Daily News 2012-03-07

VN linksProf Walker-Smith Cleared and the Beginning of the End for Allegations Against Andrew Wakefield by John Stone - Age of Autism

Quashing of GMC Findings Against Prof Walker-Smith - Age of Autism

Professor John Walker Smith Exonerated in Autism MMR Case - Age of Autism

Read the Full UK Court Decision in John Walker Smith MMR Autism Appeal - Age of Autism - Age of Autism

Call In! Participate! Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) - Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) From the HRSA Site:

LeRoy, PANDAS, Autism and EL - Will the real "Mystery Illness" Please Stand Up?- Part 2 by Theresa Conrick

General Medical Council response to the successful appeal of Professor John Walker-Smith - Responding to the ruling Niall Dickson, the Chief Executive of the General Medical Council said:

Dr. Wakefield Justice Fund: The Fight for Truth and Justice (video) - "Learn more and donate at www.drwakefieldjusticefund.org. - Dr. Andrew Wakefield filed a defamation lawsuit in Travis County, Texas, District Court, January 3, 2012, against the British Medical Journal (B

Senior Author of MMR Paper, John Walker-Smith, Wins Appeal - The Canary Party

Andrew Wakefield's Co-author Exonerated of Professional Misconduct in MMR Paper

English Court Exonerates MMR/Autism Doctor – UK General Medical Given Sound Thrashing - Here is the full judgement of the court today [Not good news for "investigative journalist" Brian Deer responsible for this witchhunt or the Editor of the British Medical Journal, Dr Fiona Godlee.]

John Walker Smith cleared (video)

Quashing of GMC findings against Prof Walker-Smith

You Can Say No to Vaccines … But Your Child May End Up With No Pediatrician

Conflicts of interest in vaccine safety research

Medicago Inc. and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation Enter into a Strategic Alliance to Develop New Vaccines

New Aids vaccine to be tested on humans

Quebec’s Medicago, Mitsubishi Tanabe to develop vaccines - First vaccine will prevent rotavirus infection in children

Microneedle Vaccine Patch Boosts Flu Protection Through Robust Skin Cell Immune Response

The risks and benefits of publishing mutant flu studies - Research describing two mutant strains of H5N1 avian influenza that spread between mammals is likely to be published in its entirety. Nature examines the controversial decision.

Agenus Inc : Agenus Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 Financial Results and Corporate Update

5th Calvert family member at hospital

Exaggerating conflicts of interest to sow fear, uncertainty, and doubt about vaccines

Drugmakers have paid $8 billion in fraud fines

Uganda government squabbles while children die of mysterious disease

University clears psychiatrists of misconduct - University of Pennsylvania says rules at time didn't prohibit unacknowledged, company-paid writers.

Administration of thimerosal to infant rats increases overflow of glutamate and aspartate in the prefrontal cortex: protective role of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate. - journal article (Neurochemical Research)

Former FDA Chemist Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison For Insider Trading

Dr. Magda Havas: WiFi in Schools is Safe. True or False? (video)

Biting edge of science . . . Irish scientists test vaccine for malaria

Acetaminophen And Its Possible Connection To The Rise In Autism

Powder that closed RI school not harmful

A state Health Department spokesman tells The Providence Journal that the powder tested negative for anthrax, tularemia, smallpox and ricin. If nothing grows in the samples after five days, the results will be considered conclusive.
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Study: New Oral Bacterium Linked to Meningitis & Heart Complications

The researchers have named this bacterium “Streptococcus Tigurinus”, and it was first isolated from the bloodstream of patients who were struggling with meningitis, spondylodiscitis and endocarditis. This particular bacterium has similar ...
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Somalia: Measles Takes its Toll

A four-year-old boy suffering from measles and malnutrition waits for his medicine in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu. Measles is sweeping unchecked through parts of southern Somalia. The disease is highly contagious and unvaccinated children are at ...
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Doctors Without Borders

Measles a threat in Yemen

SANA'A: According to IRIN, the UN news and analysis service, cases of measles in Yemen could be on the increase, posing a grave health threat to a nation which has been brought on its knees after a year of violence and political, financial and social ...
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Bikya Masr

Schools team up for meningitis message

TWO Culcheth schools have joined forces to raise awareness of a national meningitis campaign after one of their pupils was diagnosed with the potentially life-threatening condition. Culcheth Community Primary School pupil Ben Evans, aged six, ...
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GeoVax Labs Presents New Findings on Potential HIV Vaccine at 2012 Conference ...

Dr. Robinson, working alongside Rama Rao Amara, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and member of the Emory Vaccine Center, tested a novel vaccine against HIV/AIDS for the ability to ...
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Detroit teen given four vaccinations, including Gardasil, by her ...

tags: gardasil, hepatitis, hospital officials, influenza, jonathan benson, medical ... seasonal influenza, meningitis, and HPV (Gardasil) by nurses from St. John's, ...
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the Truth about Gardasil: Despite risks, pediatrics group now ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now including Gardasil® on its list of recommended vaccines for boys as well as girls, claiming the vaccine can.
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Does the Gardasil shot affect everyone? - Yahoo! Answers

Ok so I just got my "2nd" shot of Gardasil almost 2 weeks ago....[technically my third because my first one was a long time ago, and they have to start over], And ...
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Free Tdap shots being offered on the Peninsula

By Cindy Clayton The tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis vaccine is being offered free at several health clinics in Hampton and Newport News, a news release from the Peninsula Health District says. - Peninsula Health Center, 416 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. in ...
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Islanders have chronic illnesses, are heavy drinkers, but happier overall: report

From left, Dr. Carolyn Sanford, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison and Health and Wellness Minister Doug Currie attend the release of the Chief Public Health Office's report on population health. Islanders are more apt to suffer chronic ...
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Journal Pioneer

Prof Walker-Smith Cleared and the Beginning of the End for ...

By John Stone The exoneration of John Walker-Smith – a great and good man - is the best news our community has had for years. For years Prof Walker-Smith, ...

Vaccine Injury and Legal Help for Families | Elite Lawyer Blog

An attorney can help the family file a claim with the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, an alternative clearinghouse that provides for compensation ...
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MSF Completes Closure of Hodan Medical Project in Mogadishu After Kill

This project included a 120 bed cholera treatment centre in Hodan district and a 120 bed hospital for patients affected by measles and malnutrition in Wadajir, where the killings took place. MSF was able to close these structures without interruption ...
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Measles outbreak could be spreading in St Helens

DOCTORS fear a measles outbreak is spreading across St Helens. They issued a warning as specialists from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirmed it is now investigating 48 laboratory confirmed cases, 37 probable cases and 108 possible cases across ...
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Inovio Appoints Vaccine Industry Leader to its Scientific Advisory Board

By Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BLUE BELL, Pa., March 7, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO) announced today that a global vaccine industry leader has joined the company's Scientific Advisory Board.
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Nuron licensing deal focused on vaccines for hepatitis B, C

Nuron Biotech Inc. acquired an exclusive license relating to Chimigen multi-antigen vaccines from Akshaya Bio Inc. for the hepatitis B virus. In addition, Nuron Biotech of Exton, Pa., has acquired an exclusive option to license prophylactic and ...
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Dr. Phyllis Ritchie: Hepatitis C lurks while attacking liver

I received vaccines for hepatitis A and B. Is there a vaccine for hepatitis C? Also I heard in the news recently that I should be tested for hepatitis C. Why? Unfortunately, there are only vaccines for hepatitis A and B. There is no vaccine available ...
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Quashing of GMC Findings Against Prof Walker-Smith

These allegations, which were originally made against Prof Walker-Smith (as well as Dr Andrew Wakefield and Prof Simon Murch) by journalist Brian Deer and ...

Victory For Struck-Off MMR Vaccine Research Doctor Professor John Walker-Smith

Professor John Walker-Smith had been found guilty of professional misconduct following accusations of taking part, without ethical approval, in controversial research that caused a global scare by suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine, ...
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Shehu Pledges Mass

Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of Borno, on Tuesday promised to mobilise his subjects to take part in the on-going Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs) against polio. Garbai made the promise at the flag -off of the Borno IPDs in Bama, headquarters of ...
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MMR doctor wins appeal case

A doctor won a court battle in London on Wednesday against being struck off over the measles, mumps and rubella controversy. Professor John Walker-Smith, now retired, carried out research with Dr Andrew Wakefield claiming there was a link between ...
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GlaxoSmithKline applies for approval of flu vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline has applied for European and US regulatory approval of a new vaccine therapy for influenza. The company has submitted regulatory filings for its investigational quadrivalent influenza vaccine for use in the active immunisation of adults ...
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Walker-Smith wins appeal

John Walker-Smith was one of Andrew Wakefield's colleagues at the Royal Free and participated in the research there. Prof. Walker-Smith was struck off the ...

Brushing and Flossing Help to Reduce the Risk of Meningitis

Researchers in Zurich identified a strain of bacteria commonly found in the mouth, called Streptococcus tigurinis, in patients with meningitis. The bacterium was also identified in patients with a heart condition known as endocarditis and ...
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Thong Rangers say: 'We just had to step up for baby Porscha'

Baby Porscha Steele was rushed into intensive care the day after she was born when doctors discovered she had the killer bug meningitis. Now three months old, she is still receiving treatment at Oxford Children's Hospital to make sure the disease, ...
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Schoolgirl, 5, dies from meningitis just hours after out-of-hours GP service ...

By Leon Watson A five-year-old girl died of meningitis just 24 hours after her family were told by a GP it was just a bug and to go home. Justin Bieber fan Kelsey Smart lost her life on Tuesday last week at Bristol Children's Hospital.
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Daily Mail

Andrew Wakefield | News Today

In May 2010 WalkerSmith lost his licence to practise with Dr Andrew Wakefield the doctor who triggered a global scare about the MMR vaccine A GMC fitness to ...
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Tetanus shots available for tornado volunteers

While there is a vaccine against tetanus, most adults are not up-to-date on their vaccinations. If you are working among debris and have not had a tetanus vaccination in the last five years, we encourage you to get one. " Symptoms of tetanus include ...
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Wareham's Animal Control tackles many tasks

A deadly disease, once the clinical signs of rabies appear, the disease is almost always fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control. "If you get rabies, if you wait for the symptoms it's really too late," said Gorveatt-Dill during a March 1 ...
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Wareham Week

Nasopharyngeal flora in children with acute otitis media before ...

Several studies have investigated the impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on pneumococcal (Sp) and staphylococcal (Sa) nasopharyngeal ...

MMR doctor John Walker-Smith wins High Court appeal

In May 2010, Prof Walker-Smith lost his licence to practise along with Dr Andrew Wakefield who was at the centre of the MMR research.

MMR doctor wins battle against being struck off

Professor John Walker-Smith, who carried out research into the MMR vaccine with Dr Andrew Wakefield, has won a court battle against being struck off the medical register. By Donna Bowater A High Court judge quashed the finding of professional ...
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Telegraph.co.uk

Parents warned of measles cases

PARENTS in the town are being urged to remain vigilant as a measles outbreak continues on Merseyside with one probable and six possible cases in Warrington. A team from the Health Protection Agency are investigating 48 laboratory confirmed cases, ...
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FG Says Deportation of 125 Citizens By South Africa Illegal

"The International Certificate of Vaccination or prophylaxis commonly known as Yellow Card has three diseases (Cholera, Yellow Fever and Smallpox: IHR 1969). "After the revision of IHR 2005, the card now covers diseases and other public health events ...
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Medicare pays for vaccine that protects against shingles

Fortunately, you can prevent shingles or at least blunt its effect with a vaccine. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a one-time shot if you're 60 or older. The vaccine reduces the risk of shingles by about 50 percent.
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Boko Haram: Shettima flays burning of schools

Shettima who spoke at the flag-off of the polio immunisation yesterday at Bama, noted that it was sad the sect kept burning schools in the educationally disadvantaged state. “It is sad that our children are busy burning schools. This act, to me, ...
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PM's Polio Cell report: Vaccination drive in 67 districts 'unsatisfactory'

By Sehrish Wasif Polio campaigns have consistently underperformed in Pakistan, according to an independent evaluation released by the Prime Minister's Polio Monitoring and Coordinating Cell on Tuesday. The evaluation was of the post-polio campaign ...
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The Express Tribune

MMR doctor wins High Court appeal

Prof John Walker-Smith carried out research with Dr Andrew Wakefield claiming there was a link between autism and the combined jab for measles, mumps and rubella. The study caused a fall in vaccination rates but was later discredited.
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BBC News

Flossing can prevent meningitis

Researchers in Zurich found the newly identified bacterium Streptococcus tigurinus in the blood of patients with meningitis. They also found it in those with spondylodiscitis, or inflammation of the spine, and a type of heart disease called ...
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Meningitis Trust launch Bristol Toddle Waddle

The Meningitis Trust is appealing to Bristol toddlers to take part in this year's Toddle Waddle, a sponsored walk aimed at the under fives. Children under the age of five, along with young people aged 15 to 24 and adults over the age of 50, ...
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The MURDOCH Empire and its Nest of VIPERS: #Leveson ...

#Leveson : #Murdoch #Vaccine Smear Campaign - Dr.Andrew Wakefield Sues Brian Deer and BMJ! Read full court document: ...
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Vaccination: The inside story

This is a misnomer as cow pox virus was not the one used in regular small pox vaccination, as was originally thought. The recent revelation that the cow pox and smallpox are genetically two distinct viruses proves the point. The only one disease that ...
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Low flu season sparks many questions

File photo of a youngster getting a flu shot. AP Photo/The Herald-Dispatch, Lori Wolfe. This year's Northern Hemisphere flu season has been markedly mild in many places — Canada, the United States, much of Europe. With the clock ticking down towards ...
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Call In! Participate! Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV)

... to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues relating to the operation of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

MMR lesson from history

The HPA, meanwhile, is investigating 48 laboratory-confirmed cases, 37 probable and 108 possible cases across our region, with the majority of cases being in children under five who did not have the MMR vaccine at 13 months, and babies and toddlers who ...
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Shettima Orders Reconstruction of Razed Schools

The governor who expressed this at the kick off of the polio immunisation days, said it was bullshit to say that immunisation was aimed at smuggling in family planning, urging the people of the state to embrace polio immunisation.
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Yemen to launch measles vaccination campaign after increase in number of cases ...

"Measles has killed 126 children in Yemen since mid-2011, a consequence of the breakdown of basic health services during the year-long political crisis," and "[i]n response ... , the Yemeni government has appealed for international assistance and an ...
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Whooping cough cases rise to 23 on Peninsula

Jefferson County had 18 known whooping cough — or pertussis — cases as of Tuesday, while Clallam County had five, said Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties. On Feb. 23, Jefferson County had 10 confirmed whooping ...
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Sun-dried tomato linked to hepatitis

The hepatitis A virus is carried by human faeces and can be passed on through contaminated food or water. It is a common food-borne disease preventable by vaccine. Img / 2012 / 3 / 6 / tomatob . jpg.
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Zee News

Inovio Appoints Vaccine Industry Leader to its Scientific Advisory Board

BLUE BELL, Pa., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ASE:INO) announced today that a global vaccine industry leader has joined the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Anthony Ford-Hutchinson, with over 30 years' ...
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Muskegon County health officials: Adults need whooping cough vaccine to ...

By Megan Hart | mhart2@mlive.com Pertussis is making a comeback and adults need to protect themselves if they want to protect children, Muskegon County health officials said. If you haven't worried about back-to-school shots since your tween or teen ...
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Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Preventing Dry Coughs/Whooping cough/Pertussis

by Dr. Brenda Gill on 06 Mar 2012 This is the time of year when I start seeing many folks in, young and old, for those viral upper respiratory infections with resultant irritating dry coughs. I will go through the basic steps I use to eliminate the ...
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Flu cases on the rise, public urged to get vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the United States is seeing the latest start to flu season in nearly three decades. The CDC says flu season can begin as early as October and last as late as May. Aurora Health Care asks its employees ...
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FOX6Now.com Milwaukee

City docs urge HPV vaccine for boys as well as girls NY Daily News

A push for pre-teen boys to get the HPV vaccine has parents wondering if they really need to protect their young sons against a sexually transmitted virus ...
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Türkiye Milli Pediatri Derneği | American Academy of Pediatrics ...

American Academy of Pediatrics - Request for Proposals - International Vaccine Advocacy (02.03.2012). Dear Colleagues,. AAP has recently been awarded a ...
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AnneDachel.com » Blog Archive » AGE OF AUTISM: Katie Wright on ...

AGE OF AUTISM: Katie Wright on Gabby Giffords and Autism. Mar 06. HERE. My comment: Katie,. Great comparison here. It's amazing that countless thousands ...
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Web Appendix 5: Search strategy for wealth/poverty and vaccination ...

((immuniz[All Fields] OR immuniz'al'as[All Fields] OR immunizability[All Fields] OR ... immunization[All Fields] OR immunization/1990[All Fields] OR ...
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Documentary discovers the roots of UW's rich scientific work

Around the same time, researchers at other institutions and in the private sector were looking for a better way to make a vaccine to protect people against hepatitis B, the most common serious liver infection in the world. Some hepatitis B carriers are ...
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Polio campaign unsatisfactory

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister's Polio Monitoring & Coordinating Cell released the independent evaluation of the post-polio campaign held in January declaring 67 districts as unsatisfactory in terms of covering the required percentage of children.
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The Nation, Pakistan

ISS Plays Role in Vaccine Development

Molecular targets identified from this work hold promise for translation to develop new and improve existing anti-pneumococcal RASVs to prevent disease for ...

Armand Brahaj - Blog Personal | Andrew Wakefield - Wikipedia, the ...

Andrew Wakefield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 8 views Original Link: http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield. Share this link: As Featured In..
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Saugus kindergarten registration

Parents are reminded that Massachusetts state law requires that before children are allowed to enter the public schools proof must be provided that they have been immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, Pertussis (DPT), polio (OPV), measles, mumps, ...
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Two more pertussis cases reported in District 64

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 was notified this week that two additional students have recently been diagnosed with pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Lincoln Middle School, 200 S. Lincoln Ave., Park Ridge, was notified March 5 by the Cook ...
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Why so little flu this year? The question sparks many questions, no answers

Maybe with increased use of flu vaccine, the virus has fewer people to infect? In reality, flu experts say there is unlikely to be one single answer when it comes to explaining flu's virtual no-show this year. "There's lots of evidence that it's not as ...
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PV exposure increases men's risk of cancer

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 10800 new cases of HPV-associated cervical cancer in the United States each year. This number is nearly 35 percent larger than the 7100 cases of HPV-associated head and neck cancers found in the ...
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Medill Reports: Chicago

The Polio Vaccine Influenced Mary Poppins

By Vincent Iannelli, MD, About.com Guide March 6, 2012 Interesting in a six degrees of Kevin Bacon kind of way, the oral polio vaccine had a big influence on the Mary Poppins movie. It turns out that Robert Sherman, who died yesterday, and who composed ...
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Polio vaccine is safe: PMA

The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has urged the superior judiciary to take action against all those people who have been propagating against the effectiveness of the polio vaccine. The PMA also appealed for action against those Ulema who had ...
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Fighting polio, still: Twelfth polio case surfaces in North Waziristan

By APP A seven-month old child in North Waziristan was diagnosed with polio on Tuesday, increasing the country's polio toll to 12 cases this year. According to official sources, the affected child, Bakhthullah, was not inoculated against polio because ...
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The Express Tribune

Adult vaccinations key to preventing future epidemic

EVERETT - Public health officials may never know exactly how the ongoing whooping cough outbreak began, but two contributing factors are known in Snohomish County: most adults are not vaccinated or unaware of the adult vaccine and a higher-than-average ...
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Snohomish County Tribune

NEWS SCAN: Flu vaccine applications, drinking water success, measles in Yemen ...

Yemen is asking for international help in dealing with a measles outbreak that has killed 126 young children since mid 2011 and infected more than 3000 other people, according to IRIN News, the UN's humanitarian news service.
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Flu late to arrive in Muskegon County, still time to get the shot, officials say

comA nurse prepares syringes with the flu shot vaccination at a flu clinic in 2007. The flu is late in reaching Muskegon County this year, but health officials say it's coming in the next few weeks. Muskegon County schools reported 396 cases of ...
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Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Wednesday, March 7, 2012: Christmas wreaths, chickenpox and Rush Limbaugh

I only had one occasion to speak to Olympia Snowe, almost 40 years ago. I was the new owner of Dover-Foxcroft's Brown's Mill and Ms. Snowe was a first-time candidate for the House of Representatives. Before her appearance at a local school, ...
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Chickenpox outbreak, engineering college closed

ALAPPUZHA: Archana College of Engineering at Palamel in Nooranad has been closed for 10 days following a chickenpox outbreak. According to Dr KK Deepthi of district medical office, 10 students of the college were found to be affected by the disease and ...
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Rotavirus vaccine is lead target under Medicago, Mitsubishi Tanabe alliance

Medicago stands to gain nearly $33 million in payments from Mitsubishi Tanabe under the vaccine collaboration and development deal, plus royalties on future sales of a new rotavirus vaccine. The companies aim to develop and commercialize at least three ...
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Parents Fighting Against Gov't Vaccination Agenda

Sighle Kinney told Detroit's WXYZ News that her 14-year-old daughter was pulled out of class at Marcus Garvey Academy on January 30, and administered vaccinations for hepatitis A, seasonal influenza, meningitis, and HPV (Human Papillomavirus, ...
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Cuban Vaccine Against Hepatitis B Has Been Used in 35 Countries

Speaking at the Havana 2012 Biotechnology Congress, Guillen Nieto said more than one third of the Cuban people have become immune to Hepatitis B, meaning all Cubans younger 30 years old have received the shot. The scientist said that for nearly a ...
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Radio Cadena Agramonet

Pertussis case confirmed in Ellensburg

A confirmed case of pertussis (also known as whooping cough) at Valley View Elementary School will require Valley View students and staff who do not have current vaccinations for pertussis to stay home from school, according to the Ellensburg School ...
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3 Myths About Vaccines Debunked (VIDEO)

No matter how many times vaccine myths have been debunked, many parents still ... I asked her about that preservative derived from mercury -- it's called ...

PM's Polio Cell finds faults, not solutions, to eradicate polio

Rather than recommending solutions to help Pakistan obtain riddance from polio, the Prime Minister's Polio Monitoring and Coordinating Cell on Tuesday released the independent evaluation of the post-polio campaign held last month, declaring 67 ...
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As Flu Season Peaks, Experts Say it's Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot

While flu season may be late to arrive, experts warn that it's about to peak and say it's not too late to get a flu shot. “This year's flu season is a classic example of the unpredictability of the flu virus,” said Catherine Cheng, MD, an internist ...
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Campus mumps outbreak declared over

By Sarah Burns | Senior Staff The mumps outbreak which infected approimately 29 UC Berkeley students last semester appears to be officially over. In a statement released by the city of Berkeley Monday, city Public Health Officer Janet Berreman said it ...
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