* ►December 2006 - The balance between heritable and environmental aetiology of human disease - journal article (Nature Reviews Genetics)

►December 2006 - Variability of naked DNA expression after direct local injection: the influence of the injection speed - journal article (Gene Therapy)

►December 2006 - Genetics of autoimmune diseases — disorders of immune homeostasis - journal article (Nature Reviews Genetics)

►December 2006 - The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its dysfunction - journal article (Nature Reviews Neuroscience)

►December 2006 - The neuronal microRNA system - journal article (Nature Reviews Neuroscience)

►December 2006 - Reversible dementia with psychosis: Hashimoto's encephalopathy - journal article (Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience)

►December 2006 - Atopic eczema in children: another harmful sequel of divorce - journal article (Allergy)

►December 2006 - Differences in the frequency and function of HHV8-specific CD8 T cells between asymptomatic HHV8 infection and Kaposi sarcoma - journal article (Immunobiology)

►December 2006 - Allergic contact dermatitis to panthenol and cocamidopropyl PG dimonium chloride phosphate in a facial hydrating lotion - journal article (Contact Dermatitis)

* ►November 27, 2006 - CDC switches emphasis to track adolescent vaccination rates - Some public health officials worry this change will undermine the monitoring of immunization rates for urban children. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 27, 2006 - Campaign puts a spotlight on chronic fatigue syndrome - Treatment tips for physicians are provided in a new CDC initiative to improve care for the many people with this disorder. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 26, 2006 - Fatwa against polio vaccination drive is unfortunate - Organiser

* ►November 22, 2006 - Cancer - The New Frontier: Personal vaccines open doors - New Zealand Herald - "The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research has joined the Wellington Blood and Cancer Centre and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research to test the effectiveness of a personalised vaccine. The phase three trial - an advanced stage of testing which compares a new drug with standard treatments - will involve 200 patients who have had a melanoma removed and in whom the disease has spread to a lymph node."

* ►November 21, 2006 - Barbara McKee: Government should reveal secrets about mercury in vaccines - opinion - Albuquerque Tribune

* ►November 21, 2006 - Studying Autism Isn’t Enough - op-ed (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times - "If we do not help these children, we are essentially condemning them to a lifetime of disability, unemployment and, for many, institutionalization. On human grounds, this is tragic. But it’s also bad economics. The few hundred thousand dollars needed to do intensive early intervention for four or five years — while a lot — is only one-tenth the expected cost of supporting someone for a lifetime on the dole."

* ►November 21, 2006 - Autism needs hope (requires registration or subscription) - The Globe and Mail - "Autism funding is a giant hot potato. That's because it's expensive, and no one wants to pay. Autism rates have soared, for unknown reasons, and the treatment bills can reach $50,000 a year or more. The feds say it's a provincial matter, and the provinces say they can't afford it. No province offers autism treatment as part of medicare. Instead, they shuffle off the job to social services and education, as if it were a social problem."

►November 21, 2006 - Help for autism to return - New Brunswick Home News Tribune

►November 21, 2006 - Federal autism research chair announced - CBC News

* ►November 21, 2006 - Dover lawyer representing 85 families in vaccine lawsuit - AP via The Union Leader

* ►November 21, 2006 - County woman crusades against mercury in dental fillings - Bedford Bulletin

* ►November 21, 2006 - HHS Buys Additional Vaccine for Potential Use in an Influenza Pandemic - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services via Infection Control Today

►November 21, 2006 - Flu clinic set for Saturday at town hall - Braintree Forum

►November 21, 2006 - Government re-considering Gardasil - Health Minister Tony Abbott says the Government's drug advisory committee is urgently meeting to consider whether to include the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil in the national immunisation program. - Daily Telegraph via www.news.com.au

►November 21, 2006 - MP calls for cancer jab - This Is Hertfordshire

►November 21, 2006 - Quarantine imposed at assisted living facility - Contra Costa Times

►November 21, 2006 - Sierra Leone launches vaccination campaign - AFP via TODAYonline

* ►November 21, 2006 - CDC to reveal results of genetic testing of cluster families - Lahontan Valley News - "The study follows efforts by scientists from Arizona, federal and independent investigators who are searching for a cause of Fallon's leukemia cluster, a medical mystery that has affected 17 children and their families since 1997 and taken the lives of three."

►November 21, 2006 - Media Distort Health Risks Say Experts - A report from the Foundation for American Communication’s seminar on covering health risks at Columbia University. - STATS at George Mason University

►November 21, 2006 - It's official, doctors say: Men are the weaker sex (requires registration or subscription) - New York Times News Service via Chicago Tribune

►November 21, 2006 - Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle: For Some People, Intimacy Is Toxic (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►November 21, 2006 - Attending to Sick Children Along a Gulf Coast Still in Tatters (requires registration or subscription) -  The New York Times

►November 21, 2006 - New Treatment Using Human Antibodies To Target Harmful Toxins May Protect Against C. Difficile - American Society For Microbiology via ScienceDaily

►November 21, 2006 - Effective small-scale production of antibodies - Using a Celline 350 cell culture system, the Institute for Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology (IMMEI) in Germany has transformed the effectiveness of its small-scale antibody production - Laboratory Talk

►November 21, 2006 - Pilot Study Successful in Taming Allergic Reactions to Food - Duke University Medical Center via WebWire

►November 21, 2006 - Third death from West Nile virus reported in state - Arkansas News

►November 21, 2006 - Cardiac unit still shut by virus - The cardiac unit at Swansea's Morriston Hospital hit by a virus is still closed to new patients. - BBC

►November 21, 2006 - Meningitis epidemic confirmed in southern Sudan-WHO - Reuters AlertNet

►November 21, 2006 - Prosecutor: Kazakh children contracted HIV from one blood donor - AP via International Herald Tribune

►November 21, 2006 - HIV infection on rise in all regions-UN report - Reuters AlertNet

* ►November 21, 2006 - Emergent BioSolutions Celebrates Initial Public Offering; CEO To Ring Opening Bell on the NYSE - press release - Emergent BioSolutions Inc. via Business Wire - "The Company’s marketed product, BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), is the only vaccine approved by the FDA for the prevention of anthrax infection. For more information about BioThrax, please review the package insert located on the Company’s website www.emergentbiosolutions.com."

►November 21, 2006 - Debate rages over silicone implants' safety - FDA approval makes them available again in U.S. after 14-year ban. - Dayton Daily News

* ►November 21, 2006 - Quest for HIV vaccine in Africa - Business Day

* ►November 21, 2006 - Medical: HIV Vaccine Advances to Human Trial Stage - The Emory Wheel - "The DNA-based HIV vaccine developed by a team at Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center recently moved from small control group studies to trials involving high-risk human subjects. Research leader Harriet Robinson's findings will be published in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases."

* ►November 21, 2006 - What's up doc? Febrile seizures - MetroWestDailyNews - "Any cause of fever, such as a cold or other viral illness (by far the most common cause), reactions from vaccinations (there is an increased risk of a febrile seizure on the day of the DTaP vaccine and 7 to 14 days after the MMR vaccine) or other febrile illness can induce a febrile seizure."

* ►November 21, 2006 - Polio Drops a Must for Visitors From Subcontinent - Arab News

* ►November 21, 2006 - Students protest emission of mercury in water, air - Group wants Pioneer to change - The Daily Reveille

* ►November 21, 2006 - Britain sabotages EU law to control toxic chemicals - The Independent, UK

* ►November 21, 2006 - A Big Headache - Perthshire Advertiser, UK - "A Senior figure with a Perth-based head injury charity yesterday hit out at the “unnecessary anxiety” caused to vulnerable residents by flu vaccine shortages."

►November 21, 2006 - Milk allergy cases missed in babies - Telegraph, UK - "Up to 50,000 British babies show symptoms of an allergy to cows' milk, but the vast majority are being misdiagnosed and suffer unnecessarily, it is claimed today."

►November 21, 2006 - Call for break rights for carers - Campaigners are to urge MPs to join their push to secure a right to a break for carers of disabled children. - BBC

►November 21, 2006 - Measuring the Bird Flu Threat - Council on Foreign Relations

►November 21, 2006 - MIT institute director resigns amid controversy - Picower head Tonegawa criticized after discouraging rival institute's candidate - The Scientist

►November 21, 2006 - Birds Eye Foods recalls frozen-squash packages - AP via Houston Chronicle - "Birds Eye said it received fewer than a dozen complaints and that testing confirmed ammonia was present in a package sold under a store brand name."

* ►November 20, 2006 - The End of Polio? Behind the Scenes of the Campaign to Vaccinate Every Child on the Planet - The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) via Interest Alert!

* ►November 20, 2006 - Novartis secures contract to supply additional H5N1 influenza vaccine to the US government - Novartis via WebWire

* ►November 20, 2006 - Take your shots at the doc; he'll have the answers - InsideBayArea

* ►November 20, 2006 - Not all sold on pill for autism (requires registration or subscription) - Advocacy groups say the side effects of federally approved Risperdal, which includes weight gain, outweigh the benefits. - Los Angeles Times

* ►November 20, 2006 - Update: Students share needles during science experiment - Health department says risk for disease doubtful - Chico Enterprise-Record

* ►November 20, 2006 - Disabled children 'short-changed' - Disabled and terminally-ill children are going without vital equipment as the NHS and councils are not providing enough funding, research shows. - BBC

* ►November 20, 2006 - DJ Livestock Update: BSE Meat Could Be On Sale Throughout UK - DowJones via Hoover's

* ►November 20, 2006 - Five Questions Your Doctor Should Ask, But Won’t - Boardroom Inc. and Bottom Line Publications via www.wnbc.com

►November 20, 2006 - Bird flu plans 'need updating' - Scientists have criticised the government's preparations for an outbreak of bird flu, saying they fail to take into account the latest technological developments. - www.politics.co.uk

►November 20, 2006 - Officials Push Vaccinations for Rabies - AP via ABC11 TV

►November 20, 2006 - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Doctors Awarded Grants for Innovative New Research - The Green Family Foundation Health Initiative via PRNewswire via RT Magazine

►November 20, 2006 - In-Depth View Of Over 1600 Deals And Alliances Announced In Infectious Diseases Between 2001 And 2006 - Business Wire

►November 20, 2006 - Setting The Stage To Find Drugs Against SARS - Terra Daily

►November 20, 2006 - Researcher speaks about AIDS, bird flu - The Daily Collegian

►November 20, 2006 - Global Health Research Ambassadors Named; Leaders Will Push for More U.S. Support - U.S. Newswire

►November 20, 2006 - Baló's Encephalitis Periaxialis Concentrica - journal article (European Neurology)

►November 20, 2006 - New study finds no link between Kawasaki disease and newly discovered coronavirus - Refutes earlier study - Infectious Diseases Society of America via www.eurekalert.org

►November 20, 2006 - Bush gets warm greeting in Vietnam, faces chilly one in Indonesia - AP via The Times Leader - "Bush also visited the Pasteur Institute, a yellow stucco facility that conducts research in preventive medicine and works to control the spread of infectious diseases."

►November 20, 2006 - The Central Nervous System Market Is The Second Largest Therapeutic Category And Is One Of The Fastest Growing - Research and Markets via Business Wire

►November 20, 2006 - Rhodes scholars aim to change world - AP via Denver Post

►November 20, 2006 - 3 Illinois students among list of Rhodes Scholarship winners - AP via Quad-City Times

►November 20, 2006 - ‘I do... agree to AIDS test!’ - Cybernoon

►November 20, 2006 - CDC needs to correct animal care deficiencies - The Macon Telegraph - "The latest criticism has to do with the CDC's treatment of its laboratory animals - it has three labs in metro Atlanta and two out of state - where some 6,000 animals are used primarily to "research vaccines and cures for infectious diseases, such as hepatitis, malaria and West Nile Virus," the Atlanta paper reported."

►November 20, 2006 - Gene sequencing center to receive $156 million - Grant supports sequencing of cancer genes to improve diagnosis and treatment - www.eurekalert.org

►November 20, 2006 - California OKs $150 million stem-cell research loan - Reuters

►November 20, 2006 - Helmholtz Centre coordinating EU Drinking Water Research Project - alphagalileo via innovations report

►November 20, 2006 - Dragonfly's Metabolic Disease Provides Clues About Human Obesity - Penn State via Biocompare

►November 20, 2006 - Immunoworks Boosts Health The 21st Century Way - Press Dispensary, UK

►November 20, 2006 - With Drug Firms On TV-Ad Vetting (requires subscription for full article) - Wall Street Journal

* ►November 20, 2006 - Drugmakers to pay FDA to OK ads: WSJ - Reuters - "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has struck a deal with pharmaceutical companies under which they would pay the agency fees for vetting their TV advertisements in exchange for speedier reviews, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Doubt cast over the efficacy of flu shots - British medical analysis says studies are flawed - The News Journal - "'Federal officials around the world decide which flu strains are going to be prevalent, rely on foreign manufacturers to come up with a formula that is sensibly safe and effective and get it into production,' said Barbara Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, a consumer health organization."

►November 20, 2006 - Officials warn of flu vaccine shortage (requires registration or subscription) - Globe and Mail - "There's a limited supply of flu vaccine for the healthy B.C. residents who are required to buy it if they want to get a shot."

►November 20, 2006 - Big laboratory for diagnosing bird flu opens outside Novosibirsk - Itar-Tass

►November 20, 2006 - Province prepares for pandemic - Dishes out $30M to health regions - Edmonton Sun

* ►November 20, 2006 - Report criticises preparations for bird flu outbreak - The Guardian, UK - "A report by the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences said that in order to properly combat a pandemic, the UK should stockpile not only Tamiflu but also Relenza, another antiviral drug."

►November 20, 2006 - Nissan takes a stab at drugmakers' ads - USA Today

►November 20, 2006 - Peninsula Teacher Fired For Science Experiment - www.nbc11.com - "A substitute teacher at a middle school in Redwood City has been fired after she let the students use the same lancet to prick their fingers for blood, NBC11 reported."

►November 20, 2006 - Shingles vaccine planned for 2007 - A shingles vaccine could be included on the national immunisation program after its manufacturer today said it intended to apply. - Melbourne Herald Sun - "CSL public affairs director Dr Rachel David said Zosovax was not yet available in Australia because it was only registered in a frozen form that was no longer on the market. Most doctors in Australia had just fridges, not freezers, she said."

►November 20, 2006 - Experts call for better flu plans - Leading scientists say the UK government is failing to take advantage of scientific developments in the fight to prevent a flu pandemic. - BBC

►November 20, 2006 - Bird Flu Vaccines Lose Their Strength - Medical News Today

►November 20, 2006 - Meeting to address readiness of poultry industry to deal with bird flu - Access North Georgia

►November 20, 2006 - Satellites to track bird flu virus spread - United Press International

►November 20, 2006 - Az counties not ready for a flu pandemic - Tucson Citizen

►November 20, 2006 - Az anti-bioterrorism studies take off - Tucson Citizen - "Arizona's three state universities are quietly becoming more involved in anti-bioterrorism research, securing tens of millions of dollars in grants."

►November 20, 2006 - Learn the Truth About HPV - An Action News HealthCheck Special Report - ABC6 WPVI

►November 20, 2006 - Vaccine may still provide protection (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times - "Q: I have human papilloma virus. Can I still get the shot that just came out - even though I already have the virus?"

►November 20, 2006 - 'Adults too need polio clearance' - Times of India

►November 20, 2006 - Learning to Walk Again After West Nile Virus (includes video) - www.localnews8.com

►November 20, 2006 - Researchers present therapy for autism - Treatment focuses on development, not behavior habits - UT The Daily Texan

►November 20, 2006 - E. China province bans sales of contaminated fish - Xinhua via China Daily - "East China's Shandong Province has banned the sales of turbot containing excessive amounts of carcinogens that were purposefully fed banned chemicals by fish farmers."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Doubts hit FDA handling of benzene in soft drinks - Serious questions remain over how America’s food safety watchdog handled the presence of benzene residues in soft drinks, a senior ex-official has said, after tests showed some drinks still contained the chemical 15 years after the industry agreed to cut it. - www.beveragedaily.com - "'Big companies are very powerful. If you're a regulator with a tight budget, it could have been one of those closets with skeletons in that you don't want to open,' the ex-FDA enforcement official told BeverageDaily.com."

►November 20, 2006 - Activist: 80th child contracts HIV in south Kazakhstan from tainted blood, dirty needles - AP via International Herald Tribune

* ►November 20, 2006 - Bacterial particles targeted in study of HIV infections - Cleveland Plain Dealer

►November 20, 2006 - Debate Over Peanut Allergies Hits Local Schools (includes video) - http://wcbstv.com

►November 20, 2006 - Now They Tell Us - editorial - New York Sun

* ►November 20, 2006 - CDC needs to correct animal care deficiencies - opinion - Macon Telegraph - "The latest criticism has to do with the CDC's treatment of its laboratory animals - it has three labs in metro Atlanta and two out of state - where some 6,000 animals are used primarily to 'research vaccines and cures for infectious diseases, such as hepatitis, malaria and West Nile Virus,' the Atlanta paper reported."

►November 20, 2006 - Genmab Licenses MIF Receptor Target From Cytokine PharmaSciences - press release - Genmab A/S via PRNewswire-FirstCall via Yahoo!

►November 20, 2006 - Many US States Look to Exceed Mercury Emission Guidelines Set Out by EPA - www.azom.com

►November 20, 2006 - Restricting mercury - editorial - Patriot-News

►November 20, 2006 - Afghanistan: UN airlifts aid to flood victims, faces severe shortfall for drought relief - UN News Centre - "United Nations agencies in Afghanistan moved on three fronts today, airlifting emergency aid to nearly 6,000 flood victims, staging the latest phase of a polio vaccination campaign targeting 7.2 million children, and warning that 2 to 3 million people will be 'severely affected' if a $48 million shortfall in food assistance is not met."

►November 19, 2006 - Measles team won, too - letter - Albany Times Union

►November 19, 2006 - Autism campaign in Dubai - AME Info - "Minister Dr Hanif Hassan said that there is a plan to integrate some autistic children into local schools."

* ►November 19, 2006 - 'Great' article got all the facts right - letter - Daily Record - "And most of us can attest to some nice changes in our heavy-metal-toxic children when using supplements, chelation, and HBOT. For us, the methyl B-12 shots were a big, big improvement. My daughter went from not asking or answering questions, to asking and commenting on everything. She went from only using two to three word sentences to full conversation..., too, am certain that vaccines contributed to this condition. A doctor in your story comments on how anecdotes don't make it science. Well, the response to that is, 'Study it then.'"

* ►November 19, 2006 - Taking a shot - Borough tries out preparedness drill with help of public - Kenai Peninsula Clarion

►November 19, 2006 - Fewer than expected get flu shots in Nash - Rocky Mount Telegram

►November 19, 2006 - Conflict between pill laws - Health: State, federal rules differ over age limits, OTC status. - Long Beach Press-Telegram

►November 19, 2006 - Many States Say EPA Too Soft On Mercury - Today's THV

►November 19, 2006 - Special education director honored for his service - Lynchburg News & Advance

* ►November 19, 2006 - Despite doctors’ advice, nearly 50% skip flu shot - The News Journal - "According to a recent survey by Rasmussen Reports 47 percent of respondents said they will take their chances by skipping the shot. Most said they just don’t think the shot is effective. And they might be right, according to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal. The reason? The formula of the flu shot administered at clinics throughout the world is based on, well, guesswork."

* ►November 19, 2006 - Triumphs and Hurdles for the New HPV Vaccine - Society for Women's Health Research via Newswise via Interest Alert!

* ►November 19, 2006 - What Ails The CDC - Staff turnover, morale problems and charges of mismanagement couldn't have come at a worse time for the guardians of U.S. public health - TIME Magazine

* ►November 19, 2006 - Investors target GSK cash pile - The Independent, UK - "Institutional investors are pressuring GSK to use the mountain of spare cash on its balance sheet to make acquisitions and to bolster its pipeline of new drugs."

►November 19, 2006 - India told to get grip on HIV in 2007 - The Washington Post

►November 19, 2006 - Yeast Model Shows Promise As Alzheimer's Test - A century ago this month, German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer formally described characteristics of the neurodegenerative disease which ultimately came to bear his name. While international efforts to learn about Alzheimer's disease and develop treatments have progressed significantly in recent years, a cure remains an elusive goal. - University of Illinois at Chicago via ScienceDaily

* ►November 18, 2006 - Why The Compulsory Vaccination Laws Must Be Repealed NOW -  The Idaho Observer via www.healthliesexposed.com

* ►November 18, 2006 - Drug giants size up Chinese problem - The London Times - "Eli Lilly, of the US, Sanofi Aventis, of France, Bayer, of Germany, and GSK are also key players the Chinese insulin market, which is growing at an estimated 43 per cent a year in value terms."

►November 18, 2006 - Health official: Biggest Ariz. metro area not ready for pandemic - AP via Examiner

►November 18, 2006 - Health Department hosting flu shot clinics - Martinsburg Journal

►November 18, 2006 - Green Country Gears Up For Flu Season - www.kotv.com

►November 18, 2006 - Pueblo prepares for flu pandemic (includes video) - www.koaa.com - "The department's goal was to vaccinate 10,000 people; it gave out just over 5,000 shots. But workers said the exercise was a success, and that it will be valuable in the event of a future pandemic."

►November 18, 2006 - Michigan cement plants draw scrutiny for mercury emissions - Canadian Press via CBC News

►November 18, 2006 - 22 states view Bush administration as too soft on cutting mercury - AP via International Herald Tribune

►November 18, 2006 - News from Across the Metro - Charter school for autistic children sought (requires registration or subscription) - Kansas City Star - "The Olathe School Board is being asked to establish a charter school for autistic students. A petition submitted by Ron Johnson, president of the Kansas City Autism Training Center, outlines the need for a school to provide autistic children with “research-based” education. 'We chose Olathe because it has had, in the past couple years, one of the largest increases of children ages 3 to 6,' Johnson told The Star."

►November 18, 2006 - Art Walk - The Daily Iberian - "'Since most kids with autism rock back and forth, I came up with the theme ‘Autistic Kids Rock!’ and that explains our selling decorated rocks,' said Bourdier. For $5, patrons received one of 700 donated rocks colorfully painted and adorned with rhinestones and glitter by a child with autism from Iberia Parish. All proceeds were collected for the Cure Autism Now Foundation, which performs research to help combat autism."

►November 18, 2006 - Super TB - http://cbs4.com

►November 18, 2006 - Bullies 'target disabled pupils' - Children with disabilities struggle to protect themselves from bullying because they lack confidence and friends, a study suggests. - BBC

►November 18, 2006 - FDA warns on anemia-drug dosing - Alert raises concerns on Medicare-fee rules for dialysis industry - Boston Globe

►November 18, 2006 - Ignoring the risks of steroids - High-schoolers jeopardize long-term and immediate health for a chance to bulk up, succeed on field - Statesman Journal

►November 18, 2006 - The Legacy of Agent Orange (includes audio) - Weekend Edition via NPR

►November 18, 2006 - Lovable Kyle, 5, struggles with autism (requires registration or subscription) - Today's Child, Toronto Star

►November 17, 2006 - Polio "could be eradicated" by end of decade - Reuters South Africa

►November 17, 2006 - WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record 17 Nov 2006 - WHO via ReliefWeb

►November 17, 2006 - TB jab shock for Suffolk parent - Suffolk Evening Star - "Schools have stopped giving children a routine tuberculosis jab while cases of TB in Suffolk have risen by nearly 60per cent in the last four years."

►November 17, 2006 - Don’t forget to get your flu jab! - Easier, UK

►November 17, 2006 - Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology - Novel H3N1 Swine Influenza Virus Identified in Pigs in Korea - American Society for Microbiology via www.eurekalert.org

►November 17, 2006 - Uganda: Uganda Tops Africa TB List - The Monitor (Kampala) via http://allafrica.com

►November 17, 2006 - Student group rallies PPG for mercury-free technology in its plant - The Daily Athenaeum Interactive

* ►November 17, 2006 - Delaware acts to toughen controls on mercury emissions - Breaks from federal plans affecting power plants - The News Journal - "Delaware formally broke away today from federal plans to control power plant mercury emissions, declaring that it will seek standards that produce larger and faster controls on the toxic metal."

* ►November 17, 2006 - State OKs tough rules on emission of mercury - Patriot-News via www.pennlive.com

►November 17, 2006 - Seattle Genetics zeroes in on new era for cancer drugs - Seattle Times

►November 17, 2006 - Bedfellows at the Biosecurity Board - How US science's nouveau riche bioweapons constituency is flexing its muscle to carve up safety and security rules. - UN Observer

* ►November 17, 2006 - Nominee's hearing put on hold - Cox News Service via Houston Chronicle - "Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has placed a 'hold' on Senate confirmation of President Bush's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, complaining that the agency has ignored subpoenas from his committee for information on its handling of a controversial antibiotic. Grassley's Senate Finance Committee has been looking into what he said were fraudulent circumstances surrounding clinical trials that led the FDA to approve the antibiotic Ketek, which has been reported to cause fatal liver damage."

* ►November 17, 2006 - NHS reforms 'harm patient care' - NHS reforms harm patient care and ministers are making fraudulent claims about their impact, a doctor says. - BBC

* ►November 17, 2006 - Big pharma cash keeps biotech on a roll - Reuters

►November 17, 2006 - Infant massage may ease crying, sleep problems - Cochrane Library via Reuters Health

►November 16, 2006 - Research Suggests Beta Agonists May Alter The Immune System - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center via Biocompare

►November 16, 2006 - Europe diary: Goodbye mercury - BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell reflects on a vote in the European Parliament to ban mercury, a possible slip-up by French presidential hopeful Segolene Royal, and the forthcoming elections in Serbia. - BBC

►November 16, 2006 - Mercury and hydroelectric reservoirs: Sierra Club survey not relevant and has led to false conclusions - press release - Hydro-Quebec via CNW Group

►November 16, 2006 - No local cases of Tamiflu-related aberrant behavior: DOH - CNA via China Post

* ►November 16, 2006 - CDC attempts to improve animal care - AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

* ►November 16, 2006 - Hepatitis A immunization works well with other pediatric vaccines - Pediatr Infect Dis J via Reuters Health via Merck Medicus

►November 16, 2006 - Whooping cough on the rise - Charlotte Observer

►November 15, 2006 - Health Ministry in 'damage control' over vaccine documentary - NZPA via New Zealand Herald

►November 15, 2006 - Spat over virus paper - Warrnambool Standard

►November 15, 2006 - 6-year-old wins battle against rare virus, returns to the life of a child - Kinston Free Press - "Grayson was diagnosed with transverse myelitis and acute disseminating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) — a debilitating virus akin to spinal meningitis. The rare disease affects only eight out of every million people."

►November 15, 2006 - Top-Selling Author of "The Essential Guide to Autism," Rachel Evans, Announces Her Free Autism Newsletter - Rachel Evans announces the availability of her free Autism Newsletter, following the success of her e-book "The Essential Guide to Autism." This free newsletter provides parents and caregivers with tips, strategies, support and realistic advice about raising a child with autism in a full, happy and loving way. - press release - Rachel Evans via PRWeb

►November 14, 2006 - First responders to get free flu vaccines - Event to test county's ability to respond quickly to outbreaks - Glens Falls Post-Star

►November 14, 2006 - Public asked to help test flu readiness - Local health workers hope to give 10,000 flu and pneumonia vaccinations during an event that's also a dry run. - Pueblo Chieftain

* ►November 13, 2006 - Merck stakes its future on demand for vaccines - Dow Jones Newswire via The Star-Ledger via www.nj.com - "Merck will try to boost Gardasil sales by expanding the target population for the vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil for vaccination of females 9 to 26 years old, and a Centers for Disease Control & Prevention panel recommended routine vaccination for girls 11 and 12 years old. Merck may also seek regulatory approval for marketing Gardasil to women older than 26, and in males...Gardasil, which sells for $360 for a three-dose regimen, is now covered by most managed-care plans for females in the approved age range, according to Margaret McGlynn, president of Merck Vaccines."

►November 13, 2006 - A New Deal On Lifesaving Drugs - Rethinking how Harvard’s discoveries reach the world's poorest. First up: a new TB vaccine - The Harvard Crimson

* ►November 9, 2006 - Lipoproteins in inflammation and sepsis. II. Clinical aspects. - journal article (Intensive Care Medicine) - "Nutritional lipids supplied during critical illness have been shown to modulate the host response to inflammation. In particular, inclusion of omega-3 fatty acids seems to have beneficial effects on cellular immunity and helps to maintain the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines thereby preventing hyperinflammatory complications."

►November 9, 2006 - Lipoproteins in inflammation and sepsis. I. Basic science. - journal article (Intensive Care Medicine)

►November 9, 2006 - A Polymorphism in the P2X7 Gene Increases Susceptibility to Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. - journal article (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

►November/December 2006 - Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Infection, Sepsis, and Shock - journal article (American Journal of Neuroradiology)

►November/December 2006 - Specific Language Impairment, Theory of Mind, and Visual Perspective Taking: Evidence for Simulation Theory and the Developmental Role of Language - journal article (Child Development)

►November/December 2006 - Presentation of Tumor Antigens by Dendritic Cells Genetically Modified With Viral and Nonviral Vectors. - journal article (Journal of Immunotherapy)

►November/December 2006 - Verbal and Visuospatial Short-Term and Working Memory in Children: Are They Separable? - journal article (Child Development)

►November 2006 - Adolescent HIV Prevalence, Sexual Risk, and Willingness to Participate in HIV Vaccine Trials - journal article (Journal of Adolescent Health)

►November 2006 - Feasibility of short-term outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy for the management of infectious conditions in pediatric patients. - journal article (The American Journal of Emergency Medicine)

►November 2006 - Old Problem, Old Solutions - Failure to question conventional wisdom contributes to persistent leaks in scientific pipeline. - The Scientist

►November 2006 - Electrocortical reflections of face and gaze processing in children with pervasive developmental disorder - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

►November 2006 - Reproductive Factors, Oral Contraceptive Use, and Human Papillomavirus Infection: Pooled Analysis of the IARC HPV Prevalence Surveys - journal article (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

►November 2006 - Child ADHD and personality/temperament traits of reactive and effortful control, resiliency, and emotionality - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

►November 2006 - Acute neuropsychological effects of methylphenidate in stimulant drug-naïve boys with ADHD II - broader executive and non-executive domains - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

►November 2006 - Childhood onset schizophrenia: cortical brain abnormalities as young adults - journal article (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines)

►November 2006 - Gluten intolerance: Sex- and age-related features - journal article (The Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology)

►November 2006 - Review article: interactions between genotype and response to therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases. - journal article (Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics)

►November 2006 - Autoimmunity Against Human Tropomyosin Isoforms in Ulcerative Colitis: Localization of Specific Human Tropomyosin Isoforms in the Intestine and Extraintestinal Organs. - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►November 2006 - The Proportion of CD40+ Mucosal Macrophages Is Increased in Inflammatory Bowel Disease whereas CD40 Ligand (CD154)+ T Cells Are Relatively Decreased, Suggesting Differential Modulation of These Costimulatory Molecules in Human Gut Lamina Propria. - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►November 2006 - Allergy and intestinal dysmotility - evidence of genuine causal linkage?. - journal article (Current Opinion in Gastroenterology)

►November 2006 - Tardive Dyskinesia -  This article is brought to you by Eli Lilly and Company. - Pharmacy Times

►November 2006 - Losing Ground? - Educators fear small gains of affirmative action are under threat from reverse-discrimination lawsuits. - The Scientist

►November 2006 - Salmonella on the rise in chicken meat - AP via The New Hope Courier

* ►November 2006 - It is time to get your influenza shot (requires registration) - Health care workers, as well as much of the general population, have been targeted for annual influenza vaccination. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

* ►November 2006 - Long road to the development of an effective HIV vaccine (requires registration) - Vaccine development will require overcoming scientific challenges and attaining basic research in immunology and pathogenesis of the virus. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

* ►November 2006 - ACIP recommends herpes zoster vaccine for adults aged 60 and older (requires registration) - Vaccine can help prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in this age group. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

* ►November 2006 - Thoughts on the recent mumps epidemic (requires registration) www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

►November 2006 - Multi-drug resistant bacteria increases in hospital settings (requires registration) - Acinetobacter infections increased from 4.5% in 1995 to 17% in 2004, according to the CDC. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

►November 2006 - Pre-exposure prophylaxis a promising HIV prevention tool (requires registration) - Alternative prevention methods, like PREP, should be further evaluated to help reduce HIV among at-risk groups. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

►November 2006 - Health officials concerned about possible global spread of XDR-TB (requires registration) - Extremely drug-resistant TB identified worldwide, especially in Eastern Europe and Asia. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

►November 2006 - The 44th annual IDSA meeting in Toronto was successful by all measures (requires registration) - The program committee put together a nicely balanced program of state-of-the-art named lectureships and scientific presentations. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

►November 2006 - New CDC guidelines for HIV testing will change health care (requires registration) - New guidelines recommend HIV tests as a regular part of visits to health care providers as well as increased testing in pregnant women. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

►November 2006 - IDSA updates Lyme disease recommendations (requires registration) - The new recommendations are the first updates since 2000. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

►November 2006 - Vancomycin resistance rates vary throughout Europe (requires registration) - In the 1980s, vancomycin use increased about 50% each year and by 1986 GRE emerged in Europe. - www.infectiousdiseasenews.com

* ►October 25, 2006 - Impact of influenza vaccination on major cause-specific mortality. - journal article (Vaccine)

►October 25, 2006 - Effect of Diet on the Development of Drug Metabolism by Cytochrome P-450 Enzymes in Healthy Infants - journal article (Pediatric Research)

►October 20, 2006 - Synergy between Cigarette Smoking and Human Papillomavirus Type 16 in Cervical Cancer In situ Development - journal article (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

►October/December 2006 - ChildServ: Lessons Learned From the Design and Implementation of a Community-based Developmental Surveillance Program. - journal article (Infants & Young Children)

►October/December 2006 - Tourette Syndrome in Infancy and Early Childhood. - journal article (Infants & Young Children)

* ►October 2006 - Reduction of Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Longterm Fish Oil Treatment in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis - journal article (The Journal of Rheumatology)

* ►July 25, 2006 - FDA under pressure to clamp down on clinical trial fraud - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has outlined a series of imminent changes to the way it evaluates clinical trials in an attempt to clamp down on fraud. - www.drugresearcher.com - "Internal FDA emails have since surfaced showing that at least four agency safety officials — including Dr Charles Cooper, Dr David Ross and Dr Rosemary Johann-Liang — expressed serious concerns about the safety of Ketek. 'I tried to argue that given Aventis's track record in which they have proven themselves to be nontrustworthy that we have to consider the possibility that they are intentionally doing a poor job of collecting the postmarketing data to protect their drug sales,' said one of the emails from Dr Cooper."

* ►May 5, 2006 - FDA's Approval Of Antibiotic Drug Ketek Under Scrutiny - WSJ Investigative Article Revealed Faulty Data And Improper Record-keeping For Key Drug Study - Drug Injury Watch
 
►May 3, 2006 - Markey criticizes FDA (requires subscription) - MetroWest Daily News

* ►The Politics of Autism - video - www.autismmedia.org - Barbara Loe Fisher is co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC). She is the co-author of DPT: A Shot in the Dark (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985; Warner 1986; Avery 1991); author of The Consumer's Guide to Childhood Vaccines (NVIC 1997) and editor of THE VACCINE REACTION...In this six-part interview (approx. 42 minutes), Ms. Fisher discusses vaccine safety issues and the politics surrounding them. Filmed in May of 2005 at the Autism One conference in Chicago, Illinois."

* ►The Killer Vaccines - An Honest Physician Warns of Serious Dangers - www.newsmax.com - "Vaccines routinely given to millions of children and adults can be very dangerous to your health, a respected neurosurgeon warns. 'The medical industry is making a fortune promoting and requiring unnecessary vaccinations,' Dr. Russell Blaylock warns in The Blaylock Wellness Report – published by NewsMax.com. Dr. Blaylock says that during the past few decades we have seen a 'vaccination explosion.'"

Posted November 20, 2006

►November 21, 2006 - Alarming results for Fiji immunisation survey - Fiji Times

►November 21, 2006 - Haj pilgrims to be given polio vaccine - Times of India

►November 21, 2006 - Bush pledges to help Indonesia fight avian flu - AFP via TODAYonline

* ►November 20, 2006 - Another flu vaccine push coming soon - www.newswithviews.com- "To prevent manufacturers from backing out of the flu shot business-the government will need them if a human form of bird flu arrives in the US-the CDC and other medical establishments, such as the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, will push hard to get everyone to roll up their sleeves and get in line. The organizations that claim to put public health first are showing their hands: Their role is to protect the profits of the pharmaceutical companies at the expense of the health of general public."

* ►November 20, 2006 - The Age of Autism: What Newsweek missed - United Press International

* ►November 20, 2006 - Reversing autism and seizures – Jonathan’s story - Health Sentinel

* ►November 20, 2006 - New England families sue over mercury in childhood vaccines - AP via Portsmouth Herald via Boston Globe - "A New Hampshire lawyer is representing 85 New England families that claim a mercury-based compound in vaccines caused autism and other disabilities in their children. Michael Noonan said thimerosal, used for decades as a preservative in childhood vaccines, is a neurotoxin that damaged thousands of children."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Fund Environmental Research in the Combating Autism Act - Stop Congress from Stripping out Key Environmental Research Provisions - Send a Message to Congress Demanding Honest Research and Designated Funding for Research of Environmental Factors and the Vaccine/Autism Link - www.a-champ.org - "Following the Senate's refusal last summer to include provisions for the role of vaccines in autism in the bill, we now face the prospect that the two most pressing research issues involving the cause of autism – first thimerosal and vaccines, and now designated funding of research into environmental factors – will be excluded from this legislation. We need you to speak out to stop the Combating Autism Act from being 'watered down' even more than it was in the Senate."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Federal Agency Threatens to Dump Toxic Mercury Stockpile on Open Market - Experts Warn Potent Toxin Would Boomerang Back to U.S. Dinner Plates - www.yubanet.com

* ►November 20, 2006 - Researchers concerned about new HPV vaccine: Debate over Gardasil, first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer - Black & White

* ►November 20, 2006 - Hitchcock Clinic drops noted cancer researcher - She has at least 1 year with medical school - Concord Monitor - "Internationally known medical researcher Diane Harper has been forced to move her studies of cancer-related vaccines from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center because the hospital declined to renew her patient-treating privileges there. Her work with two promising vaccines that prevent cervical cancer is now based out of her private office near downtown Lebanon."

►November 20, 2006 - Dartmouth cancer researcher shut out by hospital - AP via Lebanon Valley News via Boston Globe

►November 20, 2006 - Vaccine could see the end of a killer illness - Western Mail via icWales

►November 20, 2006 - Triumphs and Hurdles for the New HPV Vaccine - Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) via Newswise

►November 20, 2006 - Cancer vaccine manufacturer drops price - The cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil could be approved for inclusion on the national immunisation register by the end of the week after its manufacturer agreed to drop its price. - Advertiser Adelaide

* ►November 20, 2006 - Discount brings Gardasil closer to PBAC - The Australian - "The committee also claimed there were doubts about how long the vaccine would remain effective and whether a booster would be necessary. CSL spokeswoman Rachel David today confirmed the Melbourne-based company had made a revised offer to the Government and PBAC containing 'some concessions,' including a lower price."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Bush keeps bird flu a top priority, visits lab in Vietnam - AP via International Herald Tribune - "Bush arrived at the Pasteur Institute — one of Vietnam's top research institutes for communicable diseases — in southern Ho Chi Minh City to an enthusiastic reception from crowds gathered on the streets."

* ►November 20, 2006 - US to stockpile more bird flu vaccine; Quebec plant providing 800,000 doses - The Canadian Press via CBC News - "The U.S. government is purchasing another US$200 million worth of H5N1 flu vaccine to stockpile against a possible pandemic caused by the worrisome strain, Health Secretary Michael Leavitt announced Monday. Three companies - Sanofi Pasteur, Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline - have been contracted to make a total of 5.3 million doses of bulk vaccine. The GSK vaccine will be made at the company's newly acquired vaccine plant in Ste-Foy, Que., company spokesperson Peter Schram confirmed."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Government orders more bird flu vaccine (requires registration or subscription) - AP via San Jose Mercury News - "The government ordered enough vaccine Monday to protect an additional 2.7 million people against bird flu, adding to a stockpile for use in an outbreak of the deadly virus."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Glaxo to supply vaccines for nation's reserve - Philadelphia Business Journal - "In addition, HHS also has the option to buy pre-pandemic vaccines together with one of GlaxoSmithKline's proprietary adjuvant systems, which could mean that less antigen would be needed per dose to achieve a protective immune response."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Another person infected with deadly illness - An 88-year-old man is believed to be suffering a mystery illness which has already claimed six lives in a Canberra nursing home. - www.news.com.au

►November 20, 2006 - Britain vulnerable to drug-resistant bird flu - The Telegraph, UK

►November 20, 2006 - Infectious Disease Doctors Urge Americans to Get Vaccinated Against the Flu - Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) via Infection Control Today

►November 20, 2006 - H3N1 pig flu virus found in South Korea - United Press International

►November 20, 2006 - Flipping the Bird - Experts say risk of a bird-flu pandemic has lessened - Grist Magazine

►November 20, 2006 - Lack of Flu Vaccine Prompts Clinic Cancellation - MyFox WGHP

►November 20, 2006 - Flu vaccination time extended - www.southcoasttoday.com

►November 20, 2006 - Concerns over flu jab delivery - icRenfrewshire

* ►November 20, 2006 - Give It Your Best Shot When Getting a Flu Shot - press release - University of Rochester Medical Center via WebWire - "4) Be kind to the nurse. Say hello in a friendly manner. Exchanging pleasantries makes the whole affair more enjoyable, and in any case, it’s never a bad policy to be extra nice to anyone who has access to a sharp implement.  3) As Thanksgiving approaches, give thanks for the flu shot, nearly eliminating the risk that you’ll be among the 36,000 people in the nation who die each year from the flu. 2) Quit being a wuss. 'Just suck it up,' says Pat Smith."

►November 20, 2006 - British doctors to get Tamiflu warning - The Guardian, UK

* ►November 20, 2006 - Often misdiagnosed, Lyme Disease can cause serious health problems - Patients caught in deep divide over therapy - Inside Bay Area

* ►November 20, 2006 - Study of Gulf War syndrome criticized - UPI via Monsters & Critics

* ►November 20, 2006 - Firm cooks dengue vaccine - The tropical disease infects millions, and an Aiea company is prepping clinical trials - Honolulu Star-Bulletin - "Hawaii Biotech Inc. and the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative are developing a vaccine against dengue fever and will make it available to regions affected by the tropical disease. The initiative is a program of the International Vaccine Institute, based in Seoul and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the government of South Korea."

* ►November 20, 2006 - New vaccine may eradicate polio in India - Sapa/AFP via Independent Online - "Instead of the standard "trivalent" form of the vaccine, which has weakened versions of the three types of the polio virus, the researchers recommend using a strain-specific 'monovalent' vaccine."

* ►November 20, 2006 - Setting The Stage To Find Drugs Against SARS - Brookhaven National Laboratory via ScienceDaily

►November 20, 2006 - Whooping cough's return renews call for vaccination - Eagle Tribune

►November 20, 2006 - Virus-hit cruise ship ends voyage - A transatlantic cruise ship hit by a highly infectious vomiting virus which struck down some 700 people has ended its 16-day voyage at a Florida port. - BBC

 ►November 20, 2006 - Meningitis campaigners call on government to introduce new vaccine to protect children - www.vhi.ie

►November 20, 2006 - Ethiopia: Shortage of vaccines for meningitis - IRIN via Reuters AlertNet

►November 20, 2006 - UN: Africa improving on disease control - United Press International

►November 20, 2006 - Africa: Build Community Defences, Says UN Bird Flu Specialist - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks via http://allafrica.com

►November 20, 2006 - Somalia: Number of Children Dies From Measles in Somalia's Lower Shabelle Province - Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) via http://allafrica.com

* ►November 20, 2006 - NIH launches 'Health Info Rx Program' on newborn screening and related genetic disorders - Physicians can direct patients to consumer-friendly online information with the NIH seal of approval - NIH/National Library of Medicine via www.eurekalert.org

* ►November 20, 2006 - MedicAlert free to schools - Bracelet fees waived for eligible elementary students - Covers serious ailments like asthma, diabetes and allergies (requires registration or subscription) - The Toronto Star - "About 12 per cent of Canadian children suffer from asthma, up to 6 per cent are affected by food allergies, and between 25,000 and 50,000 Canadian children are diabetic, the foundation said...Organizers called the program a 'response to the dramatic increase in allergies, asthma and diabetes among children.'"

►November 20, 2006 - Varied backgrounds lead to Rhodes honors (requires registration or subscription) - San Jose Mercury News

►November 20, 2006 - Md. nonprofit scores $15.2M for HIV work - Washington Business Journal - "The International Partnership for Microbicides, a nonprofit organization hoping to reduce the spread of HIV infection around the globe, is getting a $15.2 million commitment from the government of the Netherlands."

►November 20, 2006 - India told: Get grip on HIV in 2007 or lose control - Reuters, UK

►November 20, 2006 - Pasteurizing Breast Milk May Prevent HIV Transmission (includes audio) - Voice of America

►November 20, 2006 - Common Virus Significantly Enhances Cancer-Fighting Ability of Standard Chemotherapy Drugs - Oncolytics Biotech via Newswise

►November 20, 2006 - FDA Approves Silicone Breast Implant for Breast Reconstruction, Cosmetic Augmentation; Limits Cosmetic Use to Women Over Age 21 - www.kaisernetwork.org

►November 20, 2006 - FDA Committee Supports Simple DNA Tests When Patients Are Prescribed Coumadin (Warfarin) - New DNA Tests Could Prevent Thousands of Emergency Room Visits, Hospitalizations and Deaths for Warfarin Patients - Genelex Corporation via PRNewswire

►November 20, 2006 - Village anthrax find reassurances - Health chiefs have said there is no need for antibiotics to be offered after the discovery of minute traces of anthrax in a Borders village hall. - BBC

►November 20, 2006 - ALK-Abello launches pollen allergy vaccine - United Press International

►November 20, 2006 - Just because it's a virus, doesn't mean your child is not sick - opinion - Parents & Kids via www.townonline.com

* ►November 20, 2006 - IAC EXPRESS Issue #631 - Immunization Action Coalition

►November 19, 2006 - Dengue suspect cases in Pakistan close to 5,000 - Xinhua via China View

* ►November 19, 2006 - Pettem: Flu epidemic of 1918 took a daily toll - Boulder Daily Camera

►November 19, 2006 - Newsweek Cover: Growing Up with Autism - Teens and Young Adults Have Become the New Face of Autism Raising New Questions About the Future of Care and Treatment - Newsweek via PRNewswire

►November 19, 2006 - Mosquito-borne fevers follow Americans home - USA Today

►November 19, 2006 - Labs improve animal care - AP via Washington Times

►November 19, 2006 - Nigeria's polio survivors left to beg - Disease on rise with no help in sight - AP via Detroit Free Press

►November 19, 2006 - Buncombe Health Center expects more flu vaccine - Asheville Citizen-Times

►November 18, 2006 - State Health Officials Give Kids An Alternative To The Flu Shot - www.khnl.com - "'We're lucky enough there are two formulations of vaccines out there,' says Park. "Some students are nervous about getting something sprayed up their nose. We really want to assess how feasible is that because there is a price differential between the two vaccines.'"

* ►November 18, 2006 - Flu-free for Mililani kids? We'll see - Honolulu Advertiser - "In a new partnership between the state departments of Health and Education, several hundred Mililani children at three elementary schools will be vaccinated against flu over the next week as officials gather data on how quickly and efficiently the job can be done and whether it would be feasible to attempt statewide school-based flu vaccinations."

►November 18, 2006 - State expects 100,000 flu vaccines by Nov. 27 - AP via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

►November 18, 2006 - Pandemic Preparation - Free Shot Clinic Gives Workers Emergency Practice (includes video) - www.krdotv.com

►November 18, 2006 - Calling the shots: Health department, emergency services give mass vaccination plan a trial run - Herald & Review

►November 17, 2006 - International Avian Flu Meeting To Be Held in Bamako, Mali - U.S. co-sponsors conference organized by African Union, Mali, European Union - Washington File via http://usinfo.state.gov

►November 17, 2006 - PAHO Recognized for Cervical Cancer Elimination Efforts - Pan American Health Organization - "The award, which went to PAHO and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was given at the Women in Government’s summit on cervical cancer and HPV vaccine, which is part of their Challenge to Eliminate Cervical Campaign, an effort to increase awareness about and decrease the incidence of cervical cancer."

* ►November 17, 2006 - Cervical cancer vaccination bill goes before House - The Detroit News - "Lawmakers are preparing for a House vote on legislation to require vaccinations for sixth-grade girls against a virus linked to cervical cancer. A two-bill package that already has passed the state Senate would make Michigan the first state to require inoculations against the human papilloma virus, which is sexually transmitted."

* ►November 17, 2006 - Bird flu vaccine has short shelf life (requires registration or subscription) - AP via San Jose Mercury News - "The first batches in the nation's stockpile were brewed using an H5N1 strain that circulated in 2004. Now, manufacturers are brewing vaccine using a newer strain that circulated in Indonesia last year. With that updated version, HHS expects to have enough shots for another 5 million people sometime next year. Meanwhile, the older shots' loss of strength is gradual, raising the question of whether some subpotent doses might be able to be used if absolutely necessary, Hall noted. 'It doesn't go from 100 percent to zero,' he said."

►November 17, 2006 - 69 cases chickenpox cases confirmed at Collierville school - AP via www.wmcstations.com

►November 17, 2006 - Bié: Over 40,000 Children Immunised Against Measles - AngolaPress

►November 17, 2006 - Antigenics cancer vaccine triggers immune response - Antigenics has said its vaccine Oncophage for cancer of the nervous system induced an immune response in patients in a phase I/II investigator-sponsored trial. - Pharmaceutical Business Review

►November 16, 2006 - IAC EXPRESS Issue #630 - Immunization Action Coalition

* ►November 14, 2006 - With flu vaccine abundant, officials fear much will go to waste - AP via Philadelphia Inquirer - "Meanwhile, an advocacy group of parents with autistic children sounded a warning yesterday on thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative in most flu shots. In a teleconference, the group - PutChildrenFirst.org - said few Americans understood that most flu shots contained thimerosal, which they contend contributes to autism and other disorders in children."

* ►November 13, 2006 - Flu Drug Tamiflu May Cause Odd Behavior in Children - HealthDay via www.kfor.com - "Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration don't know if the more than 100 new cases of strange behavior, including three deaths from falls, are tied to the drug, to the flu itself, or a combination of both, the Associated Press reported. The FDA is mulling changes to the Tamiflu label that may recommend that all patients, especially children, be closely monitored while on the drug...In related news, a study in the Nov. 13 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that the flu vaccine slightly increases the risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome, which occurs when the body's immune system attacks part of the nervous system, resulting in tingling or weakness and possible paralysis."

NVIC - Barbara Loe Fisher Commentary: Tamiflu and flu vaccine apparently have one thing in common: they both can cause brain dysfunction and consumers should become fully informed before taking the risk. Influenza and flu-like illnesses have been part of the human condition for centuries. Only 20 percent of all flu-like illness is actually caused by influenza viruses.

Exposure to and recovery from type A and type B influenza results in immunity which is qualitatively superior to vaccine-induced temporary immunity. Most published studies examining influenza vaccine effectiveness are methodologically flawed and very few have demonstrated that influenza vaccine is effective in preventing influenza in children and adults.

To prevent and treat influenza or flu-like respiratory illness that does not involve fever over 103 F., pneumonia or serious complications which may require medical intervention, the National Vaccine Information Center offers the following non- toxic suggestions:

1. Wash your hands frequently.
2. Avoid close contact with those who are sick.
3. If you are sick, avoid close contact with those who are well.
4. Cover your mouth if you cough or sneeze.
5. Drink plenty of fluids, especially water.
6. Get adequate sleep.
7. Eat a healthy diet rich in vitamins and minerals, especially foods containing vitamin C (such as citrus fruits) and vitamin D (such as cod liver oil) and spend a few minutes a day in sunlight to help your body make and store vitamin D.
8. Exercise regularly when you are well.
9. Lower stress.
10. Consider including holistic alternatives in your wellness or healing plan, such as chiropractic adjustments, homeopathic and naturopathic remedies, acupuncture and other health care options.

For more information about studies which fail to prove that influenza vaccine is safe or effective, see NVIC's Oct. 31 press release on flu vaccine at www.nvic.org

* ►November 1, 2006 - CDC Shifts Vaccine-Data Focus - Decision to Survey Teens Instead of Young Children Criticized (requires registration) - Washington Post - "'It was really a very, very difficult decision. But we think we have to have information about adolescents because it is such a growth area,' said Lance Rodewald, director of the CDC immunization services division. Historically, most vaccines have been administered to infants and young children and only few to adolescents and teenagers, but that is changing. Under recently approved guidelines, pre- teenage girls should receive the new human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine; college freshmen should have the meningococcal meningitis vaccine; and most teenagers should receive boosters for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, as well as the chickenpox vaccine if they did not receive it as children...The decision comes at a time when the government is spending record amounts on public health. The CDC's budget has risen 42 percent since 2001 and is now $8.73 billion. It rose 23 percent the year after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks as the government invested $1.1 billion in terrorism preparedness and emergency response."

►November 2006 - 1918 Flu - NOVA via scienceNOW via www.pbs.org

►December 2006 - Nod-like proteins in immunity, inflammation and disease - journal article (Nature Immunology)

►December 2006 - Myeloid C-type lectins in innate immunity - journal article (Nature Immunology)

* ►November 27, 2006 - Challenging Autism - Newsweek's  will host a Live Talk on the challenges of reaching adulthood with autism on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at noon, ET. - Newsweek via MSNBC

* ►November 27, 2006 - What Happens When They Grow Up - Teenagers and young adults are the emerging face of autism as the disorder continues to challenge science and unite determined families. - Newsweek via MSNBC

* ►November 27, 2006 - A Terrible Mystery - New clues and new questions in the hunt for a cause. - Newsweek via MSNBC

* ►November 19, 2006 - Making a case against thimerosal - Portsmouth Herald via www.seacoastonline.com - "Through a unique legal process specifically designed for the matter, arguments for and against the cases will be heard in June. The process was designed via the 1986 congressional Vaccine Injury Compensation program, making the government the insurer for vaccine-related injuries and paying successful claims through a pool of funds from a vaccine tax. When the hearing convenes in June, a "special master" is expected to decide "the issue of causation," Noonan said. His 85 clients will be among them."

* ►November 19, 2006 - Bird flu fears ease - The world may have already avoided a bird flu pandemic, Australia's top doctor says. - Herald Sun, AU - "Nobel Prize-winning immunologist Prof Peter Doherty said a bird flu pandemic was less likely as time went by."

* ►November 19, 2006 - Deadly tropical disease arrives on U.S. shores - Scientists say West Nile threat pales by comparison - The Star-Ledger

* ►November 19, 2006 - Don't Drug Them - Parents' obsession with their children's self-esteem plus profit-driven diagnoses create a dangerous prescription - San Francisco Chronicle - "The amount of legal stimulants used as medication and produced in our country has grown 2,000 percent in the last 15 years. Data from the U.N. Narcotics Control Commission has been consistent over the years: The United States consumes 80 percent of the world's legal stimulant drugs (this does not include our use of illegal stimulants like cocaine or methamphetamine)."

* ►November 19, 2006 - Center hopes to offer alternative treatment for autism (requires registration) - Duluth News Tribune

* ►November 19, 2006 - Chemical Burns (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times - "Both forms of Tris caused mutations in DNA, and leached from pajamas into children’s bodies. In 1977, when brominated Tris was found to be a potent carcinogen, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned Tris from children’s sleepwear. So I was astonished to learn recently that the same chlorinated Tris that I helped eliminate from children’s pajamas is being used today in the foam inside furniture sold in California to meet standards there for fire retardancy, and that the state is considering similar standards for pillows, comforters and mattress pads."

►November 19, 2006 - First non-addictive ADHD drug to be trialled locally - The first non-addictive drug to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is to be trialled on Australian adolescents. - Sunday Telegraph, AU via www.news.com.au

►November 19, 2006 - Q&A: Gates says his 2 jobs are 'identical in a lot of ways' - The Mercury News

►November 19, 2006 - Enzyme keeps immune system in check - Baylor College of Medicine

►November 19, 2006 - Health Care a Right and a Responsibility - Before Thailand's health care system transforms completely into the Western model, close attention should be given to preserving and promoting traditional holistic treatments and lifestyles. - Bangkok Post

►November 19, 2006 - The truth is out there ... somewhere - The more 'facts' the burgeoning media give us, the further away we are from genuine insight - The Observer via The Guardian, UK

* ►November 18, 2006 - Big Pharmacy is in for a happy winter - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - "While I just say no to flu vaccines, I'll go out on a red, swollen limb and propose that they might be effective for some people some of the time. That isn't enough to persuade me to inject the scary soup into my vein. Let's have a look at the current formula for one vaccine, Fluzone. This vaccine is prepared from influenza viruses propagated in embryonic chicken eggs. If that's not enough to make you chicken-out, the virus is inactivated with formaldehyde, which has been classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. But it's probably just fine to inject it into your body."

* ►November 18, 2006 - One mom opposed to flu shots - Chicago Tribune via Monterey Herald - "But like many parents, I don't take the flu as seriously as illnesses such as whooping cough and pneumonia. And if I am going to subject him to another needle -- the national immunization schedule recommends U.S. children receive 20 shots in the first year of life -- it needs to meet certain criteria. For starters, it must be worth the wait at the doctor's office, the germs we'll be exposed to, missed work, the stress of listening to his tortured screams that begin in the parking lot, and the physical energy it requires to get his thrashing body into the exam room."

* ►November 18, 2006 - SQUIRT! - A pilot project tries to fortify one of the biggest groups of germ spreaders: kids - Star Bulletin - "State officials' mission to eventually vaccinate every child in Hawaii against the flu started yesterday with a spray of mist up the noses of hundreds of children."

* ►November 18, 2006 - .Women in Government Honors Significant Efforts to Help Eliminate Cervical Cancer - Women In Government via PRNewswire via Hoover's

* ►November 18, 2006 - N. Illinois is among nation's flu hot spots - Health officials issue warning, urge shots for children, elderly - The Journal-Standard

* ►November 18, 2006 - Flu clinic will serve as test for city plan - The Sun Chronicle - "City health nurse Jackie O'Brien said she hopes to draw hundreds of residents to the clinic on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to determine the effectiveness of health department plans to administer at least 350 immunizations an hour."

►November 18, 2006 - Picturing future: Jefferson's chief says sale is no shortcut for big plans. - The Philadelphia Inquirer - "The strategic plan calls for reorganizing the Jefferson University Physicians into an integrated group practice and launching an outpatient electronic medical records, Barchi said. Research at Jefferson would focus on four areas - cancer, cardiovascular disease, the neurosciences, and infectious diseases and vaccines, Barchi said. It would span the spectrum from basic science to clinical care."

►November 18, 2006 - Flu shots urged for health staff - Arkansas Democrat Gazette

►November 18, 2006 - Learning disorders: pay attention, sunshine - Sunflower therapy has heart-warming success with kids with learning disorders, says Emma Mahony - The London Times

►November 18, 2006 - Asean-US Enhanced Partnership To Focus On Eight Thrusts - Malaysian National News Agency Bernama

►November 18, 2006 - President Putin says Russia to take active part in APEC - Russia is optimistic about APEC future and the country intends to take a vigorous part in resolving future tasks together with other APEC members, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin said. - Thanh Nien Daily

►November 18, 2006 - Kid Foundation Announces Advocacy Campaign for Sensory Processing Disorder Goal to Reach: 50,000 Signatures for Petition by 2007 - KID Foundation via PR Leap

►November 18, 2006 - From the November 14, 1936, issue - Science News

* ►November 17, 2006 - Single-strain vaccine India's best polio hope - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - "Grassley and his co-authors propose that India switch its polio vaccine from one that contains three types of the virus to a so-called monovalent vaccine that contains only the dominant strain in India. The three strains in the vaccine used now can interfere with one another in the body, producing immunity to one strain but not another."

* ►November 17, 2006 - Sophy Beta-Glucan Shown to Enhance Efficacy of Vaccines Against Avian Flu, Other Viruses - Sophy Inc. via PRNewswire via Genetic Engineering News

* ►November 17, 2006 - Flu Shot Safety Confirmed - WKOW 27, Madison, Wisconsin - "Some people believe the preservative can cause autism in young children. But the medical community is adamantly opposed to those suggestions.  They say there is no evidence that autism is caused by thimerasol.  Dr. Thomas Schlenker says international studies have disproved a link."

* ►November 17, 2006 - Flu fight academic Inoculations aimed to keep pandemic from campus - Saanich News - "UVic faculty were inoculated with three strands of a flu virus - two of which are capable of pandemic outbreaks. The free vaccines served a double purpose, said Daphne Donaldson, university emergency planner. Not only would staff be protected from select strands of the flu virus, but the school could put its pandemic response plan into action for the first time."

* ►November 17, 2006 - Flu inoculations provide practice - LA Daily News - "They practiced first on oranges, then on fellow students at College of the Canyons. Now, they're prepared to help in a terrorist attack. On Friday, a team of nursing students stood in makeshift aisles in the college parking lot, injecting drivers and passengers with free flu vaccines in a drive-through clinic."

* ►November 17, 2006 - HHS: Most H5N1 vaccine on hand is still potent - CIDRAP News

* ►November 17, 2006 - O.C. couple say they paid tens of thousands for 'free education' (requires registration or subscription) - They were forced to shell out jewelry and designer goods to get proper care for their autistic son, according to a claim they filed. - Los Angeles Times

* ►November 17, 2006 - Ethics should not hinder performance - The Crescent - "Sherman used the Eli Lilly Corp. and its 1930’s production of thimerosal as an example. The compound was used in children’s vaccinations until some began to believe it caused autism. He said thimerosal was removed from most injections in 2001 and autism rates dropped to an all-time low. Sherman said some corporations have attempted to make changes in business practices rather than take chances. And there is some connection between social responsibility and corporate performance, he said."

* ►November 17, 2006 - Saliva testing company provides an alternative - Courier-Post - "Elwell volunteered to test the children and staff of Kiddie Kollege day-care center, parents, neighbors and even pets at no charge for mercury poisoning by swiping their mouths with a cotton swab, to demonstrate the validity of the oral method, as opposed to using urine or blood samples."

►November 17, 2006 - Over 100 million chickens in Indonesia vaccinated against bird flu - People's Daily, China

►November 17, 2006 - Iran successful in combating Avian Flu - IranMania

►November 17, 2006 - UHS flu shots draw students - Yale Daily News

►November 17, 2006 - RFK Jr.: Democracy cannot survive with an uninformed public - Environmental advocate second speaker in Christopher Reeve Lecture Series  - The Princeton Packet

►November 17, 2006 - Scientific panel: Ames lab properly disposed of waste - Times-Republican

►November 17, 2006 - Novel Drug-antidote Combination Shown Safe In Humans - A new combination of a potent anticoagulant and an antidote that stops its action, has proved to be safe in its first clinical trial in humans, according to the team conducting the trial. - Duke University Medical Center via ScienceDaily

►November 17, 2006 - Notice: National Toxicology Program (NTP); NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM); Availability of Biennial Progress Report of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH) via www.pharmcast.com

►November 17, 2006 - Rules require reports to Health District - Las Vegas Review-Journal

►November 17, 2006 - Will Probiotic Supplementation For Newborns Protect Them From Asthma? - Breath Spa for Kids

►November 17, 2006 - Build Your Immune System Against Winter Bugs (includes video) - 13WHAM-TV Rochester, NY

* ►November 17, 2006 - Ped Med: Autism research stance shifting? - United Press International - "'It is critical that there be an investment of time and money to find out whether the use of multiple vaccines in early childhood is doing more than just eliminating or controlling infectious disease,' said consumer advocate Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center. 'We must find out if preventing all infection in early life with the use of multiple vaccines is setting up a significant number of children for the development of chronic disease,' she said. 'What is at stake is nothing less than the biological integrity of the human race.'"

* ►November 17, 2006 - Gerberding's memo to CDC staff (requires registration or subscription) - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - "In the wake of news articles about problems with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to Hurricane Katrina and serious animal care issues in its laboratories, agency Director Julie Gerberding sent this email memo to staff today:"

* ►November 16, 2006 - India finds new use for an old bug - IANS via www.newindpress.com - "Recent evidence that a vaccine made from killed Mw drastically reduces treatment time of tuberculosis (TB) including the multi-drug resistant (MDR) variety is driving this project more than three decades after the discovery of the bug."

* ►November 16, 2006 - Chicken pox spreads at Sparta school - WOOD TV8 - "The superintendent's office told 24 Hour News 8 all of the students affected at Central Elementary School have had their immunizations."

* ►November 16, 2006 - Researchers make vaccine from brain tumour - Canadian Press via C-Health Canoe

* ►November 16, 2006 - Preparing For A Pandemic - KKTV, Colorado - "It will be the biggest flu clinic ever in Colorado. The Pueblo County Health Department plans to give out 10,000 flu shots."

►November 16, 2006 - Boston U. flu clinic shoots up 1,300 - The Daily Free Press, U-WIRE via COMTEX via Hoover's

►November 16, 2006 - Engineers Develop More Than Tenfold Improvement In Measuring Virus Infectivity - A University of Wisconsin-Madison biological engineering team tweaked the standard system for measuring virus infectivity, digitized it, quantified it, analyzed it and discovered a method more than 10 times as sensitive. - University Of Wisconsin-Madison via ScienceDaily

►November 16, 2006 - Can We Prevent Anaphylactic Reactions to Contrast Media? - Given how infrequent severe reactions are, pretreatment does not seem worthwhile. - journal article  (Journal Watch General)

►November 16, 2006 - Research suggests beta agonists may alter the immune system - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center via www.eurekalert.org

►November 16, 2006 - When It's OK to Shock Kids (Take 2) - The Village Voice PowerPlays - "Like the temporary rules, the newly proposed rules ban aversive therapies except in cases where a child exhibit behaviors that pose a severe risk to himself or others and has proven untreatable by other techniques. But the new version tightens the regime in several ways. It allows no exception for preschool students; you simply can't shock them."

►November 16, 2006 - Shire Announces Results of a Meta-Analysis Comparing Stimulant Medications to Non-Stimulant Medications in Treating ADHD in Patients Aged 8 to 15 - 25-year data analysis presented at the 2006 U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress - Shire via The Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network

►November 16, 2006 - Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Increases Liver Damage In Mice Carrying Mutant Human Gene - Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency isn't a term that rolls right off the tongue. But people diagnosed with this genetic disorder learn its potential effects well. They know they shouldn't smoke or be around smokers because they are at increased risk for developing emphysema at a young age. In addition, some patients with alpha-1-antitrypsin (AT) deficiency can develop serious liver disease. But predicting which of them are at risk for liver disease is not yet possible. - Washington University School of Medicine via ScienceDaily

►November 16, 2006 - Voice for Pittsburgh to Educate Families About Technology for Those Who Can't Speak - Free event to showcase the power of assistive communication devices - VoiceforLiving via PRNewswire via www.wthr.com

►November 16, 2006 - CDC attempts to improve animal care - AP via Miami Herald

►November 16, 2006 - New Study Segments the Life Science Market by Media Engagement Level - BioInformatics via www.pharmalive.com

►November 16, 2006 - Red wine ingredient found to boost endurance - World Science

* ►November 15, 2006 - Success Factors for Phase 3 Cancer Vaccine Trials (pdf) - FDA/CBER

* ►November 15, 2006 - Raising Joshua - Parents bet on an improbable cure for one of childhood's most mysterious plagues. - Cleveland Scene - "If the government admitted that vaccines were hurting babies, public-health campaigns around the world would be turned upside down, the cost of lawsuits insurmountable. So the mercury crowd has developed its own science, testimonials, and damning paper trail to back its claims."

* ►November 15, 2006 - EcoWellness: Lead's toxic legacy - UPI - "Lead interferes with the normal firing of neurons in the body, chipping away at the architecture of the nervous system in its earliest stages. Lead also travels directly to the pathways in the front of the brain that dictate executive control, the ability to learn and organize."

►November 15, 2006 - Hypoxia Potentiates Endotoxin-Induced Allopregnanolone Concentrations in the Newborn Brain - journal article (Biology of the Neonate)

►November 15, 2006 - Pattern Of Human Ebola Outbreaks - University of California , San Diego via Biocompare

►November 15, 2006 - Silver Bullet: UGA Researchers Use Laser, Nanotechnology To Rapidly Detect Viruses - University of Georgia via Biocompare

►November 15, 2006 - Nature's Nanomachines Harnessed To Make Drugs - John Innes Centre via Biocompare

►November 15, 2006 - Lab-On-A-Chip Could Speed Up Treatment Of Drug-Resistant Pneumonia - American Institute of Physics via Biocompare

►November 15, 2006 - Health, United States, 2006 - With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans With Special Feature on Pain - CDC/NCHS

►November 14, 2006 - Recall -- Firm Press Release Timco Worldwide Inc. Recalls Cantaloupe Because of Possible Health Risk - FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. - Timco Worldwide Inc. via FDA

►November 13, 2006 - Notice: Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Field of Use: Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases Using Ghrelin - National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►November 13, 2006 - Notice: Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing - National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

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

►November 12, 2006 - University Of Illinois Scientist Helping Processors Keep E. Coli Out Of Meat - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Biocompare

►November 7, 2006 - Children with Special Needs Deserve More, says Education Minister - The Belize Times

►November 1, 2006 - Mechanisms underlying activity of antiretroviral drugs in HIV-1-infected macrophages: new therapeutic strategies - journal article (Journal of Leukocyte Biology)

►November 1, 2006 - Pharmacogenomics Enters the Japanese Market - Applied Clinical Trials

►November/December 2006 - Getting To ‘Smart’ Health Care - journal article (Health Affairs)

►November/December 2006 - Lyme Disease Presenting as Popliteal Cyst in Children. - journal article (Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics)

* ►November 2006 - Vaccine manufacturing: challenges and solutions - journal article (Nature Biotechnology)

►November 2006 - Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome: cross-reactivity with tricyclic antidepressant agents - journal article (Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)

►November 2006 - Cladribine Therapy in Refractory Celiac Disease With Aberrant T Cells - journal article (Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

►November 2006 - Potential drug–herb interaction with antiplatelet/anticoagulant drugs - journal article (Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice)

►November 2006 - Bee pollen sensitivity in airborne pollen allergic individuals - journal article (Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)

* ►October 31, 2006 - Title: Immunstimulating lipid formulation (patent) - Eurocine AB (Stockholm, SE) via www.pharmcast.com - "A pharmaceutical formulation for parenteral or mucosal administration of antigens and/or vaccines to humans and animals, comprising monoglyceride preparations having at least 80% monoglyceride content and where the acyl group contains from 6 to 24 carbon atoms, together with fatty acids where the number of carbon atoms may be varied between 4 and 22."

►October 31, 2006 - Title: Compositions and methods for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (patent) - Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. (Athens, OH) Health Research Incorporated (Rensselaer, NY) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 31, 2006 - Title: Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences relating to streptococcus pneumoniae for diagnostics and therapeutics (patent) - sanofi pasteur limited/sanofi pasteur limitee (Toronto, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 31, 2006 - Title: Production of humanized antibodies in transgenic animals (patent) - Therapeutic Human Polyclonals, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 31, 2006 - Title: Aerosolized anti-infectives, anti-inflammatories, and decongestants for the treatment of sinusitis (patent) - Naryx Pharma, Inc. (Carpinteria, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 31, 2006 - Title: Targeted system for removing tumor cells from cell populations (patent) - Cyntellect, Inc. (San Diego, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►October 2006 - Use of Single-dose Activated Charcoal Among Canadian Pediatric Emergency Physicians. - journal article (Pediatric Emergency Care)

►October 2006 - Human subjects without peanut allergy demonstrate T cell–dependent, TH2-biased, peanut-specific cytokine and chemokine responses independent of TH1 expression - journal article (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►October 2006 - Gene-environment interactions with CD14 C-260T and their relationship to total serum IgE levels in adults - journal article (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►October 2006 - Assessment and prevention of gastrointestinal toxicity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs - journal article (Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology)