* ►August 1, 2009 - “Prepandemic” Immunization for Novel Influenza Viruses, “Swine Flu” Vaccine, Guillain‐Barré Syndrome, and the Detection of Rare Severe Adverse Events - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►August 1, 2009 - Sequence Diversity of the Factor H Binding Protein Vaccine Candidate in Epidemiologically Relevant Strains of Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►August 1, 2009 - A Dose‐Escalation Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Live Attenuated Oral Rotavirus Vaccine 116E in Infants: A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Trial - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►August 1, 2009 - A Malaria Vaccine for Control: More Progress - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►August 1, 2009 - Long‐Term Safety and Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS02A Malaria Vaccine in Mozambican Children (free full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►August 1, 2009 - Randomized, Double‐Blind, Phase 2a Trial of Falciparum Malaria Vaccines RTS,S/AS01B and RTS,S/AS02A in Malaria‐Naive Adults: Safety, Efficacy, and Immunologic Associates of Protection (free full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases) - "Potential conflicts of interest: J.C., W.R.B., M.‐C.D., O.O.‐A., M.L., and P.M. are or have been employees of and own stock in GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, the manufacturer of the vaccines described in this article. J.C., M.‐C.D., V.A.S., and D.G.H. have applied for a patent describing the use of the RTS,S/AS01B vaccine. All other authors: no conflicts."

►August 1, 2009 - Inactivation of the Haemophilus ducreyi luxS Gene Affects the Virulence of This Pathogen in Human Subjects - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►August 1, 2009 - Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Targeting Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) G Protein Mediates Viral Clearance and Reduces the Pathogenesis of RSV Infection in BALB/c Mice - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►August 1, 2009 - Interleukin‐10 Promoter Polymorphisms Influence HIV‐1 Susceptibility and Primary HIV‐1 Pathogenesis - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►August 1, 2009 - Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Seroprevalence in Population‐Based Samples of African Children: Evidence for At Least 2 Patterns of KSHV Transmission - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►August 1, 2009 - Ciprofloxacin Dosage and Emergence of Resistance in Human Commensal Bacteria - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 6, 2009 - Therapeutic cancer vaccines show promise - They wouldn't prevent the disease, but might help people who are already fighting it. (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times

►July 4, 2009 - Cost-Effectiveness Of HPV Vaccination In The Netherlands - Journal of the National Cancer Institute via Medical News Today

* ►July 4, 2009 - Autism: Stop The Deceit And Start The Treatment Petition - The One Click Group

* ►July 4, 2009 - ME Assisted Suicide Case - The British Double Legal Standards Atrocity - The One Click Group

* ►July 4, 2009 - China quarantine inspires teen to appreciate country, teachers - Palm Beach Post

* ►July 4, 2009 - Government to provide free swine flu jab - Herald.ie - "The HSE plans to acquire over 7,500,000 doses of the vaccine, at a cost of almost €90 million."

* ►July 4, 2009 - Mexico Wins Praise For Swine Flu Response - Mexico's Gets Praise, Argentina And Britain Criticism For Swine Flu Response As Caseload Grows - AP via CBS News

* ►July 3, 2009 - Interview: Novartis: Pandemic Raises Awareness Of Vaccines (requires registration) - Dow Jones via The Wall Street Journal - " Novartis has been losing money on its flu vaccine production every year since it acquired the business in 2006. Now, the company wants to make sure that the surge in demand won't simply peter out, leaving it with excess manufacturing capacity. If governments want to make sure that capacity and the know-how for flu vaccine production are in place in the case of a pandemic, they need to help maintain it by placing firm orders or contribute to the buildup of capacity as part of their plans to prepare for a pandemic, Oswald said. Novartis' vaccines portfolio is biased towards basic vaccines - flu, polio and a single injection to prevent diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus - for which there is a high medical need, but which are cheap compared with newer products sold by some of its rivals. U.S. approval of a new-generation meningitis vaccine, Menveo, has been delayed after the Food and Drug Administration asked for more data earlier this week."

* ►July 3, 2009 - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 57 - Laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005) - World Health Organization

* ►July 3, 2009 - H1N1 Patient’s Accidental Death Sparks Protest - China Journal Blog via Wall Street Journal - "In a sad irony, the woman, who had been admitted to Hangzhou’s No. 1 People’s Hospital for treatment on June 23, was found dead in the bathroom of her hospital ward on Wednesday. Officials denied that H1N1 was the cause of her death (which would have made her the first such flu fatality in China), and today Hangzhou authorities attributed the cause to accidental electrocution."

* ►July 3, 2009 - WHO says flu is unstoppable - Big News Network

* ►July 3, 2009 - Big Pharma and Governments hiding behind the SBS label. - American Chronicle

* ►July 3, 2009 - Vietnam’s research team in forefront of H1N1 fight - A seven-member team has been working around the clock at the Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital ever since the influenza A (H1N1) virus was discovered, looking for ways to fight it. - Thanh Nien Daily

►July 3, 2009 - Vision therapy draws fans, skeptics - Wisconsin State Journal

►July 3, 2009 - Wyeth in milk promotion campaign - S-26, in partnership with the National Food Institute, kicked off the Hygienic Kitchen: Food - Safe Schools programme with support from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Ministries of Education and Public Health, to promote hygiene and nutrition for students. - The Nation

* ►July 3, 2009 - Maine CDC Autism Conference: How Do We Know What Autism IS NOT if We Do Not Know What Autism IS? by Jon Poling, MD, PhD - Adventures in Autism - Maine CDC Autism Conference 2009 - Looking Forward Beyond Vaccines: How Do We Know What Autism IS NOT if We Do Not Know What Autism IS? Followed by Q&A with other conference speakers. Jon Poling, MD, PhD Neurologist, Clinical Assistant Professor Medical College of Georgia Father of child with autism"

* ►July 3, 2009 - Autism Vaccine Complaint Movie: "Selective Hearing, Brian Deer and the GMC" By Mark Hawking (includes link to video) - Age of Autism

* ►July 3, 2009 - Margaret Haywood Case - Meeting Invitation, UK House Of Commons, 7 July - The One Click Group - "One Click Note: Margaret Haywood has been struck off for revealing neglect in the NHS. She secretly filmed for BBC Panorama to reveal neglect of elderly patients. She was a nurse for more than 20 years, but was struck off for misconduct by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. They agreed that patients were being neglected, but decided that this should have been kept confidential."

* ►July 3, 2009 - Defend Freedom At Oct. 2-4 2009 Vaccine Conference - NVIC via The One Click Group

* ►July 3, 2009 - Barbara Loe Fisher on Swine Flu Vaccines - Age of Autism

►July 2, 2009 - Shelley Hendrix Reynolds: Kathryn the Great - The Huffington Post

* ►July 2, 2009 - Spain to build its first vaccine plant - The Spanish Ministry of Health is leading a €60m ($84.9m) programme that will build the country’s first vaccine production facility and use Novavax’s recombinant virus-like-particle (VLP) technology. - in-PharmaTechnologist.com

* ►July 2, 2009 - Swine flu: Government says we could have 100,000 cases per day by August - The Northern Echo, UK

* ►July 2, 2009 - Big Pharma's War on Science and Government Involvement - Daily Kos - "Big Pharma always favors hype over science. The best example of how Big Pharma undermines science is found in the history of HRT, or Hormone Replacement Therapy, a tale which catalogues every trick in Big Pharma's book.  HRT is one of the worst drugs ever released into the U.S. market, and Wyeth is still making about a billion a year from its continuing use."

* ►July 2, 2009 - Novartis to hold BioCamp for pharma students in Hyderabad - Pharmabiz.com

* ►July 2, 2009 - Celiac Disease Becoming More Common (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►July 2, 2009 - Where PCBs come from and their dangers - Detroit Free Press

►July 2, 2009 - The unexplained disease of Multiple Sclerosis - Dan Abshear has been a medic with the Navy and Marine Corps, a physician assistant, a sales and marketing rep for large pharmaceutical corporations, and is presently involved in efforts to improve regulatory compliance in the medical industry. He maintains a weblog at www.informaproject.blogspot.com.

* ►July 2, 2009 - Possibility Of Vaccine For Ear Infections - Otitis media, more commonly known as an ear infection, is the most frequently diagnosed illness in children less than 15 years of age in the United States and is the primary cause for emergency room visits. More than 80 percent of children will experience at least one ear infection before their third birthday. Much research has been dedicated to preventing this common childhood disease at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. - Nationwide Children's Hospital, via Newswise via ScienceDaily

* ►July 2, 2009 - Doctors See Multiple Measles Cases In Brooklyn (includes video) - NY1

* ►July 2, 2009 - Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is - so far - more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. - Seattle Times

* ►July 1, 2009 - Swine Flu: Pathology of a Pandemic - Unlike SARS, avian flu or ebola, swine flu has gone truly global. Confronted by the 21st century’s first pandemic, how scared should we be? - Allianz Knowledge Partnersite

* ►July 1, 2009 - Better ethics, cheaper drugs - The Boston Globe

►July 1, 2009 - Poll: Obama health plan has slim majority support - CNN

►July 1, 2009 - Common Variable Immunodeficiency: Etiological and Treatment Issues - journal article (International Archives of Allergy and Immunology)

►July 1, 2009 - A TLR2 Ligand Suppresses Allergic Inflammatory Reactions by Acting Directly on Mast Cells - journal article (International Archives of Allergy and Immunology)

* ►July 2009 - WHO and UNICEF estimates of national infant immunization coverage: methods and processes (full text) - WHO Bulletin

* ►July 2009 - Piggy?banking - Huge profits may be unlikely, but Big Pharma may benefit from swine flu in other ways, says Trevor Huggins - CNBC European Business - "For the moment, there is no reliable prediction as to how deadly the virus will become in the months ahead or how much of a shield can be provided by vaccination. For a single flu virus, a typical jab contains 15 micrograms of antigen, the active ingredient which stimulates the body’s immune system. But Dr Albert Garcia, an epidemiologist with the world’s largest flu vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur warns that such a dosage may not be suitable for swine flu: “Only clinical trials will show if 15mg is the minimum needed to protect a human being or... as little as 7.5mg, 3.8mg – or as much as 30mg. There’s that much uncertainty over the final dose. Also, will it take a single dose, or two?”

►July 2009 - Mumps Virus Matrix, Fusion, and Nucleocapsid Proteins Cooperate for Efficient Production of Virus-Like Particles - journal article (Journal of Virology)

* ►July 2009 - Prenatal risk factors for autism: comprehensive meta-analysis - journal article (The British Journal of Psychiatry)

* ►July 2009 - Do individuals with autism spectrum disorders infer traits from behavior? - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

* ►July 2009 - Prevalence of Autoimmune Thyroiditis in Children with Celiac Disease and Effect of Gluten Withdrawal - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy 48 Hours after Infection with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Potently Suppresses Acute-Phase Viremia and Blocks the Massive Loss of Memory CD4+ T Cells but Fails To Prevent Disease - journal article (Journal of Virology)

* ►July 2009 - A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Lactobacillus GG in Infantile Diarrhea - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Cardiovascular Effects of Longer-Term, High-Dose OROS Methylphenidate in Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Evidence base for pre-employment medical screening (full text) - WHO Bulletin

►July 2009 - Armenians struggle for health care and medicines (full text) - Private financing constitutes about half of total health expenditures in Armenia and most of that comes directly out of the consumer’s pocket. In the current economic downturn, fewer and fewer people can afford it. Monika Mkhitaryan and Onnik Krikorian report. - WHO Bulletin

►July 2009 - Divisive drug-resistance (full text) - A new battle line in tuberculosis control has been drawn where antibiotic misuse and mismanagement have their origins – in weak and dysfunctional health-care systems. Jane Parry looks at how countries in Asia are rising to the challenge. - WHO Bulletin

►July 2009 - Global strategies to reduce the price of antiretroviral medicines: evidence from transactional databases (full text) - WHO Bulletin

►July 2009 - Preventing HIV transmission with antiretrovirals (full text) - WHO Bulletin

►July 2009 - Disseminated bacille Calmette–Guérin disease in HIV-infected South African infants (full text) - WHO Bulletin

►July 2009 - Improving international research contracting (full text) - WHO Bulletin

►July 2009 - Chagas: one hundred years later (full text) - This April marked the 100th anniversary of Carlos Chagas’s discovery of a new disease. Yet most people in need still lack access to diagnosis and treatment. Claudia Jurberg reports. - WHO Bulletin

* ►June 30, 2009 - Novavax Rises on Pact to License Vaccine in Spain - Bloomberg

* ►June 30, 2009 - Can We “Hedge” against the Development of Antiviral Resistance among Pandemic Influenza Viruses? - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

* ►June 30, 2009 - Risk of tuberculosis from arthritis medication examined - Research news from Arthritis & Rheumatism - Wiley-Blackwell via EurekAlert!

* ►June 30, 2009 - New Flu Strain Causing Worry Among Pet Owners (includes video) - WDAF FOX Kansas City

►June 30, 2009 - Pralidoxime in Acute Organophosphorus Insecticide Poisoning—A Randomised Controlled Trial - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

* ►June 30, 2009 - Hormones May Affect Neurological Disease Risk - Women are more vulnerable during certain stages of life, study finds - BMC Neuroscience via HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report

* ►June 30, 2009 - FDA investigators confirm E. coli at Nestle - pediatric supersite

►June 30, 2009 - 'Sleep Walking' And Talking That Can Occur With Popular Sleep-aid Ambien Explained - Some people who take the fast-sleep-aid zolpidem (Ambien) have been observed walking, eating, talking on the phone and even driving while not fully awake. Many often don't remember doing any of these activities the next morning. Similarly, this drug has been shown to awaken the minimally conscious into a conscious state. A new study by Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers may help explain why these "awakenings" occur. -  Georgetown University Medical Center via ScienceDaily

* ►June 30, 2009 - No Social Media Please, We're Pharma - Drugwonks

►June 30, 2009 - Clean Water Should Be Recognized as a Human Right - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►June 30, 2009 - U.S. urged to compare Alzheimer, ADD, other therapies - Reuters
 
►June 30, 2009 - 100 areas to yield most bang for health-care buck - AP via USA Today

* ►June 29, 2009 - ACIP adjusts recommendations on MMRV vaccine - pediatric supersite - "Karen Broder, MD of the Immunization Safety Office at the CDC presented the vaccine safety working group’s risk assessment analysis. She explained that risk for febrile seizure was about two-fold greater among children aged 12 to 23 months during the one to two weeks following vaccination with the first dose of MMRV compared with children who received MMR vaccine plus varicella vaccine — a risk which equates to one additional febrile seizure per 2,300 to 2,600 children vaccinated."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Six-Month Persistence of Sleep Problems in Young Children With Autism, Developmental Delay, and Typical Development - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

* ►June 26, 2009 - Obsessive–compulsive traits in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome - journal article (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

►June 26, 2009 - Are ADHD Symptoms Associated With Delay Aversion or Choice Impulsivity? A General Population Study - journal article (Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

* ►June 23, 2009 - What Is the Optimal Therapy for Patients with H5N1 Influenza? - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

* ►June 22, 2009 - The emerging role of synaptic cell-adhesion pathways in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders - journal article (Trends in Neurosciences)

►June 22, 2009 - Immune therapy for age-related diseases - journal article (Trends in Immunology)

►June 22, 2009 - An evolutionary perspective on the mechanisms of immunosenescence - journal article (Trends in Immunology)

* ►June 19, 2009 - Vaccination in the elderly: an immunological perspective - journal article (Trends in Immunology) - "Building on the theme of aging and immunosenescence, we review mechanisms of human immunosenescence and the immune response to currently licensed vaccines. We discuss the difficulties in identifying the risk factors that, in addition to aging, cause immunosenescence and address the relative paucity of vaccine studies in the elderly."

►June 19, 2009 - B cells and aging: molecules and mechanisms - journal article (Trends in Immunology)

►June 18, 2009 - Autism Medication Found to be Ineffectual in Treatment of Autistic Children - video (requires registration) - Medscape Pediatrics

►June 16, 2009 - Will the Public's Health Fall Victim to the Home Foreclosure Epidemic? - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►June 15, 2009 - FDA Urges Caution in Interpreting Study Linking Stimulants to Increased Risk for Sudden Death in Children (requires registration) - Medscape Pediatrics

* ►June 9, 2009 - In Global Health Research, Is It Legitimate To Stop Clinical Trials Early on Account of Their Opportunity Costs? - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►June 2, 2009 - “Antibiotics Are Not Automatic Anymore”—The French National Campaign To Cut Antibiotic Overuse - journal article (PLoS Medicine)

►June 1, 2009 - Rotavirus: epidemiology and disease burden - pediatric supersite

►June 2009 - Dengue virus antibodies in blood donors from an endemic area - journal article (Transfusion Medicine)

* ►January 2008 - Continuing Increases in Autism Reported to California's Developmental Services System - journal article (Archives of General Psychiatry)

* ►July 3, 2009 - Obama to launch flu campaign - Effort aimed at fighting H1N1 virus - Washington Times

* ►July 3, 2009 - '100,000 fresh swine flu cases a day by August,' says Health Secretary - Spread of swine flu can no longer be contained, Government admits - The Independent, UK

* ►July 3, 2009 - 'Mine was actually quite mild': Four Londoners on their experiences of swine flu - The Guardian, UK

* ►July 3, 2009 - Japan reports first case of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 flu - Xinhua via China View

►July 3, 2009 - H1N1 Flu update - Three cases confirmed among Family members - Fort Gordon Signal

►July 3, 2009 - Scare stories vs the truth - Getting a grip on what the A (H1N1) pandemic is all about is key to devising a proper approach to handle the disease. - Malaysia Star

* ►July 3, 2009 - Why It's Easy to Steal From Medicare - Arrests in Detroit and Miami are another argument against importing to the rest of the health economy the model that enabled these scams. - Wall Street Journal

* ►July 3, 2009 - Hepatitis A Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 24--35 Months --- United States, 2006 and 2007 - MMWR/CDC

* ►July 3, 2009 - QuickStats: Percentage of Young Adults Aged 18--29 Years* with Selected Chronic Conditions,† by Sex --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2005--2007 - MMWR/CDC - "During 2005--2007, young women aged 18--29 years (17.4%) were more likely to report having at least one of six selected chronic conditions than young men (12.9%) in the same age group. For both young men and young women, asthma, arthritis, and hypertension were the three most common of the six conditions. Greater percentages of women than men reported having asthma, arthritis, or cancer; similar percentages of women and men reported having hypertension or diabetes."

►July 3, 2009 - Recurring Norovirus Outbreaks in a Long-Term Residential Treatment Facility --- Oregon, 2007 - MMWR/CDC

►July 3, 2009 - Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information - MMWR/CDC

►July 3, 2009 - Wakefield, distortion and the Sunday Times - Left Brain/Right Brain

►July 3, 2009 - Fashola flags off July 2009 sub-national immunization days …Says eradication of polio in Lagos, Nigeria is a must - The Sun News - "He urged the enumerators not to skip any building as they go to the communities to immunize the children, adding, 'Make sure you knock at every door, make sure you enter, make sure you give opportunity to every child in the area you have been assigned to administer this polio vaccine and ensure that we don’t leave any child behind'."

►July 3, 2009 - Bauchi records 42 cases of polio in 6 months - Daily Triumph

* ►July 3, 2009 - Many strains of meningococcal disease: info, warnings issued - Otago Daily Times - "Although the incidence of meningococcal disease had declined as a result of the immunisation project, at any time there might be several strains of the disease doing the rounds, he said. 'Let's not forget that the vaccine was focused on one particular strain of meningococcal disease, however; and we may never know what particular strain this boy [Ryan O'Connell-Cairns] had,' Dr Holmes said."

►July 3, 2009 - Local meningitis experiences - Mayo Advertiser

►July 3, 2009 - Parents urged to immunise against whooping cough - The Hunter New England Area Health Service has renewed a warning to parents and carers to immunise their children against whooping cough. - www.abc.net.au

* ►July 3, 2009 - Whoop cough epidemic - Tweed Daily News, Australia - "Murwillumbah's 'immunisation guru' GP Doug Warne said despite the belief that many people are refusing to vaccinate their children this is not the case. 'Immunisation rates on the Tweed have increased over the past five years,' Dr Warne said. 'In general a small per cent (of parents) have concerns about possible adverse affects of immunisation and despite continuing education refuse it.'"

* ►July 3, 2009 - Boys 'should be vaccinated' in cervical cancer fight - The Scotsman - "Dr Ashraf congratulated the UK governments for introducing the HPV vaccination programme. But he said they had 'missed a trick' in not appearing to recognise that HPV infection affects both male and females. The vaccine chosen for the programme – Cervarix – is effective against two strains of HPV, whereas rival Gardasil also protects against two strains linked to genital warts."

* ►July 2, 2009 - Boys should be given cervical cancer vaccine, says BMA - Boys should be given the cervical cancer vaccine as well as girls in order to protect both sexes against sexually transmitted infections, doctors said. - The Telegraph, UK

* ►July 2, 2009 - Even The Shallows Dry Up: The GMC Hearing June 22nd and 23rd. By Martin J. Walker - Age of Autism

* ►July 2, 2009 - Gluten & autism: case study in Journal of Child Neurology - Teresa Binstock, Researcher in Developmental & Behavioral Neuroanatomy via Generation Rescue

* ►July 2, 2009 - Maine CDC Autism Conference: Intro by Dora Mills (includes video) - Adventures in Autism

* ►July 2, 2009 - Autism and Gene Research. Who Benefits? By Teresa Conrick - Age of Autism

* ►July 2, 2009 - Music a wonder drug for autism - Time of India

* ►July 2, 2009 - Federal probe finds problems with chelation study - AP via NPR

* ►July 2, 2009 - From P.S. 176X, kids with autism get joyful launch (includes video) - CNN - "P.S. 176X is the largest school for children with autism in New York City and very likely the largest in the country, if not the world."

* ►July 2, 2009 - Blast from the Past Post: MESSAGE BOARD BUZZ. Autism Speaks Selects Eric London? - Age of Autism

►July 2, 2009 - Eric London Resigns From Autism Speaks - Examiner.com

►July 2, 2009 - What autism tells us about development of savant skills - Irish Times

►July 2, 2009 - Jon Mitchell, an autistic, says no to neurodiversity, ABA, and special education. - Examiner.com

* ►July 2, 2009 - New flu may not spread like regular flu -studies - * New virus has not quite mutated to human form * Additional changes could worsen spread - Reuters - "Genetic analysis and lab experiments with the virus show it lacks a piece of genetic material that makes ordinary flu viruses so transmissible, a team of U.S. researchers found. Researchers in the Netherlands, meanwhile, found it lives very well in the nose and their findings suggest it has the ability to stay around for a long time -- and get worse. Both studies, published in the journal Science, show that H1N1 swine flu needs to be closely watched, said Dr. Terrence Tumpey of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

* ►July 2, 2009 - CDC: US swine flu cases rise to nearly 34,000 - AP via Forbes - "The numbers mark an increase from the 127 deaths and nearly 28,000 confirmed and suspected swine flu cases reported last week."

* ►July 2, 2009 - Washington to give antiviral drugs to WHO - Reuters - "The U.S. government said on Thursday it will give 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu to the Pan-American Health Organization to help fight the new H1N1 influenza virus in Latin America and the Caribbean."

* ►July 2, 2009 - WHO chief identifies "warning signs" of severe flu - Reuters

* ►July 2, 2009 - Concern over case of drug resistant swine flu - The influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak has now spread to almost all corners of the world - the last update, # 56, from the World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are now a grand total of 77,201 confirmed cases including 311 deaths. - News-Medical.net

* ►July 2, 2009 - Better Info on H1N1: Cidrap at U. Minnesota - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ►July 2, 2009 - Swine flu transmission studies suggest new virus is here to stay:experts - Canadian Press via Winnipeg Free Press

* ►July 2, 2009 - Swine flu vaccine made in Europe - The first doses of an H1N1 swine flu vaccine have been produced in Europe - but it will be around two months before any is distributed. (includes video) - BBC - "The doses were produced by Novartis at a plant in Marburg, Germany. The vaccine was made in cell culture, a much faster method than the traditional way of growing it in eggs."

►July 2, 2009 - CDC Raises Hawaii Swine Flu Cases To 616 - State Officials No Longer Providing H1N1 Flu Updates - KITV Honolulu

►July 2, 2009 - MIT and CDC discover why H1N1 flu spreads inefficiently - Flu virus ill-suited for rapid transmission, but researchers say new strain bears watching, could mutate - EurekAlert!

►July 2, 2009 - Latest on H1N1 - Be carefull with Mass Gathering Health Minister say - Daily Kos

►July 2, 2009 - So what happens next? - Swine flu is spreading rapidly in our cities, so rampant that there is no point trying to contain it. Is now the best time to get it? Why are the young more at risk? And what impact will it have in Africa? - The Guardian, UK

►July 2, 2009 - Two People In Miami-Dade Died Of H1N1 Flu - CBS 4

►July 2, 2009 - Share the flu online: 6 disease widgets from the CDC - Examiner.com

►July 2, 2009 - White House to Hold H1N1 Flu Summit - CBS News

►July 2, 2009 - Swine flu quarantine at San Quentin prison - AP via San Jose Mercury News

►July 2, 2009 - Florida Now Has Over 1,000 Cases of Swine Flu - Palm Beach Post

►July 2, 2009 - Swine-flu parties not a good idea: experts - Canwest News Service via National Post

►July 2, 2009 - Health officials ask for two more designated hospitals to tackle H1N1 Flu - Times of India

►July 2, 2009 - ME tracks identity of virus which likely killed athlete Schissel - Kenosha News

►July 2, 2009 - China: Traditional medicine for swine flu - United Press International

* ►July 2, 2009 - Mandatory flu vaccine for Haj, Umrah pilgrims - Zawya

* ►July 2, 2009 - World Health Organisation: TB Vaccine Could Kill Babies With HIV - The One Click Group

* ►July 2, 2009 - Gardasil - the proposed mandatory vaccine for young women - WeeksMD

►July 2, 2009 - Doctors want cervical cancer jab for boys and earlier tests for girls - Doctors today called for the cervical cancer vaccination programme to be rolled out to boys as well as girls. - This is London

►July 2, 2009 - Fury At UK House Of Lords Backhander Debacle - Where Is The Lords' Expenses Raw Data? - The One Click Group

►July 2, 2009 - John Hemming MP Backs EDCM Helping Disabled Children Campaign - The One Click Group

►July 2, 2009 - MP Slams Dangerous UK ContactPoint Child Database - The One Click Group

►July 2, 2009 - FDA Panel Recommends Acetaminophen Restrictions - Elimination of Some Prescription Drugs, Changes in OTC Products Possible - AAFP News Now

►July 2, 2009 - CDC's National Center for Environmental Health Works with Thomson Reuters to Help Identify and Track Illnesses Related to Harmful Algal Blooms - Thomson Reuters via PRNewswire

►July 2, 2009 - FDA likely to delay Acura's abuse-deterring painkiller - Bloomberg via Daily Herald

* ►July 2, 2009 - Washington Changes Childhood Vaccine Program - Washington State Department Of Health via eMaxHealth - "Washington’s program that uses state and federal funds to buy vaccine for all children in the state is changing. Starting July 1, human papillomavirus vaccine will no longer be bought with state money. Next May, state funds will no longer be used to buy any childhood vaccine — allowing time to plan a smooth transition so there are no breaks in vaccinating kids. The state will continue using federal funding to buy vaccines for low income children."

►July 2, 2009 - Asia Pacific vaccines market requires flexible, targeted portfolios - Spanning one third of the globe's circumference and home to more than half of the world's population, the Asia Pacific region is incredibly diverse. This year's World Vaccine Congress Asia highlighted the enormous variation in the vaccine landscape in the region, owing to a myriad of political, cultural, economic and geographic differences, say analysts Datamonitor. - Pharmafocus.com

►July 2, 2009 - 20 catch the mumps - The Scotsman

►July 2, 2009 - Call for vaccinations after rise in mumps - Buxton Advertiser, UK

►July 2, 2009 - Measles outbreak in Brighton and Hove - The Argus.co.uk

►July 2, 2009 - Health Dept. Urges Measles Vaccinations - New York Times City Room Blog

* ►July 2, 2009 - City's Health Department issues measles alert after 11 confirmed cases in Brooklyn - New York Daily News

* ►July 2, 2009 - Hepatitis B Virus Mutations May Predict Risk Of Liver Cancer - Certain mutations in the DNA of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) are associated with the development of liver cancer and may help predict which patients with HBV infections are at increased risk of the disease, according to a large meta-analysis in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published online July 2. - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. via ScienceDaily

* ►July 2, 2009 - Springs surgery tech suspected of exposing thousands to hepatitis C - Colorado Springs Gazette - "Federal officials Thursday warned that about 6,000 surgery patients, including 1,000 at a Colorado Springs surgery center, are at risk of having been infected by an operating room technician with hepatitis C."

►July 2, 2009 - New cases of whooping cough confirmed - With the number of confirmed whooping cough cases in Santa Barbara County jumping to 14 this year — including 11 in the month of June — health officials reiterated their call for local residents to be vaccinated for the highly contagious respiratory infection. - The Daily Sound

►July 2, 2009 - Committee formed to review FBI anthrax investigation - Frederick News-Post - "The study will take 18 months and will cost approximately $880,000. The academy will take comments on the web at www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/CommitteeView.aspx?key=49105."

►July 2, 2009 - A ticket and some important tips - Admittance to hip-hop show again lures crowds to HIV testing - Houston Chronicle

►July 2, 2009 - ‘Genetic arms race’ between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant - MSU News, Michigan State University

►July 2, 2009 - E. Coli Outbreaks from Cookie Dough and Beef Expanding: CDC - AboutLawsuits.com

* ►July 1, 2009 - Novel H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) - CIDRAP News

* ►July 1, 2009 - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 56 - World Health Organization

►July 1, 2009 - Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 20 - World Health Organization

►July 1, 2009 - Strides seen on swine flu vaccine - Tests on animals effective, Vical says - San Diego Union-Tribune - "The San Diego biotech company Vical reported encouraging animal-test results yesterday of a vaccine against H1N1 influenza A — swine flu — less than two months after launching the project."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Swine flu concerns rise in Southern Hemisphere - Several provinces in Argentina declared a health emergency Tuesday as the number of H1N1 cases continues to rise. - Christian Science Monitor

* ►July 1, 2009 - Hospital: Man treated for flu before diagnosis - Doctors suspected H1N1 strain from start - Las Vegas Review - "The chief nursing officer at MountainView Hospital said Tuesday that the 33-year-old man who died last weekend as a result of the H1N1 virus was treated as though he had the disease from the day he was admitted, despite the fact that he was not diagnosed until well into his 13-day hospitalization. According to registered nurse Helen Vos, John Talley told hospital officials he had been ill 'for more than a week' before he turned up at the hospital's emergency room for treatment of flulike symptoms on June 15. She said doctors suspected the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, but a so-called 'rapid' test came back negative."

►July 1, 2009 - Vaccinations warning as mumps on rise - An increase in mumps across the county has led to a warning from health chiefs about vaccinations. - Whitehaven News, UK

►July 1, 2009 - FDA: Thinking Outside The Black Box - CNBC

* ►July 1, 2009 - Monsanto's Roundup Kills Human Cells - Adventures in Autism

* ►June 30, 2009 - Food Hypersensitivity & Bisphenol A - Teresa Binstock, Researcher in Developmental & Behavioral Neuroanatomy via Generation Rescue

* ►June 30, 2009 - Parents haunted by cadet's peanut death - Nathan Francis was 13 when he died from anaphylactic shock after eating one mouthful of food containing peanuts at an Army cadet camp. - The World Today via www.abc.net.au

►June 30, 2009 - Pitt Study Traces Origins Of Swine Flu - XPXI Pittsburgh

►June 30, 2009 - Elderly, kids urged to skip hajj over swine flu (requires registration) - AP via Washington Post

►June 30, 2009 - CDC awards Perot with $119 million IT contract (requires registration) - ModernHealthcare.com

►June 30, 2009 - Sock! Pow! Blam! - Further adventures in the fight against malaria, as the Gates Foundations seeks to stomp it out permanently. - Crosscut.com

►June 30, 2009 - Young people in South Cumbria warned as mumps cases increase - Teenagers and young adults in South Cumbria are being advised to keep up to date with their mumps jabs. - North West Evening Mail, UK

►June 29, 2009 - Increases in child immunization fees - KCBD.com

* ►June 29, 2009 - Vexing Vaccinations - More Florida parents challenge, push limits of immunization law - Orlando Sentinel

►June 29, 2009 - Xencor Appoints Jeffrey V. Ravetch of The Rockefeller University to its Scientific Advisory Board - press release - Xencor, Inc. via Business Wire

►June 29, 2009 - CSPI Urges FDA to Seize Stockpiles of Bayer One A Day for Men - New Evidence Undermines Bayer’s Prostate Health Claims - Center for Science in the Public Interest

* ►June 29, 2009 - New Nanoparticles Help Fight Meningitis - They could be useful in fighting other brain infections as well - Softpedia - "A newly bioengineered peptide nanoparticle has the ability to pass through the blood-brain barrier and provide localized care to brain regions affected by meningitis, as well as by other antibiotics-resistant bacteria and pathogens."

►June 25, 2009 - No arms, no legs but all the love in the world: Terrible price paid by four-year-old boy who beat meningitis - Daily Mail, UK

►June 24, 2009 - Experts' measles warning as first case identified in Cardiff - WalesOnline

►June 24, 2009 - Beijing Agreed CNY550mn in A-type H1N1 Flu Vaccine Storage - SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX via Trading Markets

►June 23, 2009 - German authorities warn of swine flu mutation risk - * Expert sees autumn risk in northern hemisphere * Merkel says Germany is prepared, coordinating with others - Reuters via National Post

►June 23, 2009 - County prepares for H1N1 vaccine - The Sanford Herald

►June 23, 2009 - Carlisle boy overcomes the odds to beat meningitis - They said he wouldn’t pull through, then they said he’d never walk again but Connor Tyson has proved all the doctors wrong to earn his nickname “Miracle Boy”. - News & Star

►June 16, 2009 - FDA Protects Your Pets from Mercury But Not You Until Now By Charlie Brown, JD - Corne Smith

►June 15, 2009 - Autism Vaccine Debate (includes video) - WKRG.com

* ►June 11, 2009 - Immunization Works! Special Issue June 11, 2009 - Immunization Works! via CDC - "Syncope has been reported after administration of other adolescent and adult vaccines, so it is not unique to Gardasil or even vaccines. Syncope can also occur with certain medications, after blood donation or in response to pain. Jerking movements, loss of bladder control, and other signs that resemble seizures may occur, but these do NOT mean that the person is having a seizure. Syncope and its associated signs and symptoms usually last only a short time (seconds to minutes) and resolve when the patient is placed in a position, such as lying down, to restore adequate blood flow to the brain."

* ►June 10, 2009 - Government and CDC Finally Agree to do Extensive Research into Vaccine Safety . . . Maybe - AskDrSears

►Even The Shallows Dry Up - The GMC Hearing Monday June 22nd and Tuesday June 23rd. (pdf) - Martin Walker via Rescue Post

* ►August 2009 - Age-appropriate use of human papillomavirus vaccines in the U.S. - journal article (Gynecologic Oncology) - "HPV vaccine introduction should be considered in the context of a very successful cervical cancer screening program that has reduced the rates of cervical cancer by 75% or more. Thus, HPV vaccines will only prevent an incremental number of additional cervical cancers in the U.S."

* ►August 2009 - Use of Revised International Health Regulations during Influenza A (H1N1) Epidemic, 2009 (pdf) - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

* ►August 2009 - Reproducibility of Serologic Assays for Influenza Virus A (H5N1) (pdf) - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

* ►August 2009 - Association between human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections in human oral carcinogenesis - journal article (Medical Hypotheses)

* ►August 2009 - Lactobacillus and bifidobacteria combinations: A strategy to reduce hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile diarrhea incidence and mortality - journal article (Medical Hypotheses)

* ►July 2, 2009 - mTOR regulates memory CD8 T-cell differentiation - journal article (Nature) - "Treatment of mice with rapamycin following acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection enhanced not only the quantity but also the quality of virus-specific CD8 T cells. Similar effects were seen after immunization of mice with a vaccine based on non-replicating virus-like particles. In addition, rapamycin treatment also enhanced memory T-cell responses in non-human primates following vaccination with modified vaccinia virus Ankara."

* ►July 2, 2009 - The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - A Win–Win Approach to Financing Health Care Reform (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - The Individual Mandate — An Affordable and Fair Approach to Achieving Universal Coverage (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - A Higher Bar — Vermont's New Law on Marketing Prescribed Products (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - Cyclic AMP intoxication of macrophages by a Mycobacterium tuberculosis adenylate cyclase - journal article (Nature)

►July 2, 2009 - Enhancing CD8 T-cell memory by modulating fatty acid metabolism - journal article (Nature)

►July 2, 2009 - Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia - journal article (Nature)

►July 2, 2009 - MicroRNA-mediated switching of chromatin-remodelling complexes in neural development - journal article (Nature)

* ►July 2, 2009 - Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder - journal article (Nature)

►July 2, 2009 - Common variants on chromosome 6p22.1 are associated with schizophrenia - journal article (Nature)

►July 2, 2009 - Gene Therapy for Brain Cancer - Clinical Cancer Research via Ivanhoe

►July 2, 2009 - The Effect of Medicare Part D on Drug and Medical Spending - journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - Tattoo Allergy - journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - Triple-Reassortant Swine Influenza A (H1) in Humans in the United States, 2005–2009 (correction)- journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - Emergence of a Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans (correction) - journal article (NEJM)

►July 2, 2009 - School settles enrolment of autistic teenager in High Court - Irish Times - "A secondary school which refused to enrol a 14-year-old boy with autism has settled its High Court action over a decision requiring it to enrol the boy."

* ►July 2, 2009 - Solutions for Forced Vaccinations and Flu Pandemics - NaturalNews.com

* ►July 2, 2009 - Swine flu cases reach over 77,000 worldwide: WHO - AFP via Sydney Morning Herald

►July 2, 2009 - Swine flu party idea 'foolhardy' - Brisbane Times

►July 2, 2009 - Swine flu 'twice as deadly for kids' as normal influenza - AAP via The Age

►July 2, 2009 - K-9 influenza outbreak reported in Central Jersey - Millstone Examiner

►July 2, 2009 - Warning after boy dies - Otago Daily Times, New Zealand - "A 14-year-old Bannockburn boy has died after apparently contracting meningococcal disease."

►July 2, 2009 - Vietnam now makes measles vaccine - The first Vietnamese-made measles vaccine will be used in the National Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI). - VOVNews.vn

►July 2, 2009 - Sierra Leone: 'Polio is Common in U-5 Children' Dr. Samba - Concord Times (Freetown) via AllAfrica.com

►July 2, 2009 - 4.7% Pakistanis infected with hepatitis C - High rate of prevalence of hepatitis in Pakistan is mainly because of less effective awareness campaigns - The News International, Pakistan

* ►July 1, 2009 - PCC Orders Sunday Times To Remove Brian Deer/Dr Andrew Wakefield Stories From Website - Thoughtful House via The One Click Group

* ►July 1, 2009 - A "Refrigerator Mother" Adult with Autism Speaks Out By Roger Kulp - Age of Autism

* ►July 1, 2009 - Eric London Resigns from Autism Speaks By Katie Wright - Age of Autism

* ►July 1, 2009 - The Human Condition: Claudia Kalb: Another Resignation At Autism Speaks - Newsweek - "This week, Dr. Eric London, a member of Autism Speaks’s Scientific Affairs Committee, ... In his letter of resignation, London said that Autism Speaks’s argument that 'there might be rare cases of ‘biologically-plausible’ vaccine involvement…are misleading and disingenuous.' He goes on to charge the organization with 'adversely impacting' autism research."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Second Resignation from Autism Speaks Reflects Concerns Over Vaccine-Related Research - Autism Blog via http://autism.about.com

►July 1, 2009 - Autism Researcher Resigns From Position with Advocacy Organization - Education Week News On Special Education Blog

* ►July 1, 2009 - Manchin Signs Autism Bill - WSAZ.com - "Gov. Manchin signed the bill in a ceremony at Marshall University which is home to to the West Virginia Autism Training Center. The measure gives families of children with autism spectrum disorders a tax deduction for contributions to a trust fund that may be used when the kids become adults."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Autism One Radio: Polly Tommey & Martin Walker from UK on Closing Speeches at the GMC in London - Age of Autism

►July 1, 2009 - Press Complaints Commission Orders Sunday Times to Remove Deer's Stories on Dr. Wakefield - Press Complaints Commission Orders Sunday Times to Remove MMR Journalist’s Stories on Dr. Wakefield from Paper’s Web Site - Work by Reporter Brian Deer is at Center of Investigation Being Conducted by Medical Regulators - Age of Autism

►July 1, 2009 - Autism Speaks louder - Nantucket Independent

►July 1, 2009 - Autism movie by- ‘Imperative Pictures’: An idea whose time has come - Examiner.com

►July 1, 2009 - Children of older parents at increased risk of autism - Children born to older parents or whose mother suffered complications during pregnancy are at increased risk of developing autism, a review of research has found. - The Telegraph, UK

►July 1, 2009 - New Law Effective Today Will Provide Free Mercury Thermostat Recycling & Help Protect Public Health - More Collection Locations Will Help Californians Recycle Toxic Thermostats - press release - California Product Stewardship Council via PRNewswire

* ►July 1, 2009 - Celiac disease four times more common than in '50s - CTV - "Dr. Joseph Murray, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist who led the study, said the researchers do not know why celiac disease has become more prevalent in the last fifty years. '(Celiac disease) now affects about one in a hundred people,' Murray said."

* ►July 1, 2009 - TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV: WHO - AP via CTV - "WHO says a three-year study in South Africa found babies born with HIV had a higher risk of contracting a deadly form of TB if given the widely used BCG vaccine. The study recommends not vaccinating babies with HIV and delaying vaccination for those babies whose HIV status is unknown. The study was published Wednesday in the journal Bulletin of the World Health Organization."

* ►July 1, 2009 - HIV vaccine makers ready for human testing - CTV - "Sumagen Canada, which is a subsidiary of a Korean drug research company, says it is prepared to start a clinical trial for the vaccine as soon as the FDA gives its approval."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Swine Flu - Lab Accident Caused 'Pandemic' Claims NEJM - The Telegraph via The One Click Group

* ►July 1, 2009 - Swine flu triples - UK swine flu cases have TRIPLED in a week to 6,500, Gordon Brown told MPs yesterday. - The Sun, UK

* ►July 1, 2009 - Trial of Novel H1N1 ‘Swine’ Flu candidate vaccine to take place in Adelaide - CSL via PharmiWeb.com - "CSL Limited, Australia’s leading biopharmaceutical company, will shortly be commencing a clinical trial of a candidate vaccine against Novel H1N1 ‘Swine’ Flu. The trial will be undertaken in partnership with Clinical Research Organisation CMAX and the Royal Adelaide Hospital in South Australia. Healthy adults aged between 18 and 64 years are being sought to participate, and must be available to meet four appointments in Adelaide over a 6 month period."

* ►July 1, 2009 - CDC's Advisory Committee Gives Thumbs-up to New Antiviral Recs - Agency Gearing Up for Possible H1N1 Vaccine Distribution - AAFP News Now

* ►July 1, 2009 - Findings from H1N1 Countermeasures Strategy and Decision Making Forum to be discussed during teleconference - SmartBrief - "The National Biodefense Science Board will be holding a public teleconference to discuss the findings from the June 18 and 19 H1N1 Countermeasures Strategy and Decision Making Forum. According to a June 30 Federal Register notice, the teleconference, which will be held July 17 from noon to 2 p.m. EDT, will give the public the opportunity to comment on a proposed report of the findings. Read the Federal Register notice."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Argentine workers suspected of passing flu to pigs - * Second suspected case of humans infecting swine * Infected Argentine pigs recovered and none died - Reuters

►July 1, 2009 - Argentina gets new health minister amid swine flu - AP via Forbes

►July 1, 2009 - WHO working on formulas to model swine flu spread - AP via Google

►July 1, 2009 - Vical shares jump as it aces swine flu study - FierceVaccines

►July 1, 2009 - Update. Influenza A (H1N1) Regional Report (July 1 2009) - Pan American Health Organization

►July 1, 2009 - Up to seven Ohio youths catch swine flu at camp - The Columbus Dispatch

►July 1, 2009 - H1N1 death toll in Boston rises to 4 - NECN.com

* ►July 1, 2009 - White House Plans Flu Summit Next Week - CNN Political Ticker - "Senior Obama administration officials stressed the summit, which will be convened July 9 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is being held strictly as a precautionary measure to make sure the U.S. is prepared for any potential swine flu outbreak, and not because of any specific fear of a crisis. President Obama will be traveling next week to Russia, Italy and Ghana on a foreign trip, so the summit will be chaired by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, according to the officials."

* ►July 1, 2009 - CDC: U.S. may need 600 million swine flu vaccine doses - CNN

►July 1, 2009 - Swine flu could affect 33% of NI - A third of the population in Northern Ireland could be infected with swine flu in the autumn, the health minister has predicted. - BBC

►July 1, 2009 -  Jackson Township NJ elementary school student dies from H1N1 virus - JacksonNJOnline.com

►July 1, 2009 - Ontario Reports more Deaths Linked to H1N1 Virus - 580 CFRA

►July 1, 2009 - Swine Flu Parties - Social gatherings staged to spread swine flu, with the aim of contracting the virus before it becomes more virulent. (requires registration) - The New York Times

►July 1, 2009 - Swine-flu shots to be available by October - Health officials studying severe case - The Globe and Mail

* ►July 1, 2009 - Vaccine-Induced, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells Reduce Virus Replication but Do Not Protect from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Progression - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

* ►July 1, 2009 - Do not party 'til swine flu comes home - Republican American - "Internet forums have been buzzing with posts encouraging people to host social gatherings with at least one person infected with the virus, technically known as H1N1. The thinking is that if children get the current, mild form of the flu, they will be protected or immune from a possibly more virulent version of the virus in the fall or winter. Dr. Michael Simms, director of infectious diseases at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, pointed out that, unlike measles, mumps, rubella or chicken pox, there is no such thing as immunity from the flu."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Roche To Offer Developing Countries Discounted Tamiflu - Kaiser Global Health

* ►July 1, 2009 - Novartis Animal Health Expands Staff - Pork Industry News - "Novartis Animal Health has announced the expansion of its U.S. swine sales team – increasing its total number of U.S. swine sales, marketing and technical service professionals to 20. The expansion is a demonstration of Novartis Animal Health’s long term commitment to the U.S. swine industry, according to Steve Boren, vice president of sales and marketing for the Novartis Animal Health U.S. Farm Animal Business."

* ►July 1, 2009 - New tool for grant seekers (requires registration) - The Scientist

* ►July 1, 2009 - Union busting at NIEHS? (requires registration) - The Scientist

►July 1, 2009 - Vigilance is best summertime defense from Lyme disease-carrying ticks - New York Daily News

* ►July 1, 2009 - Vaccine-Induced CD8+ T Cell-Dependent Suppression of Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Inflammation - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 1, 2009 - Immunization with the DNA-Encoding N-Terminal Domain of Proteophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani Generates Th1-Type Immunoprotective Response against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 1, 2009 - Tuberculos Is Associated with a Down-Modulatory Lung Immune Response That Impairs Th1-Type Immunity - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 1, 2009 - Gene variations hinder mental illness tests: study - Reuters

►July 1, 2009 - UCLA collaboration identifies immune system link to schizophrenia - Disruptions also found in cellular pathways involved in memory and cognition - University of California - Los Angeles via EurekAlert!

►July 1, 2009 - Lantus (insulin glargine) - Audience - Diabetes healthcare professionals, patients - FDA - "Three of the four studies suggest an increased risk for cancer associated with use of Lantus."

►July 1, 2009 - Varenicline (marketed as Chantix) and Bupropion (marketed as Zyban, Wellbutrin, and generics) - Audience - Neuropsychiatric healthcare professionals, patients - FDA

►July 1, 2009 - GOP: EPA hid global warming memo - The Washington Times

►July 1, 2009 - Fusion Loop Peptide of the West Nile Virus Envelope Protein Is Essential for Pathogenesis and Is Recognized by a Therapeutic Cross-Reactive Human Monoclonal Antibody - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 1, 2009 - Downstream Signals for MyD88-Mediated Phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi Can Be Initiated by TRIF and Are Dependent on PI3K - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

* ►July 1, 2009 - Novartis sees FDA decision on Menveo early 2010 -  * US regulator seeks more data on meningitis vaccine * Company expects to provide full response in 2009 * No new clinical trials necessary - Reuters

* ►July 1, 2009 - HPV Vaccination Not Cost Effective In The Netherlands, Study Shows - Even under favorable assumptions, including lifelong protection against 70% of all cervical cancers and no side effects, vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is not cost-effective in the Netherlands, according to a study published online July 1 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. - ScienceDaily

* ►July 1, 2009 - Gardasil may have cosmetic adverse effect - The HPV vaccine Gardasil may occasionally cause subcutaneous fat loss at the injection site in some women as a rare side effect, according to doctors at Monash University. - 6minutes.com.au - "Writing in the journal Vaccine (online 23 June), researchers at the department of infectious diseases report two cases of involutional lipoatrophy that occurred in women aged 23 and 25, after they received the first dose of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in the deltoid area. ... Lipoatrophy might be caused by the aluminium component of vaccines inducing an inflammatory reaction via the secretion of cytokines, that induce tissue injury and subsequent fibrosis and sclerosis, they suggest."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer - AP via Yahoo! - "'Farrah Fawcett puts a face to the cancer for women,' added Saraiya, an epidemiologist who has studied anal cancer. It's less clear whether Fawcett's story will have any effect on promotion of a vaccine that targets HPV, human papilloma virus, which is blamed for cervical cancer and linked to most anal cancers. ... Piro, Fawcett's doctor, said Gardasil is an important but underused defense against cancer, and strongly endorsed increased vaccinations. But he and others stopped short of saying it should be touted as a measure that will save women from Fawcett's fate. HPV has been linked to roughly 70 percent of all anal cancers, and is believed to cause 90 percent of the squamous-cell form of anal cancer. Fawcett had the squamous-cell type of cancer. But in an interview with The Associated Press, Piro said 'her tumor was not necessarily associated with' HPV. He declined further detail, citing her medical privacy."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Father told police he doesn't believe in doctors - AP via KGW.com - "Raylene and Carl Brent Worthington of Oregon City are members of the Followers of Christ Church and are accused of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment in the March 2008 death of their child, Ava."

* ►July 1, 2009 - 12 hospitalized in connection with E. coli in beef - AP via Yahoo!

* ►July 1, 2009 - Today in Bad Government - Motley Fool - "Today in Bad Government (TBG) starts in America at the normally shill-tastic SmartMoney website, where Brigid McMenamin presents you with 10 Things Your Congressperson Won't Tell You.  Did you know that lobbying is the top career choice for departing Congresspersons. 'According to a 2005 report by Public Citizen, since 1998 more than 43 percent of all eligible departing congresspeople went into lobbying.'"

* ►July 1, 2009 - Painkillers at a crossroads as FDA decision looms - Philadelphia Inquirer

* ►July 1, 2009 - Rangel: Drug Firms Have Been Stealing - House Chairman Says Health Care Providers Have Been Stealing - AP via CBS News

* ►July 1, 2009 - FDA: Anti-smoking drugs can make you crazy - Booster Shots Blog via Los Angeles Times - "The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced it has ordered the makers of the prescription anti-smoking medications Zyban and Chantix (also known by their pharmaceutical names bupropion and varenicline) to warn patients that taking the drugs may cause changes in behavior and mood, including hostility, agitation, depression and suicidal thoughts or behavior."

►July 1, 2009 - FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer - HealthDay via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

►July 1, 2009 - CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low - AP via Google

►July 1, 2009 - Dunkin' Donuts pulls drinks in salmonella concern - Bloomberg via The News Journal via Delawareonline.com

►July 1, 2009 - County health department verifies meningitis case at OU-L - Lancaster Eagle Gazette

►July 1, 2009 - IRC Responds to Measles Outbreak Among Somali Refugees in Kenya's Congested Camps - International Rescue Committee (IRC) via Reuters AlertNet

►July 1, 2009 - Researchers Testing Virus-Gene Therapy Combination Against Melanoma - UC San Diego School of Medicine

►July 1, 2009 - Cases of whooping cough on the rise - Vaccinations can prevent spread of infection - WISHtv.com

►July 1, 2009 - Eight Whooping Cough Cases Identified in Santa Barbara - Those Exhibiting Symptoms Are Encouraged to Contact Healthcare Providers - The Santa Barbara Independent

* ►July 1, 2009 - Lagos to establish immunisation posts for children - Vanguard, Nigeria - "To check imported cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the state, the Lagos State Government is to  establish permanent posts to monitor the immunization status of children coming into the state with a view to immunize them."

►July 1, 2009 - A sudden pain: Anderson woman explains how she was paralyzed overnight - Anderson Independent Mail - "Mayo Clinic research shows that Guillain-Barre syndrome is rare, affecting only one in about every 100,000 people."

►July 1, 2009 - The First AIDS Cure that the Press Forgot - Daily Kos

* ►July 1, 2009 - Doctor gets probation, fine, reprimand in hepatitis outbreak - Las Vegas Review-Journal

* ►July 1, 2009 - Hepatitis E Infection More Widespread in the U.S. than Previously Suspected - press release - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - "The study found antibodies indicating exposure to HEV in 21 percent of the U.S. population between 1988 and 1994."

►July 1, 2009 - Graduate sues bank for hepatitis B discrimination - China Daily
 
►July 1, 2009 - Plane passengers grounded after Hepatitis A scare - WTOP.com

►July 1, 2009 - K-State Vet Reminds Horse Owners to Vaccinate - Busy horse owners reminded to make sure vaccinations current. - Kansas Farmer

►July 1, 2009 - Pit bulls and rabies vaccine laws start today - The Wichita Eagle via Kansas.com - "People who own dogs and cats may now get rabies vaccinations at least once every three years — instead of every year. Ferrets need vaccinations every year."

►July 1, 2009 - Animals at Suffolk shelter to receive vaccinations on arrival - The Virginian-Pilot

►July 1, 2009 - Morphotek(R), Inc. Announces a Research Collaboration Agreement with Synageva BioPharma Corporation to Develop Potential Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Disease - press release - Morphotek(R), Inc. via PRNewswire

* ►July 2009 - Change in knowledge of women about cervix cancer, human papilloma virus (HPV) and HPV vaccination due to introduction of HPV vaccines - journal article (European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology)

* ►July 2009 - Cytokine Imbalance after Measles Virus Infection Has No Correlation with Immune Suppression - journal article (Journal of Virology)

* ►July 2009 - Eczema Herpeticum and Clinical Criteria for Investigating Smallpox - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 2009 - Potential Impact of a 2-Person Security Rule on BioSafety Level 4 Laboratory Workers - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 2009 - Invasions by Eurasian Avian Influenza Virus H6 Genes and Replacement of the Virus' North American Clade - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 2009 - Differences in serum cytokine levels between influenza virus A and B infections in children - journal article (Cytokine)

►July 2009 - Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Leukopenia in a 13-Year-Old: A Case-Based Review of Meningococcemia - journal article (Journal of Emergency Medicine)

* ►July 2009 - Loss of language in early development of autism and specific language impairment - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

* ►July 2009 - Orienting of visual attention among persons with autism spectrum disorders: reading versus responding to symbolic cues - journal article (Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)

* ►July 2009 - Eye-movement patterns are associated with communicative competence in autistic spectrum disorders - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

* ►July 2009 - The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders: impact of diagnostic instrument and non-response bias - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

* ►July 2009 - Self-referenced memory, social cognition, and symptom presentation in autism - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

* ►July 2009 - Autism and Hypoplastic Corpus Callosum in a Case of Monocentric Marker Chromosome 15 - journal article (Pediatric Neurology)

* ►July 2009 - Antidepressant-Induced Suicidality: Implications for Clinical Practice - journal article (Southern Medical Journal)

►July 2009 - Increasing organismal healthspan by enhancing mitochondrial protein quality control - journal article (Nature Cell Biology)

►July 2009 - Intestinal barrier function: Molecular regulation and disease pathogenesis - journal article (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►July 2009 - Rolandic Mitochondrial Encephalomyelopathy and MT-ND3 Mutations - journal article (Pediatric Neurology)

►July 2009 - Clusters of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cases, Europe - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

►July 2009 - Latent Tuberculosis and Active Tuberculosis Disease Rates among the Homeless, New York, New York, USA, 1992–2006 - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

►July 2009 - Tick-borne Relapsing Fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

►July 2009 - Rickettsia slovaca and R. raoultii in Tick-borne Rickettsioses - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

►July 2009 - Bartonella rochalimae and Other Bartonella spp. in Fleas, Chile - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

►July 2009 - Multiple Origins of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype Asia 1 Outbreaks, 2003–2007 - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

►July 2009 - Relapse Associated with Active Disease Caused by Beijing Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - journal article (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

►July 2009 - Antibodies Against Deamidated Gliadin as New and Accurate Biomarkers of Childhood Coeliac Disease - journal article (Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition)

►July 2009 - Conscientiousness as a mediator of the association between masculinized finger-length ratios and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

►July 2009 - Neurobehavior at Term and White and Gray Matter Abnormalities in Very Preterm Infants - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Childhood Onset Major Depressive Disorder: Course of Illness and Psychiatric Comorbidity in a Community Sample - journal article (The Journal of Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Event-Related fMRI of Inhibitory Control in the Predominantly Inattentive and Combined Subtypes of ADHD - journal article (Journal of Neuroimaging)

►July 2009 - Sublingual immunotherapy for allergic respiratory diseases: An evaluation of meta-analyses - journal article (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►July 2009 - Diagnostic Criteria for Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A 5-year Retrospective Review in a Pediatric Population - journal article (Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition)

* ►July 2009 - Alzheimer's disease and infection: Do infectious agents contribute to progression of Alzheimer's disease? - journal article (Alzheimer's & Dementia) - "Infections with herpes simplex virus type 1, picornavirus, Borna disease virus, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, and spirochete were reported to contribute to the pathophysiology of AD or to cognitive changes. Based on these reports, it may be hypothesized that central nervous system or systemic infections may contribute to the pathogenesis or pathophysiology of AD, and chronic infection with several pathogens should be considered a risk factor for sporadic AD. If this hypothesis holds true, early intervention against infection may delay or even prevent the future development of AD."

►July 2009 - Effects of Cranberry Juice on Pharmacokinetics of β-Lactam Antibiotics following Oral Administration - journal article (Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)

* ►July 2009 - Press Complaints Commission Orders Sunday Times to Remove MMR journalist’s Stories on Dr. Wakefield from Paper’s Web Site - Work by Reporter Brian Deer is at Center of Investigation Being Conducted by Medical Regulators - press release - Thoughtful House

►July 2009 - ARI e-newsletter - Autism Research Institute

►July 2009 - The Autism Calendar - Schafer Autism Report

►June 30, 2009 - Prominent Dems propose pay plan for health overhaul - USA Today

►June 30, 2009 - Catalyst bags potential $500M deal with Wyeth - Wyeth via FierceBiotech

* ►June 30, 2009 - NAAR Founder Eric London Resigns from Autism Speaks citing Disagreement over Vaccine Research - Autism Science Foundation

* ►June 30, 2009 - Canada-U.S. may go differently on vaccine production - Canadian Press via CTV - "Canada and the United States may go separate ways when deciding whether powerful boosting compounds called adjuvants should be added to swine flu vaccines, experts suggest. Canada will likely use adjuvanted swine flu vaccine, says Dr. David Butler-Jones, head of the Public Health Agency of Canada. But it is not a slam-dunk that regulatory authorities south of the border will clear adjuvanted flu vaccines for a U.S. mass vaccination campaign -- if one takes place -- this fall, some American experts say. 'The risk-benefit of using an adjuvant in a population in which you don't have a lot of data, i.e. younger people . . . has to be balanced against ... what's going on,' says Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Swine flu: lab accident may have caused pandemic - The swine flu pandemic sweeping the world might not have happened without a laboratory accident in the 1970s, a new study claims. - The Telegraph, UK

* ►June 30, 2009 - Wayne Marasco: A Shot at a Universal Flu Vaccine - Protection from swine flu, bird flu, and other viruses may evolve from a researcher's recent discovery - U.S. News World Report

* ►June 30, 2009 - Inovio Gets Help in Testing Its H1N1 DNA Vaccine Candidates - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

* ►June 30, 2009 - Local Firm Leading Effort To Develop Swine Flu Vaccine (includes video) - KGTV San Diego - "Vical specializes in DNA vaccines. They got the Swine Flu gene sequence from the CDC and used that to develop the vaccine. 'Our advantage is speed. We can produce this vaccine very quickly. The other manufacturers, unfortunately, have to produce the vaccine using chicken eggs, which can take four to six months,' Smith said."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Health Experts Say U.S. Is Prepared for Swine Flu Pandemic - CQ Politics - "One worry is that the United States won’t be prepared for a mass immunization campaign, if one is necessary. 'The real concern is getting organized throughout the country to administer what we need to administer,' Fineberg said. But there likely won’t be a need for widespread immunizations. 'H1N1 now is acting like a seasonal flu that is out of season,' Fauci said."

►June 30, 2009 - Health officials say antiviral resistance likely in some pandemic flu cases - CIDRAP News

►June 30, 2009 - Influenza A(H1N1): 'Over-dramatic media reports' concern Tourism Minister - Malaysia's stringent measures in combating the H1N1 flu has created fear among foreign visitors. - New Straits Times

►June 30, 2009 - Swine flu linked to isle death - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

►June 30, 2009 - Death toll of A/H1N1 rises to 14 in Texas - Xinhua via China View

►June 30, 2009 - Swine flu girl 'had tough life' - A six-year-old girl who died after contracting swine flu had "been through a lot" with other illnesses, her father has told an inquest. - BBC

►June 30, 2009 - Swine Flu Preparations In Full Swing - WJHG-TV

►June 30, 2009 - ‘Unfit’ urged to skip Haj - Arab Times

►June 30, 2009 - Burkina Faso: Measles Infections Declining - IRIN via AllAfrica.com

►June 30, 2009 - Michael Isn't the Only One - Prescription Drug Abuse is Rampant - OpEdNews

►June 30, 2009 - Research Shows Possibility of Vaccine for Ear Infections - Infection Control Today

* ►June 30, 2009 - FDA's New Transparency Task Force: Mission And Opportunity - The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

* ►June 30, 2009 - Ban Is Advised on 2 Top Pills for Pain Relief (requires registration) - The New York Times - "A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the world, because of their effects on the liver."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Gates Foundation Diverts Money To Vaccine Manufacturers Whilst Failing The Children - The One Click Group

* ►June 30, 2009 - Human trials approval sought for AIDS vaccine - Western News - "London and Western are also on a short list of Canadian cities being considered by the federal government for the building of an $88-million HIV vaccine manufacturing facility. Part of the funding for the facility will come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Greedy Contractors And Complacent Politicians Have Devalued Personal Privacy In Britain - The One Click Group

►June 30, 2009 - How, Exactly, Did E. coli Get In Nestle's Cookie Dough? - The Consumerist

►June 30, 2009 - New vaccines for 2009/2010 school year - KJCT8.com

►June 30, 2009 - Study Will Help Prevent Cervical Cancer in the NWT - Slave River Journal

►June 30, 2009 - Advice on shots: The sooner the better - Times Record News

* ►June 30, 2009 - Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses - Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective “herd immunity” for most of the globe - fear of the fever-causing, blistering, sometimes fatal infectious disease has faded. In fact, in the more than three decades that the disease has been wiped out, routine smallpox vaccination has virtually stopped for most of the population. - PhysOrg.com

* ►June 29, 2009 - Whooping cough reported in Ventura, Santa Barbara counties - Ventura County Star - "'Most individuals are adolescents between the ages of 11 and 12,' said Santa Barbara County public health nurse Paige Batson, manager of the disease control and prevention program. 'Some were vaccinated and were due for a booster soon.'"

* ►June 29, 2009 - Protection against Intestinal Amebiasis by a Recombinant Vaccine is Transferable by T cells and Mediated by IFN-{gamma} - journal article (Infection and Immunity)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Celiac Disease Presenting as Autism - journal article (Journal of Child Neurology)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Increasing prevalence and high incidence of celiac disease in elderly people: A population-based study (pdf) - journal article (BMC Gastroenterology) - "The prevalence of celiac disease was high in elderly people, but the symptoms were subtle. Repeated screening detected five biopsy-proven cases in three years, indicating that the disorder may develop even in the elderly. Increased alertness to the disorder is therefore warranted."

* ►June 29, 2009 - HHV-6 infection in multiple sclerosis. A clinical and laboratory analysis - journal article (European Journal of Neurology)

►June 29, 2009 - Do Vacuum-Assisted Deliveries Cause Intracranial Vessel Injuries? - journal article (Journal of Child Neurology)

* ►June 29, 2009 - C-section Births Cause Genetic Changes That May Increase Odds For Developing Diseases In Later Life - Swedish researchers have discovered that babies born by Caesarean section experience changes to the DNA pool in their white blood cells, which could be connected to altered stress levels during this method of delivery, according to the July issue of Acta Paediatrica. - Wiley - Blackwell, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

* ►June 29, 2009 - Are Americans Feeling Less Healthy? The Puzzle of Trends in Self-rated Health - journal article (American Journal of Epidemiology)

►June 29, 2009 - USDA: Aging poultry lab to receive stimulus money - Funds for upgrades, not research - OnlineAthens.com

►June 29, 2009 - Brief Report: Development of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Family Responsibility Questionnaire - journal article (Journal of Pediatric Psychology)

* ►June 28, 2009 - Bioweapons: Biological threats to Canadians and World Citizens - Global Research.ca - "CAP demands criminal investigations and open public inquiries into all eugenics programs of the global elite, the research being done in biological labs within Canada and the immediate investigation of all inoculation programs. We oppose any enforced inoculations and would ban any media propaganda used to influence and/or convince the populace into submitting to inoculations or other preventative methods which are not clearly and unequivocally documented scientifically to be safe and effective."

* ►June 28, 2009 - Lyme Disease: Targeting The Wrong Offender In The Abuse Of Antibiotics - The Day - "An estimated 50-70 percent of antibiotics in the United States are used in animal food, not for disease, but to fatten livestock and poultry, which annually produce 40 times more fecal waste than humans. That manure is the route for infectious microbes escaping into the environment. In June 2009 Johns Hopkins Magazine reported the findings of a Hopkins researcher who estimated 89 percent of bacteria in one manure area sampled were drug resistant. In 2006, the European Union banned antibiotics from animal feed, yet our government continues to sanction healthy animals being fed huge amounts of antibiotics to get fat, while sick Lyme patients are denied antibiotics to get well."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Vaccination for Atherosclerosis - journal article (Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Superior Immune Response to Protein-conjugate vs. Free Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in COPD - journal article (Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

►June 25, 2009 - No evidence of intrauterine transmission of hepatitis A virus from a mother to a premature infant - journal article (Acta Paediatrica)

►June 25, 2009 - IDRI Awarded $314,500 Grant From Murdock Trust to Expand TB Drug Discovery Program - Infectious Disease Research Institute via PRNewswire-USNewswire

►June 25, 2009 - Eosinophilic Esophagitis - journal article (Digestive Diseases and Sciences)

►June 25, 2009 - Central sleep apnoea in Rett syndrome - journal article (Neurological Sciences)

* ►June 24, 2009 - Maine legislature approves pharmacist immunization - American Parmacists Association

* ►June 24, 2009 - Mapping brain abnormalities in boys with autism - journal article (Human Brain Mapping)

►June 23, 2009 - Ginkgo biloba: specificity of neuropsychological improvement - a selective review in search of differential effects - journal article (Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental)

►June 23, 2009 - 21 cases of whooping cough have been reported this year in Walker County - WHNT.com

►June 23, 2009 - Less is better when it comes to animal vaccines - Charleston Daily Mail

►June 22, 2009 - Parents Struggle With Costs Of Their Children's Autism Care - Kaiser Health News

►June 22, 2009 - First Children Vaccinated in Diamyd(r) Study in Order to Prevent Diabetes - press release - Diamyd Medical AB via Globe Newswire

►June 22, 2009 - Clinical characteristics of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in Denmark in the post-vaccination era - journal article (Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

►June 22, 2009 - The assessment of minor neurological dysfunction in infancy using the Touwen Infant Neurological Examination: strengths and limitations - journal article (Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology)

* ►June 22, 2009 - Essential fatty acids and attention-deficit–hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review - journal article (Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology)

►June 22, 2009 - Differentiating attention deficits in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or attention-deficit–hyperactivity disorder - journal article (Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology)

►June 20, 2009 - The prevalence of personality disorder, its comorbidity with mental state disorders, and its clinical significance in community mental health teams - journal article (Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)

* ►June 19, 2009 - Mucosal immunosenescence: new developments and vaccines to control infectious diseases - journal article (Trends in Immunology)

* ►June 18, 2009 - Alzheimer's disease, metal ions and metal homeostatic therapy - journal article (Trends in Pharmacological Sciences)

►June 17, 2009 - Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children (pdf) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►June 17, 2009 - Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea in Children (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►June 2, 2009 - Malaria Vaccine Developer, Sanaria Inc., Receives 2009 Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Early-Stage Vaccine Biotech - press release - Sanaria Inc. via PRNewswire

* ►June 2009 - Recurrent isolated sixth nerve palsy after consecutive annual influenza vaccinations in a child - journal article (Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) - "We report the case of recurrent isolated sixth (abducens) nerve palsy after consecutive annual influenza vaccinations in an otherwise-healthy 2-year-old boy. Investigations including magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and orbits after each episode failed to reveal any abnormality. The temporal relation to the immunizations supports but does not prove that the influenza immunization regimen was responsible."

►June 2009 - Eosinophilic colitis - journal article (World Journal of Gastroenterology)

►May/June 2009 - The impact of climate change and aeroallergens on children's health - journal article (Allergy and Asthma Proceedings)

►May/June 2009 - Increasing insect reactions in Alaska: Is this related to changing climate? - journal article (Allergy and Asthma Proceedings)

►Back-to-School Autism/Asperger's Conference - Aug. 14-15 at the Pasadena Convention Center

►ARI/Defeat Autism Now! Regional Conference - Minnesota History Center, St. Paul - Sept. 12-13

►Saving our Kids Healing Our Planet Green Expo - Newark, New Jersey Sept. 12-13

* ►July 1, 2009 - Vaccine Expert Reveals What You Should Know Before You Roll Up Your Sleeve - NaturalNews.com - "Here are Dr. Tenpenny's well documented findings in the form of questions everyone should be asking."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Halt Japanese encephalitis immunization drive: BJP - Times of India - "The state BJP has raised eyebrows over the Chinese vaccine for Japanese encephalitis being administered to school children by state health department. 'There is a psychological fear among parents about the safety of this vaccine. This is because of the perception that Chinese goods are of low quality. Although we are told that the vaccine has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is known that drugs are being tested in third world countries. 'From whatever research we have carried out, it is learnt that mouse brain is a component in this vaccine, and it has a side effect. However, we are still researching about this vaccine,' Parvatkar said. 'Parents have also consulted their family doctors about this vaccine, and the doctors themselves have expressed their ignorance of such a vaccine,' he added."

* ►July 1, 2009 - The Case for Public Ownership of Patient Data - journal article (JAMA)

►July 1, 2009 - Exploring the Harmful Effects of Health Care - journal article (JAMA)

* ►July 1, 2009 - Ethical Collection, Storage, and Use of Public Health Data - Review of Herpes Zoster - journal article (JAMA)

►July 1, 2009 - Building Bridges Between Medical Care and Public Health - Review of Herpes Zoster - journal article (JAMA)

►July 1, 2009 - A 70-Year-Old Woman With Shingles - Review of Herpes Zoster - journal article (JAMA)

►July 1, 2009 - The Obligation to Participate in Biomedical Research - journal article (JAMA)

* ►July 1, 2009 - State Licensure and Professional Monopolies in Medicine - journal article (JAMA)

* ►July 1, 2009 - Clinical Trials Registry Expands - journal article (JAMA)

* ►July 1, 2009 - Your Health in the Information Age: How You and Your Doctor Can Use the Internet to Work Together (book review) - journal article (JAMA)

►July 1, 2009 - Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future (book review) - journal article (JAMA)

►July 1, 2009 - New Pain Guideline for Older Patients - Avoid NSAIDs, Consider Opioids - journal article (JAMA)

►July 1, 2009 - Ministries told to use the term influenza A (H1N1) - Malaysia Star

* ►July 1, 2009 - Warning over 'swine flu parties' plan - Government tells parents virus is too unpredictable to risk exposing children - The Independent, UK

* ►July 1, 2009 - Fears mount after third school pupil develops swine flu - Belfast Telegraph - "And she also revealed that some of those children who were given the anti-viral Tamiflu had become violently ill. 'I have spoken to one parent whose child has been suffering from side effects from taking Tamiflu and I have spoken to a number of people who have said that they knew of other children who have been really sick after taking Tamiflu,' she said."

* ►July 1, 2009 - Autism patients' treatment is denied illegally, group says - Consumer Watchdog asks a judge to order the state Department of Managed Health Care to enforce the law and require insurers to serve autistic members. The agency says it's doing its job. (requires registration) - Los Angeles Times - "More than 37,000 children with the most severe cases receive services, such as ABA, through the state. Because the state's limited budget for such children is rationed according to the neediest, thousands more suffer serious and debilitating problems but are ineligible for state aid."

►July 2009 - Continued Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Carriage in Young Children - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Impact of Electronic Health Record-Based Alerts on Influenza Vaccination for Children With Asthma - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Influenza Virus Infection and the Risk of Serious Bacterial Infections in Young Febrile Infants - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Effects of Oseltamivir on Influenza-Related Complications in Children With Chronic Medical Conditions - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Using Personal Health Records to Improve the Quality of Health Care for Children (free full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - The Future of Pediatrics: Mental Health Competencies for Pediatric Primary Care (free full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - The Use of Internet-Based Technology to Tailor Well-Child Care Encounters - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Improving Clinical Quality Indicators Through Electronic Health Records: It Takes More Than Just a Reminder - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Low-Income Parents' Views on the Redesign of Well-Child Care - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Cardiovascular Medication Errors in Children - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Expert Witness Participation in Civil and Criminal Proceedings (free full text) - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Teaching by Listening: The Importance of Adult-Child Conversations to Language Development - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Pediatric Specialized Transport Teams Are Associated With Improved Outcomes - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Should a Head-Injured Child Receive a Head CT Scan? A Systematic Review of Clinical Prediction Rules - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Epinephrine Auto-injectors: Is Needle Length Adequate for Delivery of Epinephrine Intramuscularly? - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Do Stimulants Protect Against Psychiatric Disorders in Youth With ADHD? A 10-Year Follow-up Study - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Early Resuscitation of Children With Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Headache in Young Children in the Emergency Department: Use of Computed Tomography - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Risk Factors for Persistent Fatigue With Significant School Absence in Children and Adolescents - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Serum Gentamicin Concentrations in Encephalopathic Infants are Not Affected by Therapeutic Hypothermia - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome After Infectious Mononucleosis in Adolescents - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Treatment of Kawasaki Disease: Analysis of 27 US Pediatric Hospitals From 2001 to 2006 - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Ethnicity Matters in the Assessment and Treatment of Children's Pain - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Functional Status Scale: New Pediatric Outcome Measure - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Clinical Predictors of Pneumonia Among Children With Wheezing - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Effectiveness of Amoxicillin/Clavulanate Potassium in the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in Children - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►July 2009 - Delivery Indications at Late-Preterm Gestations and Infant Mortality Rates in the United States - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Functioning at School Age of Moderately Preterm Children Born at 32 to 36 Weeks' Gestational Age - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Intravenous Lipid and Bilirubin-Albumin Binding Variables in Premature Infants - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Prenatal Growth and Early Postnatal Influences on Adult Motor Cortical Excitability - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Pathways to Approval of Pediatric Cardiac Devices in the United States: Challenges and Solutions - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - State and Regional Variation in Regulations Related to Feeding Infants in Child Care - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Cardiac Safety of Methylphenidate Versus Amphetamine Salts in the Treatment of ADHD - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Intrapartum Antibiotic Exposure and Early Neonatal, Morbidity, and Mortality in Africa - journal article (Pediatrics)

►July 2009 - Cancer Risk Among Children With Very Low Birth Weights - journal article (Pediatrics)

* ►June 30, 2009 - Gardasil: the denial continues by Renate Klein - On Line Opinion - "Two weeks after receiving the 'cervical cancer' vaccination Gardasil, 26-year-old Shannon from Melbourne remembers, 'it became so difficult to breathe that I went straight to the emergency room. I was very frightened at this point. Two weeks before I had been fit and healthy, and by this stage I was limping around the house like a stroke victim, wheezing and worried I was suffocating.'  At the hospital Shannon had x-rays, blood tests and an MRI. She was told that the lining of her left lung had become so inflamed that it was rubbing against her chest wall each time she breathed. The Head Consultant looking after her said that she must have gotten some mysterious virus and that Gardasil had been tested and was safe. She was released with no diagnosis other than 'pleurisy' and given painkillers. Five months after receiving the vaccine she saw a neurologist who confirmed that she had damage to her left side and that it was 'an auto-immune reaction, resulting in inflamed lining of the left lung and nerves on the left side, with a temporal connection to Gardasil injection'. Shannon says she’s never been so sick all her life. Fourteen months later she had to quit her job and is now desperately trying to regain her health."

* ►June 30, 2009 - ACIP: No Preference for Separate MMR and Varicella Vaccines - MedPage Today - "Most members supported separate administrations of the MMR and varicella vaccines because of a lower risk for febrile seizures in the first two weeks after receiving the shots. The committee had originally recommended the use of the four-vaccine combination, known as ProQuad, because it reduces the number of shots and presumably increases immunization rates. But, in March 2008, that preference was removed following preliminary data from two studies that detected an increased risk of febrile seizures with the combination."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Appeals Court to Vaccine Court: Don’t be a Putz! By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. - Age of Autism

* ►June 30, 2009 - David Kirby: "Tidal Wave" of Young Adults with Autism about to Flood Cash-Strapped California - The Huffington Post

* ►June 30, 2009 - Harvey Karp: Cracking the Autism Riddle: Toxic Chemicals, A Serious Suspect in the Autism Outbreak - The Huffington Post

►June 30, 2009 - Legislation Introduced to Require First Comparative Study of Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Populations - Age of Autism

►June 30, 2009 - AAP Spokesperson Dr. Karp Speaks of World Wide Rise in Autism By Anne Dachel - Age of Autism

►June 30, 2009 - David Kirby on HuffPo: Adults with Autism, Tidal Wave Coming - Age of Autism

* ►June 30, 2009 - Did leak from a laboratory cause swine flu pandemic? - Same strain of influenza was released by accident three decades ago - The Independent, UK

* ►June 30, 2009 - Insect cells deliver potential flu vaccine - The Canberra Times - "A swine flu vaccine made using insect cells is only months away from being available in Australia as researchers seek approvals for human trials. The University of Queensland has produced Australia's first batch of a new candidate vaccine against the A(H1N1) swine flu virus. US firm Protein Sciences developed the vaccine earlier this month and is transferring its technology to other countries. This is part of an agreement with the United Nations and the World Health Organisation to ensure a vaccine is available to all UN member countries."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Vical H1 Influenza Vaccine Delivers Robust Preclinical Results With 100% Response - Vical via Globe Newswire via StreetInsider.com

* ►June 30, 2009 - Dreading flu shot? Get set for triple dose - The Canadian Press via The Chronicle Herald - "Health Canada, which regulates vaccines, has said manufacturers will be required to submit immunogenicity data — results of clinical trials that show whether the vaccine elicits a sufficiently strong immune response. And vaccine manufacturers are being asked to submit plans for how they will conduct surveillance for adverse events once their vaccines are in wide use."

* ►June 30, 2009 - When viruses book a flight - Toronto doctor's system of analyzing air traffic to map potential hotbeds first tested with swine flu - The Toronto Star

* ►June 30, 2009 - Swine flu followed flight paths - www.stuff.co.nz

►June 30, 2009 - System deisgned to predict H1N1 spread - The Times of India

►June 30, 2009 - Two more people in UK die from swine flu, as swabbing policy ends in "hot spot" areas - journal article (BMJ)

►June 30, 2009 - Swine Flu Still Going Strong - Talk Radio News Service

►June 30, 2009 - English schoolgirl with swine flu dies - The Post, IE - "A spokesman for NHS West Midlands said the child had “other serious underlying health conditions” and tested positive for swine flu following her death. British Health Secretary Andy Burnham said: “I would like to express my condolences to the patient’s family at this very difficult time. “This is a tragedy for those concerned and they have my heartfelt sympathy. “I would reiterate that the risk to the general public remains low and we can all play our part in slowing the spread of the virus by following simple hygiene procedures – like washing your hands and using tissues when coughing or sneezing."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Swine flu may have been leaked from laboratory - View London, UK

* ►June 30, 2009 - People May have Brought H1N1 Virus from Asia - Pork Magazine

* ►June 30, 2009 - Younger people 'should get swine flu vaccine first' - BMJ Group via The Guardian, UK

* ►June 30, 2009 - Sinovac obtains revised approvals for pandemic influenza vaccine - Datamonitor via COMTEX via Trading Markets

* ►June 30, 2009 - Battle against H1N1 may develop new diagnosis - China Daily - "Enough doses of H1N1 vaccine to cover 1 percent of the Chinese population would be prepared before Oct 1, he said. 'Experts are now busy devising the inoculation plan," he noted. "Not everyone in the country needs to be vaccinated.'"

* ►June 30, 2009 - China Journal: My 4 Days in Quarantine - CBS News

* ►June 30, 2009 - Wash. gov. OKs emergency money for flu season - Longview Daily News - "Gov. Chris Gregoire has approved $700,000 in emergency spending to buy more antiviral medicine for the next flu season."

►June 30, 2009 - Are 'Swine flu parties' a bad idea? - The Star-Ledger via NJ.com

►June 30, 2009 - Promising Practices for Pandemic Planning - Experts stress need for personal, community preparedness - CIDRAP News

►June 30, 2009 - Swine flu spreads through prison - A further three prisoners and a staff member from a central Queensland prison have swine flu. - AAP via The Australian

►June 30, 2009 - Philippine president on self-quarantine after overseas trip - Xinhua via China View

►June 30, 2009 - Boston reports 2d death due to swine flu (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►June 30, 2009 - Alameda Woman Recounts Beijing Quarantine - KCBS.com

►June 30, 2009 - Isle students no longer in quarantine - Tripler patient's June 19 death first in Hawaii related to swine flu - Honolulu Advertiser

►June 30, 2009 - Quarantined tourists giving hospital staff a hard time - The Sun Daily

►June 30, 2009 - Tests rule out suspected Influenza A(H1N1) case in Kenya - Xinhua via China View

►June 30, 2009 - Swine flu vaccine Q&A - NHS Choices

►June 30, 2009 - Church Campers Visiting Polk County Contract Flu Virus - WDEF News 12

* ►June 30, 2009 - Bonnie's Notes: Obama Health Reform; Vax Mandate History; Autism Treatment; June NY Rally - New Yorkers for Vaccine Information and Choice

* ►June 30, 2009 - Autism treatment wait times growing, warns NDP - CTV - "Critics say the backlog of autistic children waiting for crucial therapy in Ontario is growing at an alarming rate and in some cases leaving parents to pick up the tab for costly treatment. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says as of March 31, there were 1,513 children waiting for treatment -- up 450 from December."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Holistic Medicine Used To Treat Autism - Colon Therapy Sessions Used To Relax Patients (includes video) - WSMV Nashville - "A Vanderbilt University study is backing what parents of autistic children may have suspected for years. There is a possible link between autism and gastrointestinal disorders."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Problem pregnancy 'autism risk' - Complications during pregnancy and giving birth later in life may increase the risk of having a child with autism, a review of dozens of studies suggests. - BBC

* ►June 30, 2009 - Novartis receives Complete Response letter from the US Food and Drug Administration for its investigational vaccine Menveo(R) - Hugin via COMTEX via FOX Business

* ►June 30, 2009 - Patients’ safety must not be sacrificed to financial targets, doctors say - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 30, 2009 - Prioritizing Comparative-Effectiveness Research — IOM Recommendations (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 30, 2009 - Comparative-Effectiveness Research — Implications of the Federal Coordinating Council's Report (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►June 30, 2009 - Suffolk prepares for more swine flu - Evening Star, UK

►June 30, 2009 - US neurosurgeons earn nearly $0.5m in their first year - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 30, 2009 - BMA meeting: NHS doctors must not be "muzzled," BMA chairman says - journal article (BMJ)

►June 30, 2009 - BMA chairman calls for end to market in health care - journal article (BMJ)

►June 30, 2009 - NHS staff are invited to see climate change film free of charge - journal article (BMJ)

►June 30, 2009 - New non-drug fix for HIV? (requires registration) - The Scientist - "Recently, James Hildreth at the Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., and his colleagues found that cells affected by Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC), which disrupts cholesterol trafficking, were unable to release HIV, suggesting these cells would not spread the virus."

►June 30, 2009 - Tackling Africa's silent disease (requires registration) - Cancer could kill 11 million Africans in 2020. What practical steps can we take now to prevent this from happening? - The Scientist

►June 30, 2009 - The President's Trojan Horse or Genuine Health Reform? - Rocklin & Roseville Today

* ►June 30, 2009 - FDA Seeks Public Input on Tobacco Regulation - FDA

►June 30, 2009 - The bug versus your immune system - Manila Standard Today

►June 30, 2009 - Vaccines for virgins only: why the HPV jab should be free to all - Nouse.co.uk - "Like the MMR and the BCG, the vaccination should be made compulsory and available to everyone who wants it. Economically, it is far less expensive to provide an injection than it is to treat someone with cancer. I fail to see why the government continues to ignore this issue."

►June 30, 2009 - Post-Star looking for help with Gardasil story - PostStar.com Blogs

* ►June 30, 2009 - EU says Pfizer is suggesting changes to Wyeth bid to win regulatory approval (requires registration) - AP via Los Angeles Times

* ►June 30, 2009 - Merck Allowed to Discharge More into Shenandoah River - WHSV.com

* ►June 30, 2009 - Novavax in multi-million Spanish deal on vaccines - AP via Forbes

►June 30, 2009 - Novavax stock soars on license deal - Washington Business Journal - "Rovi Pharmaceuticals Laboratories, a publicly traded Madrid company, has agreed to license the Rockville vaccine developer’s emerging technology, which uses flu virus-like particles rather than the entire strain to elicit an immune response without using any infectious agents."

►June 30, 2009 - First domestically-produced measles vaccine in circulation - A measles vaccine produced by the Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biological (POLYVAC) Products with the assistance of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been licenced for circulation. - VietNamNet Bridge

►June 30, 2009 - Forgotten disease - Business Mirror

* ►June 30, 2009 - Medical examiner: Ore. girl appeared malnourished - AP via Yahoo! - "A 15-month-old girl whose parents belong to a congregation that shuns doctors appeared to be malnourished after her death from pneumonia, a medical examiner testified Tuesday in the manslaughter trial of her parents."

►June 30, 2009 - Malawi: 250,000 on free ARVs - About 250,000 out of one million Malawians who are HIV positive are reported to have access to free anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs. The southern African country's Secretary for Nutrition, HIV and AIDS, Mary Shawa, said the 77 percent of the people on the free drugs were leading normal lives. - AfricaNews

►June 30, 2009 - Harvard scientists solve mystery about why HIV patients are more susceptible to TB infection - New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology describe how HIV switches off the immune response to mycobacterium tuberculosis - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology via EurekAlert!

►June 30, 2009 - US preparing to lift HIV travel ban - Seattle Times

►June 30, 2009 - Cookie dough E. coli outbreak grows, CDC says - CNN

* ►June 29, 2009 - “Mandatory Vaccinations Are Constitutional/Legal” - “This is a law that goes back 100 years, maybe more.” What “law” he refers to, well, we don’t know because he doesn’t know. - Lew Rockwell Blog

* ►June 29, 2009 - H1N1 Flu Formerly Known As Swine - Planet Chiropractic

►June 29, 2009 - Swine Flu Can Kill Even the Previously Healthy - NEJM via MedPage Today

►June 29, 2009 - Thai naval conscript dead with flu A/H1N1 virus - Xinhua via China View

►June 29, 2009 - 33-year-old man Nevada's second swine flu death - AP via San Jose Mercury News

►June 29, 2009 - Mumps outbreak in Cumbria - Times & Star, UK

►June 29, 2009 - Child vaccination program begins in Jordan - AME Info - "Jordan has received a shipment of 15,000 pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine doses as a donation from US-based Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to help boost the kingdom's efforts to combat pneumococcal disease."

►June 29, 2009 - UV-based handheld commercial device proves able to detect anthrax accurately, reliably - BioOptics World Magazine

* ►June 29, 2009 - HIV-Positive Namibian Women Suing Government for Forced Sterilization - Ms. Magazine

* ►June 29, 2009 - Drugging Our Children to Death - HealthNewsDigest - "The initiative to drug our children for profit has exceeded all common sense boundaries and is threatening the welfare of every American child. It is up to each and every one of us to stop this madness! We have allowed ourselves to be “sold down the river” by savvy marketing executives who care more about their corporate bottom line than they do about our children or our families. The scope of the collective greed and malice has now reached epidemic proportions and, sadly enough, can be measured in body countsmany of them being our children’s. The numbers don’t lie. The verdict is in. We are drugging our children to DEATH! Gwen Olsen spent more than a decade as a sales rep in the pharmaceutical industry, working for health care giants such as Johnson Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Abbott Laboratories."

* ►June 29, 2009 - U.S. Attorney News Release: Ringleader Sentenced to Nine Years In Federal Prison For Allergy Testing Health Care Fraud Scheme That Bilked Insurance Companies and Deceived Thousands of Patients (pdf) - United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Who wants to be the flu doctor? - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Doctors’ leaders back new guidance on using patients’ records for research - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Roche's Tamiflu Works In Swine Flu Despite Denmark Case (requires registration) - Dow Jones Newswires via The Wall Street Journal - "This first surge in demand for Tamiflu came after a new bird flu virus had emerged in Asia, and had been widely expected to be the cause of the first pandemic in more than 40 years. That didn't happen though because the virus never was circulated heavily in humans. Instead the now circulating swine flu virus emerged in Mexico a few months ago, causing the 21st centuries first pandemic. The U.S. alone has a stockpile of 50 million courses of antiviral medicine on a federal level and a further 22 million courses on a state level. Governments are holding the drugs to protect people working on the front line of a pandemic, such as healthcare workers, thereby limiting the spread. At some point, there will certainly be resistance to Tamiflu, said Birgit Kulhoff, pharmaceutical analyst in Zurich with private bank Rahn & Bodmer. "Sooner or later there will be resistance, and I would expect that to happen when the swine flu virus starts mixing with seasonal flu viruses," she said."

►June 29, 2009 - FDA creates task force to make its work more transparent - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Erythromycin in whooping cough - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Breaking the mould in patient safety - journal article (BMJ)

►June 29, 2009 - 6 More Swine Flu Cases Found; No Blood Tests Planned for Bali Airport - Jakarta Globe

* ►June 29, 2009 - Out of Frame: Under Our Skin - DCist.com - "Did you know that the test recommended by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) to diagnose Lyme misses it 3/4ths of the time?"

►June 29, 2009 - BMA meeting: More than three quarters of people think NHS funds should be protected from spending cuts - journal article (BMJ)

►June 29, 2009 - Tests under way to see if controlling immune system might curb Type 1 diabetes - clinicaltrials.gov via AP via Yahoo!

►June 29, 2009 - Collaborations aim to develop new drugs for neglected tropical diseases - journal article (BMJ)

►June 28, 2009 - Quick Takes from Obama’s Presser - Health care reform received a level of attention on par with the controversy over the Iran election. - The RPM Report

* ►June 28, 2009 - Drug Marketing Tax Deductibility Penalty - House Ways & Means Committee is not ready to tie the loss of tax deductibility for drug promotional expenses to failure to disclose gifts to physicians. That’s potentially bad news for pharma in the post-Fourth continuing discussions of health care reform. - The RPM Report

►June 28, 2009 - Roche is a Biotech Company—At Least, In Washington - Swiss firm drops out of PhRMA following merger with Genentech (which left PhRMA in 2001). PhRMA CEO is confident Roche will come back next year. - The RPM Report

* ►June 26, 2009 - Age for starting cervical cancer screening in England will not be lowered - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 26, 2009 - Disease disguised as common cold can be deadly - LimaOhio.com - "Three days after John Merricle's visit to St. Rita's he was notified by the hospital and the health department that he had pertussis. The Merricles were quarantined to their house between June 18 to 22 and put on antibiotics. John Merricle's co-workers at Allen Metropolitan Housing Authority were also quarantined for five days on antibiotics in case they were infected. Quarantine in cases like this is routine, Dershem said. "We had to close the maintenance department for a couple days and contract out work," said Cindy Ring, executive director at Allen Metropolitan Housing Authority. "We did lots of checking with the health department to make sure we contacted everyone that could have been exposed to it."

►June 26, 2009 - REMS Enters VC Financing Calculations - Venture capital firms have added a new criterion to their definition of a successful drug development plan: a clear reading on the potential for post-approval marketing controls and a plan for how to implement those controls without a regulatory delay. - The RPM Report

►June 26, 2009 - Managing hepatitis C virus infection - journal article (BMJ)

►June 26, 2009 - Government claims measures to cut MRSA and C difficile rates will help reduce other infections - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Cost of US health reforms is estimated at $1.6 trillion for first 10 years - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Making information about clinical trials publicly available - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Less medicine is more - journal article (BMJ)

►June 25, 2009 - Russia’s healthcare system: in need of modernisation - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 25, 2009 - National Autism Association Teams Up With 12 Organizations To End Abusive Restraint and Seclusion In Schools - press release - National Autism Association

►June 25, 2009 - MMR warning after big rise in measles and mumps - Tameside Advertiser

* ►June 24, 2009 - Legalising drugs would be "an historic mistake," UN report says - journal article (BMJ)

►June 23, 2009 - UK swine flu cases near 3000, as GP leader says use of Tamiflu may need to be rethought - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 23, 2009 - Whistleblowing is crucial for a "world class" NHS - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 23, 2009 - Doctors call for head of World Medical Association to quit as "matter of priority" - journal article (BMJ)

►June 23, 2009 - Watching over the medical device industry - journal article (BMJ)

* ►June 23, 2009 - Website captures people’s experiences of clinical trials - journal article (BMJ)

►June 23, 2009 - Variation in antibiotic prescribing and its impact on recovery in patients with acute cough in primary care: prospective study in 13 countries (full text) - journal article (BMJ)

►June 23, 2009 - Clostridium difficile infection - journal article (BMJ)

►June 23, 2009 - Reactive hypoglycaemia in severe mental illness - journal article (BMJ)

►June 23, 2009 - Please redress the balance of millennium development goals - journal article (BMJ)

►June 23, 2009 - Long-Term Relationships between Synaptic Tenacity, Synaptic Remodeling, and Network Activity - journal article (PLoS Biology)

►June 23, 2009 - Eps8 Regulates Axonal Filopodia in Hippocampal Neurons in Response to Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) - journal article (PLoS Biology)

►June 23, 2009 - Light, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythms: Together Again - journal article (PLoS Biology)

►June 20, 2009 - Infant diagnosed with whooping cough - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

* ►June 18, 2009 - Karen’s Story (USA) - Gardasil: Women Hurt by Medicine - "Our lives have been turned upside down after Gardasil. My daughter had a 3.8 GPA without even trying. She failed all her classes since Gardasil. My daughters health has been in serious decline since she received her Gardasil injections. Within hours she was vomiting, feverish with a terrible headache. She could not get out of bed for almost 3 weeks. I called the doctor regarding her illness she said she must have received a bad flu shot. She was vaccinated with Gardasil at the same time as the flu vaccine."

* ►June 16, 2009 - Developing vaccines a riskier prospect than new drugs - Increasing failure-to-success ratio a concern for future research (requires registration) - Medical Post

►June 16, 2009 - Health officials react to H1N1 announcement - Barrhead Leader - "To view Alberta’s Pandemic Response Plan, or for more information, visit www.health.alberta.ca"

►June 16, 2009 - Alcohol’s Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 15, 2009 - Sinovac Completes Construction of H1N1 Virus Seed Bank--Production of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Is Nearly Completed - press release - Sinovac Biotech Ltd. via PRNewswire-Asia via COMTEX via MarketWatch

* ►May 24, 2009 - Raindrop’s Story (USA) - Gardasil: Women Hurt by Medicine - "Why have the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries chosen to experiment with the first ever, large scale application of a new, unproven, genetically modified, inter-species gene mixing vaccine technology on the female youth of an entire generation? Under the ruse of attempting to eradicate cervical cancer, Merck is actually engaged in the first large scale, real world deployment and testing of genetically modified DNA, genetically engineered proteins and genetics produced by the combining of genetic material from more than one origin or species in a vaccine."

►July 2009 - Needle Tips - Immunize.org - "Needle Tips is a semiannual 24-page publication written for health professionals who provide immunization services to children, teens, or adults."

►June 30, 2009 - Scientists claim swine flu vaccine - The Dominion Post via Stuff.co.nz - "Scientists in Brisbane say they have created a vaccine against swine flu, as two New Zealand patients were fighting for their lives in intensive care units in Wellington and Hastings last night."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Bill Gates Foundation’s funding policy criticised - Efficacy of huge grants to vaccination programmes questioned - GAVI received a disproportionately large sum of $1.5 billion for “purchase of new vaccines” - Higher costs would be borne by poor nations when GAVI funding is withdrawn - The Hindu - "By pointing out that the efficacy of this vaccine in preventing childhood pneumonia remains highly questionable, Dabade and Puliyel argue that the policy of funding AMC for this vaccine 'allows GAVI to divert BMGF money to vaccine manufacturers without providing commensurate benefits to the children it is supposed to help.' To point out the vaccine’s low efficacy Dabade and Puliyel cite data from a 2008 paper of S.A. Madhi and associates in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO) which show that 1000 children have to be vaccinated to prevent approximately four cases of pneumonia. 'Given that the vaccine costs $250 per child,' Dabade and Puliyel point out, '$250 000 will be spent to prevent these four cases of pneumonia [whereas]…treatment of four children with pneumonia with oral cotrimoxazole, in accordance with the WHO protocol, will cost [only] $1 in India.'"

* ►June 30, 2009 - Vaccination campaign: Govt probes children’s negative reaction - Government is investigating reported cases of negative reaction by some children to the poliomyelitis, measles immunisation, and the Vitamin A supplementation drugs they received a fortnight ago under the national vaccination campaign. - The Herald, Zimbabwe - "Efforts to get a comment from WHO were fruitless as the country representative, Dr Custodia Mandlhate, was said to be out of the country, while other senior officers at the organisation were out of office. The Herald has been receiving calls from the parents whose children had reportedly developed side-effects after receiving the vaccines. Most of the callers complained about high temperatures and vomiting, diarrhoea and nose bleeds affecting their children."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Close observation after Gardasil needed - New Zealand Doctor Online - "The advisory centre’s latest note emphasises the need for close observation and, if needed, recipients lying down after vaccination. Theo Brandt, centre communications manager, says syncope can sometimes cause jerking movements, loss of bladder control and other signs resembling epileptic seizures. Dr Turner says the centre has had calls from parents worrying about fitting. 'Fainting can look like fitting and there has been the misapprehension that HPV is causing epilepsy,' she says. The FDA says it’s evaluating whether syncope warnings are needed for other adolescent and adult vaccines."

* ►June 30, 2009 - Canada aims to give H1N1 flu vaccines in October - Reuters India

* ►June 30, 2009 - Vaccinations urged as whooping cough spreads - The highly contagious and potentially fatal whooping cough has reached epidemic proportions in parts of Australia. - www.abc.net.au

►June 30, 2009 - 618 people under home quarantine - Kuala Lumpur: Effective yesterday, all travellers entering the country from Indonesia and Thailand were given stringent checks for influenza A (H1N1) infection. - New Straits Times

►June 30, 2009 - Delta confirms outbreak of polio in 5 LGs - Vanguard, Nigeria

►June 30, 2009 - Polio inching closer to elimination in UP - Times of India

►June 30, 2009 - Study conducted to evaluate immunity gap in polio cases - Times of India

►June 30, 2009 - Biological E to sell anthrax vaccine - The Hindu

* ►June 30, 2009 - Biogen Reports a 13th Sick Patient on MS Drug (requires subscription) - The Wall Street Journal - "The 10 cases since -- including three this month -- have frustrated Biogen's aim of making Tysabri into a blockbuster drug. The company has invested in treatments for PML and ways to mitigate the infection -- once thought to be almost always fatal -- and in persuading doctors that PML's risk in Tysabri patients is less severe and less likely."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Legislation Introduced to Require First Comparative Study of Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Populations - press release - Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney via http://maloney.house.gov - "What is ultimately needed to resolve this issue is a comprehensive national study comparing outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated children.  As the most scientifically advanced country in the world, we should be jumping at the chance to resolve the questions that have been raised.  Parents deserve answers, and children deserve no less than absolute certainty and safety."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Maloney Vaxxed v. Unvaxxed Study Reintroduced - Call your representative and ask for support for HR 3069. - Adventures in Autism - "Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Christopher Smith (R-NJ) have introduced the 'Comprehensive Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations Act of 2009,' HR 3069, legislation that would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive, peer-reviewed, comparative study of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, which has never before been completed."

* ►June 29, 2009 - The BMJ Vaccines Propaganda, Professor David Salisbury And Trimedia Public Relations - The One Click Group

* ►June 29, 2009 - Rebecca Coombes - BMJ Propaganda For MMR Vaccine - The One Click Group - "Vaccine disputes will continue and escalate while UK regulatory authorities refuse to rid themselves of conflicts of interests, refuse to carry out safety testing for adequate periods, refuse to obey MMR data sheets, refuse to allow recording of vaccine deaths on death certificates, refuse to carry out efficacy tests, refuse to compare vaccines with safer ones and placebos, refuse to remove unsafe additives and contaminant viruses, refuse to check all autism victims for vaccine history compared with those unvaccinated and refuse to administer the safer vaccines left at the best ages. Coombes castigates support groups set up by grieving parents, preferring to allow very many to fall by the wayside dead or maimed with a permanent illness. Coombes is not medically qualified nor produces proper references. I have published 53 references, available on request. The BMJ has sunk to its lowest depths of depravity. See Vaccine disputes, Rebecca Coombes, BMJ 2009;338:b2435"

* ►June 29, 2009 - Omissions Prove What's Really Going On In the System - Lisa Blakemore Brown, Psychologist via The One Click Group - "Last week I sent in a Rapid Response to the BMJ re: Rebecca Coombes' piece of propaganda in vaccines. These transparent efforts to damn parents who dare to say vaccines harmed their children are not confined to the BMJ and I had replied to another shocking parent bashing article just recently. See A winning campaign would be for professionals to tell the truth, Lisa Blakemore Brown, Journal of the Academy of Pediatrics.  I am grateful to the BMJ for publishing the letter, but disturbed at what they left out."

* ►June 29, 2009 - More Florida parents challenge, push limits of immunization law - Orlando Sentinel - "Florida's school-vaccine law says children must be vaccinated against a host of diseases before they can enroll day care or school — public or private. The law also says kids need more immunizations prior to seventh grade. The law also provides for some exemptions, and the use of those get-out clauses has inched up. In 1999, more than 93 percent of Florida's kindergartners were up to date on immunizations when they enrolled, according to the Florida Department of Health. A decade later, that has fallen to less than 90 percent. But some organizations, such as Jacksonville-based K.N.O.W. Vaccines, offer tips on how to get a religious exemption to the state's immunization law. State Sen. Jeremy Ring, a father of four, sponsored Florida's recent anti-vaccine bill. He thinks children should be vaccinated by the time they start school but doesn't see why parents shouldn't have the choice to 'vaccinate on a different schedule' so that babies do not get multiple immunization shots in a day."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Inquiry continues into Dr Andrew Wakefield - Irish Medical Times - "The Fitness to Practise Panel of the General Medical Council (GMC) in the UK is due to complete its latest sitting of the public inquiry into Dr Andrew Wakefield this Friday, June 26. Together with Prof John Walker-Smith and Prof Simon Murch, Dr Wakefield is being investigated over allegations of serious professional misconduct in relation to a research study involving young children from 1996-98, published in The Lancet, which suggested a link between autism and the MMR vaccine. ... Further sessions are scheduled for the rest of the year, although it is difficult to approximate when the inquiry will conclude. At this stage, further hearing dates include: July 6 to 10 and 27 to 31; August 10 to 28; and November 16 to December 23."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Dr. Nancy, Making the Television Rounds (requires registration) - Washington Post - "On the 'Today' show in February, Snyderman ripped into the author of a 1998 study in the Lancet that asserted a link between childhood vaccines and autism -- which the British medical journal later called 'fatally flawed.' Snyderman, who believes passionately in vaccines, declared: 'This guy is a fraud.' NBC later removed her from a planned 'Dateline' examination of the subject. 'That was a really stupid thing to say,' Snyderman concedes. 'It crossed every line. I shouldn't have said it.'"

* ►June 29, 2009 - Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ohio parents of autistic boy - Canton Repository - "The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court ruling that an autistic child from Ohio is not entitled to private education at taxpayer expense."

* ►June 29, 2009 - 14 Studies Part 3: Ladies and Gentlemen, Take Your Positions By Julie Obradovic - Age of Autism

* ►June 29, 2009 - Dan Mulvaney, Adult with Autism, Graduates (New York Times) - Age of Autism

►June 29, 2009 - They Taught Him to Fish, Then Let Go (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 29, 2009 - Autism blueprint drawn up at The North Ward Center - NJ.com

►June 29, 2009 - DVD teaches autistic kids what a smile means - AP via Pottstown Mercury

►June 29, 2009 - Reading Into It: Will’s Wisdom - Maplewood Blog via The New York Times

►June 29, 2009 - Miami Dolphins tight end, Glen Ridge native Anthony Fasano helps autistic children in Bergen County - The Star-Ledger via NJ.com

* ►June 29, 2009 - Spread of a Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus via Global Airline Transportation (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Severe Respiratory Disease Concurrent with the Circulation of H1N1 Influenza (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Historical Perspective — Emergence of Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 29, 2009 - The Persistent Legacy of the 1918 Influenza Virus (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure from Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►June 29, 2009 - Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 29, 2009 - Girl dies after catching swine flu - A schoolgirl has died after contracting swine flu as the the number of new cases of the virus in Britain surge. - The Telegraph, UK - "The girl, who already suffered from what was described as an "underlying health problem" was being treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital. If her death is confirmed to have been linked to the illness she will become the third Briton to die of the virus."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Mexican swine flu victims were young, some healthy - * Most patients were under age 59 * All hospitalized patients had pneumonia * No single pattern predicts sickest patients - Reuters

* ►June 29, 2009 - Younger People Appear More at Risk From New Swine Flu - Not just the infirm should be vaccinated, experts urge - HealthDay via Forbes

* ►June 29, 2009 - Drug-resistant Swine Flu Seen In Danish Patient - Danish Patient Has First Reported Case Of Tamiflu-resistant Swine Flu, Health Officials Say - AP via CBS News

* ►June 29, 2009 - Roche, CDC Say Tamiflu Still Works On Swine Flu - Dow Jones via Wall Street Journal

* ►June 29, 2009 - County preps for H1N1 vaccines - Topeka Capital-Journal - "Freeze said the Shawnee County Health Agency is preparing for the possible need to vaccinate all 173,000 residents of Shawnee County in the fall. 'We would be leaning very heavily on universities, schools and employers,' Freeze said, 'asking them to play a significant role with the distribution.'"

* ►June 29, 2009 - Pandemic planning: Protect police forces from being hurt in civil disturbances - The same cast of characters behind 'mass fatality management planning' for the flu pandemic developed a 'business plan for the Iraqi military market.' - Citizens for Legitimate Government

* ►June 29, 2009 - Will two flus mix in Indonesia? Experts worry - * H5N1 circulates freely in Indonesia * Flu viruses cause more deaths in poorer countries - Reuters

* ►June 29, 2009 - Dreading your flu shot? Get ready for a double dose - Canadian Press via Edmonton Sun

* ►June 29, 2009 - Chief health officer warns pregnant women of flu risk - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

* ►June 29, 2009 - Argentine health minister quits as flu spreads - TV - Reuters

* ►June 29, 2009 - Study Charts Swine Flu's Spread Through Air Travel - Study shows swine flu's spread can be tracked through air travel - AP via ABC News - "In a startling measure of just how widely a new disease can spread, researchers accurately plotted swine flu's course around the world by tracking air travel from Mexico. The research was based on an analysis of flight data from March and April last year, which showed more than 2 million people flew from Mexico to more than 1,000 cities worldwide."

►June 29, 2009 - Ministry warns of possible A/H1N1 flu deaths in China - Xinhua via China View

►June 29, 2009 - First Wave Of Swine Flu Hit Young People Harder Than Expected - There is no way to know how the newest strain of the H1N1 influenza virus will behave in the future. But scientists, notably those working at the intersections of epidemiology, mathematics, modeling and statistics, are monitoring it closely to identify anomalies on its pattern of spread while evaluating ways of mitigating its impact -  Arizona State University via ScienceDaily

* ►June 29, 2009 - Dynasty: Influenza virus in 1918 and today - NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases via EurekAlert!

* ►June 29, 2009 - Deadly pneumonia in swine-flu outbreak hit young hard - CDC - "Canadian public health officials are debating what segments of the population, such as younger people or those at risk of serious disease, including pregnant women, should receive priority for a potential pandemic vaccine in the fall."

►June 29, 2009 - Novel H1N1 flu can cause severe respiratory illness - CIDRAP News

►June 29, 2009 - First vaccines produced as swine toll rises - Two Victorian men have died after contracting swine flu bringing Australia's tally of swine flu-related deaths to seven. Meanwhile, the University of Queensland says it has made the first Australian batch of a new swine flu vaccine originally developed by an American company. - www.abc.net.au

►June 29, 2009 - Scots swine flu cases top 1,000 - The total number of swine flu cases in Scotland has topped the 1,000 mark for the first time. - BBC

►June 29, 2009 - Swine Flu Parties Are A Bad Idea, Expert Says - Hartford Courant

►June 29, 2009 - Canadian Firms Stockpile Anti-Flu Medication - All Headline News

►June 29, 2009 - 6th Connecticut resident dies due to novel H1N1 influenza - New Haven County Individual Had Underlying Health Issues - Stamford Plus

►June 29, 2009 - Health Dept: Third swine flu death in Suffolk - Newsday

►June 29, 2009 - July 1-3, 2009 "Global Summit over Lessons Learned from Influenza A (H1N1)" to take place in Cancun - eTurboNews.com

►June 29, 2009 - Flu Sweeps Through New York Yankees Clubhouse - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

►June 29, 2009 - New Flu Vaccine Approved — for Dogs (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 29, 2009 - The Dog Flu Virus: Are You or Your Pet at Risk? (requires registration) - Consults Blog via The New York Times

►June 29, 2009 - NWT Girls to Get HPV Vaccine - Slave River Journal

* ►June 29, 2009 - HIB Vaccine Shortage Over, but Don’t Rush in to Catch Up - AskDrSears

* ►June 29, 2009 - Juvaris, ADi in vaccine collaboration - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - "Juvaris BioTherapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing adjuvanted vaccines for infectious diseases, on Monday announced a collaborative agreement with Antigen Discovery Inc. Burlingame-based Juvaris said it will have access to ADi’s high-throughput protein microarray screening system to help it discover disease-specific antigens to fuel Juvaris’ vaccine pipeline."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Merck Resolves Shipping Delays For Shingles Vaccine >MRK (requires subscription) - The Wall Street Journal - "A year ago, Merck began telling customers to expect delays of up to six weeks for Zostavax, a shot Merck began selling in 2006. The company had made a batch of so-called bulk varicella that was less potent than required. Bulk varicella is used not only in Zostavax but also for the chickenpox vaccine Varivax. The snag limited production of bulk varicella, forcing Merck to prioritize the ingredient in favor of Varivax, which is part of the routine vaccination schedule for children. The problem had previously forced Merck to stop filling orders for a combination shot, ProQuad, that contained Varivax. Last year's delays caused an 82% plunge in third-quarter sales of Zostavax, and sales have been lumpy since then. For full-year 2008, Zostavax sales rose 32% to $312 million.Merck has resolved the production problem and has significantly increased the manufacture of bulk varicella." 

* ►June 29, 2009 - Big vaccine business for GSK, Novartis? Swine flu may require 600 million doses - AP via WRAL.com

* ►June 29, 2009 - The Real Terrorists are Behind The Drugstores - OpEdNews - "The second reason for reducing natural health alternatives is to reduce the health, strength, and willpower of the population. Between vaccinations that are intentionally laced with toxins, diseases, and chemical poisons, contaminants placed in our water and food supplies, ineffective medications, misinformation about health treatments, current medical problems, and our own inclinations towards poor health practices, the general population is doomed to a life of illness, weakness, and submission to higher powers."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Sinovac Receives Revised Approvals for Panflu - PRNewswire-Asia via InterestAlert!

* ►June 29, 2009 - Pandemic planning not priority for business: survey - Can West News Service via Financial Post via Canada.com

* ►June 29, 2009 - Vitamin A Supplements Can Reduce Malaria Cases In Children By One-Third, Study Finds - Kaiser Network via Medical News Today

►June 29, 2009 - ACIP recommends Japanese encephalitis vaccine for travelers - The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices updated previous recommendations to include a recently-licensed Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Ixiaro, Intercell AG) for people traveling to Asian countries where the disease may be endemic, as well as to Americans living in high-risk areas. - Infectious Disease News

* ►June 29 2009 - Drug cos defend acetaminophen as U.S. weighs limits - Reuters - "Too much acetaminophen has been known to cause liver injury for decades, but FDA officials are worried that the rise of products that combine it with other medications can lead consumers unknowingly to overdose by taking too much of a medication or taking too many different products at once. The agency called for stronger warnings about the risk earlier this year but is seeking advice from outside advisers at a two-day meeting on whether such over-the-counter and prescription combination drugs can safely remain on the U.S. market."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Screening and treatment for major depressive disorder in children and adolescents: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. - Pediatrics via www.guideline.gov

* ►June 29, 2009 - H1N1 can mutate into ‘milder’ strain - Inquirer.net, Philippine News

* ►June 29, 2009 - Law means rethinking how you protect patient data - www.ama-assn.org

* ►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: Vitamin D checks urged - Studies associate low levels with increased risk of disease, but more extensive research is needed before testing and supplementation become routine. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: Delegates see boosting quality of care as duty - A new AMA ethics policy lays out steps physicians should take to make sure patients get the correct treatments. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA House of Delegates - News from the 158th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association's House of Delegates, with recent coverage on issues before the delegates. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►June 29, 2009 - Twitter: What's the use? - Early physician adopters say the social media site can help you promote your practice and communicate with colleagues. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: AMA urges Web system for prior authorizations - Delegates agree that online systems would help practices meet insurer requirements. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Reform bills give some lawmakers sticker shock - The Finance Committee delays hearings on national health system reform legislation, while House leaders unveil a Medicare pay formula replacement. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA connects with doctors at each stage of their careers - A message to all physicians from Rebecca J. Patchin, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: AMA reaffirms stance in health system reform debate - The Association keeps its options open on public plan issue amid calls from some delegates to take a stand. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: AMA exhorts doctors to offer charity care, help the uninsured - Physicians also should become involved in the political process and help cut financial obstacles to care, says new ethics policy. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: Delegates renew efforts for antitrust relief - The AMA house says changes are needed to help physicians collaborate on quality and cost-improvement initiatives that will be key to health system reform. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: Delegates say don't shortchange specialists to fund care model - The AMA will ask CMS to help practices become patient-centered medical homes and to support models that allow non-primary care doctors to qualify. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - First draft of EHR "meaningful use" definition unveiled - But the national health IT chief asks for revised recommendations, which will help determine who gets stimulus dollars. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Biologics don't need long market exclusivity, FTC says - But a generic biologics pathway bill that would grant at least 12 years of protection continues to attract co-sponsors. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Access-to-care problems are resurfacing in Mass. - Major reforms in 2006 shrank the uninsured population, but some initial gains in reducing care barriers and boosting affordability have eroded, according to a survey. - www.ama-assn.org

 * ►June 29, 2009 - Lawsuits test boundary rights of medical patents - The cases come at a time of renewed interest by the U.S. Supreme Court in patent law and could have ramifications for medical research. - www.ama-assn.org

* ►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: Doctors get to see how ethics bar is set - An AMA-sponsored fellowship adds to its online curriculum the study of how ethics policy is made at the Annual Meeting. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Some licensing questions at odds with the ADA - Authors of a recent study would like inquiries on state medical board applications reworded to focus on a physician's ability to practice. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: Comprehensive sex ed said to have most impact - A report says abstinence should be one part -- but not the only one -- of teaching kids about sexual activity. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: U.S. needs national HIV/AIDS strategy - Countries receiving U.S. funding for AIDS relief are required to have a strategic plan -- but America has no plan. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Ways patients are cutting health care costs - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Overwhelmed by phone calls? Adding lines, staff not the answer - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - FDA oversight means public health victory on tobacco - The federal tobacco regulation law will give physicians needed help in fighting the effects of smoking. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: More to do on tobacco control - The Association seeks a ban on smoking on the campuses of federal buildings and wants to study the role of electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: AMA looks for ways to trim rising student debt - The Association will work to increase medical school funding, reduce tuition costs and ease students' loan repayment obligations. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Final health plan reaches settlement over Ingenix database - Health Net agrees to use, and help pay for, a new database. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - AMA meeting: Physician supervision of nurses sought in all practice agreements - AMA delegates also debated the National Board of Medical Examiners' role in a new doctor of nursing practice certification exam. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Minn. health plan consortium develops online claims portal - A Web-based service will help physicians comply with a July 15 deadline to submit claims electronically. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - Letters to the Editor: - EHRs a financial burden with no payback for late-career physicians - Capitate HMO execs, not doctors - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - News in brief: Government & Medicine - CBO finds coalition savings proposals difficult to verify - Most support public plan, trust physicians' opinions on health reform - Legislation seeks to improve cancer treatment options - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - News in brief: Professional Issues - Improving health literacy helps diminish disparities - Elderly patients awaiting kidneys often die before transplant - New pediatric bioethics center launched - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - News in brief: Business - Scrushy ordered to pay HealthSouth shareholders for alleged fraud - HITSP tackles clinical research standards - www.ama-assn.org

►June 29, 2009 - ChildProtect Canada: Helping Parents Protect Their Children for Life - ChildProtect Canada via MarketWire

►June 29, 2009 - Chemotherapy May Offer New Weapon in War on AIDS - Nature Medicine via Voice of America

* ►June 29, 2009 - PML Brain Infection from Tysabri Reported in 10th Patient - AboutLawsuits.com

►June 29, 2009 - FDA weighs options to reduce painkiller overdoses - AP via Yahoo!

►June 29, 2009 - Caraco products seized by FDA - US Marshals have seized products from Caraco’s facilities in Michigan because of concerns over cGMP compliance, which has led to Sun Pharma withdrawing its financial guidance. - Outsourcing-Pharma.com

►June 29, 2009 - Lighting A Fire Over FDA - The IN VIVO Blog

►June 29, 2009 - U.S. Court Upholds Ban on Genetically Engineered Alfalfa - Again - Beyond Pesticides

►June 29, 2009 - UC Davis Researchers Develop New Test For Fragile X Syndrome - UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute via Medical News Today

►June 29, 2009 - Missing sleep can harm blood vessels, organs, even immune system - Daily Herald

►June 29, 2009 - Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders associated with dementia: EFNS guideline. - European Journal of Neurology via www.guideline.gov

►June 29, 2009 - Teva, Antares get FDA nod for needle-free device - * Needle-free device to administer human growth hormone * Antares shares rise as much as 58 pct - Reuters

►June 29, 2009 - IAC Express Issue number 808 - Immunization Action Coalition

* ►June 29, 2009 - Toddler dies of meningitis after hospital sends him home with paracetamol - Daily Mail, UK

* ►June 29, 2009 - Jury returns $1.67B drug verdict against Abbott - Reuters - "A U.S. federal jury returned a $1.67 billion verdict against Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) in a patent suit brought by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) related to arthritis treatments, the drug companies said on Monday."

* ►June 29, 2009 - DEA Swamped With Calls Regarding Jackson’s Death by Evelyn Pringle - Lawyers and Settlements - "On June 27, 2009, the Drug Enforcement Agency issued a press release to members of the media titled: 'DEA Responds to Large Number of Calls regarding Michael Jackson’s Death'. The UK’s Sun newspaper claims Jackson was taking Demerol, Dilaudid, Vicodin, Xanax, Soma, Paxil, Zoloft and Prilosec."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Miami physician sentenced in Medicare fraud case - South Florida Business Journal - "Miami physician Roberto Rodriguez, 54, was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison and ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion services."

* ►June 29, 2009 - New Report - Catastrophic Pharmaceutical Drugs Addiction Of Epidemic Proportions - Wales on Sunday via The One Click Group

►June 29, 2009 - Drug Companies Defend Acetaminophen as FDA Considers Restrictions - MedPage Today

►June 29, 2009 - Achillion begins anti-virus human trial - Hartford Business - "New Haven-based Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today the start of human clinical trials in Europe of its new treatment against the hepatitis C virus."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Experiment seeks to head off Type 1 diabetes - AP via The Guardian, UK - "The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton's abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old's immune system - part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes.

* ►June 29, 2009 -  The Ethics of Smallpox Immunization - Aish.com

* ►June 29, 2009 - Henderson led WHO's effort to rid the world of smallpox - USA Today

►June 29, 2009 - Some Asian Nations Need to Do More to Combat Measles - Over 140,000 cases reported in 2008 in China and Japan - HealthDay via Modern Medicine

►June 29, 2009 - Dr. Jeff Hersh: Pertussis is on the rise - Taunton Daily Gazette

►June 29, 2009 - Whooping cough outbreak hits Santa Barbara County - Eight cases of highly communicable disease confirmed on South Coast - Santa Maria Times

►June 29, 2009 - Whooping cough vaccine hits Penrith again - Penrith Star, Australia - "The whooping cough vaccine is available in pharmacies again after unprecedented demand caused supply to the private market to dry up."

►June 29, 2009 - Scottish Lawyer to Lead Rotary Into Its 105th Year - Rotary International via Happy News

►June 29, 2009 - West Nile mosquito shouldn't spark panic - Infected insect found here last week - Suburban Journals

►June 29, 2009 - Scripps research scientists find key culprits in lupus - Scripps Research Institute via EurekAlert!

* ►June 29, 2009 - Professor's work aiding long fight for HIV vaccine - UT The Daily Texan - "The covalent vaccine method contains chemical extract that binds with cells while ensuring the generation of more antibodies to stop the spread of the virus. This approach may be useful because the virus tends to mutate rapidly — and usually developes immunity to highly active retroviral therapies. 'Covalent binding is like a little bomb on human cells that are responsible for our immunity.' Paul said. 'Covalent vaccination stimulates cells to start dividing and they will kill the virus.'"

* ►June 29, 2009 - Mark Oaten MP Slams UK Government Stance On DNA Database - The One Click Group

* ►June 29, 2009 - 'Smoking Gun' Found in Cookie Dough E. Coli Scare - ABC News - "Nestle issued a press release today confirming FDA had informed the company “that it has found and confirmed evidence of E. coli 0157:H7 in a retained production sample of 16.5 oz. Nestlé Toll House refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough bar.  The product has a day code of 9041 and a 'Best before 10 JUN 2009' notation.”

* ►June 29, 2009 - Bay group sues over river pollution limits - AP via Forbes - "The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is challenging a Virginia State Water Control Board decision that allows Merck & Co. to increase its pollution discharge into the Shenandoah River."

►June 29, 2009 - Pfizer: Many Factors To Consider When Selecting A Vaccine - Cattle Network

►June 28, 2009 - Debate rages on over whether inoculations are to blame for autism spectrum disorders - Business Insurance

* ►June 28, 2009 - 19-year-old who died had flu-like symptoms - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - "A former Kenosha high school baseball star who died Saturday reportedly had suffered flu- or pneumonia-like symptoms and had been given antibiotics by a doctor. Sam Schissel became unresponsive at his family's home in Somers and was taken by ambulance to Kenosha Medical Center, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department said Sunday. Schissel's mother said a doctor had given her son antibiotics, a hospital spokeswoman said. The treatment was given a day or perhaps a couple of days before Schissel's death, the spokeswoman said."

►June 28, 2009 - Wimbledon 2009: Fears of swine flu outbreak at tournament - Fears over a possible swine flu outbreak at Wimbledon have prompted a number of ball boys and girls to be asked to stay away from the tournament. - The Telegraph, UK

►June 28, 2009 - Thousands of Welsh women addicted to over-the-counter pills - Wales on Sunday

►June 28, 2009 - New Study Says Autism and Aspergers Essentially the Same - Opposing Views

* ►June 28, 2009 - Judge: Wyeth can have data from study - Arkansas Democrat Gazette - "Data that scientists have gathered since August 2005 in following up on a study of the effects of hormone replacement therapy on postmenopausal women should be turned over to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals as it continues to defend itself against lawsuits over its hormone drugs, an attorney for the company argued Friday in Little Rock."

* ►June 28, 2009 - Autistic kids laugh differently than others - ANI via Thaindian

►June 28, 2009 - What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome? - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/National Institutes of Health via The State

►June 28, 2009 - Company Recalls Various Products Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination - FDA, USDA, CDC investigating; no link to human illnesses at this time - FDA

►June 28, 2009 - New trigger for chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis discovered - Imperial College London via EurekAlert!

* ►June 28, 2009 - Novartis in talks to buy much of Elan -report - The Guardian, UK - "The Sunday Times said a "well-placed source" confirmed the talks but added the "complexity of the deal made a decision some way off". Elan, a co-marketer with Biogen Idec of multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, hired Citigroup in January to conduct a review of the business and said at the time a merger or sale of the company was possible."

►June 27, 2009 - Catholic churches alter policies in response to H1N1 flu pandemic - Journal and Courier

* ►June 26, 2009 - More Gene Mutations Linked To Autism Risk - Combination of inherited and new mutations acting together - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via Biocompare

* ►June 26, 2009 - ACIP recommends off-label MCV4 use for certain high-risk individuals - Health care providers may soon be able to administer a second dose of meningococcal polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine to individuals at increased risk for meningococcal disease several years following their first vaccination. - Infectious Disease News

* ►June 26, 2009 - Virus worries health officials - The Kingston Whig-Standard - "Canadian health officials are growing increasingly concerned over the number of young, healthy individuals who are dying from the new H1N1 virus, a Kingston specialist says. 'We are ... worried that we are seeing some young people -- people without underlying illnesses -- who are dying from it,' said Dr. Gerald Evans, an infectious disease expert at Kingston General Hospital."

* ►June 25, 2009 - KBI rolls out PER.C6 service in US - US contract services firm KBI Biopharma has begun using the PER.C6 platform for cell line generation as part of its offering to meet growing demand for biomanufacturing services. - Outsourcing-Pharma.com - "Part of the reason for the PER.C6 technology’s popularity is related to its high production potential. In June last year a Percivia team reported that they had achieved a new record yield of 27 g/L. This productivity was one of the reasons that Swiss drugmaker Novartis selected the PER.C6 line for its cell culture vaccine production plant in Holly Springs, North Carolina. While Novartis’ adoption of PER.C6 happened years before the H1N1 “swine” flu began the technology's utility and speed advantages over traditional egg-based flu vaccine production will certainly be seen as beneficial for the rapid production of an effective vaccine."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Scientists Study Children’s Susceptibility to Pesticides, Urge EPA to Act - Beyond Pesticides

* ►June 24, 2009 - Antiviral Resistance in Influenza Viruses Circulating in Central and South America Based on the Detection of Established Genetic Markers (requires registration) - Influenza Respiratory Viruses via Medscape

►June 24, 2009 - Trends in broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for children with acute otitis media in the United States, 1998-2004 (pdf) - journal article (BMC Pediatrics)

►June 24, 2009 - Laughter Differs in Children with Autism - Ithaca College via Newswise

►June 23, 2009 - The effect of rapid diagnostic testing for influenza on the reduction of antibiotic use in paediatric emergency department - journal article (Acta Pædiatrica)

* ►June 23, 2009 - HHS Announces Advanced Development Contract for New Way to Make Flu Vaccine - press release - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - "'The technology has advanced in recent years to a point that we believe it could help meet a surge in demand for U.S.-based vaccine for seasonal and pandemic flu,' Secretary Sebelius said. 'We want to use the technology to help our nation respond to emerging infectious diseases.' With this new technology, known as recombinant influenza vaccine, a gene would be extracted from a flu virus and placed into an insect virus called baculovirus, which does not affect people and can multiply quickly to high levels in insect cells. The cells are purified to become a basic part of a human vaccine."

* ►June 22/23, 2009 - The End of Mr Miller's Closing Speech - CryShame - "The GMC Hearing Monday June 22nd and Tuesday June 23rd. - At mid morning on Tuesday June 23rd, Mr Miller finished his closing speech on behalf of Professor Walker Smith. It was a bravura performance Having dealt with the Lancet Children singularly throughout the previous week, on Monday Mr Miller turned his attention to Professor Walker- Smith's involvement in the Lancet paper."

* ►June 16, 2009 - Certain Asthma and Allergy Drugs Get Stiffer Suicide Warning by Evelyn Pringle - Lawyers and Settlements

►June 16, 2009 - Seattle’s Pacific Health Summit, the “Davos” of Global Health, Zeroes in on Tuberculosis - Xconomy

* ►June 12, 2009 - Flu Vaccine 2009 Produced, Ready for Testing - The MCDK cell flu vaccine, prepared in large fermenters and later purified, will be tested to determine its effectiveness for immune protection against swine H1N1 flu. - Suite101.com

►June 9, 2009 - Title: Attenuated rabies virus with nucleoprotein mutation at the phosphorylation site for vaccination against rabies and gene therapy in the CNS - University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA) via www.pharmcast.com

►June 1, 2009 - Porcine brucellosis: another common zoonosis in pigs - Infectious Disease News

* ►Immunization Site Map (pdf) - CDC.gov

►International Swine Flu Conference - Conference: 19-20 August 2009 Workshop: 21 August 2009 - Washington, DC - New-Fields

►June 29, 2009 - A Doctor's Faith - Since 1989, without missing a single Wednesday, this 59-year-old medical practitioner has been administering vaccines to children, free of cost - Expressindia

* ►June 29, 2009 - MSPs seek answers as cervical cancer vaccine fears grow - The Scotsman - "THE Scottish Government has been challenged to explain why it introduced the cervical cancer vaccination programme in a series of questions by MSPs.  Conservative health spokesman Mary Scanlon has submitted four parliamentary questions to Health Minister Shona Robison after meeting with a Scottish representative from the International Coalition of Advocates for the People (ICAP). Freda Birell, of ICAP, raised concerns about inadequate research, incorrect data presented to parents, and serious illnesses being reported from girls who have received Cervarix."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Mass vaccination against flu - Norway Post - "The Norwegian health authorities will this fall begin a program of mass vaccination against the A H1N1 flu, also called the swine flu. A total of 9.4 million doses have been ordered from the suppliers. All will be given two innoculations, two weeks apart, Bergens Tidende reports. The total cost will be NOK 650 million. So far, only 23 cases of the flu has been diagnosed in Norway, but the authorities expect that the number will increase."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Swine Flu: 86 cases and 8 million vaccines in negotiation - Lepetitjournal.com via eMaxHealth.com - "Greece will spend 55 million euros to purchase 8 million doses of H1N1 swine flu influenza vaccines. Tourists from Australia and USA, traveling to Greece contribute to the spread of swine flu in the country."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Qld uni unveils first Aust swine flu vaccine - The University of Queensland (UQ) says it has made the first Australian batch of a new swine flu vaccine but it will only be available for research purposes. - www.abc.net.au - "The university has produced one-litre of swine flu vaccine in Brisbane - the equivalent of 1,000 doses. It has been made with new technology using insect cells instead of egg culture."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Swine flu vaccine 'only months away' - AAP via The Canberra Times - "The University of Queensland in Brisbane is working with US firm Protein Sciences Corporation (PSC) to produce vaccines faster using new technology. The university has produced Australia's first batch of a new candidate vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus, after signing an agreement with PSC to recreate it in Australia."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Kralev: U.S. warns travelers of China's flu rules - Washington Times

►June 29, 2009 - Health Dept 'failed' to protect against swine flu - The South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association (SASMOA) says the Health Department has failed to protect health workers from swine flu. - www.abc.net.au

►June 29, 2009 - Qld scientists develop swine flu vaccine - Scientists at the University of Queensland (UQ) have developed one of the first vaccines for swine flu. - www.abc.net.au

►June 29, 2009 - Expertise sought to quickly identify swine flu carriers - Arab News

►June 29, 2009 - Have you forgotten your holiday jab? - Dear Miriam via Mirror.co.uk

►June 29, 2009 - Govt denies 'covering up' H1N1 deaths - Bangkok Post

►June 29, 2009 - Flu Fighter - Holly Bessoni-Lutz, clinical manager of independent living services, VNA HealthCare - It’s hard to believe, but here it is the end of June and children were missing school because of the flu. What is the financial impact of the flu on business? Is there going to be an impact this summer? - Hartford Business

►June 29, 2009 - Where AIDS is a family affair (requires registration) - Boston Globe

* ►June 29, 2009 - Baby Dana McCaffery leaves whooping cough vaccination legacy - Baby Dana McCaffery has more than 32,000 friends on Facebook, none of whom she will ever meet. But her legacy may save their lives. - The Daily Telegraph via www.news.com.au - "Since the four-week-old baby girl died from whooping cough in March, almost 5000 people in NSW have been struck down in an epidemic few people know about despite the death of several babies around the nation."

* ►June 29, 2009 - Mandated coverage of autism gains ground - Questions remain about regulations for new federal parity law - Business Insurance

* ►June 28, 2009 - Critics say 'mild' a misleading term for H1N1 - The Canadian Press via CTV - "'I think the problem is we don't know how to paint this picture properly,' says Dr. Allison McGeer, a flu expert at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. 'Because it's perfectly true that most cases are mild. But it doesn't mean that you shouldn't worry about it.' ... Some people worry the constant refrain that swine flu is mild may be keeping people who are becoming severely ill from seeking care as soon as they should. They also worry young people -- the demographic least likely to get a shot for seasonal flu -- may decide they don't need to bother when H1N1 vaccine is ready. McGeer thinks by that time the virus will have issued its own assessment. 'Unfortunately I think the number of deaths in the end is going to be high enough that people will get the message and generally will get their vaccine.'"

►June 28, 2009 - Palestinian family quarantined for swine flu - Eleven family members in Burqa village test positive for viral disease. Rumor spreads quickly, causing panic – were mosque worshippers infected as well? Security forces buffer between family and village's 3,900 residents - Ynetnews

►June 28, 2009 - Singapore leads Asia in new cases of Influenza A/H1N1 - Xinhua via China View

►June 28, 2009 - CDC was irresponsible in claiming 1 million Americans have swine flu - TPM Cafe - "Doctors may have an extra busy day Monday morning dealing with the added people who come in clamoring for a flu shot that doesn't yet exist."

►June 28, 2009 - Flu Scare Sweeps Through Clubhouse - New York Post

►June 28, 2009 - Saskatchewan marks 1st swine flu-related death - Canadian Press via CTV

►June 28, 2009 - Brazil reports first death of A/H1N1 flu - Xinhua via China View

►June 28, 2009 - Second person to die from swine flu in Britain is Scottish pensioner - The Times

►June 28, 2009 - Thai health minister confirms two swine flu deaths - Bloomberg via The Republican-American

►June 28, 2009 - Neb. Official: Girl At Festival May Have Swine Flu - AP via CBS 3

►June 28, 2009 - Indonesia confirms new H1N1 flu cases - AFP via Channel News Asia

►June 28, 2009 - Seven fresh swine flu cases found in India, total 96 - IANS via Sify News

►June 28, 2009 - Flu-like symptoms close NC camp - WAVY-TV

►June 28, 2009 - A/H1N1 flu knocks at doors of African countries in sub-Sahara - Xinhua via China View

►June 28, 2009 - Swine flu hot spot: Summer camps in the Poconos - Pocono Record

►June 28, 2009 - State rep under home quarantine - The Sun Daily, Malaysia

* ►June 28, 2009 - My son Reef had chemo... then pulled ME through it - Inspirational cancer lad saves his Mum and he's four - People.co.uk - "After an MMR jab he developed a high temperature and started to limp. He was diagnosed with reactive arthritis - a side effect of MMR - but continued to worsen. On December 29 2005 Reef was taken into Southmead Hospital in Bristol where he was observed for the day and sent home. On the way home Kate went into labour and headed straight back to the same hospital. At 9pm that night Finn was born seven weeks premature. Days later, in between trips to the neo-natal unit in Southmead, the Greenes finally found out what was wrong with Reef - he had stomach cancer."

* ►June 28, 2009 - Biological threats to Canadians and World Citizens - Center for Research on Globalization via GlobalResearch.ca - "The Policy Committee of the Canadian Action Party has recently passed a motion concerning the threat to Canadians of bioweapons being introduced into our society, as flues and viruses or other biological weapons; and the further risks posed to Canadians by any enforced inoculation programs which might be instigated after the release of such viruses and illness into our society."

►June 28, 2009 - Drill lets county officials plan for possible - The Gazette-Enterprise

* ►June 28, 2009 - A Shot in the Dark - video - Sunday Night via http://au.tv.yahoo.com

* ►June 28, 2009 - Gardasil safety continues to raise concerns - Examiner.com

* ►June 28, 2009 - “Tidal Wave” of Young Adults with Autism about to Flood Cash-Strapped California By David Kirby - Age of Autism

* ►June 28, 2009 - Rise in autistic adults worries caregivers - Sacramento Bee - "In California, regional centers will be serving more than 50,000 autistic people of all ages by the end of this year, according to the state Department of Developmental Services. If the trend continues, that number will grow to 70,000 by June 2012. By 2013, according to the department, more than 4,000 teenagers with autism will reach adulthood, and by 2018 the agency will be serving more than 19,000 adults with the condition. Nationally, the number of autistic children expected to need extensive adult services by 2023 is about 380,000 people, and the bill for caring for them will be in the billions of dollars."

* ►June 28, 2009 - Age of Autism Adds Military Category By Angela Warner - Age of Autism

* ►June 28, 2009 - The Autism Diaries: An Important Voice has Died - Daily Kos - "Revered by students and colleagues, and beloved by the children and families he worked with, Dr. Carr was an internationally recognized pioneer in autism treatment research."

►June 28, 2009 - NJ bill on autism insurance closer to becoming law - Philadelphia Inquirer via Philly.com

►June 28, 2009 - Autistic kids Laugh Differently - Examiner.com

►June 28, 2009 - Autism a challenge for Johnny Sampier and family - Royal Oak Daily Tribune

* ►June 28, 2009 - Neb. inmate sues over Zoloft in echo of other cases (requires registration) - AP via Los Angeles Times - "A lawsuit by a Nebraska inmate serving time for his girlfriend's murder, blaming a widely prescribed antidepressant for influencing his behavior, echoes similar claims in other cases. But none of the cases have prevailed against Zoloft's maker, Pfizer Inc., which says the drug is safe and effective."

* ►June 28, 2009 - Strategies and Models for Promoting Adolescent Vaccination for Low-Income Populations - RAND Corporation via Docuticker

* ►June 28, 2009 - World Vaccine Congress Asia: vast regional diversity requires flexibility and targeted portfolios - PipelineReview.com

►June 28, 2009 - Personalized Anti-Cancer Vaccine, BiovaxID®, Targeting B-cell Lymphomas Available in Europe on a Named-Patient Basis - Biovest and idis Partner to Facilitate Patient Access to Lymphoma Vaccine - Phase III Study Results to Be Presented at “Best of ASCO” in Paris - Biovest International, Inc. via Business Wire

►June 28, 2009 - CDC - 24 Illnesses in Multiple States Appear Linked - JBS Swift Beef Company Expands Recall of Beef Products to over 420,000 Pounds Due To E. coli O157:H7 Contamination - Food Poison Journal

►June 28, 2009 - Over 8 lakh children to be covered under polio drive - Times of India

►June 28, 2009 - Centre may introduce bivalent or polyvalent polio vaccines - Zee News

* ►June 28, 2009 - Pet rats infected their humans with cowpox virus - Examiner.com

►June 28, 2009 - Nanotechnology Combats Fatal Brain Infections - Doctors may get a new arsenal for meningitis treatment and the war on drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections with novel peptide nanoparticles developed by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of Singapore and reported in Nature Nanotechnology. - Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

►June 28, 2009 - Dogs trained to help people with severe peanut allergies - Killeen Daily Herald

►June 28, 2009 - Animal shelters on alert for viruses - Florida Today

* ►June 27, 2009 - Poultry-vaccine producer has plans to grow - Central Maine Morning Sentinel - "The world's fourth-largest producer of poultry vaccines says it has bucked the recession and is responding with a $4.2 million expansion. Lohmann Animal Health International Inc., which employs most of its 105 workers at its 375 China Road location, reported a 10 percent increase in sales from the previous year."

* ►June 27, 2009 - Homeland security bill omits funding for Kansas biosecurity lab - AP via Kansas City Star

►June 27, 2009 - Autistic adults cracking ‘code’ to working world - Program provides job coaching - The Sharon Herald

* ►June 26, 2009 - CNS, Fox Business silent on controversial views of medical group - Media Matters for America - "CNSNews.com and Fox Business Network each gave a platform to representatives of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, but did not note that it is a conservative-leaning group that has promoted and endorsed controversial views on medicine and health."

►June 26, 2009 - Initial patient linked to H1N1 exposure to newborns dies - Greensboro News Record - "Authorities said the man had several pre-existing medical issues that were complicated after contracting the H1N1 virus. Hospital officials said it is too soon to say if he actually died from the virus."

►June 26, 2009 - Vaccinate healthcare workers first to stem spread of influenza, Joint Commission says - McKnight's Long Term Care News

* ►June 26, 2009 - Creato Flu GmbH: Innovative Broad Spectrum Oral Influenza Vaccine - Biotech Company Develops New Salmonella-Based Vaccine / Seeks Partner for Further Development and Commercialization - press release - Business Wire - "The live, orally active vaccine is expected to be effective against all types of influenza virus. ... 'A vaccination strain based on living salmonella, which has been used as protection against typhoid fever in humans for many years, is being modified by genetic engineering so that the bacterial cells express highly conserved antigens of various influenza subtypes on their surface.'"

* ►June 26, 2009 - Generex's New Vaccine Technology Could Speed Flu Vaccine Availability - Globe Newswire via CNNMoney.com - "Antigen Express Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq:GNBT), has developed new vaccine technology that 'could rapidly lead to safe, effective flu vaccines,' according to a June 23, 2009 article in the Worcester, Massachusetts Telegram & Gazette."

* ►June 26, 2009 - CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) June 26, 2009, 1 p.m. ET (includes audio) - transcript - CDC

* ►June 26, 2009 - Canadian Government To Implement Medical Tyranny - PrisonPlanet.com - "The Canadian Press reports 'Canada’s chief public health officer says the decision of whether to vaccinate Canadians against swine flu has been all but decided.' They expect to start first trials with Canada’s younger and native populations first. The whole swine flu pandemic reeks of mishandling, and conspiracy to profiteer over fear-mongering."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Federal Circuit Overturns Court of Claims in Vaccine Liability Case - PointofLaw.com

* ►June 26, 2009 - Autism Trial Gives Parents, Researchers Hope - Grant Allows Researchers 4-Year Trial - WLKY Louisville

►June 26, 2009 - Reportlinker Adds The US Pharmaceutical Market Outlook To 2014: Market Trends, Leading Players and Forecasts - Reportlinker.com via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►June 26, 2009 - HIV testing technology in US needs to change or risk missing acute infections - Aidsmap

►June 26, 2009 - Anthrax drill tests efficiency - The Intelligencer via PhillyBurbs.com - "Thursday's test used the head-of-household model, where one person from each household would report to a designated distribution point to receive pills for their families. The method is used to quickly distribute oral medications, reducing volume and traffic at each distribution point, county officials said."

►June 26, 2009 - Polio making a troubling comeback in Nigeria - The Nigerian strain identified as far as Yemen and Indonesia - Afrik.com

►June 26, 2009 - Autism, Non-Hollywood Version - Karl Greenfeld’s painful, eloquent memoir lays bare the disease’s toll. - book review - City Journal

►June 26, 2009 - Battle Autism with Bentonite Clay - NaturalNews.com

* ►June 26, 2009 - East Surrey Hospital apologises for failings which led to the death of a five-year-old boy - This is Surrey, UK - "Fabio was taken into Accident and Emergency on February 14, seen by three nurses and two doctors, but his condition was dismissed as chickenpox. Unable to walk or talk, covered from head to toe with ulcerated lesions, Fabio was barely conscious, his agonising skin keeping him from sleep. Neither his mother's pleas, nor his apparent pain prevented the decision which would send him home with antibiotics and pain killers. When, three days later, his terrified parents returned to the hospital with their dying son medics chose not to contact a specialist hospital for advice. Fabio was eventually transferred to the Evelina Children's Hospital on February 18, where he later died of multi-organ failure."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Grassley Seeks More Info on Conflict of Interest Policies at Medical Schools by Evelyn Pringle - Lawyers and Settlements

* ►June 25, 2009 - Victim under age 18 with previous medical condition dies of swine flu - Canadian Press via Google

* ►June 25, 2009 - House Passes Congressman Sestak's Historic Autism Legislation - NewsBlaze - "Today, the House voted to pass legislation authored by Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) to mandate the treatment of autistic children of service personnel under the military's healthcare program (TRICARE)."

►June 24, 2009 - 200,000 frontline staff given anti-virus shots - Malaysia Star

►June 24, 2009 - Cow Burps & The Vaccination Debate - audio - The Environment Report - "More and more families are choosing not to vaccinate their children because they think it can lead to serious health problems. Julie Grant reports that this has health officials worried about potential disease outbreaks."

►June 23, 2009 - UT-Baptist Research Park cuts ribbon on first building - Memphis Commercial Appeal - "The Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, designed to help protect the nation against bioterrorism and epidemics like SARS and swine flu, is the first building of a six-phase plan for the 1.4 million-square-foot park."

►June 23, 2009 - State's only swine flu death still a mystery - Specialists hunting for clues to explain woman's decline - The Boston Globe

* ►June 23, 2009 - Advanced Life Sciences' Restanza(TM) Shows 100% Survival In Confirmatory Anthrax Study - press release - Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall - "'The successful outcome of the study provides strong evidence of Restanza's life saving potential and underscores its value as a potent new biodefense countermeasure,' said Dr. Michael Flavin, Chairman and CEO of Advanced Life Sciences."

* ►June 23, 2009 - GeoVax Labs, Inc. Announces Results of 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting - press release - GeoVax Labs, Inc. via PRNewswire-FirstCall - "Last year was a highly rewarding year for GeoVax. We announced that we would conduct a critically important Phase 2 AIDS Human Trials in the U.S. and Peru. That Phase 2a trial is currently ongoing and being conducted in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health-sponsored HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN). Planning is progressing well for initiating a therapeutic vaccination study in people already infected with HIV/AIDS. We are also utilizing our $17 million NIH grant to enhance our vaccine development."

* ►June 23, 2009 - Measles and mumps on the rampage - News Wales - "The message is simple – new cases can only occur because children are not fully vaccinated and the outbreak will continue to grow until uptake of MMR increases in Wales."

* ►June 22, 2009 - US Opposition to GMOs Gathers Momentum - Scientists and physicians in the heartland of genetic modification are alerting policy-makers and the public to the dangers of GM crops. Prof. Peter Saunders - Institute of Science in Society

►June 20, 2009 - Medicine has greatly changed in Helmholz's life - Post-Bulletin

►Autism Today Online - website

►Childhood Diseases: Reality, Care & Treatment - Starts July 29 - Sheri Nakken, Vaccination Information & Choice Network

►Introduction to Vaccine Dangers classes - Starts July 29 & 30 - Sheri Nakken, Vaccination Information & Choice Network

►Introduction to Homeopathy OnLine Class - Starts July 29 - Sheri Nakken, Vaccination Information & Choice Network

* ►July 2009 - Enhanced Immunogenicity of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines in Young Children Using MF59 Adjuvant - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) - "Subjects and Methods: Unprimed healthy children (6 to <36 months) were enrolled in an observer-blinded study and randomly assigned to receive 2 doses of MF59-adjuvanted vaccine (Sub/MF59, n = 130) or nonadjuvanted split vaccine (split, n = 139); subgroups of these (n = 43 and 46, respectively) received a booster dose 1 year later. Safety and clinical tolerability were assessed after each dose. Hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers were measured against influenza A and B strains included in the formulation of the vaccines and against mismatched strains. Results: Clinical tolerability and safety were generally comparable between vaccine groups, though some transient, mild solicited reactions were more frequent in the Sub/MF59 group."

* ►July 2009 - Vaccine Refusal, Mandatory Immunization, and the Risk of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►July 2009 - Outbreak of Atypical Pertussis Detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Immunized Preschool-Aged Children - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►July 2009 - Bacteriology of Spontaneously Draining Acute Otitis Media in Children Before and After the Introduction of Pneumococcal Vaccination - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►July 2009 - Infection With Community-Onset Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza Virus in Hospitalized Children - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►July 2009 - Attitudes and Beliefs of Parents About Childhood Vaccinations in Post-Soviet Countries: the Example of Kyrgyzstan - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►July 2009 - An Investigation of Perinatal Hepatitis B Virus Infections Among a High Risk Population: The Delivery Hospital as a Safety Net - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►July 2009 - Influenza-Associated Central Nervous System Dysfunction in Taiwanese Children: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes With and Without Administration of Oseltamivir - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►July 2009 - Trends in Incidence of Late-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Data From the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System, 1995-2004 - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►July 2009 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus Diagnostic Testing of Infants at Clinical Sites in North America: 2002-2006 - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►July 2009 - Cytomegalovirus Blood Viral Load and Hearing Loss in Young Children With Congenital Infection - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►July 2009 - Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Among Hospitalized Children in Spain - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

►July 2009 - Incidence Rate of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease in Immunocompetent Children: A Prospective Nationwide Surveillance Study in Germany - journal article (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

* ►June 28, 2009 - Healthcare - it's make or break for Barack Obama - For 46 million Americans, falling seriously ill will fast-track them to financial ruin. Barack Obama has promised a new deal for the legions of the poor who cannot afford health insurance. But so have other Democrats in the past: can the new president finally give the US a universal healthcare system? - The Observer, UK via The Guardian, UK

►June 28, 2009 - Tooro minister wants mandatory HIV testing - The MOnitor, Uganda

►June 28, 2009 - Australia May Delay Distribution of Swine Flu Vaccine, Age Says - Bloomberg

* ►June 28, 2009 - Delay for vaccine as swine flu toll rises - Brisbane Times

* ►June 28, 2009 - Swine flu vaccine likely to be delayed - The Age, Australia

►June 28, 2009 - Pandemic Flu - There's still no reason to panic. - editorial (requires registration) - Washington Post

►June 28, 2009 - H1N1 virus claims two local victims - Public urged not to panic - Bangkok Post

* ►June 28, 2009 - Not convinced - New Zealand Herald - "Rosie Roger has decided not to have the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. 'I didn't really know much about it,' says the year 12 student, 'then my friend came to school and said someone her mum knows got sick from it.'"

* ►June 28, 2009 - Young women shun Gardasil - New Zealand Herald - "Christy Parker, policy analyst for Women's Health Action, said the trust was concerned that Gardasil had been marketed as 'the cervical cancer vaccine' when it doesn't protect against all forms of cervical cancer, and fears it may undermine the importance of three-yearly cervical smears."

* ►June 28, 2009 - Slow uptake of cervical cancer vaccine - Inaccurate claims are behind the slow uptake of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, according to Auckland University's Immunisation Advisory Centre. - Radio New Zealand - "Ministry of Health figures show 26% of girls aged 12 to 16 years and 35% of those aged 17 to 18 have begun the course of three injections. Immunisation Advisory Centre director Dr Nikki Turner says inaccurate claims about side effects and inadequate testing have scared people."

* ►June 28, 2009 - Cancer vaccine a success story - Sydney Morning Herald - "About 4.7 million doses of Gardasil have been distributed nationally before the Government's free vaccination deadline on June 30. Women aged 18 to 26 still have an opportunity to be vaccinated against cervical cancer at no cost provided they take their first dose by Tuesday."

►June 28, 2009 - Scots invent vaccine ... but could lose it? - Sunday Herald, UK - "Thanks to the approximately 80 workers at the Intercell factory in Livingston, the world now has the first side-effect-free vaccine for Japanese encephalitis (JE)."

* ►June 27, 2009 - AMA Declares Vaccine / Autism Debate: Over by Curtiss Lee Linderman Sr - American Chronicle - "The American Medical Association has once again declared their true allegiance and it is unfortunately not to the patients whom they have taken their oath to protect. During the organization´s House of Delegates meeting held in Chicago June 13th through the 17th, three resolutions were voted on that were submitted by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. These resolutions were; A. that the AMA, reaffirm its support for universal vaccination. B. Asked the AMA Council on Science and Public Health to review the most recent research on vaccines and autism. C. Urged the association to continue to support research into the etiology and treatment of autism."

* ►June 27, 2009 - You Don't Say - But Maybe You Should By Robin Nemeth - Age of Autism

►June 27, 2009 - Please don't judge my child's behaviour - This is Cheshire

* ►June 27, 2009 - 27,717 Swine Flu Cases Including 127 Deaths In USA So Far - Could Be One Million - Medical News Today

* ►June 27, 2009 - Second Buffalo School student dies of swine flu - Buffalo News - "A 9-year-old Buffalo girl died of swine flu today -- the second Buffalo School District student to die of the disease in a week."

* ►June 27, 2009 - On Eve of Elections, Argentina on Verge of Declaring Swine Flu "Emergency" - Latin American Herald Tribune - "The total number of deaths in Argentina from the swine-flu virus reached 26 on Friday, when three new fatalities were confirmed along with 99 new cases of the illness, raising the total to 1,587."

* ►June 27, 2009 - S&W doctor: Delay start of school until H1N1 vaccine ready - Temple Daily Telegram - "Dr. Manju Gaglani, infectious disease specialist at Scott & White Healthcare, believes schools should not open for the fall semester before everybody has a chance to get vaccinated for the H1N1 virus. 'But that’s a government decision, not mine,' Gaglani said. Gaglani is the local principal investigator in the Vaccines for Influenza Prevention in Schools (VIPS) campaign that has vaccinated area school children against the virus since 1998."

* ►June 27, 2009 - New York City swine flu case tally could be as high as 500,000, CDC says - New York Daily News

* ►June 27, 2009 - Pandemic profits - Gulf News

* ►June 27, 2009 - Massive Swine Flu Vaccination Campaign Being Discussed - redOrbit - "According to officials, an unprecedented 600 million doses of swine flu vaccine may be given this fall even though officials have not yet developed a way to administer such a large number of shots."

* ►June 27, 2009 - More swine flu deaths 'a certainty' - An infectious disease expert says the swine flu vaccine will be available too late to help many of the people who are going to contract the virus. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

* ►June 27, 2009 - Three of family isolated with swine flu fears - The Times of India

►June 27, 2009 - Nursing grads to help Manitoba reserves in swine flu crisis - U of T program sending six students to hard-hit northern communities - The Toronto Star

►June 27, 2009 - Ontario hopes to bring lab testing of H1N1 virus in line with rest of country - Canadian Press via Google

►June 27, 2009 - It is Official Now: Swine flu is a Pandemic - Political Affairs Magazine

►June 27, 2009 - First W.African H1N1 flu cases in Ivory Coast - Reuters

►June 27, 2009 - Gateway Airport prepared for any swine flu assault - Arizona Republic

* ►June 27, 2009 - Child's wishes count, court says - But health-care desires can be overruled - Canwest News Service via National Post - "The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that mature children can legally refuse medical treatment, in a decision that instructed the nation's courts to take into account maturity level, the seriousness of the procedure and the best interests of the child. ... A. C.'s lawyer said that Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Yukon already permit capable persons of any age to decide their own medical treatment without state interference."

* ►June 27, 2009 - House legislation could delay Kansas bio-defense lab - AP via Kansas City Star

►June 27, 2009 - Vaccine Revolving Fund Expands - Pan American Health Organization via eMaxHealth.com

►June 27, 2009 - Sun Pharma's unit under US FDA scanner - NDTV.com

* ►June 27, 2009 - Bruce Ivins’ anthrax log, published on author Lew Weinstein’s CASE CLOSED blog, shows multiple shipments of virulent Ames anthrax in the months preceding the 2001 anthrax attacks - press release - Lewis M. Weinstein via Webwire

* ►June 27, 2009 - Hospital starts clinic for patients with chronic Lyme - South County Independent

►June 27, 2009 - Although Infection Rates Lower, Whites Not Immune, Experts Warn - HIV/AIDS spreads fastest when there is lack of awareness, doctors say. - The Ledger

►June 27, 2009 - Vaccine Shortage Update - Pediatrics Blog via http://pediatrics.about.com

►June 27, 2009 - The Harley family: How a family got through meningitis nightmare - The Mirror

►June 27, 2009 - Md. Doctor Who Discovered HIV Encourages Testing - WJZ.com

* ►June 27, 2009 - Obama urges HIV testing (includes video) - Chicago Sun-Times

►June 27, 2009 - HIV Sanctuary Cell Treatment Signals Possible Cure - Public Health Agency of Canada via eMaxHealth.com

* ►June 26, 2009 - Immunogenicity of GSKs' MMR Vaccine (209762) vs. M-M-R® II, When Given With Routine Vaccines at 12-15 Months of Age - Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline via clinicaltrials.gov

* ►June 26, 2009 - Pandemic Vaccine Preparedness—Have We Left Something Behind? - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►June 26, 2009 - Wyeth to up vax production in pandemic - Reuters via FierceBiotech

* ►June 26, 2009 - Conference at ASU projects swine flu's future - The Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX via Technology Marketing Corporation - "Also attending the conference is a local decision-maker: Dr. Bob England, Maricopa County's public health director. England said the conference is useful because the experts can learn ahead of time how changes in variables will affect this pandemic. For example, a presentation made Friday by a Yale University researcher detailed how the public might react to the availability of a vaccine. Some people would rush out for inoculations, yet others would decline it out of fear of side effects or concern over the vaccine's effectiveness."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Bill protecting first responders exposed to infectious diseases signed - StamfordPlus.com

►June 26, 2009 - The Structure of a Biologically Active Influenza Virus Ribonucleoprotein Complex - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►June 26, 2009 - Chromosome Abnormality Tied to Autistic Behavior in Mice - Finding could help advance autism research in humans - Cell via HealthDay News - "The duplicated chromosomal region in mice is the equivalent of human chromosome 15q11-13, which is duplicated in about 5 percent of all people with autism. It is believed that chromosomal abnormalities account for 10 to 20 percent of autism cases, according to a news release from the journal's publisher, Cell Press. So far, duplication of chromosome 15q11-13 is the only recurrent aberration connected to autism."

►June 26, 2009 - Virus and Host Determinants of West Nile Virus Pathogenesis - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►June 26, 2009 - Stage-Specific Inhibition of MHC Class I Presentation by the Epstein-Barr Virus BNLF2a Protein during Virus Lytic Cycle - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►June 26, 2009 - Ebola Zaire Virus Blocks Type I Interferon Production by Exploiting the Host SUMO Modification Machinery - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►June 26, 2009 - Epstein-Barr Virus Latency in B Cells Leads to Epigenetic Repression and CpG Methylation of the Tumour Suppressor Gene Bim - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►June 26, 2009 - Selective Processing and Metabolism of Disease-Causing Mutant Prion Proteins - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►June 26, 2009 - Risk of mad cow disease from farmed fish? - Reuters Health via Public Broadcasting.net

* ►June 26, 2009 - Vitamin D Testing: What the Government Giveth, It Taketh Away - Dark Daily - "Despite this high level of interest in Vitamin D, Medicare’s largest carrier has proposed restricting reimbursements to medical laboratories for routine Vitamin D testing. The Dark Report reported that Medicare contractor National Government Services (NGS) said it would cover Vitamin D testing only for patients with chronic kidney disease, osteomalacia, hypercalcemia, and rickets and NGS would deny other testing for Vitamin D. (See “Medicare Carrier Proposes No Pay for Vitamin D Test,” TDR, Feb. 23, 2009.)"

►June 26, 2009 - Implant Bacteria, Beware: Researchers Create Nano-sized Assassins - Staphylococcus epidermidis is quite an opportunist. Commonly found on human skin, the bacteria pose little danger. But S. epidermidis is a leading cause of infections in hospitals. From catheters to prosthetics, the bacteria are known to hitch a ride on a range of medical devices implanted into patients. - Brown University via ScienceDaily

►June 26, 2009 - Merck and Sanofi close to settling Merial deal (requires registration) - Financial Times

►June 26, 2009 - Psst! Want a Cure for H1N1? Swine Flu Scams - TIME Magazine

►June 26, 2009 - Big Pharma to donate swine flu vaccines - Pharmaceutical Technology Europe

►June 26, 2009 - US Considers Massive Swine Flu Vaccination Program - It could include up to 600 million doses of vaccine: report - HealthDay via Forbes

* ►June 26, 2009 - Human-to-swine A/H1N1 virus contagion in Argentine hog farm - Argentine health authorities have detected human-to-swine transmission of the A/H1N1 influenza virus in a farm in the province of Buenos Aires, it was officially reported Thursday. - MercoPress

* ►June 26, 2009 - States Should Plan for H1N1 Vaccinations as Numbers Rise More - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

* ►June 26, 2009 - Swine Flu Supplanting Seasonal Strains in Australia's Victoria - Bloomberg

* ►June 26, 2009 -  Seroquel, Zyprexa, and Geodon for Kids? You bet, says FDA panel - Epoch Times

* ►June 26, 2009 - Should or Should You NOT Vaccinate?! - One mom recently ranted, "Vaccinate Your Kids, You Idiots!" Ouch. Harsh words, but definitely a hot-button issue amongst the moms. Here's what members of our community had to say: - Momlogic.com

►June 26, 2009 - Main reason for native misery missed--bad responsibility - Calgary Herald - "UNICEF's report on the health of Canada's aboriginal children, the Canadian Supplement on the State of the World's Children, points fingers of blame in all the politically correct directions --the federal government, the lack of funding, the crowded housing, the colonial legacy, the residential schools, and so on."

►June 26, 2009 - HIV Testing Day Set for Saturday in US - Assessment helps people protect themselves and their partners, organizers say - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►June 26, 2009 - Clinics to tackle measles outbreak - Hartlepool Today, UK

* ►June 26, 2009 - Smell-Loss Drug Escaped FDA Review Under Homeopathic Label - Bloomberg

* ►June 26, 2009 - Elaine Shannon: Yale Scientists Discover How Exposure to BPA Causes Infertility - The Huffington Post

* ►June 26, 2009 - Vaccination history and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A population-based, case-control study - Source: Cancer Causes & Control, Jul 2009 - ProHealth.com

►June 26, 2009 - Inhoffe bi-partisan efforts to facilitate foreign adoptions - American Chronicle - "In addition to the FACE Act, Inhofe is an original co-sponsor on U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar´s (D-Minn.) S. 1376, a bill that will restore two adoption exemptions to immigration laws that were ended inadvertently when the U.S. began implementation of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption. The first exemption that S. 1376 restores allows U.S. parents adopting a foreign-born child to bring that child into the U.S. without the immunization record normally required of lawful immigrants, so long as they certify that the child will receive the necessary immunizations within 30 days of arrival. This is designed to prevent parents from having to subject their children to numerous (and often unsafe) immunizations in foreign nations, and to allow them to safely immunize their children in the U.S. The exemption was created by Congress in 1997."

►June 25, 2009 - ProPublica: Authorities Pose No Obstacle to Shady AIDS Charity - The Huffington Post

* ►June 25, 2009 - Notice: Pandemic Influenza Vaccines--Amendment - Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary via www.pharmcast.com

* ►June 25, 2009 - WHO says H1N1 virus is stable, not yet mutating - Reuters - "In prevention and reducing the risk of this infection there is of course a lot of attention given to antivirals and vaccines. But we must not forget there are what we call non pharmaceutical measures which are very effective," she said."

►June 25, 2009 - Issues in the Design of Clinical Trials of Antimycobacterial Drugs for Treatment of Tuberculosis; Public Workshop - FDA

* ►June 25, 2009 - HIV testing in U.S. often performed late - MMWR via Reuters Health

►June 25, 2009 - Remembering what to remember and what to forget - People with mild Alzheimer's have trouble focusing on what's most important - University of California - Los Angeles via EurekAlert!

►June 25, 2009 - Is Coffee Bad for You? Actually, Drinking Coffee May Be Good for You - Excess coffee consumption is bad for pregnant women, but it may benefit health in certain other groups - U.S. News & World Report

* ►June 24, 2009 - New research eases mercury worries - Bismark Tribune - "Nick Ralston, researcher at the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the university, said fish from North Dakota's streams and rivers were studied along with fish from 11 other states and found to contain high levels of selenium, a close cousin to mercury that not only negates the impact of mercury but is itself good for people."

►June 24, 2009 - VA releases $26 million for new equipment to help clean endoscopes - The Tennessean

►June 23, 2009 - Miami group charged in $100 mln Medicare fraud - Reuters

►June 23, 2009 - Mercury in Fish: Not So Scary After All - Consumer Freedom

►June 22, 2009 - Health Canada is Warning Canadians Not to Use Clean Testing HIV Home Test Kit, or Any Home HIV Test Kit - Health Canada

* ►June 22, 2009 - Infections go from people, pets, back - Reporter News

* ►June 22, 2009 - Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Experimental Study of Presentation of Quantitative Effectiveness Information to Consumers in Direct-to-Consumer Television and Print Advertisements for Prescription Drugs - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►June 21, 2009 - Hip-hop concert serves as lure for HIV screenings - Houston Chronicle

►June 19, 2009 - Vector Transmission of Leishmania Abrogates Vaccine-Induced Protective Immunity - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►June 19, 2009 - Innate Immune Sensing of Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) Is Mediated by TLR2-TLR6, MDA-5 and the NALP3 Inflammasome - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

* ►June 18, 2009 - Malaria vaccine trials put researchers to the test - Scientists must overcome local suspicions and difficult conditions to conduct the largest, most advanced experiment yet - The Globe and Mail - "The chiefs in the Kenyan coastal district of Kilifi called people to meetings recently and asked them to co-operate with the researchers who would be arriving along the pocked road to launch a malaria-vaccine trial. The mothers told their chiefs that they would participate, if asked. But, among themselves, they worried."

* ►June 17, 2009 - Kiddie Kollege parents: Assurances turn to doubts - Philadelphia Inquirer

►June 17, 2009 - Antigenics’ QS-21 Adjuvant Enters Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial of GlaxoSmithKline’s Malaria Vaccine - Antigenics - "Antigenics Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) today announced that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has launched a Phase 3 study with the world’s most clinically-advanced malaria vaccine, RTS,S, which contains Antigenics’ QS-21 Stimulon® adjuvant."

►June 17, 2009 - Here Come the Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccinations - Line Up Your Kids - Lew Rockwell Blog

►June 16, 2009 - AP Interview: Kids may get swine flu shots first - AP via Google

►June 15, 2009 - Baxter Advances To Full-Scale Production Of A/H1N1 Vaccine - Medical News Today

►June 14, 2009 - Swine Flu Origins Revealed - A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak. - University of Oxford via ScienceDaily

►June 13, 2009 - Do you want a vaccine with that? Stanford runs drive-through doctor experiment - San Jose Mercury News

►June 12, 2009 - Enrollment resumes for CHD chelation-therapy trial - TheHeart.org

►June 12, 2009 - FDA Trying to Censor Claims of Omega-3 Oils by Prohibiting Legal Content Claim - NaturalNews.com

►June 12, 2009 - Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Structure Predicts Serotype Prevalence - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►June 12, 2009 - Zinc Coordination Is Required for and Regulates Transcription Activation by Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 - journal article (PLoS Pathogens)

►June 11, 2009 - Researchers say H1N1 virus jumped to humans months ago - CIDRAP News

►June 8, 2009 - Washing Hands Properly Helps Stop Spread Of Contagious Diseases - We all know that coughs and sneezes spread diseases – and that we should wash our hands to prevent passing on nasty viruses and bacteria. But how many of us just flick our hands under a dribbling tap and think that will do? Now hopeless hand washers will be caught – not red-handed, but with glowing green fingers, by the Society for General Microbiology’s (SGM) good hand washing test. - Society for General Microbiology, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

►April 14, 2009 - Mothers Act Fuels Multibillion Dollar Industry - Part 3 of 3 - Lawyers and Settlements

* ►Heavy Metal Toxicity in Autism Boyd Haley, PhD. -  video - Foundation for Autism Information and Research F.A.I.R. Autism Media - "In this interview, Dr. Haley discusses heavy metal toxicity and the chemistry of oxidative stress, as well as a new supplement he developed, called "OSR", to treat toxicity and oxidative stress. This interview was filmed in May, 2009 at the Autism One conference."

* ►The Vaccine-Autism Connection Stephanie Arnold -  video - Foundation for Autism Information and Research F.A.I.R. Autism Media - "Stephanie Arnold is an elementary art teacher in Howard county, Maryland. In this interview, Miss Arnold describes how in college, at the age of 21, she received a meningitis vaccine and suffered a devastating reaction. Many of her symptoms mirrored that of regressive autism, and in fact she did at one point receive a diagnosis of "adult onset autism." Miss Arnold recovered with the help of a detox and supplementation program designed by Mary Megson, MD, but still suffers from some lingering sensory issues and other symptoms unless she is diligent with her supplementation protocol. This interview was filmed at the Autism One conference in Chicago in May, 2009."

* ►The Immune System & Autism Aristo Vojdani, PhD., M.T. -  video - Foundation for Autism Information and Research F.A.I.R. Autism Media

►July 5, 2009 - Mark Patinkin: Boy who once faced death still seizing life with a passion - The Providence Journal - "At age 6, 12 years ago this very week, Andrew began to feel ill one night with one of the most aggressive of all illnesses — bacterial meningitis."

►July 2009 - Neonatal tetanus in the babies of Nigerian mothers immunised against Tetanus - journal article (Tropical Doctor)

►July 2009 - Herpes Simplex Type-2 Meningitis: Presentation and Lack of Standardized Therapy - journal article (The American Journal of Medicine)

* ►July 2009 - New insights into the regulation of T cells by c family cytokines - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology) - "This knowledge potentially allows for the therapeutic manipulation of immune responses for the treatment of cancer, autoimmunity, allergic diseases and immunodeficiency, as well as for vaccine development."

►July 2009 - MHC class I antigen presentation: learning from viral evasion strategies - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

►July 2009 - Signalling through C-type lectin receptors: shaping immune responses - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

* ►July 2009 - RNASET2-deficient cystic leukoencephalopathy resembles congenital cytomegalovirus brain infection - journal article (Nature Genetics)

* ►July 2009 - Meta-analysis of genome scans and replication identify CD6, IRF8 and TNFRSF1A as new multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci - journal article (Nature Genetics)

►July 2009 - Mutations involved in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome implicate SAMHD1 as regulator of the innate immune response - journal article (Nature Genetics)

►July 2009 - Kif1b is essential for mRNA localization in oligodendrocytes and development of myelinated axons - journal article (Nature Genetics)

►July 2009 - Cracking the BAFF code - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

►July 2009 - Neurological comorbidity and epilepsy: implications for treatment. - journal article (Acta Neurologica Scandinavica)

►July 2009 - Reducing RSV hospitalizations • AAP modifies recommendations for use of palivizumab in high-risk infants, young children (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Strained resources • Chaos in EDs and pediatric offices during early weeks of H1N1 outbreak provides lessons (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - CDC reinstates Hib booster dose due to improving supply (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Use new policy to assess your competencies in providing mental health care for youths (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Rash approach • Symptoms key to diagnosis of tickborne diseases (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Predictive values of blood tests to diagnose LTBI have not been established in children (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - RSV more common in U.S. children than thought (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - When to discharge children hospitalized with pertussis (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Dilute bleach baths may ease eczema symptoms in children (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Concerns abound over genetic tests available to consumers (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Children at risk from secondary exposure to topical testosterone (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Immunization Update 2009 (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Immunization business online CME (requires subscription) - AAP News

►July 2009 - Bug off: Avoid tickborne diseases with these savvy strategies - AAP News

►June 28, 2009 - Travel Q & A: China's Quarantine Policy and Alameda, Calif. (requires registration) - Washington Post - "Chinese officials will indeed quarantine an entire planeload of people if even one person on board has a fever or otherwise exhibits symptoms of H1N1 influenza, which was recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization."

►June 27 - July 3, 2009 - Mykola Prodanchuk: Investigation has no claims to vaccine (There are no claims to vaccine at the investigation) - Zerkalo Nedeli - "On Wednesday, while adjudicating the claim about admission of illegality of criminal case institution against Mykola Prodanchuk, the director of the Medved’s Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology, the former chief sanitary officer of Ukraine, at the Pechersk Court, the representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office confessed the Indian measles and rubella vaccine was of good quality. Thus, this is the first legal dot in one of the most publicized “anti-vaccine” cases in Ukraine."

►June 27, 2009 - Bivalent polio vaccine soon - Indian Express - "After being recommended by the India Expert Advisory group (IEAG) on polio eradication in a meeting held on Thursday, India will soon start using 'bivalent' polio vaccines to combat both P1 and P3 viruses. Trials have already been conducted on the new vaccine, which is likely to be introduced this year."

* ►June 27, 2009 - Case shines light on Merck - Warren Back received his instructions by telephone at 5.30pm on September 29, 2004, sitting in his nondescript hotel room in the US city of Philadelphia. He was told to collect a series of envelopes and distribute them to his international colleagues who had already gathered in the hotel for a conference, and keep one for himself. - The Australian, with The Wall Street Journal

* ►June 27, 2009 - New H1N1 flu not going away, US health agency says - Reuters India - ""We want states to be ready to offer and administer this novel vaccine," she said, focusing especially on how to reach younger people, pregnant women and people with underlying health conditions like asthma and diabetes that put them at higher risk. At a three-day meeting in Atlanta of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC researchers said one vaccination scenario could include as many as 600 million doses."

* ►June 27, 2009 - U.S. Cases of New Flu Hit a High This Week - Wall Street Journal - "Flu officials at the CDC and WHO are carefully monitoring large outbreaks in Australia, Argentina and Chile to see whether the virus becomes more virulent or develops resistance to antiviral drugs. ... Despite digging into their swine-flu collections in lab freezers, 'no one has been able to find the predecessor' to this particular virus, Dr. Cox said. Better surveillance of pig populations is needed to track the evolution of swine flu viruses, she said."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Growing Divide Among Courts On Vaccines - CBS Investigates: Federal Court Decides Boy Vaccinated At 8 Weeks Eligible For Compensation - CBS News - "The National Law Journal recently reported on a DPT (diphtheria, whole-cell pertussis, tetanus) vaccine case that was reversed on appeal, reports CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson. The Federal Circuit Court decided that a boy vaccinated at 8 weeks is entitled to compensation, after all. According to the claim, the vaccination caused a seizure disorder that led to the child, Enrique Andreu, developing a low IQ and language and developmental delays. The Appeals Court (Federal Circuit Court) decided the Special Master (Judge) in the original decision 'erroneously… determined that the testimony of Petitioner's physicians was insufficient to establish ‘a logical sequence of cause and effect’ leading to Petitioner's vaccine-related injury; and (erroneously) imposed upon Petitioner an elevated evidentiary burden, requiring conclusive proof in the medical literature linking Petitioner's symptoms to the vaccine at issue.'"

* ►June 26, 2009 - Federal Circuit Reverses Denial of Vaccine Injury Claim - The National Law Journal via Law.com - "The decision affirms that the special master can't require too high of a burden of proof from plaintiffs because it's a remedial compensation program, said Cliff Shoemaker of Vienna, Va.-based Shoemaker & Associates, who represented the injured party who appealed to the Federal Circuit. 'It's a no-fault compensation program designed to compensate people injured by vaccines,' he said. 'But it's a very adversarial and litigious [process involving] complex litigation. It's not what Congress intended.'  The Justice Department represented the Health and Human Services secretary in the case, and spokesman Charles Miller said the agency declined to comment. The special masters are very protective of vaccines and 'require too much science to prove a case,' said vaccine lawyer Kevin Conway of Boston-based Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Vaccine Case Pits Federal Circuit Against Federal Claims Court - AM Law Litigation Daily via Law.com - "A string of setbacks for plaintiffs who claim that vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, cause autism, led us to conclude in several recent posts that drug manufactures are winning this fight. But as the National Law Journal reported Friday, plaintiffs may have found a friend in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On June 18, the court reversed a decision by a special master of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to deny Enrique Andreu, a developmentally-disabled boy, compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The reversal 'highlights the widening gulf between the Federal Circuit and the Federal Claims Court on vaccine cases,' according to the NLJ."

* ►United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2008-5184 - ENRIQUE M. ANDREU a minor child, by his parents and natural guardians, ENRIQUE C. ANDREU and SONIA C. ANDREU, Petitioners-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent-Appellee. (pdf) - http://amlawdaily.typepad.com

* ►June 26, 2009 - AMA Rejects Call for More Research on Vaccine Link to Autism, Reaffirms Immunization Policies - AAFP News Now - "There's no need for more research into a possible link between vaccines and autism. But there is a continuing need for support of ongoing research into the true etiology of autism and its treatment. And physicians should continue to take a lead role in extolling the benefits of vaccines to health policymakers and the public. Those were among the messages recently sent by the AMA House of Delegates, which met June 13-17 in Chicago."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Arkansas State Health Department: Mandatory Vaccines Are Constitutional - Legal council tells concerned caller that American citizens must accept enforced shot in event of mass swine flu vaccination program - PrisonPlanet.com - "During the phone conversation, the legal council discusses the potential of a future mandatory swine flu vaccination program and states, 'That’s constitutional, there’s no doubt about it….mandatory vaccinations are legal under the Supreme Court….absolutely.'  The caller responds, 'I’m an American and I have a legal right to make my own decision whether or not someone sticks a needle in me,' to which the legal council responds, 'That’s not true….no.' 'As a lawyer you believe that I don’t have the right to deny a vaccination,' asks the caller, to which the legal council responds, 'Absolutely….I don’t know why you have a problem with that….mandatory vaccines are constitutional,' adding that it doesn’t matter about personal or religious objections. ... The legal council at the Arkansas State Health Department cites the 1905 Supreme Court case of Jacobson v Massachusetts to argue that governments can force citizens to take vaccines."

* ►June 26, 2009 - The flu shot: a brief review of anti-influenza vaccinations, by Sherri Tenpenny, D.O. - Generation Rescue

* ►June 26, 2009 - Health Officials: Swine Flu May Have Infected 1 Million in U.S. - AP via The Ledger - "Lyn Finelli, a flu surveillance official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made the 1 million estimate in a presentation to the vaccine panel. The number is from mathematical modeling, based on surveys by health officials. Regular seasonal flu sickens anywhere from 15 million to 60 million Americans each year. The United States has roughly half the world's swine flu cases, with nearly 28,000 reported to the CDC so far. The U.S. count includes 3,065 hospitalizations and 127 deaths. The percentage of cases hospitalized has been growing, but that may be because of closer scrutiny of very sick patients. It takes about three days from the time symptoms appear to hospitalization, Finelli said, and the average hospital stay has been three days."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Swine Flu’s Multi-Shot Vaccine May Overwhelm State-Run Clinics - Bloomberg - "Two injections will be required three weeks apart for swine flu, also known as H1N1, and a third will be needed for seasonal flu, health officials said at a meeting today at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta. Children younger than 9 years will need four shots, the CDC said. ... The agency estimates that at least 50 million vaccine doses will be available in the U.S. by October 15, and enough vaccine to immunize everyone in the country will be available later in the season."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Flu shot data points to swine flu challenge: Young adults don't get flu shots - Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada - "Just under a third of Canadians aged 12 and older got a flu shot last year, Statistics Canada reported Friday in data drawn from the Canadian Community Health Survey, an annual effort to collect health information on a broad cross section of Canadians."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Tall hurdles in race for a swine-flu vaccine - Authorities will demand thorough testing after spike in Guillain Barré syndrome seen in the 1970s (requires registration) - Canadian Press via Globe and Mail - "It is believed Canada will purchase adjuvanted vaccine. But what testing it will require to assure itself of the product's safety isn't currently known. The Canadian Press has been asking for weeks for an interview with David Butler-Jones, head of the Public Health Agency of Canada, to discuss issues related to the country's pandemic vaccine contract. Permission for an interview has not been granted by the Prime Minister's office. However, Health Canada, which regulates vaccines, provided by e-mail some information on what will be expected from manufacturers to license an H1N1 vaccine. It said companies will be required to submit immunogenicity data – results of clinical trials that show whether the vaccine elicits a sufficiently strong immune response. And vaccine manufacturers are being asked to submit plans for how they will conduct surveillance for adverse events once their vaccines are in wide use."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Swine flu cases soar in England - The number of confirmed swine flu cases in England has jumped by nearly 20% in a single day, latest figures show. - BBC - "Sir Liam said on Thursday that the UK was likely to receive its first batches of swine flu vaccine in August, rather than in the autumn as first expected. The government has contracts with two manufacturers for 132m doses - enough for the whole population."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Swine Flu Cases in the U.S. Pass a Million, Officials Say (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►June 26, 2009 - Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses - AP via Forbes

* ►June 26, 2009 - Influenza A(H1N1) - update 54 - Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005) - World Health Organization

* ►June 26, 2009 - Novel H1N1 Flu Situation Update - CDC

* ►June 26, 2009 -  Radiant Research, Inc. Prepares for Upcoming H1N1 Vaccine Trials - press release - Radiant Research, Inc. via Business Wire via Earth Times - "'Our research sites are ideal for this type of clinical trial,' said Julie McHugh, Vice President of Late Phase Clinical Research, Radiant Research, Inc. 'We have conducted over 200 vaccine trials and enrolled thousands of subjects into these trials in the past five years. We know how to enroll these trials quickly and efficiently, and we enforce the standards that ensure quality data collection.' 'We have over a million subjects in our database and they are both familiar with the research process and very interested in this type of trial,' said Michael Kritschgau, Vice President of Radiant Recruitment."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Swine Flu Vaccine: The Race is On - Massive Vaccine Effort Takes Shape as Swine Flu Pandemic Sweeps Globe - WebMD - "The biggest question -- whether to go ahead and try to vaccinate all 300 million U.S. residents -- won't be answered until the last minute. If the answer is 'yes,' it will mean a gargantuan effort. That effort already is well under way, a series of experts reported at this week's meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Vaccination Practices (ACIP)."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Two more Chicagoans dead from swine flu - AP via Chicago Sun-Times

* ►June 26, 2009 - CDC: Flu activity picks up pace, hits summer camps - CIDRAP News

►June 26, 2009 - Swine flu incidents among aboriginals a major concern: PM - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

►June 26, 2009 - Officials confirm 2nd NC death tied to swine flu - AP via Rocky Mount Telegram

►June 26, 2009 - U.S. H1N1 flu cases jump by 6,200 in a week - Phoenix Business Journal

►June 26, 2009 - Factbox-Worldwide spread of flu outbreak - Reuters

►June 26, 2009 - Many Adults With Asthma Are Skipping Flu Shots - Condition raises risk of complications, CDC researchers note - HealthDay via Forbes

►June 26, 2009 - Australia suffers fourth A/H1N1 flu death - Xinhua via China View

►June 26, 2009 - Swine flu numbers rise 500 in one day - The Times, UK

►June 26, 2009 - Two more H1N1 flu cases reported at Fort Gordon - Augusta Chronicle

►June 26, 2009 - Steven Hill: Don't Want Swine Flu with Lunch? Then Offer Paid Sick Leave - The Huffington Post

►June 26, 2009 - UCSF Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Issues Campuswide H1N1 Flu Update - The University of California, San Francisco

* ►June 26, 2009 - Sanofi Eats Merck's Vaccine Business for Lunch; Hopes Pinned on "Gardasil for Boys" - BNET Pharma Blog

* ►June 26, 2009 - Genome-Wide Analyses of Exonic Copy Number Variants in a Family-Based Study Point to Novel Autism Susceptibility Genes - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

* ►June 26, 2009 - DOH: 536 recover from flu - The Philippine Star

* ►June 26, 2009 - China turns out first batch of antiviral drug for A/H1N1 flu - Xinhua

►June 26, 2009 - FDA Drug Safety Newsletter - Volume 2, Number 2, 2009 - FDA

* ►June 26, 2009 - Implant bacteria, beware: Researchers create nano-sized assassins - Staphylococcus epidermidis is quite an opportunist. Commonly found on human skin, the bacteria pose little danger. But S. epidermidis is a leading cause of infections in hospitals. From catheters to prosthetics, the bacteria are known to hitch a ride on a range of medical devices implanted into patients. - Brown University via Physorg

* ►June 26, 2009 - The Real Reason Big Pharma Mergers Are Wise - It has nothing to do with coming up with new products. - Forbes

►June 26, 2009 - Telomere Recombination Accelerates Cellular Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae - journal article (PLoS Genetics)

►June 26, 2009 - FDA Announces Three Public Workshops On The Reportable Food Registry - FDA

►June 26, 2009 - Seizures – what are they? - The Maine Edge

►June 26, 2009 - Novartis wins Japanese approval for generic biotech drug - datamonitor.com via Trading Markets

►June 26, 2009 - Drug Firms' Medical Staffs Say What Salespeople Can't (free preview) - Wall Street Journal

►June 26, 2009 - Genetic Fingerprinting - PFGE and MLVA - Scientists Expand Testing Methodology to Distinguish Cookie Dough E. coli Illness Cases - Food Poison Journal

* ►June 26, 2009 - Nestlé Said No to FDA Inspectors in Past - Wall Street Journal Health Blog

* ►June 26, 2009 - NIAID Seeks Biodefense Dx for Viruses - GenomeWeb News - "The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will give out $7.3 million in grants in 2010 to develop new biodefense diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, including rapid tools for identifying viral infections."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Michael Jackson's Death Renews Attention on Prescription Drugs - Poynter.org

* ►June 26, 2009 - Government of Canada Launches Child Immunization Campaign - press release -  Public Health Agency of Canada via Marketwire via Earth Times

* ►June 26, 2009 - Wyeth may speed pneumococcal vaccine output - Reuters

* ►June 26, 2009 - New non-universal immunization plan requires upfront payment - Twin Falls Times-News - "School registration fees may seem like a far off nuisance, but associated health care fees may require immediate planning. After funding for the Idaho Immunization Program, sponsored by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, saw a $3 million cut in the recent legislative session, universal childhood immunization in Idaho is no longer a reality. ... According to Klumm, in 1999 immunizations from birth until age 18 cost approximately $184. Now because of increases in the number and prices of vaccines that cost averages about $1,300. This could mean people may pick and choose some immunizations over others which 'could be very scary times,' said Klumm."

►June 26, 2009 - Promising vaccine for advanced melanoma - Examiner.com

►June 26, 2009 - Genzyme drugs could be rationed for longer (requires registration) - Boston Globe - "Production at Genzyme’s Allston Landing site was halted two weeks ago after a virus was detected in a bioreactor used to make the drugs, Cerezyme and Fabrazyme."

►June 26, 2009 - Sun Falls in Mumbai After U.S. Seizes Drugs of Unit - Bloomberg - "Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the nation’s most valuable drugmaker, fell in Mumbai trading after the U.S. drug regulator confiscated generic medicines made by its unit Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Drug enhances power of vaccines - A common immunosuppressive drug may have the ability to boost the power of vaccines, research suggests. - BBC

* ►June 26, 2009 - Top Health Care Companies Spent More Than Half Million On Congressional Trips - The Huffington Post - "A review of hundreds of public documents by the Huffington Post shows that from 2000 through 2008 the top 20 most active companies in these fields sponsored 192 trips worth more than $380,000 for dozens of politicians and staff. The list of those companies -- as determined by campaign contributions in the last election cycle -- include industry giants such as Pfizer, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, and Merck & Co."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Roche Pulls Accutane Off Market After Jury Verdicts - Bloomberg - "Roche Holding AG, the world’s biggest maker of cancer drugs, is pulling its Accutane acne medicine from the U.S. market after juries awarded at least $33 million in damages to users who blamed the drug for bowel disease."

►June 26, 2009 - Immucor: FDA could pull manufacturing license - AP via Forbes - "Immucor Inc., which makes products used in blood transfusions, said Friday the Food and Drug Administration intends to revoke the company's biologics manufacturing license, citing a January inspection."

►June 26, 2009 - DHS Defends Selection of Kansas Site for NBAF, Says Construction Will Begin November 2010 (requires registration) - GenomeWeb BioRegion News

►June 26, 2009 - Autism, Music, Mozart and more: Reiterated in Nova's 'Musical Minds' - Examiner.com

►June 26, 2009 - Criticism of rethinking autism - Examiner.com

►June 26, 2009 - Autism is a 'different' world - Cleveland Daily Banner

►June 26, 2009 - More kids with autism, less money to help them - The Fresno Bee

►June 26, 2009 - Autism Environmental After All? - Age of Autism

* ►June 26, 2009 - Toxic Toys... Not Child's Play! - By Lisa Hunter Ryden - Age of Autism

* ►June 26, 2009 - Dr. Andrew Moulden: Answers to Autism and Vaccine Damage (includes videos) - VacTruth

* ►June 26, 2009 - FDA to reassess toxin in cans, plastic - San Francisco Business Times

* ►June 26, 2009 - CDC joins search for boys seen with rabid bat in Fort Myers Beach - The News-Press

* ►June 26, 2009 - Rabies deadline passes for boys who played with bat - The News-Press - "The chance of effectively vaccinating three boys who may have rabies is beginning to plummet. Lee County Health Department officials have been frantically searching for three boys who may have handled a rabid bat 11 days ago near the pier on Fort Myers Beach. Within two hours of issuing a bulletin searching for a group of five boys believed to be between ages 10 and 12, two of the boys were located. The two boys began a series of six rabies vaccination shots Monday."

►June 26, 2009 - Polio making a troubling comeback in Nigeria - The Nigerian strain identified as far as Yemen and Indonesia - Panafrica

►June 26, 2009 - Free vaccine to avert pneumonia deaths on way - Daily Nation, Kenya

►June 26, 2009 - Commentary: Simple HIV test can save lives - CNN

►June 25, 2009 - H1N1 Vaccine Maker (100,000 Doses Made) Saved From Bankruptcy With US Government Dollars - Daily Kos

* ►June 25, 2009 - Swine Flu Dominates in U.S. Where 98% Test Positive - Bloomberg

►June 25, 2009 - Mexico, Chile urge more access to swine flu vaccine - AFP via Yahoo!

* ►June 25, 2009 - Scientists unveil vaccination patch - Taipei Times - "Those who tremble at the sight of a needle may one day be able to receive immunizations via a DNA vaccine patch. Funded by the National Science Council (NSC), the patches have been jointly developed by scientists from National Taiwan Ocean University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Academic Sinica’s Genomics Research Center."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Experts see bad, but not disastrous, flu season ahead - Pandemic. The word alone evokes images of societal chaos. But is that what we're really in for this fall, when the world faces its first official pandemic flu season since 1968? - Physorg.com - "Those who dismiss the H1N1 bug, also known as swine flu, as a hoax like to point out the death rate, so far, has been extremely low. Seasonal influenza generally kills about 36,000 Americans a year, while the H1N1 virus has only resulted in 87 confirmed deaths, as of June 24. But those numbers are misleading, health experts say. They point out that the official death count includes only victims whose diagnoses were confirmed by a special laboratory test. The actual number of infections is believed to be far higher, and should continue to climb as the virus gains traction."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Pandemic reveals strengths of new flu database - CIDRAP News

* ►June 25, 2009 - Hib booster reinstated for 12-15-month-olds - pediatric supersite

* ►June 25, 2009 - WHO chief says H1N1 virus is stable - Reuters

►June 25, 2009 - Severe Human Influenza Infections in Thailand: Oseltamivir Treatment and Risk Factors for Fatal Outcome - journal article (PLoS One)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Fake credentials in nanomed leader (requires registration) - The Scientist - "Experts in nanomedicine are questioning the credentials of a researcher who has portrayed himself as an expert in the fledgling field, even starting a professional society and procuring a post as editor of the journal Nanomedicine."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Citation amnesia: The results (requires registration) - The Scientist - "Citing past scientific work in present-day research papers can be a slippery business. Contributions from competing labs can be glossed over, pertinent studies accidentally left out, or similar research not mentioned in an attempt to give the study at hand a sheen of novelty."

►June 25, 2009 - Notice of Intent to Revoke (NOIR) Letter: Immucor, Inc. - FDA

►June 25, 2009 - Op-Ed Contributor: Shifting America from sick care to genuine wellness - Yahoo!

* ►June 25, 2009 - School-based health center to open in August - Hillcrest facility will provide free medical care to those who need it - Gazette.Net - "From general checkups to basic lab tests, doctor referrals and immunizations, the school-based health center will provide free basic medical care for uninsured and underinsured Hillcrest Elementary students, as well as those in the school's Head Start, Even Start and Judy Center programs. It would also be an easily accessible option for students with state-subsidized health insurance who typically struggle to find a doctor who accepts that kind of health plan, Williams said."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Don't Endanger Your Life: New Study Reveals the Vitamin You Can't Ignore - journal article (Alternative Health Journal) - "Vitamin B12 deficiencies do not just occur because of a lack of eating animal products. There are other reasons why someone can become vitamin B12 deficient. These include being over the age of 50, using anti-ulcer medications or antacids, using Metformin, use of medications to treat cancer, Parkinson’s and gout, birth control pills, cholesterol lowering drugs, antibiotics and anti-convulsants."

►June 25, 2009 - Do FDA Regulations Preempt Consumer Fraud Class Actions? - The AM Law Daily

►June 25, 2009 - UC Davis Grant Zeroes In On Novel Asthma Diagnosis, Treatment - University of California, Davis via Medical News Today

►June 25, 2009 - EMEA Recommends Withdrawal of Dextropropoxyphene-Containing Medicines - European Medicine Agency via Doctor's Guide

►June 25, 2009 - Merck takes aim at neglected tropical diseases - Pharmafocus

* ►June 25, 2009 - Just how friendly are those probiotics in your food? - Chicago Tribune

* ►June 24, 2009 - Immunity requirements for HCW MMR vaccination revised - pediatric supersite

* ►June 24, 2009 - Small U.S. company awarded grant for H1N1 vaccine production - examiner.com

* ►June 24, 2009 - Swine flu still a concern in the U.S. - Daily Herald

* ►June 24, 2009 - Indonesia Finds Swine Flu Virus After Exporting Cases - Bloomberg

►June 24, 2009 - Former Managing Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy to Defraud Health Insurers (pdf) - United States Department of Justice

►June 24, 2009 - A Trivalent Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Elicits Protective Immune Responses against Seasonal Influenza Strains in Mice and Ferrets - journal article (PLoS One)

* ►June 24, 2009 - Ask Dr. Weil : Monitor toxins that body burden tests measure - The Arizona Daily Star - "Some experts blame the body burden of industrial toxins for rising rates of asthma, childhood cancers, birth defects and developmental disorders. There is no conclusive evidence for this, but the coincidence is indeed worrisome. Kids have greater exposure to environmental toxins than adults because, pound for pound, they eat more and breathe more air than the average adult."

►June 24, 2009 - Chile's President Urges a Collective Response to A (H1N1) Pandemic - Michelle Bachelet says international cooperation, not protectionism, is key to an effective response - WHO via PAHO

►June 24, 2009 - Lancet Infectious Diseases examines spread of XDR-TB - The journal Lancet Infectious Diseases examines the worldwide spread of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). Currently, about 500,000 of the 9 million new cases of TB that are identified each year are strains of XDR-TB. "Drug resistance is largely man-made - it is vitally important to review antibiotic treatment strategies and to ensure the Stop TB Strategy is fully applied to prevent further selection of drug-resistant mutants," Leonard Amaral of Universidade Nova de Lisboa said. - The Lancet Infectious Diseases via News-Medical.Net

►June 24, 2009 - Canada free of avian flu that plagued B.C farms, says food inspection agency - 570 News All News Radio

►June 24, 2009 - Neuron-Specific Regulation of Associative Learning and Memory by MAGI-1 in C. elegans - journal article (PLoS One)

►June 24, 2009 - Trends in broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for children with acute otitis media in the United States, 1998-2004 (pdf) - journal article (BMC Pediatrics)

►June 24, 2009 - Severe RSV Infection and Asthma - Results from a twin study suggest that severe RSV infection does not cause asthma, but rather indicates a genetic predisposition to asthma. - journal article (Journal Watch Infectious Diseases)

* ►June 24, 2009 - Processed food and refined grains linked to chronic diseases - Author says rise of processed foods and refined grains are among changes that have ruined our diets - The Vancouver Sun

* ►June 24, 2009 - Lack Of Happiness Hormone Serotonin In The Brain Causes Impaired Maternal Behavior In Mice - Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres via Biocompare

►June 24, 2009 - Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) in Italy (pdf) - journal article (Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials)

►June 24, 2009 - Irritability should be considered when diagnosing bipolar disorder in children - Lifespan via EurekAlert!

►June 24, 2009 - Healing spring allergies - Richmond Review

►June 24, 2009 - Conatus Pharmaceuticals Initiates Second Phase-II Hepatitis Trial - CTS-1027 is an oral, small molecule compound that inhibits the activity of matrix metalloproteinases - Pharmaceutical Business Review

►June 24, 2009 - Resident wins Emmy for documentary on polio era - Among highlights is last person using iron lung - Explore Baltimore County

►June 24, 2009 - Mia: My son inspires polio battle - This is Bristol, UK

►June 24, 2009 - Disease prevention often costs more than it saves - AP via Yahoo!

►June 23, 2009 - Two young people set 'shining example' in polio fight - Rotary International

►June 23, 2009 - Can Lupus Flares be Associated with Tuberculosis Infection? - journal article (Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology)

* ►June 22, 2009 - Four doctor-recommended tips for avoiding H1N1 - Creston News Advertiser

►June 22, 2009 - H1N1 Virus Infections Among Healthcare Personnel - Infection Control Today

►June 22, 2009 - Drive against polio in 64 high risk districts begins today - Islamabad: Over 21 million children will be given an extra dose of the polio vaccine in 64 districts across the country, which have been declared high-risk for the polio virus infection, in a campaign beginning from Monday. - Pakistan Dawn

►June 19, 2009 - Neuroborreliosis. - journal article (Der Nervenarzt)

►June 18, 2009 - June 18, 1981: Vaccine Puts Best Foot-and-Mouth Forward - This Day In Tech via Wired.com - "1981: The U.S. government announces a new vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease. It’s welcomed by farmers, but would likely have become a historical footnote were it not for a technological caveat: The vaccine is genetically engineered."

►June 17, 2009 - West Chester firm hit for unlawful clinical trials - Philadelphia Daily News via Philly.com

►June 17, 2009 - Clinical features of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in prepubertal and pubertal patients with idiopathic epilepsy. - journal article (Neurological Sciences)

►June 15, 2009 - Global Vaccine Initiative Wins Support From Italian, Canadian, Russian Finance Ministers - Kaiser Global Health

►June 13, 2009 - Developing vaccines to battle new viruses - Commercial-News - "'Right now we’re still doing clinical trials in the U.S.,' said Chrisopher Bona, a spokesman for Baxter, based in Deerfield. He said the company is hoping for U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration approval in time to produce vaccine for the current Swine Flu strain. The process, being worked on by other pharmaceutical companies as well, eliminates the use of eggs entirely and allows researchers to simply take genes from a flu virus and inject them in proper levels into a human to develop resistance. It is considered a form of gene therapy. ... Bona said Baxter was well into the vaccine-making process when the pandemic was announced. They have since ratcheted up their efforts to have an approved system for H1N1 in place as quickly as possible."

►June 12, 2009 - Active Dendrites Enhance Neuronal Dynamic Range - journal article (PLoS Computational Biology)

►June 12, 2009 - Modeling the Impact of Lesions in the Human Brain - journal article (PLoS Computational Biology)

►June 9, 2009 - Activity of lysosomal exoglycosidases in serum and synovial fluid in patients with chronic Lyme and rheumatoid arthritis - journal article (Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►June 1, 2009 - Autism--an environmental health issue after all? - National Environmental Health Association via The Free Library

* ►June 2009 - Personality characteristics of adults with autism spectrum disorders or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with and without substance use disorders. - journal article (The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)

►June 2009 - Cranial nerves palsy as an initial feature of an early onset distal hereditary motor neuropathy – A new distal hereditary motor neuropathy phenotype - journal article (Neuromuscular Disorders)

* ►June 2009 - Antigen-Induced Expression of CD203c on Basophils Predicts IgE-mediated Wheat Allergy (free full text) - journal article (Allergology International)

►June 2009 - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays with High Sensitivity for Antigen-Specific and Total Murine IgE: A Useful Tool for the Study of Allergies in Mouse Models (free full text) - journal article (Allergology International)

* ►May 19, 2009 - 'Vaccine Bar' May Be a Shot in the Arm for Small Firm - The firm of 'A Civil Action' fame takes on vaccination injury cases - The National Law Journal via Law.com - "Five-lawyer Boston law firm Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan has transformed itself from the products liability firm that housed Jan Schlichtmann's toxic tort case immortalized in the movie "A Civil Action " into a prominent plaintiffs firm in the vaccine bar.  But it hasn't been an easy ride. Name partner Kevin Conway, and other lawyers specializing in vaccine cases filed as part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, say the program's fee rules make it hard for vaccine lawyers to stay solvent."

►May 2009 - Transcutaneous immunization by lipoplex-patch based DNA vaccines is effective vaccination against Japanese encephalitis virus infection - journal article (Journal of Controlled Release)

►May 2009 - Ian's Voice Newsletter (pdf) - Ian's Voice

►April 9, 2009 - Hidden Malpractice Dangers in EMRs (requires registration) - Medscape Pediatrics

►April 2009 - Ian's Voice Newsletter (pdf) - Ian's Voice

* ►June 26, 2009 - Uganda: Man Gets Two Years for Sabotaging Immunisation - The Monitor via AllAfrica.com - "A 44-year-old man, who openly de-campaigned the just concluded mass measles and polio immunisation exercise, was on Wednesday sentenced to two years in jail by Kamwenge Grade Two Magistrate's Court. Mr Timothy Kanyesigye, a resident of Nkoma Parish, Nkoma Sub-county in Kamwenge District, was found guilty of locking up his two children on June 8, blocking them from being taken for immunisation, claiming his religion prohibits him from seeking medical care."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Travellers to exotic destinations risking their health foregoing jabs and advice - Daily Mail, UK - "Nearly a quarter declined vaccinations and one in 13 rejected a jab recommended by a doctor, said the survey by market researchers Taylor Nelson Sofres."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Branch of Jersey drugmaker develops a flu vaccine for dogs - The Star-Ledger via NJ.com - "Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health said this week its canine influenza vaccine --- the first approved to protect dogs from the contagious respiratory illness -- has received a conditional product license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

►June 26, 2009 - Geelong doctors' plea to immunise for whooping cough - Geelong medical adviser are urging adults to get immunised for whooping cough. - Geelong Advertiser

►June 26, 2009 - Jab scheme is praised - Eastwood Advertiser, UK

* ►June 26, 2009 - Engineering Autism: Mice With Extra Chromosome Region Show Many Autistic Signs - Mice who inherit a particular chromosomal duplication from their fathers show many behaviors associated with human autism, researchers report in the June 26th issue of the journal Cell. The duplicated chromosomal region in mice is the equivalent of human chromosome 15q11-13, the most frequent cytogenetic abnormality observed in autism, accounting for some five percent of all cases. - Cell Press, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily

* ►June 26, 2009 - Scottish scientists raise hopes of new treatments for autism - The Times, UK - "Scottish scientists have discovered a gene linked with autism, raising the prospect of the development of new treatments for the condition. Drugs to control autism could be developed within five years as a result of the findings, according to the doctor who led the research team at the University of Aberdeen. The condition affects more than 500,000 people across Britain and there is no cure."

* ►June 26, 2009 - Texas university research team working on vaccine for HIV - The Hindu

* ►June 26, 2009 - National HIV Testing Day --- June 27, 2009 - MMWR/CDC

►June 26, 2009 - Late HIV Testing --- 34 States, 1996--2005 - MMWR/CDC

►June 26, 2009 - HIV Testing Among High School Students --- United States, 2007 - MMWR/CDC

►June 26, 2009 - Progress Toward the 2012 Measles Elimination Goal --- Western Pacific Region, 1990--2008 - MMWR/CDC

►June 26, 2009 - QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population* for the Three Leading Causes of Injury† Death --- United States, 1979--2006 - MMWR/CDC

►June 26, 2009 - Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information - MMWR/CDC

* ►June 26, 2009 - Updated Recommendations for Use of Haemophilus influenzae Type b (Hib) Vaccine: Reinstatement of the Booster Dose at Ages 12--15 Months - MMWR/CDC - "On December 13, 2007, certain lots of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine marketed as PedvaxHIB (monovalent Hib vaccine) and Comvax (Hib-HepB vaccine), and manufactured by Merck & Co., Inc., were recalled voluntarily, and the company temporarily suspended production of these vaccines. To conserve the limited supply of Hib-containing vaccines, CDC, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), on December 18, 2007, recommended that vaccination providers temporarily defer the routine Hib vaccine booster dose administered to most healthy children at age 12--15 months (1--5). Production of Merck Hib vaccine products is still suspended. However, two other Hib-containing vaccines manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur have been available for use in the United States during this shortage: monovalent Hib vaccine (ActHIB) and DTaP-IPV/Hib (Pentacel). Beginning in July 2009, the manufacturer of these two vaccines will increase the number of doses of these two products available for use in the United States, which will result in the supply being sufficient to reinstate the Hib vaccine booster dose."

* ►June 25, 2009 - CDC Reinstates Booster Recommendation for Haemophilus Vaccine - MedPage Today - "The CDC also acknowledged a potential problem for children who received 'various permutations' of combination vaccines during the shortage. Some children received combination vaccines for some shots and monovalent products for others to cover Hib, hepatitis B, polio, and other infections during their primary immunizations. 'Therefore, a mismatch might exist between patient vaccination needs and the available stock of different vaccine formulations (e.g., combination products versus single-antigen vaccines) in local provider offices,' the CDC noted."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Sanofi To Fill US Vaccine Supply Gap Caused By Merck - EasyBourse - "In December 2007, Merck recalled certain lots of two products containing the Hib vaccine, PedvaxHIB and Comvax, because of potential contamination. The subsequent production suspension caused a shortage because Sanofi wasn't immediately able to step up production of its Hib-vaccine products. Merck later received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because agency investigators found violations of manufacturing rules during inspections of Merck's vaccine-production plant in West Point, Pa., during inspections between November 2007 and January 2008. Merck has said it resolved problems with equipment sterilization, but has identified other issues that require a regulatory filing, which has delayed its return to the U.S. Hib vaccine market."

►June 25, 2009 - Supply of Key Children's Vaccine Almost Back to Normal - CDC says production shortfalls that limited booster shots nearly over; Hib can cause bacterial meningitis - HealthDay via Forbes

►June 25, 2009 - US CDC to reinstate booster shots of HiB vaccine - Reuters - "Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) in 2007 recalled its HiB vaccines because production equipment may not have been properly sterilized. The CDC said HiB vaccine made by Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis (SASY.PA), will increase enough starting in July to allow reinstatement of the HiB booster for children aged 12 to 15 months. Short supplies of the vaccine will not allow a mass recall of older children who missed their booster, CDC said."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Sanofi Pasteur Responds to Nation's Need for Hib Vaccine With Increased Supply - The CDC Reinstates Booster Dose of Hib Vaccine - press release - Sanofi Pasteur via PRNewswire - "The decision to give Pentacel vaccine should be based on the potential benefits and risks; if Guillain-Barre syndrome has occurred within 6 weeks of receipt of a prior vaccine containing tetanus toxoid; or if adverse events have occurred in temporal relation to receipt of pertussis-containing vaccine. Encephalopathy within 7 days of administration of a previous dose of a pertussis-containing vaccine or a progressive neurologic disorder is a contraindication. Vaccination with Pentacel vaccine may not protect all individuals. Before administering Pentacel vaccine, please see full Prescribing Information. The full Prescribing Information for Pentacel vaccine is available with the product and on www.pentacel.com and www.vaccineshoppe.com."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Obama gets billions for ‘pandemic’ Swine Flu - Buried amid news stories about World Breastfeeding Week, World Suicide Prevention Day and World Rabies Day, the WHO has a small item giving the latest supposed count of ‘laboratory confirmed H1N1 cases. It is something on the order of 55,000 persons worldwide since this April at a factory pig farm in Veracruz Mexico a small child got ill and the world was told of a deadly new ‘Swine Flu’ that was allegedly spreading from pig to person. Yet the US Government is gearing up as if it ere preparing for the new outbreak of the dreaded 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic. The reality does not support the government response. Is something else going on? - by F. William Engdahl - Center for Research on Globalization via GlobalResearch.ca

* ►June 25, 2009 - Canada virtually sure to roll out H1N1 vaccine this fall: Butler-Jones - The Canadian Press via Google - "The decision about whether to undertake a mass vaccination of Canadians against swine flu has been all but taken, the country's chief public health officer said Thursday. Dr. David Butler-Jones said given the behaviour of the new H1N1 virus and the risk it poses, there is little chance Canada wouldn't push ahead with a vaccination program in the fall. 'At this point I cannot imagine not immunizing, given the nature of this disease, its variability and its risk to people, both in terms of illness but also serious illness and death,' Butler-Jones said in an interview with The Canadian Press."

* ►June 25, 2009 - H1N1 'swine' flu has infected an estimated 1 million in U.S. - The virus is also spreading rapidly through the Southern Hemisphere. A French company announces large-scale production of a vaccine. - Los Angeles Times via Chicago Tribune

* ►June 25, 2009 - WHO Director-General says H1N1 virus is stable - Reuters

* ►June 25, 2009 - Large-scale production underway of H1N1 jab-Sanofi - Reuters - "Production of the vaccine for the new flu, which has caused a global pandemic, will use conventional egg-based vaccine technology, the company said in an e-mailed statement. Sanofi said dosage requirements for the vaccine will be based on clinical trials expected to take place during the summer in the northern hemisphere."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Swine flu outbreak on Manitoba reserves a major concern: prime minister - Canadian Press via Google

* ►June 25, 2009 - 1 Million Swine Flu Cases in U.S. - CDC Says Vast Majority of Cases Were Mild - WebMD

* ►June 25, 2009 - Flu ‘out of control’ - Swine flu is so out of control in parts of England that labs will no longer test for it, health chiefs said last night. - The Sun, UK

* ►June 25, 2009 - CDC updates advice on antiviral treatment for flu - CIDRAP News - "The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today at the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting in Atlanta issued updated guidelines for treatment of influenza, including novel H1N1, suggesting basing antiviral selection on laboratory test results when possible."

►June 25, 2009 - Lingering Pandemic Virus Brings Summer Flu to England, Wales - Bloomberg

►June 25, 2009 - Swine flu dominates in US, accounts for 98% of flu cases - Waterbury Republican American

►June 25, 2009 - Will swine flu explode in fall? - As cases here hit 30, experts predict virus will soar in cooler weather. Young most vulnerable. - LancasterOnline.com

►June 25, 2009 - Over 100 new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmed in Europe - Xinhua via China View

►June 25, 2009 - Doctors given expired Tamiflu in Singapore - Techgoondu

* ►June 25, 2009 - Study: Gardasil not as cost-effective for boys - FiercePharma

* ►June 25, 2009 - Anger as girl denied vaccine for cancer that killed Jade Goody - Essex Echo, UK

* ►June 25, 2009 - English Women Under 25 Refused Cervical Cancer Checks - Daily Mail via The One Click Group

* ►June 25, 2009 - Shot or not? Parents, health officials weigh in on immunizations controversy - The Spectrum

* ►June 25, 2009 - The great gift of immunization - News & Observer - "Through GAVI Alliance Immunize Every Child, the families and doctors of our practice are contributing to the health and well-being of children all over the world. We are proud to be part of a growing movement of parents and doctors who are working to guarantee a brighter future for all of the world’s children by ensuring that children in poor countries have access to the same vaccines that protect our own children. Is this an achievable goal? Absolutely."

* ►June 25, 2009 - NOXO Autism Aid Balm From Adoodle Available In September Helps Settle Brain Waves And Behavioral Patterns Back To Normal - press release - Adoodle, Inc. via World Stock Wire

►June 25, 2009 - ChARMTracker.com: Children's Autism Recovery Map - Age of Autism

►June 25, 2009 - Off to the Cleveland Clinic - Age of Autism

►June 25, 2009 - Juggling seven children with apples, wheels and hyperbaric chambers - Yemen Times

* ►June 25, 2009 - ACIP amends poliovirus vaccine recommendations - Pediatric SuperSite - "Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices affirmed a recommendation for a fourth dose of inactivated poliovirus-containing vaccine for 4-to-6-year olds if the three-dose vaccine series is completed before the child is 4."

►June 25, 2009 - A Response to the Lancet - UN Dispatch - "Ed Note:  Last week, The Lancet published an editorial and two studies about the current state of global health initiatives for the developing world.  The following is a response to The Lancet from Andrea Gay, Exeucitve Director of Children's Health at the United Nations Foundation and Dr. Dan Carucci, Vice President for Global Health at the United Nations Foundation."

►June 25, 2009 - Two more measles cases confirmed in Blaenau Gwent - WalesOnline

►June 25, 2009 - OraSure says FDA seeks more study on hepatitis C test - Reuters

►June 25, 2009 - Rotary begins grassroots effort to bolster fight against malaria - Seattle Times

►June 25, 2009 - Mercury in fish: not just a government plot to promote catch and release. - The Outsider via Augusta.com

►June 25, 2009 - Mixing mercury with PCBs reduces PCB effect on hearing in rats. - Environmental Health News

* ►June 25, 2009 - An Exposé Of The United States Child Abuse Industry - American Family Rights Association via The One Click Group

* ►June 25, 2009 - UK Social Workers Remove Twins After Caesarean Birth - Daily Mail via The One Click Group

* ►June 25, 2009 - Study characterizes eczema patients most at risk for dangerous viral infections - National Jewish Medical and Research Center via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - "Vaccinia virus, which is used in smallpox vaccinations, can also cause a serious and life-threatening skin infections in a smaller subset of patients. People who have eczema or had it in the past are susceptible to this infection when they receive a smallpox vaccination. This situation could limit the ability of those people to safely receive vaccinations in case of a smallpox bioterrorism event."

►June 25, 2009 - New Study Indicates That Canadian Farmers Are Highly Critical Of Genetically Modified Wheat, As Controversy Over This Crop Reignites - A new study on Canadian farmer perceptions toward genetically modified (GM) wheat - specifically Roundup Ready wheat (RRW)- has just been published in the international peer reviewed journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research. This scientific paper is being released just as the controversy over growing GM wheat is re-igniting. Unlike a recent industry-sponsored study conducted in the US, it shows that Canadian farmers are categorically opposed to RRW. - Institute of Science in Society

►June 25, 2009 - Smaller medical practices get help with electronic records - Nextgov

►June 25, 2009 - US FDA To Discuss Liver Risks With Tylenol,Other Painkillers - Dow Jones via CNNMoney

* ►June 25, 2009 - FDA Stops Shipments of 33 Generic Drugs from Caraco Plants - MedPage Today - "The action affects 33 different drugs. It was taken after the company repeatedly failed to correct defects in its manufacturing processes, FDA officials said, despite a warning letter last October and several recalls this year."

* ►June 25, 2009 - Therapeutic Antibodies Market Expected to Reach $33 Billion by 2012 - press release - Research and Markets via Business Wire

* ►June 24, 2009 - Don't take this too Hadley... - The Daily Mail, UK - "First, and most important, I have never offered any advice to parents on whether or not to let their children have the MMR, since I first wrote about this subject in the Mail on Sunday on 28th January 2001. I have never said that the MMR is dangerous. I have never said that it causes Autism. I haven't said these things because I do not know them to be true. I have always been extremely careful to make it clear that I do not know the answers to these questions. My concern, from the start, has been that the authorities, by airily brushing off the fears of parents who are worried, have damaged their own cause for no good purpose. My solution to the difficulty has, from the start, been to urge the availability of single vaccinations on the NHS."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Pneumococcal Vaccine Reduces Child Deaths In Developing Countries - A new trial has found that pneumococcal vaccine is effective in preventing severe pneumonia, the leading cause of death among children in developing countries. Co-ordinated by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) between 2000 and 2004, a large scale efficacy trial – first of its kind in Asia - was carried out in the Philippines to investigate the effect of an investigational pneumococcal vaccine. - Academy of Finland, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

* ►June 24, 2009 - 28 Deaths Tied To Gardasil, Watchdog Says - Vaccine Meant To Prevent HPV Infections, Cervical Cancer - KMBC Kansas City

* ►June 24, 2009 - Outsmarting Flu Pandemics from History and Science Lessons - Knowing now that HNS1 is spreading in different parts of the world, experts are meeting to talk about how to mitigate the spread of the disease. Science and history form the platform for strategies to slow the spread of pandemic flu. - Digital Journal - "This next week experts from the United States, Canada and Mexico are gathering together at Arizona State University to examine science-based strategies to slow down spread of the H1N1 flu virus."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Joint Commission Offers Seasonal Flu Immunization Strategies - Infection Control Today - "Seasonal influenza in healthcare workers is a personal health threat, but also poses a significant risk to the patients in their care.  In an effort to help healthcare organizations improve the rate of healthcare worker influenza vaccinations, The Joint Commission is releasing a monograph 'Providing a Safer Environment for Health Care Personnel and Patients Through Influenza Vaccination: Strategies from Research and Practice.'"

* ►June 24, 2009 - Sacramento mom shares how swine flu felled her daughter - Sacramento Bee - "Lane said her daughter had been in good health before the Las Vegas trip and that she suffered from no chronic illnesses, unlike other victims of the virus. Kizere, who did not have medical insurance, on Thursday was was taken to a medical clinic where she was told she had the flu. Lane said clinic personnel told her daughter to take Tylenol for the fever and cough syrup for the cough. 'But Friday night she wasn't any better, so I took her to UCD,' Lane said."

►June 24, 2009 - Alcohol worries kept hand sanitizer from flu-hit reserves - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

►June 24, 2009 - Forget swine flu - whooping cough far more of a worry! - Queensland Health authorities say there has been a surge in the number of whooping cough cases in far north Queensland - according to health officials there have been 205 cases of the disease in the state's far north already this year, seven times higher than the same time last year and Dr. Steven Donohue at the Tropical Population Health Service is warning parents to have their children immunised. - News-Medical.net

►June 24, 2009 - Early Infection And Protection Against Allergies? - When infected, the body has two types of immune defence to deploy – innate immunity and acquired immunity. In her dissertation, Shanie Saghafian Hedengren studies monocytes, a type of white blood corpuscles that are part of the innate immune system. - The Swedish Research Council, via AlphaGalileo via ScienceDaily

►June 24, 2009 - Overcautiousness with sick children may be increasing allergies - Daily Breeze

►June 24, 2009 - Expelled from school at five - "I remember it was a struggle. I used to get into arguments with teachers all the time. I knocked over desks, was always getting sent to other rooms." - BBC - "He is now happy and settled at a school which specialises in helping children with dyslexia, one of the two conditions he has since been diagnosed with. He also has Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism."

►June 24, 2009 - HSLDA: Call Now to Stop UN Children's Treaty - Home School Legal Defense Association

►June 24, 2009 - Officials fear Lyme disease on the rise - ‘You truly can call it an epidemic,' doctor says - Gazette.net

►June 24, 2009 - Eliminating a historic scourge - Novato Advance

►June 24, 2009 - Groups urge FDA to release info on rejected drugs - Reuters

►June 24, 2009 - Sigma Adds 2300 Antibodies to Prestige Antibodies Line - Sigma-Aldrich via Drug Discovery & Development

* ►June 24, 2009 - Why the Adage 'the Dose Makes the Poison' Can Be Toxic to Corporate Chemicals Policy - Reuters

* ►June 24, 2009 - Merck’s Gardasil May Not Be Cost Effective in Boys - Bloomberg

►June 23, 2009 - Hamilton clinic under investigation - Media release from Ministry of Health - New Zealand Doctor Online - "The Ministry of Health is investigating some concerns relating to the qualifications and training of a staff member who may have been involved in giving vaccinations, taking cervical smears and inserting IUDs at The Family Clinic in Vercoe Road, Hamilton from October 2007."

* ►June 23, 2009 - LBC debate on MMR jab is cleared by Ofcom - Press Gazette - "London talk radio station LBC has been cleared by Ofcom of misleading and scaring audiences about the MMR jab. The media regulator received 190 complaints about a discussion led by presenter Jeni Barnett about a parent’s right not to give their child the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccination. Medical journalist Ben Goldacre drew attention to the 45-minute debate on his blog in February. He described it as 'seriously irresponsible', 'beyond parody' and said it revisited 'all the typical misunderstandings' about the safety of the jab."

* ►June 23, 2009 - Schools in compliance on shots - Times-Georgian - "...failure to comply with the state’s immunization requirements is a misdemeanor, punishable by fines or imprisonment.  The law reads, 'No child shall be admitted to or attend any school or facility unless the child shall first have submitted a certificate of immunization to the responsible official of the school or facility.' It further states that any responsible official allowing a child to remain in school in violation of the code, or any parent or guardian who does not comply with the code, 'shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 12 months.' Students are allowed exemptions from vaccination for religious beliefs or medical reasons."

* ►June 23, 2009 - Experts divided on treatment for birdflu patients - Reuters - "In an article published in PLoS Medicine, Nicholas White at Mahidol University in Thailand argued that higher doses of the drug Tamiflu should be used to fight more resistant strains of the virus, but researchers in the United States said that would result in the virus becoming resistant."

* ►June 23, 2009 - Examining how swine flu killed a 'very healthy' teen - Complications from MRSA bacteria contribute to first local H1N1 fatality - The Buffalo News

►June 22, 2009 - Akorn (AKRX) Analyzed at Small Cap Network - Akorn (AKRX) and its generic Tetanus Diphtheria vaccine are primed to thrive over the next ten years. - TransWorldNews - "Akorn Inc. (AKRX) and its generic Tetanus Diphtheria vaccine are poised to benefit from a major Presidential biotech investment initiative over the next decade."

►June 22, 2009 - More whooping cough reported in Buchanan County - GazetteOnline.com

►June 22, 2009 - All evidence points to the benefits of immunization - Nanaimo Daily News via Canada.com

►June 22, 2009 - Tests find H1N1 hits mostly youths - Wausau Daily Herald

►June 20, 2009 - Immunization shots hurt mom and dad more than baby - The Kingston Whig-Standard

►June 18, 2009 - Cancer vaccine is given to Year 8 girls - Tamworth Herald, UK

►June 18, 2009 - Measles biggest killer of under-fives - Informante

* ►June 17, 2009 - Minister decides against compulsory MMR jabs - This is South Wales

►June 17, 2009 - Tetanus vaccination campaign aims for eradication in Côte d'Ivoire - UNICEF

►June 17, 2009 - Benin: New dates set for delayed polio vaccine drive - IRIN News

►June 17, 2009 - Mass jab plan will tackle flu - Dumfries and Galloway Standard

►June 15, 2009 - Swine flu vax on the way, will parents balk? - Austin American-Statesman

►June 15, 2009 - Fear of over-dose medication scares mothers from polio immunisation - Ghana Business News - "The Brong Ahafo Regional Health Directorate will soon intensify its social mobilization and education programmes on immunization, in order to curb the perception by some parents that their children are being given over doze medication. Dr. Aaron Offei, Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services, who was addressing an over-view meeting with Municipal and District co-ordinators of the immunization programme at Fiapre, near Sunyani said:  'reports reaching my office indicate that nursing mothers in some parts of the region have become fed-up with the frequent immunization exercises'."

►June 15, 2009 - The Claim: Allergy Problems Run in Families (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 15, 2009 - Autism Vaccine Controversy - WTVQ.com

►June 12, 2009 - Pediatric Immunization Expert - LifeBridge Health via Newswise - "LifeBridge Health has experts available to address questions and concerns related to childhood immunizations and the related issues. Experts are also available to discuss pediatric health care issues, vaccination laws and policy and passive vs. active immunization."

►Mitigating the Spread of A/H1N1 Flu: Lessons Learned from Past Outbreaks June 25th - 28st, 2009 - http://mcmsc.asu.edu

►August 2009 - A new homodimer of aciclovir as a prodrug with increased solubility and antiviral activity - journal article (International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)

►August 2009 - Table hockey: attack or linking? Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with an autistic boy - journal article (Journal of Child Psychotherapy)

►July/August 2009 - The Efficacy of an IL-1[alpha] Vaccine Depends on IL-1RI Availability and Concomitant Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cell Reduction - journal article (Journal of Immunotherapy)

►July/August 2009 - Vaccination With Agonist Peptide PSA: 154-163 (155L) Derived From Prostate Specific Antigen Induced CD8 T-Cell Response to the Native Peptide PSA: 154-163 But Failed to Induce the Reactivity Against Tumor Targets Expressing PSA: A Phase 2 Study in Patients With Recurrent Prostate Cancer - journal article (Journal of Immunotherapy)

* ►July 9, 2009 - Glycan analysis in cell culture-based influenza vaccine production: Influence of host cell line and virus strain on the glycosylation pattern of viral hemagglutinin - journal article (Vaccine) - "Since several years there is an increasing interest in cell culture-based influenza vaccine production to overcome limitations of egg-based production systems, to improve vaccine supply and to increase flexibility in vaccine manufacturing. With the switch of the production system several key questions concerning the possible impact of host cell lines on antigen quality, passage-dependent selection of certain viral phenotypes or changes in hemagglutinin (HA) conformation have to be addressed to guarantee safety and efficiency of vaccines. In contrast to the production of recombinant glycoproteins, comparatively little is known regarding glycosylation of HA, derived from mammalian cell cultures."

* ►July 9, 2009 - Evaluating the impact of human papillomavirus vaccines - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►July 9, 2009 - An assessment of the safety of adolescent and adult tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, using active surveillance for adverse events in the Vaccine Safety Datalink - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Serious adverse events rarely reported after trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) in children 6–23 months of age - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Pneumococcal vaccination in developing countries: Where does science end and commerce begin? - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - The co-administration of CpG-ODN influenced protective activity of influenza M2e vaccine - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►July 9, 2009 - Scaling up interventions to eliminate neonatal tetanus: Factors associated with the coverage of tetanus toxoid and clean deliveries among women in Vientiane, Lao PDR - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►July 9, 2009 - Alternative vaccination locations: Who uses them and can they increase flu vaccination rates? - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Coimmunization with an optimized IL15 plasmid adjuvant enhances humoral immunity via stimulating B cells induced by genetically engineered DNA vaccines expressing consensus JEV and WNV E DIII - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Treatment with demethylating agent, 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine enhances therapeutic HPV DNA vaccine potency - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Skin-specific promoters for genetic immunisation by DNA electroporation - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Human immunodeficiency virus-like particles with consensus envelopes elicited broader cell-mediated peripheral and mucosal immune responses than polyvalent and monovalent Env vaccines - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Antibody response to an eight-site intradermal rabies vaccination in patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - In vivo and in vitro adjuvant activities of the B subunit of Type IIb heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-IIb-B5) from Escherichia coli - journal article (Vaccine)

►July 9, 2009 - Immunization with inflammatory proteome of Brugia malayi adult worm induces a Th1/Th2-immune response and confers protection against the filarial infection - journal article (Vaccine)

* ►July 1, 2009 - CD11c+CD8{alpha}+ Dendritic Cells Promote Protective Immunity to Respiratory Infection with Bordetella pertussis - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 1, 2009 - Early Life Exposure to Lipopolysaccharide Suppresses Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Promoting Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells and Regulatory T Cells - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

►July 1, 2009 - Altered Thymic Selection and Increased Autoimmunity Caused by Ectopic Expression of DRAK2 during T Cell Development - journal article (The Journal of Immunology)

* ►July 2009 - Influenza A/H1N1 in 2009: a pandemic in evolution (free full text) - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

* ►July 2009 - Vaccine Profile The new ACAM2000™ vaccine and other therapies to control orthopoxvirus outbreaks and bioterror attacks - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

* ►July 2009 - Compulsory childhood vaccination - journal article (The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 2009 - Meningococcal vaccines and herd immunity: lessons learned from serogroup C conjugate vaccination programs - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

* ►July 2009 - Mechanisms of avoidance of host immunity by Neisseria meningitidis and its effect on vaccine development - journal article (The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

* ►July 2009 - Bordetella pertussis strain variation and evolution postvaccination - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

* ►July 2009 - Future of polio vaccines - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines) - "Mounting evidence supports the argument that a high level of population immunity must be maintained after wild poliovirus circulation is stopped to preserve a polio-free status worldwide. Shifting factors in the risk–benefit–cost equation favor the creation of new poliovirus vaccines for use in the foreseeable future."

* ►July 2009 - Pediatric combined formulation DTaP–IPV/Hib vaccine - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines) - "This article summarizes the available safety, immunogenicity and effectiveness data of this combination vaccine and provides a brief review of future trends in combination vaccine use."

* ►July 2009 - Economic evaluations of hepatitis B vaccination for developing countries - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

* ►July 2009 - SARS vaccines: where are we? - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

* ►July 2009 - Challenge of developing new tuberculosis vaccines to generate life-long protective immunity (free full text) - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

►July 2009 - Vaccine shows promise in treating advanced melanoma (free full text) - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

►July 2009 - Rationally designed tularemia vaccines - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

►July 2009 - Chitosan-based systems for the delivery of vaccine antigens - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

►July 2009 - Vaccination approaches against Trypanosoma cruzi infection - journal article (Expert Review of Vaccines)

* ►July 2009 - Are there more bowel symptoms in children with autism compared to normal children and children with other developmental and neurological disorders? - journal article (Autism)  - "This study confirms previously reported findings of an increase in bowel symptoms in children with autism. It would appear, however, that this is not specifically associated with autism as bowel symptoms were reported in similar frequency to a comparison group of children with other developmental and neurological disorders."

* ►July 2009 - Developmental regression in children with an autism spectrum disorder identified by a population-based surveillance system - journal article (Autism)

* ►July 2009 - Parenting stress and psychological functioning among mothers of preschool children with autism and developmental delay - journal article (Autism)

►July 2009 - Proinflammatory Plasma Cytokines in Children With Migraine - journal article (Pediatric Neurology)

►July 2009 - Risk-Scoring Tool for respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis in premature infants born at 33–35 completed weeks’ gestational age in Canada - journal article (Current Medical Research and Opinion)

* ►July 2009 - Cerebellar Injury in Term Infants: Clinical Characteristics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings, and Outcome - journal article (Pediatric Neurology)

►July 2009 - The descriptive epidemiology of epilepsy—A review - journal article (Epilepsy Research)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic - journal article (Nature)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Ethical and Scientific Implications of the Globalization of Clinical Research (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►June 25, 2009 - Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates - journal article (Nature)

►June 25, 2009 - CD 4+ T cells in the pathobiology of neurodegenerative disorders - journal article (Journal of Neuroimmunology)

►June 25, 2009 - Autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in focal and generalized epilepsy: A study on 233 patients - journal article (Journal of Neuroimmunology)

►June 25, 2009 - Medical Evaluation before Electroconvulsive Therapy - journal article (NEJM)

►June 25, 2009 - A Lifeline for Primary Care (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Easing the Shortage in Adult Primary Care — Is It All about Money? (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►June 25, 2009 - Growth in Care Provided by Hospitalists - journal article (NEJM)

►June 25, 2009 - Ozone Exposure and Mortality - journal article (NEJM)

►June 25, 2009 - A New Era of For-Profit Hospice Care — The Medicare Benefit (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►June 25, 2009 - Journalist Files Charges against WHO and UN for Bioterrorism and Intent to Commit Mass Murder - NaturalNews.com - "As the anticipated July release date for Baxter's A/H1N1 flu pandemic vaccine approaches, an Austrian investigative journalist is warning the world that the greatest crime in the history of humanity is underway. Jane Burgermeister has recently filed criminal charges with the FBI against the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN), and several of the highest ranking government and corporate officials concerning bioterrorism and attempts to commit mass murder. She has also prepared an injunction against forced vaccination which is being filed in America. These actions follow her charges filed in April against Baxter AG and Avir Green Hills Biotechnology of Austria for producing contaminated bird flu vaccine, alleging this was a deliberate act to cause and profit from a pandemic."

►June 25, 2009 - Doctors puzzled over supply of expired Tamiflu - The Straits Times via AsiaOne - "The reason: these boxes have a new sticker stuck on the box, extending the expiry date for another three years. This means a box, manufactured in 2003, with an original expiry date of December 2007 can now be used till December 2010."

►June 25, 2009 - Grommet use down with pneumococcal vaccine - The rate of grommet insertions for Australian infants with chronic otitis media has fallen by almost a quarter since the introduction of the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in 2001, new figures show. - 6minutes.com.au

►June 25, 2009 - Firewalker’s Faulty Gene May Shake Up Market for Painkillers - Bloomberg

►June 25, 2009 - Whooping cough epidemic coming - The Timaru Herald via Stuff.co.nz

►June 25, 2009 - Pentavalent vaccine likely to be introduced in India soon - Indian Express

►June 25, 2009 - Tuna, packed in questions - Draining some useful knowledge out of those cans. - Philadelphia Inquirer

* ►June 24, 2009 - No UK Compulsory MMR [Government U-Turns Amid Drug Industry Links] - Child Health Safety - "ChildHealthSafety’s investigations here reveal concerning links between the drug industry,  GlaxoSmithKline in particular and those pushing for compulsory vaccination. And what is revealed here is a “tip of an iceberg“. How it is those with close and substantial ties to the drug industry are given positions of influence in government over policy which favours the commercial interests of the drug industry. Everyone concerned about this matter should urgently contact their MP, whose address can be found here http://tinyurl.com/ljxtgv. The issue of compulsion strikes at the very heart of social democracy; the connections and affiliations of those who claim necessity need scrutiny. Compulsion of any medical product contravenes human rights; it fails to acknowledge humanity’s right to lawful informed consent; it fails to acknowledge the right to decide for oneself one’s own fate in the face of potential death or debility. It resides within the spirit of the abuse of an individual and is more fittingly prescribed by a fascist regime; it has no place in a civilised democracy."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine May Be in the Works - Infowars.com - "In a recent article on the unfolding economic collapse, Rep. Ron Paul warns that the hysterically hyped H1N1 flu 'pandemic' may result in the government requiring mandatory flu vaccinations. 'Nearly $8 billion will be spent to address a ‘potential pandemic flu’ which could result in mandatory vaccinations for no discernible reason other than to enrich the pharmaceutical companies that make the vaccine,' writes Paul."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Obama signs bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars, swine flu fight, fuel-efficient auto push (requires registration) - AP via Los Angeles Times

* ►June 24, 2009 - US company makes first batch of swine flu vaccine - A US company that on Tuesday was awarded a 35-million-dollar contract to develop an influenza vaccine using insect cell technology has produced a first batch against (A)H1N1 flu, company boss Dan Adams said. - AFP via PhysOrg.com - "'We turned out our first batch of doses -- about 100,000 -- against (A)H1N1 flu last week and we're continuing to manufacture it,' Adams, chief executive officer of Connecticut-based Protein Sciences Corporation, told AFP. The US Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced that it has awarded a 35-million-dollar contract to Protein Sciences, which could be extended for another five years to reach 147 million dollars. The insect cell technology 'has advanced in recent years to a point that we believe it could help meet a surge in demand for US-based vaccine for seasonal and pandemic flu,' Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Preclinical Proof-of-Concept Studies Published for Novavax Seasonal Influenza Virus-Like Particle Vaccine - Trivalent Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Elicits Protective Immune Responses against a Variety of Seasonal Influenza Strains in Mice and Ferrets - press release - PRNewswire-FirstCall

* ►June 24, 2009 - First Nations call for swine flu state of emergency - CanWest News Service via Canada.com - "First Nations chiefs in Manitoba called on the provincial and federal governments to declare a state of emergency on Wednesday because of the spread of swine flu on reserves and the lag time in responding to it."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Deaths related to swine flu rise to 7 in Ontario - CBC - "Ontario has had three more deaths associated with swine flu since Monday, raising the province's total to seven, the province's chief medical officer of health said Wednesday. A 17-year old male from the Ottawa region, a 52-year old woman from eastern Ontario and a 68-year old man from the Durham region all tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus, Dr. Arlene King confirmed. All three had underlying health conditions. It's not clear what role the virus may have played in the fatalities."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Girl may be H1N1's youngest Canadian victim - CTV - "The H1N1 virus is being blamed for the sudden and shocking death of a healthy six-year-old girl from the Toronto region. On the evening of June 14, Rubjit Thindal developed a fever and a stomach ache that appeared to be mild, family members say. ... But less than a day after first showing her symptoms, Rubjit was dead. Despite the sudden death, Rubjit's family took all the normal precautions. The morning after the girl first complained about symptoms, she was taken a walk-in clinic where she was prescribed Advil. Later that day, her fever seemed to subside, but Rubjit still complained of a stomach ache, so her parents decided to take her to the hospital. But she wouldn't make it - strapped in safely in the backseat of the car next to her father, Rubjit passed away."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Argentina reinforces hospitals as flu deaths rise - Reuters - "Argentina has confirmed 18 deaths from the new strain of virus, also known as swine flu, putting the South American country third after Mexico and the United States in the number of fatal cases. The health ministry has confirmed 1,294 cases. ... The H1N1 virus is spreading rapidly in an area known as the conurbano, the densely populated working class suburbs and slums that ring Buenos Aires where eight people have died from the new flu and 111 are hospitalized, 75 of them on respirators."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Influenza A(H1N1) - update 53 - Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005) - World Health Organization

* ►June 24, 2009 - State will get 310,000 flu vaccinations; unknown how many county will receive - Hubbard County continues to grapple with money, hirings and filling vacancies. But it’s also a time for Hubbard County’s employees to be promoted. - Park Rapids Enterprise - "Nationally 18 million doses of the newly-formulated vaccine should be available after Labor Day, she said, with Minnesota getting 1.72 percent of those doses."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Likely flu sufferer can’t get test results - Woman fears she may pass H1N1 to husband with heart condition - Ottawa Citizen - "Poulin and Borland are bearing the brunt of a decision by Ontario public health authorities to stop mass H1N1 testing because it is no longer needed. Public-health officials say the tests were done in the initial stages of the outbreak to determine the behaviour of the virus in order to contain it. Once containment became futile as the virus spread through the community, it was pointless to continue testing."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Swine Flu Testing To Be Required At Sports Event - Serbia Says Athletes At International Sporting Event Must Be Screened For Swine Flu - AP via CBS News - "Thousands of athletes who will be competing in next month's World University Games in Serbia will be required to provide a certificate saying they do not have swine flu, or they will be quarantined, the government said Wednesday."

►June 24, 2009 - Indonesia, Cambodia join list of A/H1N1 flu infected countries - Xinhua via China View

►June 24, 2009 - Iraq confirms first cases of H1N1 flu virus - Reuters

►June 24, 2009 - UK swine flu cases rise by 362 - A further 362 patients in the UK have been diagnosed with swine flu, bringing the total to 3,307, the Health Protection Agency has said. - BBC

►June 24, 2009 - Factbox-Worldwide spread of flu outbreak - Reuters

►June 24, 2009 - Update. Influenza A (H1N1) Regional Report (June 24 2009) - Pan American Health Organization

►June 24, 2009 - Swine flu reported at WaPo - Michael Calderone via Politico.com

►June 24, 2009 - Swine flu: QOF suspension 'imminent' - Healthcare Republic - "Some GPs had already been ordered to drop non-essential activities to focus on swine flu, Dr Holden said. 'In one area in Scotland, GPs have been told to focus on swine flu patients.'"

►June 24, 2009 - Flu fears force MD camps to close - News & Observer

►June 24, 2009 - Statewide swine flu tally tops 500 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

►June 24, 2009 - Swine flu confirmed in 5 Hawaii high school students in Korea - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

►June 24, 2009 - 1st swine flu death confirmed locally - MyFoxOrlando.com

►June 24, 2009 - Northeast Man Dies After Influenza-Like Illness - KFOX El Paso

►June 24, 2009 - Effort to aid uninsured with H1N1 hits snag - Influenza » The distribution of Tamiflu was a sticking point; officials hope to work it out by fall. - The Salt Lake Tribune

►June 24, 2009 - Second U.S. Independent Laboratory Confirms that Oculus Innovative Sciences’ Microcyn® Technology Effective at Inactivating H1N1 Swine Flu * Company Preparing Study Data for Presentation to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) - press release - Business Wire

►June 24, 2009 - Eleven confirmed cases of swine flu in Cumberland County - The News of Cumberland County via NJ.com

* ►June 24, 2009 - Vaccine Pioneer Joins Inovio Biomedical's Scientific Advisory Board - Inovio Biomedical - "Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that Stanley A. Plotkin, MD, has agreed to join the company’s scientific advisory board. Dr. Plotkin developed the rubella vaccine now used worldwide and has worked extensively on the development and application of other vaccines including polio, rabies, varicella, rotavirus and cytomegalovirus. He is Emeritus Professor, Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania, and Executive Advisor to the CEO of Sanofi Pasteur."

* ►June 24, 2009 - CEL-SCI Files Patent Application to Support Company's Treatment for More Virulent Strain of H1N1 Swine and Other Influenza Viruses - CEL-SCI Corporation via PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX via MarketWatch - "Geert Kersten, Chief Executive Officer of CEL-SCI said, "By filing this provisional patent in the U.S., we are preserving our rights to file patents on these inventions and for their use world-wide either as an injected vaccine before a person is infected or exposed or as a therapeutic vaccine for treatment."

* ►June 24, 2009 - U.S. group advises cuts in post-exposure rabies jabs - Reuters - "The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices or ACIP, which advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voted on Wednesday to change the vaccine schedule from five doses to four, eliminating the last shot. The move was intended to conserve vaccine supplies in the event of a vaccine shortage, which occurred from 2007 to 2009."

* ►June 24, 2009 - Grassley seeks information about medical school policies for disclosure of financial ties (pdf) - finance.senate.gov - "Grassley sent his request to the 23 educational institutions that did not respond to an earlier request made by the American Medical Student Association for the same information. In that case, the schools reportedly replied to a survey by answering either “no response” or “decline to submit policies.” Of the 149 schools asked, 126 provided information to the student association."

* ►June 24, 2009 - University bars whistleblower professor from her laboratory - A leading academic who claims she was suspended after blowing the whistle on her university's misuse of public funds and unsafe facilities is suing the college for £300,000. - London Evening Standard via This Is London

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