29, 2008 - MU autism center wins $890,000 grant - Columbia Daily Tribune

►September 29, 2008 - The Rett Syndrome Research Trust Introduces International Collaboration With Autism Speaks And MRC - Medical News Today

►September 29, 2008 - Trouble Swallowing Slows Autistic Child - Bismark Tribune via redOrbit

* ►September 29, 2008 - Congress Passes Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2008 - ACC Urges White House to Sign It into Law - press release - American Chemistry Council via PRNewswire-USNewswire

* ►September 29, 2008 - Congress sends mercury export ban to president - AP via Google - "The Natural Resources Defense Council said in a statement that the measure 'puts an end to the cycle of poison where this dangerous neurotoxin is being phased out by industry and the government here in the United States, but then our surplus mercury is shipped overseas to developing countries.'"

* ►September 29, 2008 - Three Countries Comparison - Child Psycho Drug Use - Alliance for Human Research Protection via The One Click Group

* ►September 29, 2008 - Some want changes in vaccination schedules - KSL.com - "But some critics question the need to have a cookie-cutter type plan for having kids vaccinated along the same general timeline. National Vaccine Information Center Director of Patient Safety Dr. Vicky Debold said, 'We advocate an individualized schedule where parents, if they decide that they need something that is specific and individual to their children, that the medical community be willing to work with these parents.'"

* ►September 29, 2008 - 181 students without vaccination documents - Greensboro News-Record

* ►September 29, 2008 -  IAC Express Issue number 756 - Immunization Action Coalition - "In response to the recent media attention given to vaccines, autism, and other controversies concerning vaccines, IAC received permission to reprint and distribute information for parents previously published by Dr. Ari Brown in her book 'Baby 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your Baby's First Year.'...To download this exciting new ready-to-copy article for parents on vaccine concerns, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2068.pdf"

* ►September 29, 2008 - Smoke, mirrors and immunizations - The Olympian

* ►September 29, 2008 - Catholic school district’s HPV vaccine stance addresses all concerns, says Bishop of Calgary - Bishop Henry: “We’ve probably read much more than Mr. Liepert has.” - Catholic News Agency - "To the health minister’s contention that the non-vaccination policy was not formed in consultation with the medical community, Bishop Henry explained that 'for months we’ve been reading everything' from Health Canada, cancer societies, individual doctors, web sites, and other sources. 'We’ve probably read much more than Mr. Liepert has,' he suggested. According to Bishop Henry, their studies had suggested the HPV vaccine was 'not adequately tested' and could have 'problematic dimensions' and 'disastrous side-effects.' Adverse reactions, including some deaths, have been reportedly linked to the HPV vaccine. In Bishop Henry’s view, there is a danger of the vaccination program 'using young girls as guinea pigs.' 'Does this profit anybody other than the drug company?' he wondered. Because of these concerns, Bishop Henry explained, there was 'sufficient ambiguity' for the school district to refuse to participate in the voluntary vaccination."

* ►September 29, 2008 - Politics & Policy | Immigrant, Women's Rights Advocates Call New HPV Vaccine Requirement for U.S. Citizenship Discriminatory, Costly - www.kaisernetwork.org

* ►September 29, 2008 - Sparks fly over cancer vaccine - Program for schoolgirls divides bishop, health minister - Calgary Herald via Canada.com - "'Now (the health minister) paints a most extreme picture that we're exposing young people to cervical cancer,' Henry told the Herald. 'I'm saying, 'Liepert take a deep breath' . . . It's a gross act of irresponsibility when he talks to the media and slams us.'"

►September 29, 2008 - 5 things to consider before getting HPV vaccine - Chicago Daily Herald

►September 29, 2008 - Vaccinations don't cause immorality - editorial - Calgary Herald via Canada.com

►September 29, 2008 - Canadian Catholic Church Offers Optional HPV Vaccination For Schoolgirls - All Headline News

►September 29, 2008 - Catholic board won't back HPV vaccine - Drayton Valley Western Review - "The St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic school board has voted not to supply the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in its schools."

►September 29, 2008 - HPV vaccine safe, say FDA, CDC - Miami Herald

►September 29, 2008 - Science and the 2008 Election - Tufts Daily

►September 29, 2008 - Death came calling - 90 years ago, flu pandemic killed millions - Herald-Mail

►September 29, 2008 - AVANT Immunotherapeutics Announces Name Change to Celldex Therapeutics - Anthony S. Marucci Appointed President and CEO - Celldex to Trade Under NASDAQ Symbol CLDX Effective October 1 - press release - Business Wire

►September 29, 2008 - Whooping cough cases up in elementary schools - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

►September 29, 2008 - Bullitt schools alert parents that student has whooping cough - Louisville Courier-Journal

►September 29, 2008 - Clinical trials begin on new treatment for HIV (requires subscription) - San Diego Daily Transcript 

►September 29, 2008 - Another barrier to routine AIDS testing falls - Booster Shots Blog via Los Angeles Times

►September 29, 2008 - Fact Sheet: Streamlined Process Announced for Otherwise Eligible HIV-Positive Individuals to Enter the United States - press release - U.S. Department of Homeland Security

►September 29, 2008 - Investigators Facing Obstacles In Hepatitis Case - KTNV Las Vegas

* ►September 29, 2008 - Vitamin D Added to FDA Osteoporosis Risk-Reduction Health Claim - The Coca-Cola Company via PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►September 29, 2008 - What’s Behind an F.D.A. Stamp? (requires registration) - The New York Times

►September 29, 2008 - Applying Science to Alternative Medicine (requires registration) - The New York Times

►September 29, 2008 - FDA: Statins Don't Increase 'Lou Gehrig s' Risk - Dow Jones via CNNMoney

►September 29, 2008 - POTS - Under-Recognised Condition In ME/CFS - Q J Med via The One Click Group

►September 29, 2008 - A clue to why smokers' babies at greater risk of SIDS - The Virtual Medical Centre

►September 29, 2008 - Febrile seizures in young children often triggered by high fever - Chicago Daily Herald

►September 29, 2008 - Nature: Silicon highlights remaining questions over anthrax investigation - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ►September 29, 2008 - MedImmune Licenses Reverse Genetics Technology to Japan's BIKEN for Use in Influenza Vaccine Development and Production - MedImmune via The Earth Times

* ►September 29, 2008 - Should conflicts mean no NIH grant? (requires registration) - The Scientist - "If you've been following the news of NIH-funded researchers seemingly entangled in webs of unreported, underreported, or misreported financial ties to industry over the past year or so, you know that the buck often stops at the desk of Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA). You might have also noticed that many of the subjects of Grassley's recent inquiries are psychiatrists who are funded by NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)."

►September 29, 2008 - Few seek vaccine exemptions - Go San Angelo

* ►September 29, 2008 - Pandemic prep - 'Pre-priming' the body with one flu vaccine could help in an outbreak, research suggests - The Telegraph

* ►September 29, 2008 - Air Monitoring Near School Finds Hazardous Pesticides - Pesticide Action Network North America via Beyond Pesticides

* ►September 29, 2008 - Preemption, Wyeth & Bad Law: Zipursky Explains - On November 3, the US Supreme Court will review a case involving preemption, the legal notion that FDA approval supercedes state law claims challenging drug safety, efficacy, or labeling. Pharma and the FDA argue agency actions are the final word on safety and effectiveness. And so the court is being closely watched because its ruling will determine whether patients can sue a drugmaker through state law when a product has already been approved by the FDA. But in a recent column, Ben Zipursky, a Fordham Law School professor, wrote that Wyeth vs. Levine may not be a good case to decide preemption (back story). We asked him to explain… - Pharmalot

►September 29, 2008 - Management of invasive meningococcal disease in children and young people. A national clinical guideline. - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network via www.guideline.gov

►September 29, 2008 - Hepatitis B virus. - New York State Department of Health via www.guideline.gov

►September 29, 2008 - Pharma Spending On Unbranded Ads Is Falling - Pharmalot

►September 29, 2008 - Glaxo Suspends AIDS Ads Using Scare Tactics - Pharmalot

►September 29, 2008 - California Appeals Court Nixes Preemption Defense - Pharmalot

►September 29, 2008 - A Glimpse Into Personalized Medicine of the Future - The Washington Post

►September 29, 2008 - Cephalon Pays $425 Million For Medicaid Fraud - Pharmalot

►September 29, 2008 - Orchid Chemicals In Pact With Merck To Develop New Drugs - Dow Jones via CNN Money

►September 29, 2008 - ImClone To Pursue A Deal With Its Mystery Date - Pharmalot

►September 29, 2008 - Drugmaker shares drop 2-4 percent as bailout fails - BusinessWeek

►September 29, 2008 - FDA Analysis Shows Cholesterol Lowering Medications Do Not Increase the Risk of "Lou Gehrig's Disease" - Agency recommends no change in prescribing and use of statins - FDA

►September 29, 2008 - Study Shows Immune System Can Hurt As Well As Help Fight Cancer - Researchers found that instead of fighting tumors, the protein C5a, which is produced during an immune response to a developing tumor, helps tumors build molecular shields against T-cell attack. Discovery could lead to new cancer treatments with fewer side effects. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via Newswise

* ►September 28, 2008 - Payout Fund For Vaccines Nearly Shot - New York Post - "In the 20 years since it was launched, the program has paid just 2,200 claims for harm caused by 24 common vaccines such as those for measles, mumps and rubella, polio, hepatitis, and flu. It has dismissed 4,300 claims. But the avalanche of autism cases threatens to drain the fund's current $2.8 billion pot, which comes from a 75-cent tax on each vaccine shot given. The program acknowledges that, in some people, crippling conditions - like brain disease, blood disorders, chronic arthritis and paralysis - are "presumed to be caused by vaccines." "They're unlucky - the unlucky few who are genetically predisposed to severe adverse reactions to vaccines," said Kevin Conway, one of a dozen lawyers nationwide who specialize in vaccine claims. The program pays a maximum $250,000 for death." 

* ►September 28, 2008 - Doc sacked, 2 suspended in measles vaccine case - Daily News & Analysis - "Maharashtra state health minister, Vimal Mundada, sacked RP Kharat, under whose supervision the vaccinations were carried out, and suspended four employees, including two medical officers of Jategaon primary health centre, on Sunday, after visiting the village and Government medical college hospital (GMCH). Arriving in Beed on Sunday afternoon, she was faced with angry villagers at Waghola village. Four infants had died in this village after they were administrated measles vaccine on Friday. After she returned to GMCH, she announced that she had terminated RP Kharat from service and suspended four other employees of the health department, including two medical officers of the Jategaon primary health centre, Dr Pramod Alhat and Dr PS Singnekar, for negligence of duty."

* ►September 28, 2008 - Apollo, Merck Unit to Set up 200 Diabetes Clinics in India - AsiaPulse via COMTEX via Trading Markets

►September 28, 2008 - Take That, Merck! New Website Promises Transparency in Clinical Trials - Injury Board

* ►September 28, 2008 - Another anthrax accident was reported at Fort Detrick in 2002 - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ►September 28, 2008 - Four teens ‘recovered’ from autism star in documentary - Inside Autism Blog via Orange County Register

►September 28, 2008 - MMR row doctor spreads fear to US - The medic blamed for a fall in child vaccination sets up clinci in Texas - The Times, UK

►September 27, 2008 - Farm employs, feeds developmentally disabled - Out by the driveway, a man named Greg is carefully shoveling rich compost from a wheelbarrow into a machine that noisily sifts the organic material. - The News Journal via Seattle Times

* ►September 27, 2008 - Vaccine For Pneumococcus Disease Possible, With New Immune System Finding - University of Bristol via ScienceDaily - "In the past, immunity to pneumococcus was thought to be due entirely to antibodies. This new research suggests that other mechanisms may be very important too."

* ►September 27, 2008 - Countdown: 4 Days To Go: "Startling Revelations"; Part Nine - The Charles Smith Blog - "During the course of the Goudge Inquiry, I was shocked to learn from the evidence of Dr. Michael Pollanen that Dr. Charles Smith's erroneous views on so-called baby-shaking deaths and head-injury cases were widely shared by other pathologists. This raises the disturbing possibility that dozens that numerous other individuals may have been wrongfully charged and convicted of killing children due to the imperfect, but convincing, pathology of the day. Others may have been wrongfully charged and convicted because of popular theories of the day - such as Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy - which have now come under severe attack."

* ►September 26, 2008 - Roche, GSK urge employers to stockpile flu drugs - The makers of two anti-flu drugs, attempting to bolster sales now that demand has subsided, have started programs to encourage businesses to stockpile their medicines, Tamiflu and Relenza. - AP via Seattle Times

►September 26, 2008 - Fishy Diet In Early Infancy Cuts Eczema Risk - BMJ-British Medical Journal, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily - "The average age at which first symptoms appeared was 4 months."

►September 26, 2008 - CDC confident new flu vaccine will protect against this year's virus - McKnight's Long Term Care News

►September 26, 2008 - CDC Selects Abt Associates to Support National Birth Defects Prevention Study - Company Will Provide Data Collection and Project Management Services For On-going Study - press release - Abt Associates via PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►September 26, 2008 - House committee concludes autism study - AP via Tulsa World

►September 26, 2008 - Clinton calls for CDC to take action on West Nile - Newsday

►September 25, 2008 - ‘Doctors’ vaccine episode still delayed - Inside Autism Blog via Orange County Register

►September 25, 2008 - Shelley Hendrix Reynolds: Navigating the Cone of Uncertainty - The Huffington Post

►September 25, 2008 - Persisting atypical and cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi and local inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis - journal article (Journal of Neuroinflammation)

* ►September 24, 2008 - Biomarkers of environmental toxicity and susceptibility in autism. - journal article (Journal of the Neurological Sciences) - "Participants with severe ASDs had significantly increased mercury intoxication-associated urinary porphyrins (pentacarboxyporphyrin, precoproporphyrin, and coproporphyrin) in comparison to participants with mild ASDs, whereas other urinary porphyrins were similar in both groups. Significantly decreased plasma levels of reduced glutathione (GSH), cysteine, and sulfate were observed among study participants relative to controls. In contrast, study participants had significantly increased plasma oxidized glutathione (GSSG) relative to controls. Mercury intoxication-associated urinary porphyrins were significantly correlated with increasing CARS scores and GSSG levels, whereas other urinary porphyrins did not show these relationships."

►September 24, 2008 - Flu shot season begins with ample supply coming - AP via Yahoo!

* ►September 23, 2008 - Michael’s last chance - Gatehouse News Service via MPNnow.com - "From an early age, Michael Curtin has endured a host of health problems — Lyme disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, numerous food allergies and Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition. By age 6, he was diagnosed with autism. The disorder, which among other things severely affects social and cognitive function, trapped the boy in a prison of noise — his doctors estimated his hearing was 20 times more acute than that of the average person."

* ►September 23, 2008 - School blocks cervical cancer jabs - Manchester Evening News

►September 23, 2008 - Monoclonal antibodies come of age - Biotechs look to 'passive immunity' therapies. (requires subscription for full article) - Nature News via www.nature.com

►September 23, 2008 - Gender-Bending Herbicide Contaminates Lakes Far from Use Sites - Beyond Pesticides

►September 19, 2008 - Dengue pandemic in Pacific: WHO - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

►September 2008 - Novel Mutations in TARDBP (TDP-43) in Patients with Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (full text) - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

* ►August 15, 2008 - The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (pdf) - www.nimh.nih.gov - "August 15, 2008 Draft for Public Comment. Budgetary requirements not included pending IACC discussion in November 2008."

►35th Carnegie Symposium on Cognition - DEVELOPMENT AND BRAIN SYSTEMS IN AUTISM - Marcel Just and Kevin Pelphrey, Organizers - October 17-18, 2008 - www.psy.cmu.edu

* ►September 29, 2008 - Aurangabad panics as vaccine kills 4 - NDTV.com - "Four children have died in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district after being given a measles vaccination. The incident, which occurred in Waghola village, not only exposed flaws in the state's rural health system, but also raised serious concerns among parents. Many of them now say they would rather not vaccinate their children."
 
►September 29, 2008 - Infant formula: FDA says what's sold legally in the US is safe - The tainted products that sickened Chinese babies aren't allowed in the U.S., where formula-making is tightly regulated. (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times

►September 29, 2008 - China scandal serves as wake-up call to world - Slow FDA response raises questions - Bangkok Post

* ►September 29, 2008 - Mitsubishi Tanabe, hepatitis C victims settle - The Japan Times - "Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Natsuki Hayama signed an agreement Sunday ending a court battle with people who developed hepatitis C through tainted blood products sold by one of the firm's predecessors."

►September 29, 2008 - Doctors gather further information on melamine - Taipei Times

►September 29, 2008 - ‘Availability of anti-rabies vaccines must be ensured’ - The News International, Pakistan

►September 29, 2008 - Why do polio cases keep cropping up? - The News International, Pakistan

►September 29, 2008 - When is the best time for a polio vaccine? - The News International, Pakistan - "Currently, 125 countries are using the same vaccine for polio. Mostafa said that the vaccine is ‘very strong’, but added that if a child who was susceptible is not immunised at the right time, the vaccine may change in his or her body and reduce the immunity level."

►September 29, 2008 - Smudges on the polio campaign… - The News International, Pakistan

* ►September 29, 2008 - Finger on the pulse - Max Pemberton has strong views on the new vaccine being offered to girls - The Telegraph, UK

* ►September 28, 2008 - Measles deaths: Govt suspends five employees of Health Dept - PTI via The Hindu - "Health Minister Vimal Mundada on Sunday ordered suspension of five employees of the Health Department who are responsible for negligence while the vaccines were being given to the children, in which four of them died yesterday."

* ►September 28, 2008 - Autism Doc claims government led witch hunt against him - Sunday Sun, UK

* ►September 28, 2008 - Showbusiness stars help controversial MMR jab doctor Andrew Wakefield relaunch career in America - Daily Mail, UK

►September 28, 2008 - Uptake of MMR vaccine still too low - Norwich Evening News 24, UK

* ►September 28, 2008 - Autism: Hopes and fears - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - "Cheryl Bailey of Amory cites both personal experience and scientific studies in connecting autism to vaccines. Her son, John, now 16, developed autism as a toddler when, after receiving childhood immunizations, he lost the developmental skills he had acquired."

* ►September 28, 2008 - Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill Recommended By Autism Commission - SB 1563 Would Have Required State Agencies Dealing with Health Insurance To Create Workgroup On Health Insurance Coverage for People With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Disabilities - California Progress Report

* ►September 28, 2008 - More Startling Autism Science from Yale! - Age of Autism

* ►September 28, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy's Media Schedule: Mother Warriors - Age of Autism

►September 28, 2008 - Update: Midwestern Students & Peers Continue Autism Experiment - KAUZ.com

►September 28, 2008 - Funding Autism Treatment Takes Resourcefulness and Determination - Blogger News Network

►September 28, 2008 - A young voice for autism, athletics (requires registration) - Boston Globe

* ►September 28, 2008 - An Update on Gardasil - Health Beat  Blog

* ►September 28, 2008 - Calgary bishop, health minister clash over HPV vaccination - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

►September 28, 2008 - Ignorance isn't bliss - letter - Calgary Herald

* ►September 28, 2008 - Locals seem split on issue of child vaccinations - GO San Angelo - "On the other side of the issue is Marcia Staggs Abbott, a Concho Valley speech and language pathologist who has seen what she calls a drastic increase in the number of children with communication and development disorders since she began practicing in 1975. She has spent years doing research and has written "A Shocking Discovery," a book about her work and observations. Staggs Abbott said her research suggests children typically have been given about three dozen vaccines by age 2, the age when the blood-brain barrier fully forms. She believes preservatives such as thimerosal, which contains mercury, used in some vaccines can flow into a child's brain and stunt development when administered before that age."

►September 28, 2008 - Beyond Black and White: Some Vaccination History - Kitsap Sun

►September 28, 2008 - Editorial: An ounce of prevention - StarNewsOnline.com

►September 28, 2008 - Woman criticizes vaccine ban - Edmonton Sun

►September 28, 2008 - Schools pledge on cancer jab - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

►September 28, 2008 - Exeter leads the way with cancer jab - Mid Devon Star

* ►September 28, 2008 - FDA lacks resources to protect Americans - GAO says - http://foodconsumer.org - "The general Accountability Office or GAO says in its report that the FDA does not have the inspectors, staffers and scientists that it needs to safeguard fresh produce."

* ►September 28, 2008 - Flu vaccine doses to reach all-time high this year - McClatchy News Service via Honolulu Advertiser

* ►September 28, 2008 - Coming to Britain - the Australian flu virus that has already killed hundreds - Daily Mail, UK - "Called Brisbane H3N2, it is so virulent that health chiefs have had to change the make-up of flu vaccines to deal with it."

* ►September 28, 2008 - The CDC goes viral to stop the spread of influenza - USA Today - "The CDC has hosted a Web seminar to encourage 'mommy bloggers' to 'spread the word, not the flu.' The agency has created flu e-cards that visitors to www.CDC.gov can send to friends, urging them to get vaccinated, flu badges for members of social networks such as MySpace to post on their profiles, and 'Get Vaccinated' website buttons that allow visitors to go to the CDC's flu page."

* ►September 28, 2008 - Health employers giving flu vaccine a shot in the arm - Stepped-up efforts are in place to make sure all medical workers get the vaccines, for moral, ethical and safety reasons. - Minneapolis Star Tribune - "A Mayo Clinic doctor is leading a national effort to require flu shots for everyone in medicine. 'I just think there are ethical or moral standards you live up to as a health care worker,' said Dr. Greg Poland, an infectious-disease specialist who heads Mayo's vaccine research program. 'Because patient safety trumps whatever your personal preferences may be.'"

►September 28, 2008 - Keep Your Family Safe This Flu Season - NewsChannel 10 KFDA

►September 28, 2008 - Jab at Harney Pledge - Sunday Mirror via redOrbit - "But even as she promised improvements it emerged that the HSE intends to slash flu jabs for the over-50s and medical cards for over-70s in order to cut costs."

►September 28, 2008 - Bazinet: Here's your best shot at beating the flu - Broomfield Enterprise - "My family and friends are important to me, so each October I call my relatives and friends who are older than 60 to remind them to get their flu shot."

►September 28, 2008 - Existing anti-obesity drugs may be effective against flu, hepatitis and HIV - New field of metabolomics yields exciting antiviral treatment approach - University of Rochester Medical Center via EurekAlert!

►September 28, 2008 - Vaccination 'not linked' to TB rise - The Lowestoft Journal, UK - "There has been a sharp increase in tuberculosis in Yarmouth and Waveney - but health chiefs do not believe it is linked to the decision to stop vaccinating schoolchildren."

►September 28, 2008 - Two mothers at SIUH contract meningitis - Staten Island Advance via SILive.com

►September 28, 2008 - Pampers and UNICEF construct the biggest display to help protect babies lives - The biggest display to help protect babies lives was unveiled to the public today at the Abu Dhabi Co-Op, Mina branch. - AME Info

►September 28, 2008 - Follow-Up on Morgellons Research - HealthNews

* ►September 28, 2008 - Studies Ignite Hope for Long-Acting Allergy Vaccines - New ragweed regimens would be more convenient and effective, researchers say - U.S. News & World Report - "Allergy Therapeutics PLC, the U.K.-based maker of the Pollinex Quattro vaccine, reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had placed a 'hold' on its clinical studies while the agency reviewed a report of a rare adverse event. The company noted that a physician involved said the event was 'possibly related' to the study drug."

* ►September 28, 2008 - Deadly rugby virus spreads in sumo wrestlers - Society for General Microbiology via EurekAlert!

►September 28, 2008 - Were the ancients fools? - denialism blog via Science Blogs

►September 28, 2008 - Even Viruses Catch Viruses - LiveScience.com

►September 28, 2008 - New technique advances embryonic stem cell alternative - Catholic News Agency

* ►September 28, 2008 - Mercury export ban clears Senate - KTUU.com - "Anchorage, Alaska -- The Senate has approved a ban on the export of mercury -- a toxin harmful to fetuses and young children. Sen. Lisa Murkowski co-sponsored the bill and said the legislation will help keep Alaska's seafood safe. The Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 would prohibit the export of mercury from the United States starting in 2013."

►September 28, 2008 - Practical Prevention: Disease Prevention Could Improve Nation's Health - Kitsap Sun

►September 28, 2008 -  HIV positive urged on ARV compliance - UGPulse.com Uganda

►September 28, 2008 - Kate Scannell: Sacrificing information on HIV/AIDS to politics - Contra Costa Times

►September 28, 2008 - Iowa man drops HIV lawsuit against McDonald's - AP via Telegraph Herald via KPTM.com

* ►September 28, 2008 - Why are mothers still dying in childbirth? - More than 500,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every year in the developing world due to lack of proper care, report Rebecca Seal and Katrina Manson. - The Observer, UK via The Guardian, UK

►September 28, 2008 - Questions about drug-resistant Tuberculosis - Sunday Monitor, UG

* ►September 28, 2008 - Bioreactor at UMass Lowell will help industry, students - The Eagle-Tribune - "Wyeth Biotech of Andover and three other Merrimack Valley life sciences companies recently donated $600,000 worth of equipment, manpower and expertise to UMass Lowell for a new biomanufacturing pilot plant."

* ►September 28, 2008 - Mom’s education on Asperger syndrome leads to book - The Kansas City Star

* ►September 28, 2008 - New threat to dairy farmers – ice cream with mother's milk - Animal rights group urges use of human breast milk - The Independent, UK

►September 28, 2008 - ‘India, China pharma cos need to leverage knowledge capital’ - The Hindu Business Line

* ►September 27, 2008 - HSE under fire after axing flu vaccines for over-50s - The Health Service Executive has once again been accused of incompetence after its latest round of “cruel cutbacks” means more than 6,000 people aged over 50 will not get the winter flu vaccine free of charge. - Irish Examiner

* ►September 27, 2008 - Crucell's Swiss Affiliate Berna Biotech to Cease All Animal Testing - Crucell N.V. via Pr-Canada.Net

►September 27, 2008 - Sabangan creates Municipal Avian Flu Task Force - Philippine Information Agency

►September 27, 2008 - New Medicines To Treat Hundreds Of Diseases - HealthNewsDigest

►September 27, 2008 - The Future of RNAi Therapeutics - Drug Pipelines and Prospects - Companies and Markets adds new report - companiesandmarkets.com via Pr-inside

►September 27, 2008 - BMSystems Filed A Patent in CNS Covering New Therapeutic Strategies for Psychiatric Disorders - BMSystems filed on Septembers 10, with CEA life Sciences, a patent application covering new therapeutic strategies and a preclinical evaluation platform in the field of psychiatric disorders. - Bio-Modeling Systems via Newswire

* ►September 27, 2008 - Vaccines Cause Micro-Vascular Strokes: Dr. Andrew Moulden, Canadian Doctor - News Blaze - "Dr. Moulden says the shots cause our body's own immune systems to hyper-react as large white blood cells naturally rush to attack the foreign particles injected into our bloodstream. The white blood cells are too big to enter, so they surround tiny capillaries where the foreign particles land, clog and collapse the capillaries. This cuts off pathways for the smaller red blood cells to carry oxygen to the organs near those capillaries that contain the foreign particles. When the particles float near the brain, this lack of blood supply can lead to autism, SIDS and many other diagnosed illnesses in both children and adults."

* ►September 27, 2008 - No haven for dangerous drugs - editorial (requires registration) - Boston Globe - "In the past 11 years, drug companies have had to pull 23 unsafe drugs from the market, even though all had won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. In spite of this shoddy record of oversight, the companies want to be protected from lawsuits by victimized patients or their survivors on the grounds that FDA approval should protect them from liability. A Supreme Court that has proven only too willing to do the bidding of industry could give the companies what they are looking for."

* ►September 27, 2008 - Fears about effect of cervical cancer jabs - letter - The Bolton News, UK - "All of the five major studies in peer-reviewed journals were funded by Merck and Co. Of the 69 listed co-authors, I understand the majority had connections to Merck. If Gardasil is effective against the four HPV strains it targets, the other 11 strains linked to CV might flourish or even mutate and become even more aggressive. This could unleash a Pandora’s box of cervical disease. What is not revealed, I believe, is that the vaccine contains 18,000 times more aluminium than the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers safe in injectable products. According to Professor of Neurosurgery Dr Russell Blaylock, injected aluminium appears to stimulate immune system activity for many years, causing major damage."

* ►September 27, 2008 - Congressman Rush Holt files HR 7049 - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ►September 27, 2008 - FDA Announces Recalls of More Melamine Tainted Chinese Products - The Epoch Times - "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated report, the 'Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination,' on Sept. 26, alerting consumers of the recall of seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products."

►September 27, 2008 - Oak Lawn middle school student has with meningitis (requires registration) - AP via Chicago Tribune

►September 27, 2008 - Tdap booster now required for students - Mount Airy News

►September 27, 2008 - Parents urged to immunise children - Sunderland Echo, UK

►September 27, 2008 - Autistic young woman writes book - SouthCoastToday.com

* ►September 26, 2008 - First ladies gather to raise autism awareness - International Herald Tribune - "U.S. first lady Laura Bush also sent a note for the event, calling autism 'a global health issue.' Bob Wright, co-founder of the American advocacy group Autism Speaks, said there is a shortage of autism experts and trained professionals worldwide and that governments need to provide more funding to support affected families."

►September 26, 2008 - Students out of school without booster - Goldsboro News-Argus

►September 26, 2008 - Cut will not give HIV immunity - Daily Nation

►September 26, 2008 - Govt sets new target for polio eradication - Pakistan Daily Mail

►September 26, 2008 - "War on Terror" Impedes Pak Polio Fight - IslamOnline.net

►September 26, 2008 - Feds Probe Another Chelation Study - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

►September 26, 2008 - Autism's cost - editorial - The Frederick News-Post

►September 26, 2008 - Trinity in pioneering research on autism - Irish Independent

* ►September 26, 2008 - An Option: Flu Vaccines Without Mercury-Based Thimerosal - U.S. News & World Report - "I'm particularly concerned about giving flu shots to pregnant women because no one has really identified the threshold dose for which thimerosal can become problematic for tiny fetuses. Certainly, the amount of mercury in a single flu shot is very small and most likely harmless. 'It's equivalent to the amount in a small can of tuna fish,' says Tom Clarkson, a mercury researcher at the University of Rochester. 'Still, we know that high levels of mercury can affect cell division in the developing brain of a fetus, and no one can say with absolute certainty that there's no risk.'"

►September 26, 2008 - Lee County Health Department prepares for upcoming flu season - Ashton Gazette

* ►September 26, 2008 - A Reality Check for the HPV Vaccine by Janice Shaw Crouse - Townhall.com

►September 26, 2008 - Health unit offers assurances to parents worried over immunizations - Peterborough Examiner

►September 26, 2008 - Virus spreads at Tracy High - Sick football players will sit out tonight's game against Manteca High, and those who were sick need a doctor's note to play saying they have recovered from viral menigitis. - Tracy Press

►September 26, 2008 - Babies Who Eat Fish Lower Eczema Risk - Study found doing so before 9 months decreased chances of skin condition by 25% - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►September 26, 2008 - Medical Groups, AHA, 13 Attorneys General Voice Opposition To HHS Regulation - Daily Women's Health Policy Report via Medical News Today - "In advance of Thursday's end to a public comment period on an HHS draft regulation that would allow health care providers who receive federal grants to "opt out" of care they object to based on moral or religious grounds..."

►September 26, 2008 - Nurse Accused of Killing 6 Patients With 'Medication Cocktails' - A state report says a former nurse at a Woodstock home gave "medication cocktails" to patients she thought had lived long enough or were difficult to care for. - AP via FOX News

* ►September 26, 2008 - Schools begin suspending students over outdated shots - WRAL.com

* ►September 26, 2008 - Fundraiser to Benefit Mito Patient Joshua Garman Announced - Joshua is currently seeking treatment for Mitochondrial Disease - PRWeb

* ►September 26, 2008 - Helping Families Respond - The Westbury Times - "On the national level, the number of children diagnosed with autism has increased by 500 percent over the past ten years. In New York State alone, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities serves 16,000 individuals with autism."

* ►September 26, 2008 - TCD researchers find chromosome link to autism - Irish Health

►September 26, 2008 - Iron-moving Malfunction May Underlie Neurodegenerative Diseases, Aging - A glitch in the ability to move iron around in cells may underlie a disease known as Type IV mucolipidosis (ML4) and the suite of symptoms---mental retardation, poor vision and diminished motor abilities---that accompany it, new research at the University of Michigan shows. - University of Michigan via ScienceDaily

►September 26, 2008 - Mapping The Neuron-behavior Link In Rett Syndrome - A link between certain behaviors and the lack of the protein associated with Rett Syndrome – a devastating autism spectrum disorder – demonstrates the importance of MeCP2 (the protein) and reveals never-before recognized functions associated with aggression and obesity, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in the current issue of the journal Neuron. - Baylor College of Medicine, via EurekAlert! via ScienceDaily

►September 25, 2008 - Gardasil has safe track record - Prince George Citizen

* ►September 25, 2008 - Mikulski Delivers on Promise for Review of Public Safety at Fort Detrick - mikulski.senate.gov

* ►September 25, 2008 - Program To Educate Teachers About Importance Of Early Intervention For Autism Launched - Autism Speaks via Medical News Today

►September 25, 2008 - Enabling women to breast feed - Is a challenge for the health professions - journal article (BMJ)

►September 25, 2008 - An Essential Study of Innovations and Pipelines for Respiratory Disorders: Discover Niche Markets, New Products and Future Developments - Research and Markets  via Business Wire via PR-insider

►September 25, 2008 - After symposium, mental health research continues - Yale Daily News

►September 25, 2008 - DCGI Nod to Conduct Phase-I Clinical Trials of SUVN-502 for Alzheimer’s disease - Suven Life Sciences via PharmaLive

►September 25, 2008 - U.S. Kids Take More Psychotropic Drugs Than Europeans - Cultural differences, regulatory practices may explain difference, researchers say - HealthDay via Business Week

* ►September 25, 2008 - American Kids Most Medicated - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily - "American children are approximately three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medication than children in Europe."

* ►September 25, 2008 - Time for flu shots, now for 6-month-olds too - San Francisco Chronicle

►September 25, 2008 - Letter: Support fluoridation for Holmen Nov. 4 - Onalaska Life

►September 25, 2008 - Meeting on fluoride leaves a bad taste - Agoura Hills Acorn 

* ►September 25, 2008 - Anthrax Suspect E-Mailed Himself About Solving the Case (includes video) - Washington Post

* ►September 25, 2008 - FAQ's of The Vaccine-Autism Debate - Vaccines, Risks vs. Benefits Blog

►September 25, 2008 - A three-country comparison of psychotropic medication prevalence in youth - journal article (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

►September 25, 2008 - Measles are a growing threat - Not vaccinating children risks their health and others' - Louisville Courier-Journal

* ►September 25, 2008 - Circulating Vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs) Polio and Poor Post Vaccination Waste Disposal - The Active Surveillance system for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Madagascar detected cases of paralytic poliomyelitis due to cVDPVs in Toliara Province in south-western Madagascar from 2001 to 2005. (Rapport du Comité National de certification de l’éradication de la poliomyélite Années 2004 et 2005). - www.icicemac.com

* ►September 24, 2008 - Two new polio cases found in Peshawar - Pakistan Dawn - "Wajeeha had received nine and Ikram eight doses of the oral polio vaccine. According to the officials, Ikram had gone to Afghanistan in July and had not received any polio vaccine during the past four months."

►September 24, 2008 - Food sales to benefit Rotary's anti-polio effort - McCook Daily Gazette

►September 24, 2008 - Autism Speaks, the CDC, and the Advertising Council Launch New Program to Educate Teachers about the Importance of Early Intervention for Autism - Program focuses on helping educators speak to parents about child development issues - Autism Speaks

►September 24, 2008 - Immunity, Ageing and Cancer. - Immunity &Ageing via 7th Space Interactive

►September 24, 2008 - SUPERVALU Pharmacies Steps Up National Flu Prevention Program - Company offers convenient immunization options in 30 states - press release - SUPERVALU  via Business Wire via MarketWatch

* ►September 24, 2008 - London’s catch-up vaccination campaign against measles, mumps, and rubella reaches less than a quarter of children who were unvaccinated - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 24, 2008 - China’s tainted infant formula sickens nearly 13 000 babies - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 24, 2008 - Evidence based medicine and the medical curriculum - journal article (BMJ)

►September 24, 2008 - New reported risks add to concern about bisphenol A in plastics - journal article (BMJ)

►September 24, 2008 - Diagnosis and management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, young people, and adults: summary of NICE guidance - journal article (BMJ)

►September 24, 2008 - Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - journal article (BMJ)

►September 24, 2008 - The Bipolar Puzzle (requires registration) (letters) - The New York Times

* ►September 23, 2008 - Ibuprofen increases soft tissue infections in children - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 23, 2008 - Pharma and medical education - Who else but pharma will fund medical education? - journal article (BMJ) - "Many commercial courses run by trainers in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies have mushroomed to replace the good old hospital teaching in clinical settings. Without the support of pharmaceutical companies, most trainee doctors would be unable to attend these meetings. With no alternative source of funding in sight the pharmaceutical companies will still have a major role in doctors’ education."

* ►September 23, 2008 - Pharma and medical education - Matters arising from industry link to education - journal article (BMJ)

►September 23, 2008 - America’s health choices - journal article (BMJ)

►September 23, 2008 - Health and the US presidential campaigns - journal article (BMJ)

►September 23, 2008 - Antibody Levels Determined After Desensitization Predict Kidney-Graft Success - Transplantation via MedPage Today

►September 23, 2008 - Medical information on the Web can help and hurt your health - Statesman Journal

►September 23, 2008 - Sept. 21 - Sept. 27 is National Adult Immunization Week - Wakulla.com 

►September 23, 2008 - Eight Minneapolis public schools will offer flu shots this fall - Minneapolis Star Tribune

►September 22, 2008 - Charity Health Event: One Flu Over the Duck's Nest - press release - Dr. Don Harte via MMD Newswire - "Dr. Don Harte, wellness chiropractor, is having an anniversary celebration of the role of Chiropractic in saving tens of thousands of lives during the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918....In 1919, Palmer College of Chiropractic published 'The Flu and You.' The ratio of flu cases cared for vs. deaths were as follows: Medical care: 1 out of 17 died. Osteopathic care: 1 out of 36 died. Chiropractic care: 1 out of 886!"
 
►September 22, 2008 - Sam's Club Provides Solutions to Help Flu Prevention and Relief - 503 Sam's Club Pharmacies Nationwide Administer Flu Shots in October and November - press release - Sam's Club via PRNewswire via The Earth Times

►September 22, 2008 - Wisconsin hospitals and nursing homes achieve high levels of employee influenza immunization - WKOW 27

►September 22, 2008 - Make sure immunization records are readily available - Abilene Reporter-News

►September 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare introduces Biacore T100 Immunogenicity Package - New software supports screening, confirmation and characterization of anti-drug antibodies - PharmaLive via MedAdNews

* ►September 19, 2008 - Study links developmental problems in children to use of antibiotics by some mothers during preterm labour - journal article (BMJ)

►September 19, 2008 - Doctors should be alert for virulent community acquired Staphylococcus aureus infection - journal article (BMJ)

* ►September 17, 2008 - What’s wrong with them? - Lyme documentary gets Under Our Skin - The Portland Phoenix

* ►September 16, 2008 - The Gardasil HPV Vaccine: Not the Shot in the Arm Merck Hoped for (includes video) - Judith Siers-Poisson's blog via Center for Media and Democracy via PRWatch.org

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

►September 15, 2008 - Israeli government wants better monitoring of children’s welfare, after three murders - journal article (BMJ)

►September 14, 2008 - Feeling Good About Fish Oil (requires registration) - The New York Times

►September 6, 2008 - Flu Shot Does Not Reduce Risk of Death - Wellness Resources

►September 3, 2008 - Olive leaf extract may help lower blood pressure - Reuters

►September 2008 - Food supplementation with an olive (Olea europaea L.) leaf extract reduces blood pressure in borderline hypertensive monozygotic twins. - journal article (Phytotherapy Research)

* ►September 2008 - Evolutionary Dynamics and Emergence of Panzootic H5N1 Influenza Viruses (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Interferon-λ Contributes to Innate Immunity of Mice against Influenza A Virus but Not against Hepatotropic Viruses (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►September 2008 - BSE Case Associated with Prion Protein Gene Mutation (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Entry: Retrograde Cell Surface Transport along Actin-Rich Protrusions (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - The Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) Balances Life and Death in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Populations (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►September 2008 - Rapid Identification of Known and New RNA Viruses from Animal Tissues (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Importance of Mitochondria in Survival of Cryptococcus neoformans Under Low Oxygen Conditions and Tolerance to Cobalt Chloride (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Protective Effect of Toll-like Receptor 4 in Pulmonary Vaccinia Infection (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Interleukin-17A Mediates Acquired Immunity to Pneumococcal Colonization (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - PerR Confers Phagocytic Killing Resistance and Allows Pharyngeal Colonization by Group A Streptococcus (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Origin, Spread and Demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Antibodies against a Surface Protein of Streptococcus pyogenes Promote a Pathological Inflammatory Response (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Substrate Binding Mode and Its Implication on Drug Design for Botulinum Neurotoxin A (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►September 2008 - Endothelial Cells Support Persistent Gammaherpesvirus 68 Infection (full text) - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►Summer 2008 - Healthy Progress - Botswana Takes on AIDS - Harvard International Review

►June 5, 2008 - Industry Insider: Gardasil's girl talk hits big screen - Star-Ledger via NJ.com

►Autism Speaks Announces More than $1.2 Million in Fellowship Grants - Autism Speaks

►2008 Fellowship Grants - Autism Speaks

►IAN Report: Parent Report of Depression - Autism Speaks