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Daily News 2012-10-03
Wed, 10/03/2012 - 12:02pm — admin
Vaccines made from human cancer cells – latest insanity from the FDA by The Refusers Vaccines: NJ Joins Natn'l Trend, Seeks Exemption Restriction by Alan Phillips, J.D. GM vaccines now pose big threat Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence (video) Researcher Wakefield in LaCrosse Oct. 4 to Detail UK Reporter’s Fraud - Age of Autism Trine Tsouderos Becomes Pharma PR Agent After Chicago Tribune Editor Lectures to PR Firms on “Strengthening Relationships with the Media" by Jake Crosby - Age of Autism Dennis Kucinich Good Government ~ Gary Null Vaccine Injury by themaryandsallieshow Docs have mixed feelings on school vaccinations Doctor's Data v Barrett Case - The Discovery Dam Has Been Burst... - Part Four: Judge orders Barrett to bare his.... Defence calls expert to question baby-shaking ruling - Neuropathologist says evidence against Colin Matchim is inconclusive (video) Whooping Cough: Why Is Everyone So Scared? Part 1 Northwestern’s Medill Innocence Project Turns Attention To Shaken Baby Cases The Vaccination Question: If I had a young child I would give my child... New study clarifies safety issues of Gardasil HPV vaccine Vaccine-induced CD8+ T cells control AIDS virus replication What Some Digital Docs Do And Say Online by Ed Silverman - Pharmalot Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - October is SIDS Awareness Month. Learn more about the problem and the risk factors and take action to reduce the risk. Start by always placing babies on their backs to sleep. Finding Research Fraud Ain’t So Bad: Art Explains by Ed Silverman - Pharmalot Study: Fraud growing in scientific research papers Blocking key protein could halt age-related decline in immune system, study finds new NEWS SCAN: Salmonella from salmon & turtles, poultry H5N1 vaccine, flu vaccination summary, malaria vaccine testing, new antibiotic Report details Ohio H3N2v cases, cautions about pig barns Utah’s whooping cough cases hit pre-vaccine level - Public health » Number of people in the state with pertussis, 851, has hit pre-vaccine levels. Study: Most flu infections in fair pigs were unapparent Mass flu vaccination drill also is practice for an emergency ‘Whooping cough’ vaccines crucial in prevention Misconduct is the main cause of life-sciences retractions - Opaque announcements in journals can hide fraud, study finds. Foundation opens TB lab in Africa - Howard Hughes Medical Institute sets up shop at ground zero for tuberculosis: South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal. Andrew Wakefield tries to make himself relevant again Immune System Education. New Book Offers Alternative To Vaccination Myths busted: The flu vaccine - Shot shy? Here are a few points to consider if you're debating getting a flu shot this season Vaccination changes begin at Health Department Event offering rabies vaccines amid heightened concern Pregnant women to be vaccinated against whooping cough Flu vaccines ready at MACH Feds probing Wash. whooping-cough epidemic
According to state and CDC data, Washington has more than 58 cases of pertussis per 100,000 people. The highest state rate is in Wisconsin, with nearly 79 cases per 100,000 people. About 30,000 cases have been reported nationwide this year, with 14 ...
See all stories on this topic » Utah pertussis cases at highest level since 1946
SALT LAKE CITY — The nation is in the midst of one of the worst whooping cough outbreaks in a half century. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already reported about 29-thousand cases with 14 deaths so far this year, and the health ...
See all stories on this topic » ksl.com Nigeria Can Eradicate Polio, Says Gates Foundation
DR. Christopher Elias is an optimist. If anyone has convinction that polio will be eradicated from Nigeria in the not-too distant future, it is he. His optimisim is not just because he is President of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
See all stories on this topic » Rita Zorn, 89, committed volunteer, never slowed by polio
Rita Zorn never used the polio she contracted 60 years ago as an excuse to not participate in life. The devout Catholic raised four children and volunteered for numerous social service organizations and her church, all while wearing a leg brace and ...
See all stories on this topic » Gardasil No Serious Health Concerns Linked with HPV Vaccine ...
Merck's HPV vaccine, Gardasil, was found to be safe in a large safety study required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The vaccine did cause ...
healthland.time.com/.../gardasil-no-serious-health-concerns-lin... Know the meningitis signs
Danielle was taken straight to hospital with meningitis septicaemia and spent 12 days in an induced coma on the intensive care unit – but it wasn't until four weeks after onset of the illness that Michael and Danielle's mum Kerrie learned the full ...
See all stories on this topic » Pontefract and Castleford Express Girl, two, who died from meningitis after wrongly diagnosed with swine flu was ...
Georgia Keeling, from Norwich, died from a meningitis-like infection following the incorrect diagnosis at the height of the 2009 national pandemic. The inquest in Norwich heard that paramedic Patricia Perfect had examined her at home but sent an ...
See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail Epic Progress Seen in Reducing Pneumococcal Infections
... 2010 recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that all children aged 2-59 months be routinely vaccinated with the PCV 13 vaccine, ...
See all stories on this topic » School nurses partner with public health coalition to provide school flu vaccines
The goal is to increase vaccine coverage for the school population and to reduce related illnesses and school absenteeism, says GASN President Carol Darsey, who is also lead nurse for the Liberty County School System. ... Management Agency (GEMA), CDC ...
See all stories on this topic » Utah's whooping cough cases hit pre-vaccine level
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the best way to prevent pertussis is to get vaccinated. There are vaccines for infants, children, preteens, teens and adults. The Utah Department of Health offers a list of vaccination sources. The CDC ...
See all stories on this topic » It's time for your flu shot
With vaccine so widely available, the Henderson County Department of Public Health urges everyone to get a flu vaccination this year. Although ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends vaccinating all children against seasonal flu.
See all stories on this topic » Retraction due to scientific fraud at all-time high | The Raw Story
Disgraced scienitst Andrew Wakefield (YouTube). Topics: christian science monitor ♢ scientific fraud ♢ scientific research · Fraud in scientific research: It happens ...
www.rawstory.com/.../retraction-due-to-scientific-fraud-at-all-t... Rotary Commits $75 Million To End Polio
Rotary International plans to contribute US $75 million over three years to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative as part of a world-wide effort to close a $945 million funding gap that threatens to derail the 24 year-old global health effort, even ...
See all stories on this topic » Special polio campaign stays
Dhaka, Oct 3 (bdnews24.com) – Bangladesh will continue to observe the National Immunisation Day (NID) despite its high coverage in routine vaccination and long-time polio-free status, as the technical committee feels 'there is still risk of re ...
See all stories on this topic » Bangladesh News 24 hours World Bank provides US$24mn for polio eradication
World Bank Country Director for Pakistan, Rachid Benmessaoud said in a statement issued here Wednesday that although Pakistan has seen great progress in the reduction of polio over the last 20 years, it remains one of the few countries where polio ...
See all stories on this topic » Business Recorder (blog) Study says HPV vaccine safe for girls | 7online.com
A new study confirms the safety of the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine.
abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id... HPV Vaccine Found to Have Minimal Side Effects
A study find that among almost 200000 women who had the HPV vaccine, side effects were minimal during short-term observation.
www.takepart.com/.../hpv-vaccine-found-have-minimal-side-e... Health roundup: HPV vaccine safe in large study; modified cow ...
Health roundup: The Gardasil vaccine against the human papillomavirus, or HPV , is safe for teen girls and young women, a large new study finds. Also: Altered ...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2012/.../1607861/ Mumps, etc.
Yoni Wolf and posse have returned, having picked up several flashy tricks in the half-decade since recording Alopecia and Eskimo Snow. Thanks to a bunch of swanky production-value-boosting additions-a string quartet, a choir, a horn section-Mumps, etc.
See all stories on this topic » Under the Radar Mag Age of Autism | The GOLDEN RULE
Posts about Age of Autism written by Ken McMurtrie.
tgrule.com/tag/age-of-autism/ Chemistry faculty member receives $1.38M NIH grant for HIV vaccine research
... several HIV vaccine candidates. The University of Kansas says she will conduct her work in collaboration with researchers from Duke University Medical Center and Harvard Medical Center. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that ...
See all stories on this topic » Whooping cough: Vaccinations for pregnant women as cases double in Wales
"Most at risk of whooping cough are those under two months who have not had immunisation. "The epidemic is really starting to climb. I had a suspicion about this last year. "I had seen quite a few adults coming in who had never smoked, never had ...
See all stories on this topic » BBC News Whooping cough vaccine a 'no-brainer' during pregnancy
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation which advises government, says it has "no concerns about the safety of use of this vaccine at any stage of pregnancy." The Department of Health says "as with all vaccines, there is the very rare ...
See all stories on this topic » BBC News Another Study Finds Merck's Gardasil Is Safe // Pharmalot
For the past few years, the Merck Gardasil vaccine for HPV, or human papillomavirus, has been a source of controversy. Social conservatives and some parents expressed concern that vaccination would be interpreted by teenagers as a green ...
Pharmalot Controversial HPV vaccine deemed safe for kids
Controversial HPV vaccine deemed safe for kids. Posted: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 2:44 AM EST. Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 6:36 AM EST. A new study found that the HPV vaccine Gardasil is safe for use in pediatric patients. (Source: Merck/CNN) ...
See all stories on this topic » HPV Vaccine Found to Have Minimal Side Effects
The HPV vaccine is the stuff of debate, and by that we mean there are parents who feel great about marching their sons and daughters to the doctor to get the shots, and there are parents who would rather put their kids in a canoe without a life ...
See all stories on this topic » Tenn: Meningitis outbreak prompts investigation
(AP) — Tennessee and federal health experts are investigating an outbreak of meningitis that infected 14 people who received steroid injections, killing two of them, the state's chief medical officer said Tuesday. Dr. David Reagan, chief medical ...
See all stories on this topic » Study finds Merck's cervical-cancer vaccine Gardasil 'safe'
With the Gardasil vaccine - which protects against four strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) - linked to some mild side-effects like fainting and skin problems such as redness and inflammation at the jab site, it has been recommended to the ...
See all stories on this topic » TopNews United States No New Safety Concerns for Gardasil in Young Females
Since its approval in 2006, no new safety concerns have been found to be associated with vaccinating girls and young women with the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in the Archives of ...
See all stories on this topic » Merck's Gardasil deemed safe in another large study
Relax, parents, vaccine researchers say. Merck's ($MRK) human papillomavirus vaccine has proven safe in another large study designed to gauge its side effects. Required by regulators in the U.S. and Europe, the study flagged a couple of reactions, but ...
See all stories on this topic » Study Finds HPV Vaccine Gardasil Safe
The Gardasil study—led by the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, Calif.—was required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency to provide an additional look at the vaccine's safety in a large group of ...
See all stories on this topic » Second case of measles sparks health warning
"If they want to go see their doctor, it would be a good idea, to ring up the doctor's office or emergency department beforehand to let them know they are coming in and that they think they might have measles," he said. "In that instance they can be ...
See all stories on this topic » Researcher Wakefield in LaCrosse Oct. 4 to Detail UK Reporter's Fraud
Researcher and patient advocate Andrew Wakefield, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCPath, will hold a press conference with Midwest autism families at a public park in ...
Twitter / WSJ: Study: Gardasil cervical-cancer ...
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twitter.com/WSJ/statuses/253301217189588993 No New Safety Concerns for Gardasil in Young Females - MPR
Since its approval in 2006, no new safety concerns have been found to be associated with vaccinating girls and young women with the quadrivalent human.
www.empr.com/no-new-safety-concerns-for.../261859/ Study Says Gardasil Safe for Young Women | Pharmaceutical ...
Study results published Monday in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine suggest that Merck & Co.'s Gardasil human papillomavirus vaccine is safe, ...
www.pharmpro.com/.../Government-and-Regulatory-Study-Sa... Paralympian Stephen Miller joins flu jab campaign
The North East's annual flu immunisation campaign was launched by the veteran paralympian yesterday to spread the message about the free vaccine, which could save the lives of more than 800,000 people in the region at serious risk from flu. In the ...
See all stories on this topic » Andrew Wakefield tries to make himself relevant again
Andrew Wakefield is the former research surgeon who championed the idea that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Multiple researchers have told me that even at ...
topic.worlds-luxury-guide.com/article/07zM04yaHK5Fa?q... Polio eradication: Unicef team arriving to review progress
RAWALPINDI, Oct 2: A three-member team from United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) is arriving here on Wednesday to review progress on the awareness and communication campaign for polio eradication. The team will hold meetings with District ...
See all stories on this topic » HPV vaccine found safe in large study
"This analysis was very reassuring," said lead researcher Dr. Nicola Klein of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, California, whose work was funded by Merck. HPV vaccination is recommended for both boys and girls to shield them from ...
See all stories on this topic » Londonderry High teacher diagnosed with viral meningitis
LONDONDERRY — Parents are being advised to be on the lookout for meningitis symptoms in their teens after a Londonderry High School faculty member was diagnosed with viral meningitis earlier this week. On Tuesday afternoon, a letter was sent home to ...
See all stories on this topic » Tenn: Meningitis outbreak prompts investigation
By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press – 1 minute ago. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's chief medical officer said Tuesday that state and federal health experts are investigating an outbreak of meningitis in which 14 people who received steroid ...
See all stories on this topic » Tennessee: Meningitis outbreak is investigated
(CNN) -- Non-contagious meningitis struck 14 patients -- all but one in Tennessee -- who received steroid injections, leaving two dead, according to health officials investigating the outbreak. Thirteen of the victims -- in their late 40s to their ...
See all stories on this topic » Controversial HPV vaccine deemed safe for kids
Concerns over the safety of the Gardasil vaccine emerged soon after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2006. Leading health organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
See all stories on this topic » Measles alert for NT
THE Territory is on measles alert after a young boy was infected with the highly contagious disease in Darwin - the second case in a fortnight after an interstate traveller was diagnosed. The Centre for Disease Control has warned people to be aware of ...
See all stories on this topic » NTNews.com.au Pertussis Outbreak Reinforces Need for Earlier Tdap Booster
"The possibility of earlier or more numerous booster doses of acellular pertussis vaccine either as part of routine immunization or for outbreak control should be entertained," the investigators wrote (Clin. Infect. Dis. 2012;54:1730-5). A second study ...
See all stories on this topic » Andrew Wakefield tries to make himself relevant again
Andrew Wakefield is the former research surgeon who championed the idea that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Multiple researchers have told me that even at the time of Mr. Wakefield's first research announcements, Mr. Wakefield's idea was a stretch in ...
See all stories on this topic » HPV vaccine gets a (mostly) clean bill of health
A large study of the safety of the HPV vaccine has turned up no unexpected side effects. The study, published Monday in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, did find that the vaccine caused some women to faint the day they received ...
See all stories on this topic » Docs have mixed feelings on school vaccinations
I was with the Canadian Forces in 2009, was ordered to get the H1N1 shot (AREPANRIX by GSK GlaxoSmithKline) and had an adverse reaction to the vaccine. I received PERMANENT neurological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and respiratory symptoms: ...
See all stories on this topic » Might Smallpox Virus Help Fight a Lethal Breast Cancer?
By loading up the live "vaccinia" virus in the smallpox vaccine with a specific type of protein, researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., found they could ...
See all stories on this topic » Khyber Agency administers 60000 polio vaccines; KP drive continues
increase text size decrease text size. KHYBER – In the past two months, Pakistani health authorities vaccinated 60,000 children of initially resistant parents against polio with the help of Ansarul Islam (AI), a religious outfit in Khyber Agency, an ...
See all stories on this topic » Lebanon boy, 9, dies of bacterial meningitis
Although bacterial meningitis can be contagious, the Centers for Disease Control has informed Wilson County Schools that other students and faculty at West Elementary are not at risk after McLeod's death. Funeral services for the boy were held on Monday.
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis Investigators Eye Link To Compounding Pharmacy
A similar outbreak of fungal meningitis in late 2002 was also blamed on contaminated injectable steroids prepared by a compounding pharmacy. Investigators later discovered "improper performance" of a piece of equipment at the pharmacy, "no testing for ...
See all stories on this topic » Tenn: Meningitis Outbreak Prompts Investigation
Tennessee's chief medical officer said Tuesday that state and federal health experts are investigating an outbreak of meningitis in which 14 people who received steroid injections contracted the infection and two of them died. Dr. David Reagan, chief ...
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis Cases Are Linked to Steroid Injections in Spine
Dr. April Pettit, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University, was worried about her patient. He had been ill with meningitis for two weeks, he was not getting better, and she could not figure out why. Antibiotics, the usual treatment ...
See all stories on this topic » News:Measles Outbreak
Thirty-two children have died of measles since January last year, and so far there are 747 confirmed cases and more than three thousand suspected cases in 45 counties including Nairobi. The measles outbreak is said to have originated from the Dadaab ...
See all stories on this topic » Rules changing for public health childhood immunizations
KINGMAN — The Arizona Department of Health Services has announced important policy changes to the federally funded Vaccines for Children program that ...
www.mohavedailynews.com/.../doc506948b37c2d427110175... Gates hopes polio will be eradicated by 2018
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Software magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates, who is helping spearhead a global campaign to eradicate polio, said Thursday he hopes that by 2015 no child in the world will be paralyzed by the disease and by 2018 polio will be ...
See all stories on this topic » HPV vaccine safe but linked to fainting and skin infections, study finds
The study included nearly 200,000 girls who received at least one dose of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine, known as Gardasil, which is marketed by Merck & Co. and protects against four strains of HPV. Researchers found that fainting was six times more ...
See all stories on this topic » County sets influenza, pneumonia clinics
The Middlesex County Office of Health Services recently scheduled the county's 2012-13 seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccination program. County influenza-vaccination clinics, which will continue through Oct. 30, are open to county residents ages ...
See all stories on this topic » Mt. Juliet student dies from form of bacterial meningitis
An elementary student in Wilson County died from a non-contagious form of bacterial meningitis, according to the Upper Cumberland Health Department. The 9-year-old student, Sam McLeod, attended West Elementary in Mount Juliet. Officials said Sam ...
See all stories on this topic » News: Gagatella, Jack Mackenroth, Sony Rainbow, Meningitis
NYC Health Department says no current plans for meningitis vaccines: "Two North American cities that experienced outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) among gay and bisexual men immediately launched campaigns that gave thousands of ...
See all stories on this topic » Viral Meningitis Cases Reported In Williamson County
School leaders said there were anywhere between four and seven cases; however, since doctors are not required to report viral meningitis to the health department, the school system did not have a confirmed number of cases. Cleaning crews have been ...
See all stories on this topic » State confirms more meningitis cases, calls situation 'outbreak'
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -. The State Health Department announced Tuesday two more cases of fungal meningitis and are now calling the situation an "outbreak." On Monday, the state said it was investigating a "cluster" of meningitis cases in Middle ...
See all stories on this topic » CDC studies meningitis in Tenn. hospital
Meningitis is a potentially deadly inflammation of tissues that surround the brain and spinal cord, commonly caused by bacterial or viral infections. The investigation of the outbreak in the Nashville hospital centers on a fungal infection from a mold ...
See all stories on this topic » Merck's HPV Vaccine Gardasil Shown Safe in Kaiser Study
Gardasil sparked debate in 2007 as 24 states introduced legislation to mandate HPV shots for school girls, despite the lack of long-term safety studies. U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota brought the issue back to light last year at a ...
See all stories on this topic » Dr. James H. Conway: Vaccines will save our lives — if we let them
... of Medicine & Public Health. He also chairs the Immunization and Infectious Diseases Committee for the Wisconsin chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Enlarge ... His hypothesis had a Rube Goldberg quality to it — the vaccine-strain ...
See all stories on this topic » Health Ministry expects rise in mumps cases
Health Ministry Undersecretary Amr Qandil on Tuesday projected rising numbers of mumps cases from December to the coming February, but assured it would not be a public health emergency. “It is a winter disease,” Qandil said in a press conference.
See all stories on this topic » Lindale ISD reports new cases of Whooping Cough
Two cases of pertussis, also called “whooping cough,” have been reported in students attending classes in the Lindale Independent School District, officials announced on Monday. Lindale ISD was notified by the Northeast Texas Public Health District ...
See all stories on this topic » Merck's $1 Billion-a-Year Gardasil Vaccine Garners Another Safety ...
And last year, Gardasil became caught up in the Republican presidential primary ... Rick Perry, who approved the mandate in his state (see Pharma news).
Study Affirms Safety of HPV4 Vaccine for Adolescents and Young Women in ...
The center operates 31 sites in Northern California and collaborates with Kaiser Permanente's Northwest, Hawaii, and Colorado regions as well as participates in several Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health studies.
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