* ►December 15, 2006 - Reductions in Cross-Neutralizing Antibody Responses in Infants after Attenuation of the Human Rotavirus Vaccine Candidate 89-12 - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases) - "Because of the possibility of improved responses in older infants, the immunogenicity of the 89-12 vaccine candidate was evaluated after administration of 2 doses beginning at either 4 or 6 months of age. As was found in young infants, neutralizing antibody responses to non-G1/P1A[8] rotaviruses were considerably lower than those observed after natural infection."

* ►December 15, 2006 - Clinical and Immunologic Risk Factors for Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccine Failure in the United Kingdom (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases) - "The antibody response in the subjects with vaccine failure was consistent with an anamnestic response, suggesting that MenC disease occurred despite the MCC vaccine priming for immune memory."

* ►December 15, 2006 - Phase 1 Clinical Trials of the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center HIV/AIDS Candidate Vaccines (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►December 15, 2006 - Phase 1 Safety and Immunogenicity Evaluation of a Multiclade HIV-1 Candidate Vaccine Delivered by a Replication-Defective Recombinant Adenovirus Vector (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►December 15, 2006 - Phase 1 Safety and Immunogenicity Evaluation of a Multiclade HIV-1 DNA Candidate Vaccine (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►December 15, 2006 - A Randomized, Partially Blinded Phase 2 Trial of Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV-Specific Immunizations, and Interleukin-2 Cycles to Promote Efficient Control of Viral Replication (ACTG A5024) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►December 15, 2006 - Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Efficacy Trial of a Bivalent Recombinant Glycoprotein 120 HIV-1 Vaccine among Injection Drug Users in Bangkok, Thailand - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 15, 2006 - Viral Load, E2 Gene Disruption Status, and Lineage of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Infection in Cervical Neoplasia - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 15, 2006 - Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Women Who Have and Have Not Undergone Hysterectomies (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 15, 2006 - Finding the Cause of Kawasaki Disease: A Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Priority (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 15, 2006 - Blinded Case-Control Study of the Relationship between Human Coronavirus NL63 and Kawasaki Syndrome (full text) - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

►December 15, 2006 - Human Cytolytic T Cell Recognition of Yersinia pestis Virulence Proteins That Target Innate Immune Responses - journal article (The Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►December 13, 2006 - Guillain-Barré Syndrome After Influenza Vaccination in Adults - journal article (Archives of Internal Medicine) - "Influenza vaccination is associated with a small but significantly increased risk for hospitalization because of GBS."

►December 2006 - Prevention of behavioral disorders in primary care. - journal article (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

►December 2006 - Screening for behavioral health problems in primary care. - journal article (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

►December 2006 - Management of pediatric mental disorders in primary care: where are we now and where are we going?. - journal article (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

►December 2006 - Disorders of cerebellar growth and development. - journal article (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

►December 2006 - Extraesophageal reflux in children. - journal article (Pediatric otolaryngology)

►November 20, 2006 - Interview with Vincent Lam, doctor and Giller winner - On pandemics, contraceptives and his surprise victory - Macleans

►November 15, 2006 - Ministry in 'damage control mode' over meningococcal doco - The Ministry of Health says it is in damage control mode because a television documentary which criticised the safety of the meningococcal B vaccination has frightened parents. - Radio New Zealand

* ►November 15, 2006 - Health Ministry in 'damage control' over vaccine documentary - New Zealand Herald - "Green MP Sue Kedgley grilled Dr O'Hallahan about comments she made to a vaccine research conference in Baltimore in the United States in May. She asked whether people had the right to scrutinise the $200 million -- the most spent on a single health initiative -- that the vaccine had cost and quoted Dr O'Hallahan telling the conference that surveillance of an Independent Safety Monitoring Board (ISMB) had not found any significant safety concerns. 'This ISMB has enhanced public confidence and assisted us in the management of the anti-immunisation menace.' Also: 'This calculated gamble has paid off -- we are in the process of controlling an epidemic using a designer vaccine.'...Ms Kedgley noted there were about 20 vaccines for babies and asked if there was any limit -- such as 1000. Dr O'Hallahan said she did not believe that providing multiple antigens through vaccination had a detrimental effect and 1000 would not overwhelm the immune system.'"

* ►November 15, 2006 - Acambis crashes after US smallpox setback - The Independent, UK - "Acambis, the vaccines manufacturer, has been dumped by the US government from a contract to supply smallpox vaccine that could have been worth up to $1bn (£555m). The UK company was told that its proposal for a new, weakened vaccine was "no longer highly rated" on technical grounds."

►November 15, 2006 - Tamiflu linked to abnormal behaviour - A drug stockpiled by governments worldwide to fight bird flu has been linked to hallucinations and other abnormal behaviour. - The Dominion Post via www.stuff.co.nz - "The ministry said there had been three cases of suspected adverse reactions to Tamiflu reported in New Zealand, but none related to the neuropsychiatric conditions highlighted by the FDA. Two were allergic reactions and a third patient complained of nausea and vomiting."

►November 15, 2006 - Hormones :: AMA Adopts Resolution Calling for FDA Oversight of Bioidentical Hormones - www.spiritindia.com

►November 15, 2006 - Akunyili Chastises Health Care Workers: ‘Some of you are thieves, selling government drugs to patent medicine dealers' - Nigerian Tribune - "She further warned health care workers diverting vitamin A capsules as well as other government drugs and properties in hospitals and health centres to be wary of the 'sledge hammer' of NAFDAC and other law enforcement agencies who are now fully out to deal with any erring officials."

►November 15, 2006 - Abbott optimistic about cervical cancer vaccination plan - www.abc.net.au

* ►November 15, 2006 - Vaccine could be available next year - The Age, Australia - "But he said the start date of an immunisation program was all dependent on CSL Limited — which shares Australian marketing rights for Gardasil with Merck — coming up with a better price or providing more evidence about how the vaccine would work long-term. 'The ball is in CSL's court,' Mr Abbott said as the company met with Government representatives to haggle over its proposal. 'If a decision can be made this year, I am reasonably confident that we could roll out the program next year.'"

►November 14, 2006 - Maker to cut cancer vaccine cost - CSL Ltd yesterday agreed to further drop the price of its cervical cancer vaccine and is hopeful subsidised doses could be available in Australia next year. - The Courier-Mail

►November 14, 2006 - Let's not get into valuing one type of patient over others - Sydney Morning Herald

►November 14, 2006 - Abbott flags cancer vaccine subsidy - AAP via The Australian

* ►November 14, 2006 - Parents have till Dec. 4 to immunize kids - Children without proof of immunization by that date will not be allowed to go to school. Local health clinics offer the vaccine for free. - Daily Press

►November 14, 2006 - U.S. health officials propose 'abnormal behaviour' warning for Tamiflu label - Canadian Press via www.canada.com

* ►November 14, 2006 - Tamiflu may pose risk of mental side effects - CIDRAP News

* ►November 14, 2006 - Tamiflu Manufacturers Deny Link to Psychiatric Problems - AXcess News

* ►November 14, 2006 - Study: Flu vaccine slightly raises Guillain-Barré risk - CIDRAP News

►November 14, 2006 - Flu shot clinics cancelled again; shipping delays blamed - www.nbc-2.com

* ►November 14, 2006 - Nursing home staff, residents both need shots, study says - Reuters via San Diego Union Tribune - "Flu vaccine drives can prevent potentially deadly influenza outbreaks in nursing homes but only if both residents and staff are immunized, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday. Vaccinating elderly residents alone did not decrease the number of flu outbreaks, nor did vaccinating staff alone, the study by the nonprofit Rand Corporation found."

* ►November 14, 2006 - CDC calls for flu-shot push before holidays - San Francisco Chronicle - "Production delays created a shortage of a special flu vaccine made free of a mercury-based preservative, a formulation required by California law for pregnant women and children under 3. As a result, the rule was lifted on Nov. 2. Backer said that about 70 percent of the state health department's order for preservative-free vaccine has now been delivered.  Patty Tomsky, spokeswoman for Sanofi Pasteur, the only maker of the preservative-free shots, said 85 percent of the order destined for California had, in fact, been shipped by Nov. 2. The Swiftwater, Pa., manufacturer expects to have shipped its entire supply of 50 million doses of adult and pediatric flu vaccine by the end of the month."

* ►November 14, 2006 - Delays Plague Flu Vaccine Supply - Long delays in distributing flu vaccine are frustrating public health departments and doctors’ offices despite expectations of ample supplies this fall. - WebMD via FOX News

* ►November 14, 2006 - OAP hits out over lack of flu vaccine - A Pensioner has hit out at NHS adverts encouraging people to go for a flu jag when there's no vaccine available. - Kirkintilloch Herald

* ►November 14, 2006 - Get Your Free Flu Shot and Ward Off Bioterrorism - Signal - "The city of Santa Clarita is participating in the planning and implementation of this drive-through flu clinic because this event is actually exercising the city's bioterrorism preparedness plan with L.A. County Public Health and COC. the exercise is designed to test the 'Cities Readiness Initiative' response during a bioterrorism attack or pandemic."

►November 14, 2006 - Health Department to give flu shots today in Norman, Moore, Noble - Norman Transcript - "Today's flu clinics in Norman, Moore and Noble are part of an exercise designed to help health officials prepare for the type of mass immunizations that might be required in the event of a terrorist attack, a naturally occurring disease epidemic or other public health emergency, Ely said."

►November 14, 2006 - Dr. Manny: Flu Shot Myths & Misinformation - Every year the CDC and many public health advocates urge the American public to pay attention to the flu season--specifically, to get vaccinated. Why? Because 36,000 people die each year from complications of the flu and 200,000 more are hospitalized. - FOX News

►November 14, 2006 - Oversupply of flu vaccine presages future shortage - Officials fear drug manufacturers may cut output - AP via Worcester Telegram

►November 14, 2006 - On Call: Flu vaccine is safe; those at risk should get the shot - The Daily Advertiser

►November 14, 2006 - Flu jab shortage could lead to FGH staff crisis - NW Evening Mail

►November 14, 2006 - Flu Vaccines Encouraged, Surplus on Hand - MyFox Memphis

►November 14, 2006 - Too Many Flu Vaccines? - www.wneg32.com

* ►November 14, 2006 - Free mass flu vaccinations scheduled this week - Arkansas News - "The flu shots are free to those who participate in the vaccination exercise."

►November 14, 2006 - Bird flu patient in critical condition in Indonesia - Xinhua via People's Daily Online

►November 14, 2006 - CU 'gene chip' passes CDC test - Rocky Mountain News - "A new 'gene chip' developed by the University of Colorado has proved accurate and cost- effective in identifying whether an ill person has the avian flu."

►November 14, 2006 - Brookhaven target new anti-SARS virus drugs - Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have set the stage for the rapid identification of compounds to fight against severe acquired respiratory syndrome (SARS), the atypical pneumonia responsible for about 800 deaths worldwide since first recognized in late 2002. - www.news-medical.net

* ►November 14, 2006 - 3rd family files mercury lawsuit - Cherry Hill Courier Post - "The father of three children who attended the Kiddie Kollege child-care facility in Franklin alleges in a lawsuit that the building's former owners failed to reveal the building was contaminated with mercury. In a lawsuit filed in Superior Court, Wayne Adair Jr. of Franklin seeks punitive and compensatory damages, including all past and future medical expenses."

* ►November 14, 2006 - Mercury thermometers soon to be museum pieces but derogation for barometers - European Parliament - "Parliament adopted a first reading report by 582 votes in favour to 17 against and 21 abstentions restricting the marketing of certain non-electrical measuring devices containing mercury. The draft directive outlaws the sale of certain measuring devices containing mercury. The directive would ban the sale of certain new non-electrical measuring devices containing mercury, as this metal poses a serious risk to health."

* ►November 14, 2006 - EU Parliament backs plans to ban mercury - AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

►November 14, 2006 - MEPs vote on EU mercury ban - The European parliament has exempted barometers from the EU mercury ban in a controversial vote. - www.eupolitix.com

►November 14, 2006 - Gabrielle Hinahara: Doyle must move on mercury emissions - letter - The Capital Times

* ►November 14, 2006 - Barton touts bid for election as GOP leader - Star-Telegram via www.dfw.com - "Asked about the Combat Autism Act, a $900 million plan to highlight autism in children that has passed the Senate, Barton said, 'I think we have a compromise that should be acceptable to both sides.' He has been pummeled daily on the Imus in the Morning radio show, which airs in many markets nationwide and is simulcast on MSNBC, for holding up the bill."

►November 14, 2006 - Autism therapy requires cash - Oxford Mail, UK - "Mrs Locke, 42, who also has daughters Lydia, nine, and Bethany, 12, said: 'Autism is an unknown quantity. There are so many treatment options, it's a bit of a lucky dip. Since we have been using the Son-Rise technique every day we see a little more progress.'"

►November 14, 2006 - Society for the Treatment of Autism employees have new contract - press release - Canadian Union of Public Employees via Canada NewsWire

►November 14, 2006 - Help at hand when autism is diagnosed - News & Star, UK

►November 14, 2006 - Help for Autism - A new device teaches the interpretation of facial cues - MIT Technology Review

►November 14, 2006 - Autism Cymru: Teacch returns to Wales - www.politics.co.uk

►November 14, 2006 - Borat's Relative Sees Autism Explanation in Sufferer's Relatives - American Council on Science and Health

►November 14, 2006 - Northside families in autism funding plea - Dublin People

►November 14, 2006 - Autism: unconditional love works wonders - Autism does not define a person any more than hair or skin color: but with love and support marvels are possible. - Spero News

►November 14, 2006 - Don't let her loss be in vain - editorial - Oxford Mail, UK - "So our hearts go out today to the family of Cheney School pupil Kyomie Williams, who has died from the meningococcal strain."

* ►November 14, 2006 - Side effects plague overmedicated senior - Monterey County Herald

►November 14, 2006 - Meningococcal disease victim's family to take part in coronial inquest - www.abc.net.au

►November 14, 2006 - Tot nearly died from meningitis - A Mum whose baby nearly died from meningitis has spoken of the terror of feeling the infant slipping away in her arms. - Harborough Mail

►November 14, 2006 - Whooping cough scare in Palo Alto - High school outbreak has not spread to neighboring districts - San Mateo County Times

►November 14, 2006 - School to snuff whooping cough - Over 100 sign up for vaccination clinic - Palo Alto Daily News

►November 14, 2006 - Pulse polio campaign a success: A Ramadoss - Zee News

* ►November 14, 2006 - To launch injectable polio vaccine: Panacea Biotec - Moneycontrol India - "Q: A quick update on two fronts, one on that Anthrax vaccine that you are working on for the US market and the drug delivery system project with the European MNC?"

►November 14, 2006 - Anti-polio vaccination in Iraq defies violence - AFP via TODAYonline

►November 14, 2006 - Despite difficulties, polio immunization drive underway in Iraq - UNICEF

►November 14, 2006 - Kebbi govt blames polio spread on cross migration - The Tide

►November 14, 2006 - Calici virus breaks out at four Budapest hospitals - www.caboodle.hu

►November 14, 2006 - One Path – Two Effects: Immune System uses DNA Repair Mechanism to Boost Defence - Every day our immune system has to repel numerous pathogens. For this purpose defence cells produce specific antibodies which are tailored exactly to a particular pathogen. Since there are millions of different pathogens, many of which are extremely variable as well, this is an enormous challenge. - innovations report

►November 14, 2006 - Burundi: Food cuts for HIV-positive people worry NGOs - IRIN via Reuters AlertNet

►November 14, 2006 - DPH requires health care providers to report HIV patient names - AP via Boston Globe

►November 14, 2006 - Radioactive therapy tested against HIV - Trials in mice show potential for other infectious diseases - Newsday

►November 14, 2006 - HIV infection linked with lung disease - United Press International

►November 14, 2006 - Family wants answer to meningococcal death - AAP via The Australian

►November 14, 2006 - Meningitis Warning Issued At WVU After One Case - AP via http://kdka.com

* ►November 14, 2006 - FDA seeks boost in drug company fees - AP via BusinessWeek

►November 14, 2006 - FDA can't deny hope to those who need help - editorial - The Republican via www.masslive.com

►November 14, 2006 - CDC Slow to Act Against Hospital Infections, Critic Charges - Consumer Affairs

* ►November 14, 2006 - FDA subjects antibiotic to new scrutiny - AP via BusinessWeek - "The announcement comes as the Senate Finance Committee investigates allegations of fraud connected with trials of Ketek, as well as how the FDA has handled safety issues associated with the drug."

►November 14, 2006 - Iomai Announces Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results and Business Progress - press release - Iomai Corporation via PRNewswire via MSNMoney

►November 14, 2006 - Novavax 3Q loss widens on research costs - AP via BusinessWeek

* ►November 14, 2006 - Cuban Vaccines Star Biotech Event - Prensa Latina

►November 14, 2006 - New Gas Safely Kills Anthrax, Super Germs, Experts Say - www.wtopnews.com

►November 14, 2006 - Acambis: what the analysts say - Guardian, UK

* ►November 14, 2006 - Acambis surprised as US Govt rejects smallpox vaccine proposal - Silicon Fen Business Report

►November 14, 2006 - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Satisfactory Completion of Voluntary Review of Equity Grant Programs; Third Quarter 2006 10-Q Filed within the Five-Day Extension Period - Independent Review Finds No Issues of Impropriety in Historical or Current Year Equity Grant Programs - press release - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals via PRNewswire-FirstCall via Yahoo!

►November 14, 2006 - Nautilus Biotech and Creabilis Therapeutics Achieve Technical Milestone in Collaboration to Improve HMGB1 Box A for the Treatment of Rage- and HMGB1-Related Pathologies. - press release - Nautilus Biotech via PRNewswire via Yahoo!

►November 14, 2006 - Learning from Vioxx - editorial - Boston Globe

►November 14, 2006 - Cardinal Health: RFID tracking data in - United Press International

►November 14, 2006 - S. Korea to inspect Chinese duck eggs for cancerous substance - Yonhap News

►November 14, 2006 - Researchers isolate septic shock gene - Newsday

►November 14, 2006 - Childhood procedure could lower STD rate - USA Today via Jackson Clarion-Ledger

►November 14, 2006 - Diabetes impact on Indigenous community worries health expert - www.abc.net.au

►November 14, 2006 - ADHD: To medicate or Not to Medicate - www.progressiveu.org

►November 14, 2006 - Doctors urged to warn on asthma alternatives - New national asthma guidelines urge doctors to warn patients about the dangers of using complementary remedies to treat their condition. - Courier Mail

►November 14, 2006 - Retirement Home Going Ape (includes video) - First Coast News - "Chimp Haven President and Director Dr. Linda Brent says, 'Most people don't realize that chimpanzees are used in medical research. And when we explain that to them and actually talk to people about how chimpanzees were critical to the development of the Polio vaccine and Hepatitis B vaccine, people have a connection to that. They've been vaccinated for these diseases.'"

* ►November 14, 2006 - Feedback: Novartis Responds To MeNZB Report - www.scoop.co.nz - "The press release, which is posted at Novartis.com, clearly explains the relationship between the MeNZB program and ongoing Men B research. Instead, the article authors use a Daily Mail article about the broader Men B vaccine as a source, faulting it for not including any information about the MeNZB program and portraying it as an official Novartis/Chiron communication."

►November 14, 2006 - The So-Called "Bird Flu": Why is Concern So High? - Crime Library

►November 14, 2006 - The Cell Detective - Hidde Ploegh's lab uncovers how viruses silence cells--and disarm the immune system. - Technology Review

►November 14, 2006 - Immune system cells linked to heart failure - Baylor College of Medicine

►November 14 ,2006 - T for two: scientists show how immune system chooses best way to fight infection - AlpahGalileo

* ►November 13, 2006 - Indonesia reports two avian flu cases - CIDRAP News

* ►November 13, 2006 - Capitol Hill Watch | Congress To Focus on Labor-HHS, Other Unfinished Appropriations Bills During Lame-Duck Session - Kaiser Network - "Democrats plan to attach the legislation to a separate bill (S 1873), a version of which the House passed by voice vote on Sept. 26, that would establish the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. BARDA would coordinate federal efforts to produce countermeasures against biological weapons and illnesses such as pandemic flu. "It remains unclear whether S 3678 can pass both chambers and potentially go through a conference committee before Congress recesses," CQ HealthBeat reports"

* ►November 13, 2006 - Vaccine for kidney and bowel cancers 'within three years' - Evening Standard, UK - "To date 150 patients have had the vaccine and 95 per cent of those that can be evaluated have had an 'anti-tumour response'. If further trials prove successful, the vaccine could be licensed for use against kidney cancer within just three years."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Merck Juggles Launch of 3 Vaccines and Wyeth to Present at the Credit Suisse First Boston Healthcare Conference - Financial News USA

* ►November 13, 2006 - Diptheria Toxin And IL2 To Help Immune System Attack Melanoma - EORTC - EORTC-NCI-AACR via Medical News Today
 
►November 13, 2006 - Gene chip test identifies bird flu strains - Reuters

►November 13, 2006 - Asthma Screening in Schools - American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting via Ivanhoe

►November 13, 2006 - Consultation and referral guidelines citing the evidence: how the allergist-immunologist can help. - American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology via www.guideline.gov

►November 13, 2006 - Radioactive iodine linked to thyroid disease - Epidemiology via Reuters Health

►November 13, 2006 - Romanians visit Del. to learn from bird flu experts - The News Journal

►November 13, 2006 - Wyeth boosts manufacturing in US plant as Puerto Rico site struggles - Wyeth has boosted production at the US plant it has earmarked for closure while it is dealing with ongoing manufacturing deficiencies in its Puerto Rico facility. - www.in-pharmatechnologist.com

►November 13, 2006 - Science Business: What Happened to Biotech? - Harvard Business School

►November 13, 2006 - Two Effects: Immune System uses DNA Repair Mechanism to Boost Defence - AlphaGalileo

* ►November 13, 2006 - Anti-Vaccine Group Challenges CDC's Flu Shot Guidelines for Infants - FOX News - "A survey of 9,024 people conducted by Zogby International, a public opinion group, between Oct. 27-30 of this year, found that many people are uninformed about vaccinations, but have strong opinions when provided with information. According to the survey, when asked what they knew about flu shots: - 74 percent of respondents were unaware that most flu shots contained mercury."

* ►November 13, 2006 - CDC Urges More People to Get Flu Shots - AP via Forbes - "'We are concerned that we're going to have more doses of flu (vaccine) than we might use,' said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 110 million doses — a record amount — are being made for the 2006-07 flu season. The previous record was 95 million in 2002-03. That year 12 million doses went unused and one manufacturer quit making shots. CDC officials said they want to prevent a repeat of that experience and are promoting Nov. 27-Dec. 3 as 'National Influenza Vaccination Week.'"

NVIC - Barbara Loe Fisher Commentary: While the CDC pleads with Americans to roll up their sleeves and get a flu shot and parent groups concerned about the mercury preservative, thimerosal, call for it to be removed from flu vaccine, the National Vaccine Information Center stands by its position that whether flu vaccine contains mercury or not, the right to informed consent to medical risk taking is a human right and vaccination is no exception. It will be many years before the idealogues at the CDC or the executives making stock decisions at the big pharmaceutical companies or the researchers in academia taking both CDC and drug company money ever come clean with the American people about the real risks of mercury-containing or mercury-free vaccines.

Vaccination involves atypical manipulation of the immune system with lab altered viruses and bacteria as well as many potentially harmful components from aluminum and formaldehyde to endotoxin and residual DNA from animal and human cell substrates. The biological mechanisms for brain and immune system dysfunction caused by live virus or killed bacterial vaccines are varied. Removing mercury from vaccines will lessen the toxic load from vaccination but will not eliminate vaccine injury and death, including vaccine induced autism and other developmental delays.

It is sad that health officials at the CDC cannot embrace the "first do no harm" principle and remove a known neurotoxin from the flu vaccine. Their refusal to take this logical step should be a warning to the public that becoming an informed consumer when it comes to vaccination can mean the difference between long term good health or a lifetime of chronic illness and disability.

* ►November 13, 2006 - Pharmaceuticals GSK predicts unrest if bird flu mutates (requires registration) - The Daily Telegraph via Therapeutics Daily - "Several governments around the world have promised to send in the army to protect GlaxoSmithKline manufacturing plants that produce bird flu vaccine should a pandemic break out, the drug maker's chief executive, Jean-Pierre Garnier, has said. 'People don't realise the disorder which comes from a scary event such as a true pandemic. It is not going to be the time to line up to your friendly pharmacist because there will be hundreds of people there. There will be panic episodes,' Mr Garnier said."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Contamination Controversy: Red flag warning for Sutherlin's Red Rock Road? - Sutherlin family says its own Red Rock Road may have caused children’s disorders - The News Review - "For years, the Tenbrooks searched for clues that might answer why so many of the family’s children suffer from neurological disorders."

* ►November 13, 2006 - FDA sued over mercury in medicines - Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. News of the Day - "On Oct 27, the Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) filed an amended complaint in U.S. federal court, disputing a Sept 26 FDA response defending the use of mercury in medications."

* ►November 13, 2006 - AMA Adopts New Policies On Mercury Pollution, Hormone Compounds And Smoke-Free Meetings - AMA via All American Patriots

►November 13, 2006 - Vaccines and surrogacy - it's all just politics - Kalgoorlie Golden Mail

►November 13, 2006 - New CU test could help nip flu pandemic - The fast, cheap method can identify strains within hours, which could be key as the bird variety spreads. - Denver Post

►November 13, 2006 - Student Health To Offer Annual Flu Inoculations - Daily Nexus

►November 13, 2006 - Shipping slow for flu shots - Even after Thanksgiving, get vaccine, doctors advise - Los Angeles Daily News

►November 13, 2006 - Health Department to vaccinate students - Pertussis cases now called "outbreak" - Paly Voice

►November 13, 2006 - Mass anti-polio drive launched - Gulf Times

►November 13, 2006 - 59,724 children given polio drops in Panchkula district - Express News Service via Chandigarh Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com

* ►November 13, 2006 - Program for the development of a novel vaccine against Middle ear infection started - EUR 2.3 million funding by the European Commission - press release - Intercell AG via www.presseportal.de

 ►November 13, 2006 - HPV vaccine now available at Health Services - The Brown Daily Herald

►November 13, 2006 - A word on cervical cancer vaccines - Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. Eighty per cent of the estimated 274,000 deaths occur in the developing world and research done shows that the numbers could increase. - Jamaica Observer

►November 13, 2006 - Vaccine 'tackles kidney cancer' - A vaccine which uses the body's immune system to attack an aggressive form of kidney cancer has completely eradicated one patient's tumour. - BBC

►November 13, 2006 - Vaccine Promising in Early-Stage Breast Cancer - Reuters Health via www.cancerpage.com

►November 13, 2006 - BioPen Senses BioThreats - The Future of Things

►November 13, 2006 - IAC EXPRESS Issue #629 - Immunization Action Coalition - "Article in AAP News urges health professionals to provide VISs each time they vaccinate - A short article in the November 2006 AAP News urges health professionals to provide VISs each time they vaccinate. Written by David Marcus, MD, "Doctor, Do You Know What a VIS is?" states that providing VISs is both good medicine and good risk management."

►November 13, 2006 - Measles high in Wakiso - New Vision

►November 12, 2006 - Muslim clerics go door-to-door to fight resurgence of polio in India - AP via International Herald Tribune

* ►November 12, 2006 - 'India should strengthen data protection' - Times of India - "Speaking to TOI on his first ever visit to the country, Dehecq is crystal clear on his priorities. The largest producer of vaccines in the world, Sanofi-Aventis is keen to jump start its vaccine facility here. But on one condition. 'We will not use centres such as India, with its lowcost labour and excellent but cheap manufacturing abilities to supply to the developed world,' says the silver-haired chairman."

►November 12, 2006 - Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Input and Ideas for Roadmap Trans-NIH Strategic Initiatives - NanotechWire

* ►November 11, 2006 - 'Docs must not be pharma lapdogs' - Doctors must not be 'lapdogs' to drug companies, a US expert has warned. - Irish Health

* ►November 10, 2006 - Journalist Exposes Those Who ManiPulate Science on Behalf of Special Interest on Air: America's Investigative Reports - Thirteen/WNET New York

* ►November 10, 2006 - DNA machine sounds the virus alert - A designed DNA molecule lights up when it spots a pathogen. - news (Nature)

►November 10, 2006 - UK science minister quits - Close ally of Tony Blair unexpectedly leaves post. - news (Nature)

►November 10, 2006 - Sainsbury: Labour's lab lord - Police questioning and scent of scandal don't seem to tarnish the UK science minister's reputation for simply being good at his job. - news (Nature)

►November 10, 2006 - Carbon tally shows growing global problem - World summary of emissions reveals continuing gains. - news (Nature)

* ►November 10, 2006 - Pollution poisons children - Millions of children worldwide may have suffered brain damage as a direct result of industrial pollution, scientists say. - The Daily Telegraph, Australia

►November 9, 2006 - Synbiotics flu test gets OK from USDA - Kansas City Business Journal

* ►November 9, 2006 - Danger: chemical hazards - This week, two scientists called for curbs on the use of 200 chemicals - to protect very young children. They were accused of scaremongering, but anyone who dismisses worries about our toxic world, writes Sarah Boseley, should remember what happened to the Romans ... - The Guardian, UK

►November 9, 2006 - Drug makes cells ignore mutation - Experimental cystic-fibrosis treatment could be used in many diseases. - news (Nature)

►November 9, 2006 - Arsenic Levels Exceed Safety Limits In Ohio Water Systems - High Levels Of Arsenic Linked To Certain Types Of Cancer - www.newsnet5.com

►November 8, 2006 - Elevated lead levels found in 35 Seattle schools - Federal safety standard frequently exceeded - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

►November 8, 2006 - D.C.’s water linked to elevated lead levels in kids - Newly obtained documents detailing house inspections performed during Washington, D.C.’s 2004 lead crisis don’t support statements by public officials. - Environmental Science & Technology

►November 7, 2006 - Scientists Use Gene Therapy To Improve Memory And Learning In Animals - Stanford University via Bicompare

* ►November 6, 2006 - Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to stressful childhood - New Scientist

►November 5, 2006 - When Cells Stop Working - Children keep dying from mysterious illnesses that have been traced to tiny structures called mitochondria - TIME Magazine

►November 1, 2006 - Vitamin A supplementation in Tanzania: the impact of a change in programmatic delivery strategy on coverage (pdf) - journal article (BMC Health Services Research)

►November 2006 - Gastroduodenal diseases of childhood. - journal article (Current Opinion in Gastroenterology)

►November 2006 - The New Federalism in Life Sciences Policy - What states and the Federal government should do to ensure progress in the life sciences. - The Scientist

* ►November 2006 - Doctor, do you know what a VIS is? - Providing Vaccine Information Statements is good risk management, good medicine - AAP News

►October 31, 2006 - Israel suspends, restarts flu shots; U.S. researchers find them safe for children; efficacy questioned - Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. News of the Day

* ►October 2006 - Children's health and mercury exposure - journal article (Acta Paediatrica) - "Given this level of mercury exposure, in order to avoid or reduce the expected neurotoxic consequences on foetuses we propose the following strategy:At present the most reasonable solution for pregnant women (and small children) is to reduce substantially or completely avoid fish intake."

Posted November 14, 2006

* ►November 14, 2006 - Poor lab controls increase risk of bioterrorism, experts warn - The Guardian, UK

* ►November 14, 2006 - Bill targets possible sonogram, autism link - Pennachio, R-Montville, wants state to investigate, develop medical protocol - Daily Record - "The Assemblyman cited various scientific, published studies that show a displacement of brain cells associated with autistic children and the ability of sonograms to displace those cells. Two neuroscientists, Dr. Philip A. DeFina, and Dr. Sandlin Lowe, both of the New York University School of Medicine's Brain Research Laboratories and the International Brain Research Foundation, have been working closely with the Assemblyman on this issue."

►November 14, 2006 - 'We clung together' - Mothers tell of the bond they shared and lessons they learned raising sons with autism - News & Observer - "Palmer and Morrell were mothers looking for hope. Twenty years later, they are helping others find their way. Their book, "Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum: Unexpected Lessons We Have Learned," shares how parents can learn from one another."

►November 14, 2006 - Angry fan threatens Flutie, kin - Boston Herald - "The threat, which was not detailed by police, was sent to the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism early Sunday, police Lt. Paul Shastany said."

* ►November 14, 2006 - Cancer vaccine booster - Young women who have just left school could miss out on free access to the miracle cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. - Melbourne Herald Sun - "They also raised questions about the vaccine's long-term effectiveness, and the possibility a booster shot might be needed sometime in the future. The company said there was no evidence the vaccine would not provide life-long protection."

* ►November 14, 2006 - Acambis Shares Fall on Failed US Vaccine Order (Update1) - Bloomberg - "Shares of Acambis Plc fell the most in more than a decade after the U.K. company failed to win a U.S. government contract for its smallpox vaccine. Bavarian Nordic A/S stock climbed as its chairman said the company was 'still in the race' for the order."

►November 14, 2006 - 3-day polio campaign begins today - Daily Times, Pakistan

►November 14, 2006 - Anti-Polio campaign from Tuesday - Daily Times, Pakistan

►November 14, 2006 - Anti-polio campaign kicks off in Sindh - The News, Pakistan

* ►November 13, 2006 - Most Americans Surprised, Concerned that 90 Percent of Flu Shots Contain the Toxin Mercury - Health Officials' Aggressive Flu Shot Campaign May Disregard Safety, According to Survey of 9,000 Americans - 74 Percent of Respondents Unaware Flu Shots Contain Mercury, 78 Percent Disagree with CDC About Vaccinating Pregnant Women and Children - press release - PutChildrenFirst.org via PRNewswire via Yahoo!

* ►November 13, 2006 - Anti-Vaccine Group Challenges CDC's Flu Shot Guidelines for Infants - FOX News - "PutChildrenFirst.Org is part of a public health movement that has emerged over the past few months that has raised doubts about the government's ability to objectively evaluate vaccine safety, given its interest in immunizations, and calling for the establishment of an independent body to evaluate vaccine and thimerosol safety."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Flu Vaccine Associated with Slight Increase in Risk of Hospitalization for Neurological Disorder - American Medical Association (AMA) via Newswise

* ►November 13, 2006 - Flu shot linked to extremely rare side-effect, Canadian study shows - Canadian Press via www.canada.com - "'This a material risk, this is not some runny nose or rash that goes away,' said Juurlink, an ICES scientist and an internal medicine and clinical pharmacology specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. 'It's an illness that is potentially fatal and I think it speaks to the importance of . . . the process of informed consent.'  'I think the job for doctors and for us as scientists is to try to convey this risk so that people know what they're getting into, that they're aware of the meaningful risks of the vaccine. But at the same time, balance that message with a discussion of the benefits.'"

* ►November 13, 2006 - Flu Vaccines Linked to Higher Nerve-Disorder Risk, Study Says - Bloomberg - "Ontario began a universal flu vaccination program in 2000 after a severe outbreak the previous year overloaded hospitals with patients. The program also presented flu experts with a way to examine suspected complications of the vaccine, such as Guillain-Barre...Ontario also had begun a large immunization program against pneumococcal disease, a bacterial infection, that may have been responsible for some complications, said David Fedson, a former vaccine developer and University of Virginia professor of medicine, in an e-mailed response to questions."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Flu shot slightly raises risk of Guillain-Barre - CTV News - "Percy Hanneson received his inoculation 13 years ago, but was one of the rare few who developed the disease. Its effects still linger...Juurlink compared the slight risk of getting GBS from the vaccine to being struck by lightning. But that analogy is still a poor source of comfort for Hanneson. 'It only affects one in a million. But if you're that one in a million, it doesn't mean a bloody thing,' he said."

* ►November 13, 2006 - CDC urges more people to get flu shots - AP via New Hope Courier - "However, even as federal officials urge almost everyone to get vaccinated, many people are unable to find a shot because of chronic distribution problems...The group — PutChildrenFirst.org — held a teleconference with reporters Monday. They said few Americans understand that most flu shots contain thimerosal, which they contend contributes to autism and other disorders of emotional and intellectual development in children...'Our organization is urging people not to get flu shots that contain thimerosal. And in this year‘s flu shot supply, 90 percent do contain thimerosal,' said J.B. Handley, co-founder of PutChildrenFirst.org."

* ►November 13, 2006 - CDC launches late-season flu vaccination push - CIDRAP News - "At a press conference today, the CDC announced the designation of the week after Thanksgiving as 'National Influenza Vaccination Week.' CDC Director Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, said the aim is to raise awareness about seasonal flu vaccination and urge more Americans to be vaccinated in November, December, and later."

►November 13, 2006 - Delays Plague Flu Vaccine Supply - Health Officials Plan Vaccine Push Into December - WebMD

►November 13, 2006 - November 27 - December 3 is National Influenza Vaccination Week ... Time to Get Your Flu Vaccination! - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Speaks Out on Importance of Getting Vaccinated - press release - CDC via PRNewswire

►November 13, 2006 - Flu Vaccine Distributors Support National Influenza Vaccination Week - Distributors Offer New Resources to Promote Flu Education - press release - PRNewswire

►November 13, 2006 - Millions Already Vaccinated - www.wzzm13.com

►November 13, 2006 - Health professionals should get flu shots - commentary - North County Times

►November 13, 2006 - You can wait until after Thanksgiving for a flu shot - CDC designates Nov. 27-Dec. 4 as National Influenza Vaccination Week - Detroit Free Press

►November 13, 2006 - CDC Urges More People to Get Flu Shots - AP via Forbes

►November 13, 2006 - Public advised to take advantage of flu shot - CNN

►November 13, 2006 - Flu jab denied — shortage blamed - Asthma sufferers who use inhalers are facing a postcode lottery for the potentially life-saving flu vaccination (writes Lynne Stewart). - Evening Telegraph, UK

* ►November 13, 2006 - VaxInnate Reports Progress on Avian Influenza Vaccine; Early testing demonstrates potency in a standard virus inhibition assay - press release - VaxInnate via Business Wire - "The company's breakthrough vaccines are based on its Toll-like receptor (TLR) technology platform, which dramatically improves vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy."

►November 13, 2006 - Free flu vaccines in Chemung County - Elmira Star-Gazette - "The Chemung County Health Department will attempt to give 1,000 flu shots in two hours on Nov. 22 to test the department’s emergency preparedness."

►November 13, 2006 - Free flu shots set for Friday at fairgrounds - Residents should bring identification for Medicare, Medicaid, state insurance - Times-Herald

►November 13, 2006 - Flu shot clinic for high-risk individuals set today in Fair Grove - Springfield News-Leader

►November 13, 2006 - Flu vaccine available later this month - Cleburne News

* ►November 13, 2006 - Roche's Tamiflu to Carry Warning on Psychiatric Risks (Update2) - Bloomberg - "Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu treatment for influenza must carry information warning U.S. doctors about risks of psychiatric side effects, regulators said today. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the labeling change after cases of self-injury and delirium were reported among Japanese patients taking Tamiflu, the agency said today in an e-mailed statement. Most of these reports involved children."

►November 13, 2006 - FDA adds 'abnormal behavior' precaution to Tamiflu label - AP via North County Times

►November 13, 2006 - Time to test flu protection measures - United Press International

►November 13, 2006 - I need my flu jab now - Norwich Evening News 24

►November 13, 2006 - UHC provides flu vaccines - JMU The Breeze

►November 13, 2006 - Here comes another shot at getting a flu shot - Great Falls Tribune

►November 13, 2006 - Philippines passes on AI medication - www.worldpoultry.net

►November 13, 2006 - Kids' virus giving seniors flu-like illness - Nursing home outbreak in Quebec City kills one-tenth of infected residents - Macleans

* ►November 13, 2006 - New guideline for the diagnostic assessment of children with continuous seizures - American Academy of Neurology via www.eurekalert.org - "According to the guideline, physicians should also consider infectious, toxicology and metabolic studies in children with status epilepticus when there are clinical indicators for concern or when the initial evaluation doesn't reveal the cause of the continuous seizures. Neuroimaging may also be considered, after the child with status epilepticus is stabilized, if there are clinical indications or if the cause of the seizures is unknown."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Treating Root Cause of Autism Offers Hope - Epoch Times

►November 13, 2006 - Flutie Honored For His Work Off The Field - http://cbs4boston.com - "Doug Flutie was honored at Symphony Hall on Monday with the 2006 Red, White and Blue Award for his work with the Doug Flutie Junior Foundation for Autism."

►November 13, 2006 - Patrick Waldo: TV Watching Causes Autism? - Huffington Post

►November 13, 2006 - Research on Autism to Be Presented At Convention of Communication Professionals - press release - American Speech-Language Hearing Association via U.S. Newswire

►November 13, 2006 - Ace Biosciences Appoints Dr Roberto Machuca as Operations Manager to Scale Up Manufacture of Travellers' Diarrhoea Vaccine - PharmaLive via www.medadnews.com

* ►November 13, 2006 - New vaccines merit doctors’ attention - The Purdue Exponent - "There is some hesitance from doctors on whether the stick-on vaccinations are a good idea because there could be no documentation for whether people actually administer them. During a pandemic, the mailman would be delivering the vaccination instead of the doctor; this worries many physicians. Schools nationwide require students to have certain vaccinations before they are allowed to take classes. Stick-on vaccinations, since they may not be administered by physicians or other healthcare professionals, may not make it all the way to students."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Promising vaccine for early breast cancer - United Press International

►November 13, 2006 - Breast Cancer Vaccine Targeting HER-2/neu Over-expression - Agoravox

►November 13, 2006 - Irish firm involved in tests of new cervical cancer vaccines (requires registration or subscription) - Irish Independent

* ►November 13, 2006 - Merck begins US advertising for cervical-cancer vaccine - Bloomberg News Service via Asbury Park Press

* ►November 13, 2006 - Survey: Most Women Don't Know Virus Causes Cervical Cancer - Americans are in the dark about a virus linked to cervical cancer that can kill them, two new studies suggest. - LiveScience via FOX News

* ►November 13, 2006 - Cervical cancer vaccine on agenda for CSL, PBAC meeting - www.abc.net.au - "Drug manufacturer CSL and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) will meet tomorrow to discuss the cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil. The committee recommended to the Federal Government the vaccine not be subsidised, but Prime Minister John Howard says it will be."

►November 13, 2006 - Health Department Establishing List for Shingles Vaccine - Guilford County Northwest Observer

►November 13, 2006 - Reps, Zamfara government disagree over immunization - The Tide

►November 13, 2006 - Polio cases on rise in Indian state - United Press International

* ►November 13, 2006 - Minister's call: Join hands to eliminate polio virus - Times of India

►November 13, 2006 - CM Administers Polio Drugs at Patna School - Patna Daily

►November 13, 2006 - Polio drive: KMC pats it’s own back - Express News Service via Kolkata Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com

►November 13, 2006 - Community leaders help fight polio in India (requires registration or subscription) - AP via San Jose Mercury News

►November 13, 2006 - They come to polio booths for freebies - Hindustan Times

►November 13, 2006 - Southwest Issues Chicken Pox Alert - www.nbc5i.com

►November 13, 2006 - Colo. scientists play big role in shingles vaccine - Rocky Mountain News

* ►November 13, 2006 - Chickenpox outbreak fading - Midland Daily News - "Most of the chickenpox cases had two things in common -- the children had already been vaccinated against the disease, and the majority came down with a mild case that many said was different from the typical chickenpox."

* ►November 13, 2006 - IBT Labs will spend $2M to expand division - Kansas City Business Journal - "The Food and Drug Administration said recently that all new drugs must be tested to determine how they affect the immune system."

►November 13, 2006 - MorphoSys and Boehringer Ingelheim Expand Collaboration With New Cancer-Related Antibody Program - MorphoSys AG via PrimeZone

►November 13, 2006 - Linklaters supports immunisation fund - The Lawyer

►November 13, 2006 - Merck stakes its future on demand for vaccines - Trenton Times via www.nj.com

* ►November 13, 2006 - FDA Should Return to 'Science-Based' Agency, Opinion Pieces Says - www.kaisernetwork.org

* ►November 13, 2006 - Rumsfeld rose and fell with his conviction intact (requires registration or subscription) - KRT via San Jose Mercury News - ""I believe Rumsfeld played a key political role in getting aspartame approved," said John Wagoner, a former Senate aide who was involved in inquiries into NutraSweet. 'He was head of G.D. Searle and had strong Republican connections.' Monsanto bought Searle, and the production of NutraSweet, in 1985 for $2.7 billion. The sale brought the Searle family and its trusts nearly $1 billion, and about $12 million to Rumsfeld."

►November 13, 2006 - More U.S. Residents Gather Health Information, Including HIV/AIDS Information, From Fictional TV Shows, Los Angeles Times Reports - www.kaisernetwork.org

►November 13, 2006 - Starvation, Malnutrition Threatening Fight Against HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Experts Say - www.kaisernetwork.org

►November 13, 2006 - 'Alzheimer's Gene' Protects Children From Severe Diarrhea - University of Virginia Health System via ScienceDaily

►November 13, 2006 - Patients respond to health recall - Almost 1,100 patients have called a helpline after a healthcare worker was diagnosed with hepatitis B and HIV. - BBC

►November 13, 2006 - A Medicaid Mess - Citizenship rules pinches the wrong pennies - editorial - Dallas Morning News

►November 13, 2006 - Namibia: Anthrax Campaign Going Well - The Namibian (Windhoek) via http://allafrica.com

* ►November 12, 2006 - Chemical Plant Children - www.newswithviews.com

* ►November 12, 2006 - The Politics and Profits in Keeping Americans Sick - www.newswithviews.com

* ►November 12, 2006 - Perspective: Rocky road to recovery - West Nile patients frustrated by lack of help - Winnipeg Free Press

►November 12, 2006 - Another mega polio drive in India - Telugu Portal

►November 12, 2006 - Immigrant babies fairing well in Texas under new rules - Officials say new Medicaid standards going smoothly in state - Brownsville Herald

►November 12, 2006 - Health, athletic agencies do little to track staph - Still, rules in place to keep players safe - Hilton Head Island Packet

►November 12, 2006 - Spice shows some promise in treating arthritis - Washington Post via Indianapolis Star

►November 12, 2006 - Lower heat at crematoriums to save planet - Crematoriums will have to burn bodies at lower temperatures to help save the planet - www.people.co.uk - "Up to 16 per cent of all mercury in UK air comes from burning bodies because of teeth fillings."

►November 12, 2006 - A power play on mercury reduction - Allentown Morning Call

►November 10, 2006 - Cangene's Chickenpox product granted orphan drug designation - press release - Cangene Corporation via Canada NewsWire

►November 10, 2006 - Chinese minister refutes reports on new H5N1 strain - Xinhua via China View

►October 2006 - Conference on Autism: Witness and Hope - Fordham University

* ►November 13, 2006 - Parent Group Responds to CDC Announcement on Flu Supply - New Data Available on Americans' Reluctance to Be Vaccinated, Concern Over Mercury - Parents, Toxicology Expert to Dispute Reasoning of CDC to Vaccinate Pregnant Women and Children When 90 Percent of Shots Contain the Toxin - press release - U.S. Newswire - "On Monday, November 13, a telephone press conference will respond to an update moments before from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about their flu vaccine campaign...WHEN: Monday, November 13, 2006, 10 am PT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET"

* ►November 13, 2006 - Morgellons: Real or a state of mind? - While its sufferers describe wild symptoms of the disease, many doctors doubt it exists. (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times - "For Donna Grace, a Sherman Oaks woman who asked that her last name not be used, the condition she calls Morgellons seems to have started with a flu shot in 2002, and a subsequent rash near the site of the injection. Within months, the 46-year-old entertainer says, the itching and crawling sensations underneath her skin began, making her nights a living hell and her days a frantic search for relief."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Chiron Dumps MeNZB Vaccine Trialled In NZ - press release - Barbara Sumner Burstyn via www.scoop.co.nz - "Figures released last week reveal that Waikato children given the MeNZB vaccine actually have a higher risk of contracting meningococcal disease than unvaccinated children. Since January 2005 all five deaths due to meningococcal disease in under twenty year olds have been in children vaccinated with MeNZB; not one unvaccinated child has died!"

* ►November 13, 2006 - Meningococcal Death Rate Increases Since MeNZB? - press release - Ron Law via www.scoop.co.nz - "If you had something to hide, how would you go about it? Spend $1/4 million on half page ads in every news paper in NZ to distract the populace from the coming storm? Ministry of Health data reveals the meningococcal disease case fatality rate has increased by 250 percent since the MeNZB vaccine was rolled out, resulting in 13 unexplained deaths."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Autism surging; funding falling - Education: Lawmakers fail to make the grade for special education - Munster Times - "In Indiana, a child data survey has put the figure at one child in 143. While ongoing nationwide studies are finding more children than ever with autism, families and educators say they are struggling with woefully inadequate funding to help care for them."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Parents find challenges of autism daunting - Education: Not enough services for afflicted children, they say - Munster Times

►November 13, 2006 - Mother of autistic child looks to readers for help - Citizens Voice

►November 13, 2006 - Enemies of science - Spin doctors and government agencies are undermining the quest for knowledge - comment - The Guardian, UK

* ►November 13, 2006 - Anti-Vaccination Hysteria - Undoing Progress - http://healthnewsdigest.com - "Vaccines are one of medicine's greatest blessings. Paranoia and ignorance now threaten to undo this global achievement."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Dr. Google the latest tool to help doctors diagnose unusual cases - In a really interesting study a team of Australian doctors went to the Internet to test the effectiveness and accuracy of the search engine Google when it was presented with a number of symptoms. - www.news-medical.net

►November 13, 2006 - Vaccine? - Should the cervical cancer vaccine be funded through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme? - SBS The World News Australia

►November 13, 2006 - Polio drive reaches 4.3 lakh children - Express News Service via Pune Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com

►November 13, 2006 - Hepatitis-B claims four lives - Online International News Network, Pakistan

* ►November 13, 2006 - Indonesia reports two more human bird flu cases - Reuters AlertNet

* ►November 13, 2006 - Vaccine destroys tumours using body's own immune system - Evening Standard via This is London - "The new jab called TroVax works in a totally different way to existing treatments by harnessing the patient's own immune system to fight the disease."

►November 13, 2006 - S. Korea's Bukwang Pharm given green light to sell new anti-hepatitis drug - Yonhap News
 

* ►November 12, 2006 - Virus linked to cancer caused by asbestos - A high-profile research team is exploring why exposure sickens few - Honolulu Star-Bulletin - "In the latest paper last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Carbone reported finding a link between asbestos fibers and a monkey virus called SV40. His group administered SV40 and asbestos to human mesothelial cells in tissue culture and to live hamsters to test the idea that the two are co-carcinogens. Low amounts of asbestos believed insufficient to cause mesothelioma will cause the disease more often among humans infected with the virus, the researchers reported. Carbone's team had previously discovered the monkey virus in some human mesotheliomas, but he said he was surprised to find that the virus and asbestos cooperate to cause human cancer. Monkey cells were used to develop polio vaccines, and some prepared from 1954 to 1961 were contaminated with infectious SV40, but it was believed all polio vaccines after 1962 were SV40-free, Carbone said. A study he headed, however, found that vaccines produced in the former Soviet Union remained contaminated with the monkey virus until 1978. That means supposedly safe levels of asbestos exposure might not be safe for the millions of people exposed to SV40-contaminated polio vaccines, Carbone said."

* ►November 12, 2006 - Family takes alternative steps to help autistic girls - Morris Twp. parents believe vaccines at fault - Daily Record - "For years, Jonathan Rose and Gayle DeLong did the best they could for their daughters, both of whom are autistic, going beyond simple special education programs and trying commonly accepted methods to improve their behavior. Then, in April 2005, David Kirby's book, 'Evidence of Harm,' which explores a possible link between mercury in vaccines and the explosion in cases of autism, made them think they could do more."

►November 12, 2006 - Dealing with autism - Condition on the rise — and cause remains unknown - Lebanon Daily News

►November 12, 2006 - House control shift aids autism study; research bill expected to pass under probable new head of committee - The Dallas Morning News via Biloxi Sun Herald

►November 12, 2006 - A Mother Knows Best: Living with Autism - Huffington Post

►November 12, 2006 - Inclusion aids special-needs preschoolers - www.northjersey.com

►November 12, 2006 - Mercury Mission - Proposed state rules are based on inaccuracies - review and opinion - The Patriot News

* ►November 12, 2006 - Diary of HIV vaccine trials volunteers - Celebrating altruism  ... women on a mission - Jamaica Gleaner

►November 12, 2006 - Yancey, Mitchell schools reopening Monday - Asheville Citizen-Times

►November 12, 2006 - Macon County Health Department will conduct mass flu vaccination as pandemic practice - Herald & Review

►November 12, 2006 - Flu pandemic cost put at $4 trillion - Cox News Service via Arizona Daily Star

►November 12, 2006 - Powerful influenza dogs Bay State’s canines - Boston Herald

►November 12, 2006 - Next Flu Pandemic: What To Do Until The Vaccine Arrives? - Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health via ScienceDaily

►November 12, 2006 - Flu Vaccination Clinics Canceled After Shots Don't Arrive - Stores Have Supplies - AP via www.newsnet5.com

* ►November 12, 2006 - Flu shot confusion causes headaches - Boston Globe

* ►November 12, 2006 - Dr. Beth Alexander: Handling of flu shots deplorable - Lansing State Journal

►November 12, 2006 - Mass flu shot clinic to be held Tuesday - Great Falls Tribune

►November 12, 2006 - Flu drugs are vital part of clinical plan - letters - Boston Globe

►November 12, 2006 - Tribute to men owed a great debt - Early service of remembrance to remember Great War Scots who fell victim to flu in Bedford. - Bedford Today, UK

* ►November 12, 2006 - Muslim clerics fight polio in India (requires registration or subscription) - AP via San Jose Mercury News

* ►November 12, 2006 - New cases of polio concern Sheila - Exhorts parents to bring kids to immunisation booths today - The Hindu - "'In view of low nutrition level of children in our country, repetition of anti-polio dose for more than five times becomes imperative. Deficiency in repetition of dose can cause problem whereas additional repetition will not be harmful,' she added."

►November 12, 2006 - 70 lakh children given polio vaccine in MP - Central Chronicle

►November 12, 2006 - Polio comeback in Assam - Calcutta Telegraph

►November 12, 2006 - New polio cases in UP spark concern - Gulf Times

►November 12, 2006 - Campaign to immunise 60,000 children begins - Gulf Times

►November 12, 2006 - Qatar immunisation drive - AME Info

►November 12, 2006 - Massive vaccination drive begins today - Peninsula On-line - "The vaccines being offered during the campaign include OPV (Oral Polio Virus), MMR (Mumps, Measles and Rubella) and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)."

►November 12, 2006 - Pakistan reports 4,000 suspected dengue fever cases - Xinhua via People's Daily Online

* ►November 12, 2006 - Vaccine must be offered to all - Tony Abbott's reluctance to include Gardasil -- the cervical cancer vaccine -- on the national immunisation program or fund it through the PBS makes my blood boil. - Melbourne Herald Sun via www.news.com.au

►November 12, 2006 - Public-health advances get credit for increase in average life span - Pueblo Chieftain

►November 12, 2006 - Close contact, close calls - It can enter the bloodstream through even the tiniest of cuts, and once inside, staph can mean havoc for athletes ... including those at local high schools - The Island Packet

►November 12, 2006 - Research Findings on Anaphylaxis and Food, Insect Allergy Unveiled - American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) via Newswise

►November 12, 2006 - FDA seeks options for gravely ill - Chicago Sun-Times - "No more painful injections? Painful vaccinations might one day be as simple and ouchless as removing a bandage. Early tests of skin-patch vaccines are beginning in hundreds of volunteers -- one version to protect against flu and one to prevent travelers' diarrhea. The National Institutes of Health is helping to finance research on using patches."

►November 12, 2006 - Playing doctor with home medical tests - Home medical tests are being sold to detect all sorts of conditions, but they come with limitations. - The Orange County Register

►November 12, 2006 - US buying more generic AIDS drugs - Poor nations get improved care - Boston Globe

►November 11, 2006 - Thousands Inoculated With Bum Flu Vaccines - Kings Courier

►November 11, 2006 - Free flu shots available Nov. 17 at mass clinic - Benton Courier
 
►November 11, 2006 - Citizens Get Free Flu Shots - www.volunteertv.com

►November 11, 2006 - Precautions Urged to Stop Spread of Flu - Southern Pines Pilot

►November 13, 2006 - Broadview Lodge under quarantine - Whitewood Herald

* ►November 13, 2006 - RP to give away old bird-flu medicine - The Manila Times

* ►November 13, 2006 - I can cure polio, is anybody listening? - Man with ‘herbal polio cure’ cries for official approval for the medicine - PTI via Mumbai Mirror - "An Ayurveda practitioner, who claims to have cured over 100 polio patients with his herbal formula, is desperately seeking approval for the medicine from the government so that it be used to tackle a spurt in cases of the crippling disease. Pancham Kumar Das (43) of Harpurdak locality of Forbesganj in Bihar’s Araia district, said the medicine made from cinchona and marigold base was the result of a lifetime’s labour by his father Yogeshwar Lal Das, who collected herbs from forest and treated polio patients."

* ►November 12, 2006 - Man with `herbal polio cure` separately seeks official nod - Zee News

►November 12, 2006 - Katie Dolan, an activist who stood up for rights of disabled, dies at age 82 - Seattle Times - "Mrs. Dolan's son, Patrick, was born with autism in 1950. Mrs. Dolan rebelled at the notion that developmentally disabled children should be institutionalized."

►November 12, 2006 - Government shies from tinkering with family - The Sunday Times, UK - "'Could this mean that parents who decide not to give their children the MMR vaccine, for example, would be held to be neglectful and their children requiring state intervention,' asked spokeswoman Maria Mhic Meanmain."

►November 12, 2006 - Dengue virus patients in Punjab add up to 98 - The News, Pakistan

►November 12, 2006 - PM urged to unveil cancer vaccine plans - www.abc.net.au

►November 12, 2006 - 25 new polio cases in just one week - Gulf News

►November 12, 2006 - India reports 25 new polio cases, mass vaccination planned - AFP via TODAYonline

* ►November 12, 2006 - 32 fresh polio cases reported - The Hindu - "'The situation is not so good. We never had so many cases. In the past week, we have received 32 fresh cases of polio in the country,' an official of the National Polio Programme said on Saturday."

* ►November 12, 2006 - Drugs 'R' us - Depression is a growing problem in children — and it is now legal for British doctors to give Prozac to eight-year-olds. So will more parents be tempted to use pills to make their children happy? John Cornwell investigates. - The London Times

* ►November 12, 2006 - It’s in the elements, my dear - The Economic Times, India - " It doesn’t take a clairvoyant to let on that sunlight, sleep, water, a simple walk, deep breathing and exercises don’t cost a penny."

►November 12, 2006 - Dynavax Reports New TOLAMBA Data at ACAAI Meeting - New Analysis Confirms TOLAMBA Benefits Entire Ragweed Allergy Patient Population; Confirms Mechanism of Action - Dynavax Technologies Corporation via PRNewswire-FirstCall via www.wthr.com

►November 12, 2006 - Healthy Immune System – Boost It Now & Avoid Illness & Disease - If you want a healthy immune system this article is for you as the advantages include, more energy, more resiliance to getting illnesses and quicker recovery time. Looking after your immune system is important, so here are some simple tips to help you achieve a stronger immune system. - www.buzzle.com

►November 12, 2006 - Renewed interest in biotech stocks - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

►November 12, 2006 - Health: To avoid chills eat chillies - The Belfast Telegraph

* ►November 11, 2006 - Precautionary Approach Suggested To Protect Pregnant Women And Children Against Industrial Chemicals - Lancet via Medical News Today

* ►November 11, 2006 - India's most populous state reports 25 new polio cases in just one week - AP via Hoover's

►November 11, 2006 - Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Anti-TNF Therapy Can Be Effectively Immunized - American College of Rheumatology via Newswise via Interest!Alert

* ►November 11, 2006 - My Terrible Tetanus Shot Experience - Well for Oneself Blog

* ►November 11, 2006 - Polio drive: Focus on resistant families - Hindustan Times - "'A list of resistant families has been provided to the district magistrate, who has ordered senior officers to monitor these cases and ensure that their children are immunised against polio virus,' said Dr Swatantra Mishra, district immunisation officer...Dr Mishra said focus would be on resistant families, with strict instructions of proper marking on their houses. The help of local leaders and MPs would also be sought in covering these families."

* ►November 11, 2006 - S African official roped in for polio rally - Express News Service via Lucknow Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com - "With the pulse polio campaign beginning from November 12, around 130 houses in the State Capital itself have been identified as “resistant”. The health officials have the task of trying to convince them to take the polio drop. Most of these houses are in the Sahadatganj area of the city. So, both the health officials as well as voluntary workers plan to target this area first."

* ►November 11, 2006 - Two-year-old tests positive for polio in Zakir Nagar - Another round of pulse polio campaign today - Delhi Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com - "However, the alarming thing which has come forward in these cases is that amongst those detected with the virus, three of them had already been administered polio drops."

►November 11, 2006 - Delhi children to receive anti-polio drops Sunday - IANS via Telugu Portal

►November 11, 2006 - MoH watching Norwegian review of meningococcal vaccine closely - The Ministry of Health says a Norwegian review of its meningococcal B vaccine may further raise fears about its safety, and it will closely monitor the results. - Radio New Zealand

►November 11, 2006 - Qld govt requests PM reconsider Gardasil - AAP via The Age, Australia

►November 11, 2006 - Cancer vaccine divide - Divisions have emerged between Prime Minister John Howard and Health Minister Tony Abbott over the future roll-out of the new cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil. - Adelaide Advertiser

►November 11, 2006 - Virus vaccine sparks debate - Summit Clinic to start offering HPVvaccine - The Arkansas City Traveler Online

►November 11, 2006 - A healthy shot in the arm - editorial - Boston Globe

►November 11, 2006 - Religious Leaders, Rock Stars Support International Child Vaccine Bond - Major religious leaders including the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury were joined by other faith leaders and rock stars this week in buying into a new international child vaccine bond. - Christian Today

* ►November 11, 2006 - Immunizations include breakfast - Drive-through flu shot clinic always popular - The Register-Mail - "Now in its eighth year, the drive-through clinic allows residents to get vaccinated against the flu without ever leaving their cars. The health department provides the vaccinations and the funeral home provides the driveway, the coffee and the doughnuts."

►November 11, 2006 - Kristine Yahn: Health care workers need flu vaccines - Pasadena Star-News

►November 11, 2006 - China's first human bird flu patient healthy after one year recovery - Xinhua via People's Daily Online

►November 11, 2006 - Flu clinics aching for vaccine shipment - Stores receive supplies, but some physicians, local agencies haven't - Akron Beacon Journal

►November 11, 2006 - Hopes for no-hassle flu-jabs for MS patients - Western Mail via ic Wales

►November 11, 2006 - ‘Don’t take a risk with flu – get immunised’ - News & Star

►November 11, 2006 - Orange County lacks flu vaccines - Durham Herald-Sun

►November 11, 2006 - Egypt reports fresh bird flu infection - Xinhua via Telugu Portal

►November 11, 2006 - Clinic targets Springfield - Health department offers free vaccine to improve children's participation - Akron Beacon Journal - "Maryland-based MedImmune, the maker of FluMist, provided 1,000 free doses to the health department for Thursday's clinic."

►November 11, 2006 - For The Record (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times - "A Health section article Monday about flu vaccination suggested that Lauren Meyers, an integrative biologist at the University of Texas at Austin, said that, after high-risk groups, schoolchildren should be vaccinated next. In fact, Meyers' research does not specifically advocate this strategy."

* ►November 11, 2006 - Officials: Nobody needs long-term mercury tests - The Gloucester County Times via www.nj.com - "The two-hour meeting at the township community center the first public session between Kiddie Kollege parents and health officials served as a review of state and federal actions since July, when the Station Avenue business was closed."

►November 11, 2006 - Man: Wife's crash into lake may have saved her life - AP via News-Sentinel - "Tim Clark said doctors told him meningitis can cause confusion, disorientation and high fever. He believes the fever spiked as she was driving and she ended up driving into the lake."

* ►November 11, 2006 - Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Anti-TNF Therapy Can Be Effectively Immunized - American College of Rheumatology (ACR) via Newswise

* ►November 11, 2006 - HIV drugs extending lives by 24 years - Baltimore Sun/AP via Seattle Times

►November 11, 2006 - Conference on HIV/AIDS begins - Express News Service via Mumbai Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com

►November 11, 2006 - Hunger Seen As Big Enemy in War on AIDS (requires registration) - AP via Washington Post

►November 11, 2006 - Now, a ‘DNA machine’ that can sound a virus alert - Researchers have made a 'DNA machine' from a single molecule that detects a virus by reading its genome, and then produces an alarm signal, in the form of a visible glow. - South Asian Womens Forum

* ►November 11, 2006 - Complementary Medicine Has a Role in the Treatment of Allergic Diseases - American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) via Newswise

* ►November 10, 2006 - Are you gambling with your health when choosing a hospital? - www.khou.com - "The Centers for Disease Control estimates nearly two million people in America get an infection in the hospital each year and 90,000 patients die. Yet in Texas and most other states hospitals aren’t required to reveal their infection rates."

►November 10, 2006 - Nigerians told to stop paying for immunization - The Tide

►November 10, 2006 - Waxman set to probe areas of Bush gov‘t - AP via Leading The Charge

►November 10, 2006 - Phase out mercury in chlorine industry, says EEB - EUbusiness

►November 10, 2006 - Flu shots should be sufficient - Attleboro Sun Chronicle

►November 10, 2006 - Baby Sleep Dangers (includes video) - www.kake.com

* ►November 10, 2006 - DSM And Crucell Celebrate Opening Of PERCIVIA PER.C6® - DSM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. via BioResearch Online

* ►November 10, 2006 - Immune boost tackles skin cancer - The body's own immune system could be used to fight the most serious form of skin cancer, scientists have claimed. - BBC - "'If we can change the rules of the game by keeping the immune system active, we might be able to prevent tumour regrowth.' However, there is a risk in removing the immune system's control mechanism. There are concerns it could lead to autoimmune diseases - where the body attacks itself - such as hepatitis, colitis or dermatitis."

* ►November 10, 2006 - Scientists: Lung Cancer Vaccine Relatively Successful - www.thewbalchannel.com - "Researchers said a vaccine for humans is still a long way off. They urged smokers to quit as soon as possible instead of waiting around for a vaccine that may not come in their lifetime."

* ►November 10, 2006 - Magnet Lab Researchers Deciphering Flu Virus - As the Northern Hemisphere braces for another flu season, researchers at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory are making strides toward better understanding the mechanics of the virus that causes it -- a virus that kills between one-quarter and one-half million people each year. - Florida State University via ScienceDaily

* ►November 9, 2006 - Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance on Reagents for Detection of Specific Novel Influenza A Viruses - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►November 9, 2006 - Childhood Acid Reflux Disease Poses Challenges for Many Families, National Survey Reveals -  Parents Say Symptoms Can Affect Kids’ Sleeping Routines, Social Life, School Performance, and Eating Habits - AstraZeneca

►November 9, 2006 - Average Cost to Develop a New Biotechnology Product Is $1.2 Billion, According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development - The Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development via The Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network

►November 9, 2006 - Proposed Rule: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions, Identification of Ruminants and Processing and Importation of Commodities - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA via www.pharmcast.com

►November 9, 2006 - Generex Biotechnology Granted New Drug Delivery Patent in Australia - Generex Biotechnology via Market Wire

►November 9, 2006 - Bayer Outlines New Global R&D Structures; U.S. Pharma Sites and Future Headquarters - Bayer HealthCare via PRNewswire-FirstCall via www.pharmalive.com - "The company also outlined its future U.S. pharma site plan, and said that New Jersey will be home to its U.S. headquarters for pharmaceuticals."

►November 9, 2006 - Body's own immune system used to kill tumours - Canadian Press via CTV, Canada

* ►November 9, 2006 - Injecting truth into flu season - Record-Searchlight via www.redding.com - "You might get a sore arm from the shot. And because the vaccine revs up your immune system you might feel 'punky,' she said. But give you the flu? Not possible."

►November 9, 2006 - Myth: Shot won't give you flu, expert says - Scripps Howard News Service via Winston-Salem Journal

►November 9, 2006 - Cervarix HPV Vaccine Will Seek FDA Approval in April 2007 - http://cancer.about.com

* ►November 8, 2006 - Interim Guidance on Fluoride Intake for Infants and Young Children - American Dental Association - "Recent studies cited in the report of the National Research Council (NRC), 'Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards,' have raised the possibility that infants could receive a greater than optimal amount of fluoride through liquid concentrate or powdered baby formula that has been mixed with water containing fluoride during a time that their developing teeth may be susceptible to enamel fluorosis."

* ►November 8, 2006 - Brain teaser - Specialist pieces together puzzle of each patient to treat autism - South Bend Tribune

* ►November 8, 2006 - Notice: National Toxicology Program (NTP); Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR); Availability of the Draft NTP Briefs on Genistein and Soy Formula; Request for Public Comments - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►November 8, 2006 - Notice: Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing - National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS via www.pharmcast.com - "Vaccine Production Strain for Acellular Pertussis Vaccine"

►November 2, 2006 - PANDAS May Be Overdiagnosed, Contributing to Overuse of Antibiotics (requires registration) - AACAP 53rd Annual Meeting via Medscape Medical News

►November 2, 2006 - Let Kids Be Kids (requires registration) (book review) - Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal via Medscape

►November 2, 2006 - The Genetics of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Current Status and Clinical Implications (requires registration) - Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health

* ►November 1, 2006 - Altering Parents' Behavior Often the Key to Correcting Infant Feeding Disorders (requires registration) - AACAP 53rd Annual Meeting via Medscape Medical News

* ►November 1, 2006 - Apgar Scoring Shows Considerable Inconsistency (requires registration) - Pediatrics via Reuters Health via Medscape

►November 1, 2006 - ADHD Related to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (requires registration) - Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health

►November 1, 2006 - Questions About MRSA and Answers From the Experts (requires registration) - The Uncertainties Surrounding Multidrug-Resistant Organisms - Medscape Nurses

►November/December 2006 - Autoantibodies and Prediction of Reproductive Failure - journal article (American Journal of Reproductive Immunology)

►November 2006 - Primary immunodeficiencies and susceptibility to parasitic infections - journal article (Parasite Immunology)

►November 2006 - Do shrimp-allergic individuals tolerate shrimp-derived glucosamine? - journal article (Clinical & Experimental Allergy)

►November 2006 - Systemic autoimmune disorders in celiac disease. - journal article (Current Opinion in Gastroenterology)

►November 2006 - Assessment of adverse drug events among patients in a tertiary care medical center - journal article (American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy)

►November 2006 - Is Pain Ever "Normal"? - journal article (Clinical Journal of Pain)

* ►October 31, 2006 - Nonstandard Schedules for 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine May Still Be Effective CME (requires registration) - Medscape Medical News

* ►October 31, 2006 - Behavioral Training of Parents Reduces Office Visits and Need for Polypharmacy in ADHD (requires registration) - AACAP 53rd Annual Meeting via Medscape Medical News

►October 31, 2006 - The Diagnosis and Medical Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents in Primary Care: A Practical Guide (requires registration) (full text) - Pediatric Nursing via Medscape

►October 31, 2006 - MRSA Increasing as Cause of Myositis in Children (requires registration) - Reuters Health via Medscape

* ►October 30, 2006 - Effectiveness of Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children Younger Than 5 Years of Age for Prevention of Pneumonia: Updated Analysis Using WHO Standard Interpretation of Chest Radiographs (requires registration) (full text) - The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal via Medscape

►October 30, 2006 - Children With Post-Meningitis Deafness Can Do Well With Cochlear Implants (requires registration) - Pediatrics via Reuters Health via Medscape Medical News

►October 27, 2006 - Tacrolimus Ointment May Not Affect Immune Response of Vaccination CME (requires registration) - Medscape Medical News

►October 27, 2006 - Twenty-Five Years of AIDS: Where Are We Now? (requires registration) (includes video) - Medscape General Medicine

* ►October 26, 2006 - Pneumococcal Vaccine Series Safe in HIV-Infected Children (requires registration) - The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal Reuters Health via Medscape

►October 24, 2006 - Title: Malaria polypeptides (patent) - Karolinska Innovations AB (Stockholm, SE) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 24, 2006 - Title: Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) based vectors (patent) - Novartis AG (Basel, CH) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 24, 2006 - Title: Drug targets in Candida albicans (patent) - Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Beerse, BE) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 24, 2006 - Title: Method for the production and purification of adenoviral vectors (patent) - Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (Houston, TX) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 24, 2006 - Title: Method of identifying putative antibiotic resistance genes (patent) - University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) via www.pharmcast.com