* ►May 22, 2007 - Vaccine linked to sickness - Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott and health authorities have urged parents not to panic over reports that dozens of teenage girls have been sickened by a new cervical cancer vaccine. - Melbourne Herald Sun - "In one case being investigated, a girl was left temporarily paralysed and unable to talk after receiving the Australian-developed Gardasil vaccine. Health authorities have denied the cases are directly related to the immunisation. Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott and doctors urged parents not to panic, saying the benefits outweighed the small risk of side effects."

* ►May 22, 2007 - Cervical cancer vaccine puts girls in hospital - AAP via The Australian

* ►May 22, 2007 - Parents urged not to panic over Gardasil - AAP via The Age

* ►May 22, 2007 - Vaccine is safe, says creator - The Age - "University of Queensland immunologist and co-creator of Gardasil, Professor Ian Frazer, said he doubted the girl's symptoms were caused by the vaccination. 'It doesn't sound like there's a plausible connection between the vaccination and what the girl described,' he said. 'I don't know of any physiological or pathological connection that could produce that result.' The school's principal, Christopher Dalton, said 26 girls visited the college sick bay after the vaccination and five students were subsequently taken to Monash Medical Centre."

* ►May 22, 2007 - Cervical cancer vaccine reactions reported in ACT - www.abc.net.au - "ACT health authorities say there have been six reported cases where teenage girls have had a reaction to the cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil. At a Victorian college, 26 girls became ill and some were taken to hospital earlier this month after being vaccinated."

* ►May 22, 2007 - Abbott plays down Gardasil side effects - transcript - The World Today via www.abc.net.au - "GAVIN FANG: Mr Abbott says the last thing he wants people to do is get scared off Gardasil and he says the thing parents should remember is that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh any of the reported side effects."

* ►May 22, 2007 - Medical Detective - Sequel for Vioxx Critic: Attack on Diabetes Pill - Glaxo Shares Plunge As Dr. Nissen Sees Risk To Heart From Avandia (free article) - The Wall Street Journal

* ►May 22, 2007 - What Diabetes Patients Need to Know - Analysis of Drug, Heart-Attack Link Raises Questions (free article) - The Wall Street Journal

* ►May 22, 2007 - Doctors, Legislators Resist Drugmakers' Prying Eyes (requires registration or subscription) - Washington Post - "Seattle pediatrician Rupin Thakkar's first inkling that the pharmaceutical industry was peering over his shoulder and into his prescription pad came in a letter from a drug representative about the generic drops Thakkar prescribes to treat infectious pinkeye. In the letter, the salesperson wrote that Thakkar was causing his patients to miss more days of school than they would if he put them on Vigamox, a more expensive brand-name medicine made by Alcon Laboratories."

* ►May 22, 2007 - Bayh asks Bush, FDA to restrict Chinese food, medicine imports - Journal Gazette via www.fortwayne.com

* ►May 22, 2007 - Toxic soup on Games menu - Sydney Morning Herald - "About 1000 potential team members will be offered jabs for hepatitis, typhoid, polio, tetanus, whooping cough and diptheria, measles, mumps and rubella, and influenza."

►May 22, 2007 - 3-day national polio campaign kicks off today - Daily Times, Pakistan

►May 22, 2007 - 2-time measles vaccination system should be expanded - The Yomiuri Shimbun

►May 22, 2007 - EDITORIAL: Measles epidemics - Asahi Shimbun

►May 22, 2007 - Governor signs laws on body piercing, gift cards, mercury - AP via West Central Tribune - "Throwing out fluorescent light bulbs will become illegal under a law that also outlaws the sale of mercury-containing thermostats and other devices, with an exception for replacement parts where no mercury-free product is available. Schools will get even stricter mercury restrictions."

* ►May 21, 2007 - FDA Protects SSRI Makers With Misleading Suicide Warning - CounterCurrents.org

* ►May 21, 2007 - Baltimore Sun Examines Debate Over Providing Pregnant Women With Vaccines Against Various Diseases - www.kaisernetwork.org

* ►May 21, 2007 - Soldiers acquired drug-resistant infections in field hospitals - Infectious Diseases Society of America via www.eurekalert.org

* ►May 21, 2007 - Glaxo's Avandia May Raise Heart-Attack, Death Risks - Bloomberg - "The new findings, released by the New England Journal of Medicine, cast doubt on the future of a drug that is taken by 1 million Americans and generated sales of $3 billion last year."

* ►May 21, 2007 - Coming soon: the shopping channel run by drug firms - The Guardian, UK

►May 21, 2007 - In new documentary, Moore lambastes U.S. health care - AP via Philadelphia Daily News

►May 21, 2007 - How Safe Is Our Food? FDA Could Do Better - American Enterprise Institute

* ►May 21, 2007 - Research on Autism in Infants (requires registration or subscription) - San Jose Mercury News - "Researcher Stephen Porges at the University of Illinois at Chicago is starting a five-year study of whether excessive crying past 6 months of age might be an early sign of autism, attention deficit or other behavioral problems.  Dr. Stanley Greenspan, a psychiatry professor at George Washington University, is launching a multimillion-dollar study involving parents and babies at risk for autism or attention deficit disorder. One group will receive intensive behavior training, the other will not; both will be compared through age 5."

►May 21, 2007 - Package of bills targets nation’s highest autism rates - The Record via NorthJersey.com

* ►May 21, 2007 - Weinberg-Coniglio Autism Bill Package Advances in Senate - New Jersey Senate Democrats - Campaigns & Elections

►May 21, 2007 - You're adopting who? - A couple's decision to take in an autistic child draws callous reactions. - op-ed (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

►May 21, 2007 - 'He was just beautiful' - Iowa City Press-Citizen

►May 21, 2007 - Breakthroughs in autism can happen even after decades of silence - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

►May 21, 2007 - Study peeks at how normal brains grow - AP via Sky Valley Journal

►May 21, 2007 - Palmetto Senior Maintains Top GPA Despite Autism - NBC6.net

►May 21, 2007 - Autism: Meeting the Challege - Part One - www.wtvynews4.com

►May 21, 2007 - Getting shirty at autism message - Dorset Echo

►May 21, 2007 - NY grapples with HPV vaccine debate - State weighs making doses mandatory - Press & Sun-Bulletin

►May 21, 2007 - States Balking at HPV Vaccine Bills - Some parents insist that they should decide when their preteen daughter should be offered a vaccine, particularly the HPV vaccine, that involved a discussion about sex. Moira Gaul, director of women's and reproductive health at the conservative Family Research Council, said her group doesn't oppose the HPV vaccine, but doesn't want it required. - AP via Sci-Tech Today

►May 21, 2007 - OSHA releases pandemic flu guidance for healthcare workers - CIDRAP News

►May 21, 2007 - Bird flu strain infecting fewer wild birds - OIE - Reuters AlertNet

►May 21, 2007 - Bird flu outbreaks in Bangladesh require long-term strategic response - SpiritIndia

►May 21, 2007 - Bird flu spreads wings in Vietnam province - Bird flu has infected several duck farms in a central Vietnamese province, the third infection detected in the region in less than a month, local health authorities said Monday. - Thanh Nien Daily

* ►May 21, 2007 - Preventing a pandemic - Kalgoorlie Golden Mail - "'The results we have achieved in animal studies using inulin as an adjuvant have been dramatic. It can potentially reduce the amount of antigen required by 100 times and still achieve good immune system responses,' Petrovsky said. 'Inulin is commonly used as a health supplement and has good tolerability so it does not cause the pain and swelling often associated with the injection of other adjuvants, such as aluminium hydroxide.'"

* ►May 21, 2007 - Antigenics says vaccine helps arrest kidney tumors - Reuters - "The company said the promising data was seen in follow-up data from a Phase III trial of the product -- a so-called therapeutic vaccine designed to spur the immune system to attack cancer cells."

►May 21, 2007 - Q-Vax vaccine source secure - Country News, Australia

►May 21, 2007 - Modest goals, strategic risks in world polio fight (requires registration) - Boston Globe - "But a growing number of health specialists have questioned whether continuing the battle to eradicate polio is a wise one. Some believe that the money could be better spent on other interventions, such as child and maternal health. And some doubt whether the job can be done."

►May 21, 2007 - China virus outbreak kills second child - Reuters AlertNet - "The baby died in Linyi city on Saturday after he contracted Coxsackie virus, also called 'hand, foot, and mouth disease', which lives in the digestive system and can spread through poor hygiene and faeces, especially in summertime, Xinhua news agency reported, citing local health officials."

►May 21, 2007 - Man with suspected anthrax admitted to hospital - NewKerala.com

►May 21, 2007 - Health Tip: After Meningitis - HealthDay via Forbes

►May 21, 2007 - Study Suggests Cure for Hepatitis C - HealthDay via Forbes

►May 21, 2007 - Hepatitis C and its long-term effects are a growing problem - Gloucester Daily Times

►May 21, 2007 - Data Suggest that PEGASYS® May be an Option in Hepatitis C Patients Unable to Tolerate Peg-Intron® - Roche via Business Wire

►May 21, 2007 - Inovio Biomedical Partner Tripep Provides Update on its Hepatitis C DNA Vaccine Program - Business Wire via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►May 21, 2007 - Surviving Hepatitis C — Do You Harbor this Silent Killer? - Blogger News Network

►May 21, 2007 - Link Between Hepatitis C and Hepatocellular Cancer - HULIQ

►May 21, 2007 - Could statins be a new option for hepatitis C patients? - HULIQ

►May 21, 2007 - IAC EXPRESS Issue #663 - Immunization Action Coalition

►May 21, 2007 - Governor Rendell Signs First Two Executive Orders Implementing Rx for PA; Unveils Pennsylvania's First Diabetes Action Plan - press release - Pennsylvania Office of the Governor via PRNewswire-USNewswire

►May 21, 2007 - Few doctors choosing to specialize in teens (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times via San Jose Mercury News

►May 21, 2007 - Livermore Lab to expand biodefense - Inside Bay Area

* ►May 21, 2007 - Free Enterprise Action Fund (Ticker: FEAOX) Calls for Warning Labels on Mercury-Containing Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs - press release - PRNewswire-USNewswire via www.earthtimes.org

►May 21, 2007 - The brave new world of lighting includes . . . mercury poisoning? - Western Standard- Shotgun Blog

►May 21, 2007 - Dendreon cuts 40 jobs; shares rise on heavy trade - Reuters

►May 21, 2007 - Pharmacy Management Initiative in 19 States Strives for Best Possible Care for Medicaid Patients - Program has resulted in 1.3 million patient care improvement interventions - press release - Eli Lilly and Company via PRNewswire-FirstCall

►May 21, 2007 - Bill is for benefit of drug firms - letter - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

►May 21, 2007 - America can't afford much more drug industry charity - Roanoke Times

►May 21, 2007 - Shire gets approvable letter for ADHD drug - Washington Business Journal

►May 21, 2007 - How safe is our food? FDA could do better - opinion - USA Today

►May 21, 2007 - China defends produce safety amid global scares (requires registration) - Reuters via Washington Post

►May 21, 2007 - Medical Community Questions Nationwide Expansion of Retail Clinics - www.kaisernetwork.org

►May 21, 2007 - LabCorp to Offer Real-Time HIV Test from Roche - www.wral.com

►May 21, 2007 - HIV in breast milk killed by flash-heating - SpiritIndia

►May 21, 2007 - Health Ministry Wants More Volunteers for HIV Vaccine Trial - Government of Jamaica

►May 21, 2007 - Only 2 per cent HIV infected mothers get drugs in India: Report - The Statesman

►May 21, 2007 - Map of mosquito genome may help stop spread of disease (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►May 21, 2007 - New WU virus causes "colds" - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

►May 21, 2007 - Painful infections linked to pedicures - The Wichita Eagle via www.kansas.com

►May 21, 2007 - Covering the Bases: Shingles vaccine covered by Part D - Maryland Gazette

►May 21, 2007 - Engineered protein effective against Staphylococcus aureus toxin - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via www.eurekalert.org
 
►May 21, 2007 - Cure for hepatitis C announced by VCU researcher - Disease is leading cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer and the need for transplants - Virginia Commonwealth University via www.eurekalert.org
 
►May 21, 2007 - U of M researchers find new, more effective treatment for toxic shock syndrome - University of Minnesota via www.eurekalert.org
 
►May 21, 2007 - To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best - Single tablets containing two drugs may be the key to increasing blood pressure control rates from 36 percent to over 80 percent in the US - University of Michigan Health System via www.eurekalert.org
 
►May 21, 207 - N.J. Lawmakers Push Proposals on Autism (requires registration) - AP via Herald-Sun
 
►May 21, 2007 - Elan, Wyeth Plan Advanced Trials of Drug (requires registration) - AP via Herald-Sun
 
►May 20, 2007 - States Balk at Cancer Vaccine Mandate (requires registration) - AP via Herald-Sun

►May 20, 2007 - IGG blocks Muhwezi’s suit - New Vision - "President Yoweri Museveni, who was the complainant in the mismanagement of the sh7.9b fund from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, has sworn an affidavit supporting the IGG."

►May 20, 2007 - Morgellons Disease - www.ktre.com

* ►May 18, 2007 - Pregnant pause - Some say a vaccine could prevent the deadly bacterium GBS, but others remain concerned about inoculating mothers-to-be (requires registration or subscription) - Baltimore Sun - "'At most, about half of OB-GYNs will provide [flu] vaccine,' said Dr. Kathryn M. Edwards, professor of pediatrics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Another 28 percent will refer their patients for vaccination elsewhere, while 24 percent make no referral at all. 'This is a major issue.'"

►May 28, 2007 - A No-Shot Vaccine - Newsweek via MSNBC

* ►May 21, 2007 - Enough is enough: Please stop poisoning my children - American Chronicle - "When someone mentions thimerosal the claim is that they are some kind of nut. Sorry but the nuts are those that claim thimerosal is safe. Explain in detail please, how the second leading toxin to man can be safe at any level? The sad thing is that the government and the pharmaceutical industry know that it is not true. They just fear that once everyone understands this it would cause problems for them."

* ►May 21, 2007 - Probe into 'fatal' flu jabs - The federal health watchdog will be asked to investigate the influenza vaccine used in 2005 after three people contracted a potentially fatal nervous disorder. - Melbourne Herald Sun - "Latest Comments: I had an anaphalatic reaction to the flu vaccine in 2005 and ended up in hospital. I had a series of tests afterwards to find out what I was allergic to and all tests were negative. The only explanation offered to me was that 'it must have been a bad batch of vaccine.'"

* ►May 21, 2007 - Call for investigation into 2005 flu jab - AAP via Sydney Morning Herald - "The federal health watchdog will be asked to investigate the influenza vaccine used in 2005 after three people contracted a potentially fatal nervous disorder. Four staff from the federal Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) and two members of the public suffered side effects from the flu jab in separate vaccination programs in 2005. One of the public servants and both members of the public developed Guillain-Barre syndrome, an incurable disorder which leads the body's immune system to attack the nervous system."

►May 21, 2007 - Govt launches emergency polio vaccination drive - Financial Express, Bangladesh

►May 21, 2007 - Hepatitis on rise in 10 districts - Pak Tribune

►May 21, 2007 - Gampola fighting Hepatitis A - Daily Mirror

►May 21, 2007 - Sleeping sickness confused with HIV/Aids in Soroti - The Monitor, Uganda

►May 21, 2007 - Camera Helps Capture Autism Moments - www.11alive.com

►May 21, 2007 - MRSA vaccine proves effective in trials - A vaccine against hospital-acquired infections, caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, has shown promising results in early stage clinical trials. - DrugResearcher.com

* ►May 21, 2007 - Animal House: Taking a shot at Suffolk's vaccine law - Newsday - "If you decide to board your dog or cat in Suffolk County while you enjoy that trip to Disney, here's a news flash: The county has a law on the books that requires you to vaccinate your companion animals to a degree that would make most veterinary immunologists shudder."

* ►May 21, 2007 - AP/Miami Herald Examines Reasons HPV Vaccination Mandates Have Not Passed in Most States - www.kaisernetwork.org

* ►May 21, 2007 - GlaxoSmithKline says Cervarix vaccine has been approved in Australia - Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC Monday said Cervarix, a cervical cancer vaccine expected to become a multibillion-dollar product, has been approved by health regulators in Australia. - MarketWatch

* ►May 21, 2007 - Merck exec taking Siemens CEO post - Star Ledger via www.nj.com

* ►May 20, 2007 - US Uses African Kids as 'Guinea Pigs' - Nigeria's largest state has sued US drug firm Pfizer for using 200 children as "guinea pigs" for a drug test in 1996 that led to multiple deaths and deformities, officials said Sunday. - Alalam News Network

* ►May 20, 2007 - Autism on the rise - Local schools, families struggle to keep up - Bend Bulletin

►May 20, 2007 - Autism Awareness (includes video) - www.wlbt.com

►May 20, 2007 - New Brain Neuromarker May Shed Light on Autism and Schizophrenia - MedIndia

►May 20, 2007 - Autism pin is symbol of love for Dobbs Ferry boy - The Journal News

* ►May 20, 2007 - Legislators are right in curtailing vaccine - letter - Arizona Republic - "Unlike tuberculosis or measles, HPV is not a public health threat, and the vaccine has not been in use long enough for long-term effects to be known. Remember the severely deformed babies of women who took Thalidomide? And it took a generation before it became known that diethylstilbestrol causes cancer in the daughters, sons and grandchildren of women who take it."

* ►May 20, 2007 - NH, Maine offer free vaccine program, some shortages reported - Foster's Daily Democrat

* ►May 20, 2007 - HPV vaccine may be good for men, too - Foster's Daily Democrat

►May 20, 2007 - Lobbying Kills Mandatory Cancer Vaccine - Religious Conservatives Derail Attempts To Make Cervical Cancer Vaccine Required For Preteen Girls - AP via http://kdka.com

►May 20, 2007 - Merck Announces Resignation of Peter Loescher, President, Global Human Health - Business Wire via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

►May 20, 2007 - Siemens Names Merck & Co.'s Peter Loescher New Chief - Bloomberg

* ►May 20, 2007 - Pfizer CFO Resigns after PFE finance executive blows the whistle. - Question Authority with Dr. Peter Rost

* ►May 20, 2007 - Nigerian state sues Pfizer over 'deformity' drug - AFP via Yahoo! - "Authorities in Kano filed the suit last week at the high court, where they are seeking 2.75 billion dollars (2.04 billion euros) in compensation from the pharmaceutical giant. The state accuses Pfizer of 'secretly using children as guinea pigs to test a drug under the guise of humanitarian gesture'."

* ►May 20, 2007 - Pfizer Says Research and Development Head John LaMattina Will Retire This Year - Company to Focus on Accelerating Development and Commercialization of Strong Early- and Mid-Stage Pipeline Pfizer Also Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer Alan Levin, Who Will Continue as CFO Until Successor is Named - press release - Pfizer Inc via Business Wire

►May 20, 2007 - Flu pandemic workshop - York Daily Record

►May 20, 2007 - Pandemic Flu Could Create Recession - The Epoch Times

►May 20, 2007 - Epidemiology of Tuberculosis: Updates from CDC Studies to be Presented at ATS International Conference - American Thoracic Society (ATS) via Newswise

►May 20, 2007 - Pulse polio drive in doldrums - Times of India

►May 20, 2007 - Afghan health officials, volunteers target children in effort to eradicate polio - CP via News1130

►May 20, 2007 - CDC confirms first case of Japanese encephalitis - Taipei Times

►May 20, 2007 - Thomas D. Dublin, 95; Epidemiologist, Health-Care Advocate - obituary (requires registration) - Washington Post - "Thomas David Dublin, 95, an epidemiologist who helped design early field trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine and who became a medical director of the U.S. Public Health Service, died May 3 of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center."

►May 20, 2007 - Brain-bug hell - icNewcastle

►May 20, 2007 - DPHSS to evaluate immunization rates - Pacific Daily News

►May 20, 2007 - Spotlight on liver disease: Improving today's treatments - American Gastroenterological Association via www.eurekalert.org

►May 20, 2007 - AMDL receives Israeli patent for animal model for the evaluation of vaccines - AMDL, Inc. has announced that it has received an important Israeli patent for an animal model for the evaluation of vaccines, which is a part of its unique Combination Immune Therapy (CIT) technology. - www.news-medical.net

►May 20, 2007 - Gates funds HIV/AIDS vaccine research - The Money Times

►May 20, 2007 - Alarming rise in HIV/AIDS cases in Bihar - Press Trust of India via Hindustan Times

►May 20, 2007 - Pediatric HIV/AIDS research funds cut - Fewer young patients in N. California, so medical centers lose eligibility - Inside Bay Area

* ►May 20, 2007 - Gates charity's focus on HIV in China could face hurdles - Seattle Times - "The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is preparing to make its first foray into China, focusing on HIV prevention at a critical stage in controlling the epidemic. The world's largest charitable foundation has opened an office in Beijing and hired a former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to head the program."

►May 20, 2007 - Experts find concussion is 'hidden injury' - New research shows epidemic occurs more than once thought (requires registration or subscription) - Baltimore Sun

►May 20, 2007 - Lake may not shake virus - Not all Winnebago fish species affected - Appleton Post-Crescent

►May 20, 2007 - Death spurs donor registry plea - Boston Herald - "About 20 percent of women who have ever had children carry antibodies in their blood that, when introduced into certain recipients’ bodies, can prompt white blood cells to attack their lungs. There is currently no screening for the antibodies that trigger TRALI."

►May 20, 2007 - Cold virus hits cancer cells for six - The Sun-Herald via Sydney Morning Herald

►May 20, 2007 - Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have higher rates of prostate cancer recurrence - Medical College of Georgia via www.eurekalert.org

►May 19, 2007 - China confirms bird flu outbreak - China has confirmed a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus in the central province of Hunan, state media has reported. - BBC

►May 19, 2007 - Thailand may produce flu vaccine - Bangkok Post

►May 19, 2007 - WHO experts in Viet Nam to assist in LG vaccine probe - Viet Nam News

►May 19, 2007 - Mercury impact: HLL workers protest - NDTV.com

►May 19, 2007 - Regional HIV figures alarming - Jamaica Gleaner

►May 19, 2007 - Editorial: FDA needs more police power - Red Bluff Daily News

►May 19, 2007 - Ga. Walk for Autism Held Saturday - www.11alive.com - "The 700 teams had already raised more than $1 million for autism research before the race began."

►May 19, 2007 - Health Corp. apologizes for faulty breast cancer tests - CanWest News Service via www.canada.com

►May 19, 2007 - Vaccine debate hits home - The Grand Rapids Press

►May 19, 2007 - 10-year-old rallies for autism cure - Chicago Daily Herald

* ►May 19, 2007 - Strategy aimed at illegal immigrants in event of bioterror attack - AP via The Arizona Republic http://kvoa.com - "To contain a bioterrorism attack, county health officials would have just 48 hours to get lifesaving medicine to every man, woman and child - more than 4 million people in all - or risk massive death. But health officials worry that stepped-up immigration enforcement could make many illegal immigrants reluctant to go to government-sponsored distribution centers to receive the drugs."

* ►May 19, 2007 - New York considers mandatory immunization of girls to curb cancer - The Journal News

* ►May 18, 2007 - Nigeria: 1996 Drug Trial - Knsg Sues Pfizer for $2.7bn - Daily Trust (Abuja) via http://allafrica.com - "The state government said that when the company led others to Kano in the guise of humanitarian activities, they picked 200 children and divided them into two groups. One group made up of 99 children was administered high dosage of the Trovan drugs and restricted in a room where only their officials had access to. The second group made up of 101 children was administered low dosage of the Ceftriaxone. This it said, caused the children several diseases and death. The case is expected to begin on June 4, this year after all the defendants have been served with the writ of summons which is expected to be given to all the defendants in Nigeria and the United States of America."

►May 18, 2007 - Meningitis vaccine recommended - www.walb.com - "Southwest Georgia Public Health officials are now encouraging high school seniors that plan to enroll in college, to get vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis."

►May 18, 2007 - Man who spread HIV sentenced - Albert L. Spicer receives 15 years for “recklessly exposing” several women to the virus. (requires registration or subscription) - Kansas City Star

* ►June 2007 - Lyme disease update. - Emergency and critical care pediatrics - journal article (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

►June 2007 - Prioritizing children's medicines for research: a pharmacoepidemiological study of antiepileptic drugs - journal article (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)

►June 2007 - Congenital cytomegalovirus infections - journal article (Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine)

►June 2007 - Minimally invasive surgery in the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal pain in children. - journal article (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

►June 2007 - Infectious disease center increases public health impact - JAMVA News via American Veterinary Medical Association

* ►May 21, 2007 - Battle against infectious diseases in need of review - editorial - The Yomiuri Shimbun - "In Japan, however, the government remains half-hearted over the use of vaccination, primarily because the side-effects stemming from vaccinations against infectious diseases has become an issue of public concern in the past. In Japan there was an outbreak of measles in 2001, with the number of cases reported from the specified group of medical institutions reaching about 30,000 and the nationwide total estimated at close to 300,000. Becoming fearful that Japanese tourists would carry the virulent measles virus into the country, the United States at that time criticized Japan for being 'an exporter of measles.'"

* ►May 21, 2007 - Lyme Disease A heated political issue - A bill to distribute treatment guidelines is blocked - Berkshire Eagle

* ►May 20, 2007 - Soldier's Mom Champions Health Screening - AP via The Washington Post - "While the military lists the death as "sudden unexpected," Damon-Day believes it was "prolonged and preventable." "In the military, you are vaccinated, literally, to death," she said. Vaccine Healthcare Center at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington declined to release any information about Damon because of confidentially laws. Damon-Day said the center was investigating his death as possibly vaccine-related."

* ►May 20, 2007 - B'desh launches emergency polio vaccination drive - Reuters

* ►May 20, 2007 - Texas Legislature's session winds down with agendas squelched - Many promises of GOP majority apparently won't happen this time - Houston Chronicle - "Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, led the Senate's efforts to overturn Perry's executive order mandating vaccinations for girls against HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that causes most cervical cancers. Nelson said Perry's biggest problem early in the session was not consulting with lawmakers before acting. She said that resulted in the legislation to overturn him on HPV, fights between lawmakers and Perry's transportation officials and the filing of a bill that would allow the Legislature to come back in brief special sessions for veto overrides. That bill is pending."

►May 20, 2007 - National Clinical Trial To Uncover Long-term Effects Of West Nile Virus Begun - UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined a national clinical trial to identify the long-term health effects of West Nile virus infection and to learn more about the disease's progression, symptoms and mortality. - UT Southwestern Medical Center via ScienceDaily

►May 20, 2007 - SEC to Adopt Guidance; FDA Considers Lybrel - The Wall Street Journal

►May 20, 2007 - Toys that read brain waves may help kids focus - AP via Nashua Telegraph

* ►May 20, 2007 - Drug companies should not make public policy - editorial - www.kpcnews.com - "So why are so many states setting aside millions of dollars to pay for the HPV vaccine? Mainly because the manufacturer of the vaccine has done a masterful job of marketing and lobbying. Tiny New Hampshire, for example, is spending $4.9 million on Gardasil this year, said Dr. Jose Montero, the state epidemiologist. That is 28 percent of the state immunization budget, which obtains half its financing from federal money and half from private insurers. However, Anthem insurance is no longer paying, because the state is. And that is one of the reasons health care costs are soaring — cost vs. benefit studies often are not a top priority. Emotion, marketing and money trump careful analysis. Merck and Co.’s lobbying has broken no laws. However, the Journal of American Medical Association calls Merck’s lobbying efforts on behalf of its HPV vaccine Gardasil unethical."

* ►May 20, 2007 - States Step Back From Vaccine's Promise - Cervical Cancer Shots Victim Of Wariness - Hartford Courant - "But it was the cautionary words of experts such as James Hadler, head of the Connecticut Department of Public Health's infectious disease section, that sealed the mandate's fate. 'Some vaccines have been shown to have unanticipated side effects when they go into wide use during the first year,' Hadler told members of the Connecticut legislature's public health committee in February. He suggested that lawmakers wait at least two years to ensure that the vaccine is safe and that there is enough to go around before they consider requiring it. That was among the arguments that convinced state Sen. Mary Ann Handley, D-Manchester, co-chairman of the public health committee, to back off a vaccine mandate this year."

* ►May 20, 2007 - States Balk at Cancer Vaccine Mandate - AP via Forbes

►May 20, 2007 - Bird flu outbreaks in central China village - EastDay.com

►May 20, 2007 - Tainted Chinese Imports Common - In Four Months, FDA Refused 298 Shipments (requires registration) - Washington Post

►May 20, 2007 - Cornell Lab Confirms Deadly Fish Virus Spreading To New Species - Cornell University via ScienceDaily

►May 20, 2007 - Saving our lives - No one is more excited than Prof Ian Frazer. At long last, Queensland is to have a world-class research centre dedicated to finding medical breakthroughs. - The Sunday Courier Mail via www.news.com.au

►May 19, 2007 - A 21st century FDA - A proposal to consolidate federal food safety agencies is not as headline-driven as it may seem. - editorial (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

►May 19, 2007 - Risk-Adverse FDA Is a Risk to the Public (requires subscription for full article) - Wall Street Journal

►May 19, 2007 - Report: Answers Limited In Food Contamination Outbreak Investigations - All Headline News

* ►May 19, 2007 - Mom Seeks Better Soldier Health Screens - Mom Of Fallen Maine Army National Guard Captain Seeks Better Health Screening For Soldiers - AP via CBS News - "Barbara Damon-Day, the mother of a Maine Army National Guard captain who died of unexplained causes while serving in Afghanistan, has been on a mission of her own...Damon-Day believes it was related to the extensive series of vaccinations soldiers undergo before deployment, and perhaps how the vaccinations interacted with each other. She wants to create a commission to improve health screening for National Guard personnel, particularly for vaccinations...While the military lists the death as 'sudden unexpected,' Damon-Day believes it was 'prolonged and preventable.' 'In the military, you are vaccinated, literally, to death,' she said."

* ►May 19, 2007 - Row over pupil's autism T-shirt - An autistic schoolboy was told he could not wear a T-shirt because its design was politically incorrect, his parents have said. - BBC - "Sam Rodwell, 10, from Poole in Dorset, wore a T-shirt that said: 'Autism - it's no mystery, it's mercury.' The slogan refers to the theory debated by some experts that autism is linked to mercury preservatives in vaccines. The head teacher at Portfield School in Poole said Sam could not go on a school trip unless he changed the T-shirt."

►May 19, 2007 - Students' rights versus limited means - Appropriate education is the law -- but with more autistic children, schools are at a loss. (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

►May 19, 2007 - THV Extra: Escaping The Void - Today's THV - "It can be one of the most terrifying events for parents to witness-- their child withdraws, unable to communicate and enters a vacant world for seemingly no reason. This is how many parents describe their experience with early stages of autism, a condition affecting about one in 150 children nationwide."

►May 19, 2007 - As parents age, disabled children may be left behind - Colorado Springs Gazette

* ►May 19, 2007 - Health workers immunized - Metro shouldering bulk of growing mumps cases - The Daily News - "The number of mumps cases in Nova Scotia has jumped to 272 - from 222 last week - as an immunization program for health-care workers gets underway."

►May 19, 2007 - Measles scare doesn't blemish international science fair - Albuquerque Tribune

►May 19, 2007 - Grand Forks planning mass tetanus boosters - AP via In-Forum - "About 7,000 people in Grand Forks County got the tetanus boosters in 1997. The state Health Department covered the cost of the shots because it was an emergency situation, Dunn said. There was no mass vaccination during the flood. Shots were given 'out of the backs of cars, in parking lots, at Wal-Mart, all over the place,' Dunn said."

►May 19, 2007 - Villages more aware - Polio drive from today - The Telegraph, India

►May 19, 2007 - Meningitis’ source remains a mystery - Boy felt pain just hours before death - Florida Today

►May 19, 2007 - Daniel's thank-you to doctor who saved him - Cambridge Evening News, UK

►May 19, 2007 - Indonesia continues to rally support for proposed resolution on bird flu - Xinhua via People's Daily Online

►May 19, 2007 - Five on Faith: Requiring girls be vaccinated - letters - Greensboro News-Record

►May 19, 2007 - HPV Vaccines bring hope for cancer struck people - The Money Times

►May 19, 2007 - Lake will never shake virus - Not all fish species affected, DNR says - Appleton Post-Crescent

►May 19, 2007 - Smoking, Care For Poor And US Flu Vaccine Policies - Research in New York Academy of Medicine's Journal of Urban Health - Medical News Today

►May 19, 2007 - FDA Issues Approvable Letter for SPD465 (Triple-Bead Mixed Amphetamine Salts) for the Treatment of ADHD in Adults - press release - Shire plc via PRNewswire

* ►May 19, 2007 - Tests conducted to determine level of recent mercury exposure - Tallahassee Democrat - "Saff said he and Bellamy hope to collect hair samples from more than 100 people. They are paying the $25 cost for tests of certain 'high-visibility' residents including politicians, doctors, teachers and members of the news media. 'They are in a good position to expose the injustice of hundreds of thousands of children that are born each year at risk of having their IQs shaved off from mercury,' Saff said."

►May 19, 2007 - A&P to post mercury warnings at fish counters - The Journal News

►May 19, 2007 - United Nations: Press Conference On Hiv/Aids Awards Ceremony - UN via WebWire

* ►May 19, 2007 - Charity group relies on schoolchildren for vaccinating poultry in Africa - AP via International Herald Tribune - "Heifer said it decided to use village schoolchildren because of the challenges of past vaccination programs and a shortage of qualified veterinary workers in rural Africa. "We train the children on the administration of the vaccine and provide the eye droppers for the vaccines and some protective things like gloves," said Geneti Debia, the organization's program officer for southern Africa. "They surround them and they're able to catch them pretty quickly."

* ►May 19, 2007 - Bird flu H5N1 strain kills 11,172 fowls in China - AP via The Jerusalem Post

►May 19, 2007 - School of medicine alumnus: Flu pandemic will happen - The State Journal-Register

►May 19, 2007 - Rockeby To Present Rapid Bird Flu Test Research To Pasteur Institute - Rockeby biomed Limited via Medical News Today

►May 19, 2007 - Give it to us straight, doc - AP via The Santa Fe New Mexican

►May 19, 2007 - Wyeth plant gets $6.1M shot in the arm - Program to boost skills, fight rivals. St. Laurent drugmaker employs 1,300 - The Gazette via www.canada.com

►May 19, 2007 - Our Microbes, Ourselves - How bacterial communities in the body influence human health - Science News

►May 19, 2007 - Childhood Vitamin D—A New Benefit? - This is part two of a two-part series. Part I: "Childhood Vitamin D—A Dark Side?" is available at http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070512/food.asp. - Science News

►May 19, 2007 - Bisphenol Blues - Wild Green Yonder - "Vom Saal contends that Bisphenol A (which is found in everything from Nalgene bottles to canned food to cling wraps to drinking water near landfills) disorganizes male and female reproductive systems, affects the immune system, and results in miscarriages. He even speculates that BPA is connected to the recent epidemics of ADHD and obesity - it’s been shown to stimulate insulin production."

►May 19, 2007 - Over 6 Out Of 10 Baby Boomers Will Be Managing Multiple Chronic Illnesses By 2030, American Hospital Association - The American Hospital Association via Medical News Today

►May 19, 2007 - Volunteers lining up to grow medical marijuana - The Santa Fe New Mexican

►May 19, 2007 - From the May 15, 1937, issue - Science News

* ►May 18, 2007 - NIH Study Tracks Brain Development in Some 500 Children across U.S. - First Report Looks at Intelligence, Behaviors from Ages 6-18 - NIH News

►May 18, 2007 - Dangers of Detox Diets (video) - MSNBC MSN via Clipmarks

►May 18, 2007 - Council supports plan to deal with Avian Flu - The Cabinet Press

►May 18, 2007 - Australia" Monash Team Starts Mapping HIV Rise - The Age, AU via www.aegis.org

►May 18, 2007 - Arthritis - U.S. Pharmacist

►May 18, 2007 - Group turns spotlight on chronic diseases - Coalition seeking presidential attention - AP via Concord Monitor

* ►May 18, 2007 - Anti-corruption body plans demo against misuse of GAVI funds - New Vision, Uganda - "Rwakabale said the GAVI scam was not an isolated incident. 'It is part of the systematic corruption where vital resources meant to improve the lives of the of the poor continue to be siphoned for private gain and impunity.'"

►May 18, 2007 - Race to beat the brain bug - Wigan Observer, UK

►May 18, 2007 - Final Hep A Vaccination Clinic Set For Saturday - www.770chqr.com - "The Calgary Health Region says more than 1,500 people have been vaccinated for Hepatitis A after a restaurant scare earlier in the week."

* ►May 17, 2007 - AMDL's Recent Israeli Patent for an Animal Model for the Evaluation of Vaccines Could Be Significant for Clinical Trials for Biopharma Industry - AMDL via PRNewswire-FirstCall via Earth Times

* ►May 17, 2007 - The invisible AIDS cure - Western do-gooders may want to help Africa stop the AIDS epidemic. But Helen Epstein's new book shows the most effective solutions are often the continent's own. - Salon Books

►May 17, 2007 - Autism Is The Ultimate Autoimmune Disorder - Medical News Opinions Forum - Medical News Today

►May 17, 2007 - Origins of major human infectious diseases - journal article (Nature)

►May 17, 2007 - Herpesvirus latency confers symbiotic protection from bacterial infection - journal article (Nature)

►May 17, 2007 - Africa joins fight against bird flu - Health24

►May 17, 2007 - Natural immune-control system may aid treatment of autoimmune disease and tissue rejection - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via EurekAlert!

►May 17, 2007 - Notice: National Toxicology Program (NTP) Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM); the Murine - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►May 16, 2007 - House Approves Allen Amendment that Seeks Answers about Vaccinations for Military Personnel - Effort inspired by Barbara Damon-Day’s “campaign to spare other military families anguish over health risks to their loved ones sent overseas” - Congressman Tom Allen - "'Vaccinations are intended to protect our Armed Forces from disease, but there are real concerns about serious potential harm that may result from multiple vaccinations given to troops at one time,' Representative Allen said.  'My amendment directs the Defense Department to examine its vaccination policy and report back to Congress on its safety and any risks multiple vaccinations may pose to the future health of recipients.'"

* ►May 16, 2007 - Bird flu drugs worth 20 million baht seized from Burmese - Mizzima News

* ►May 16, 2007 - Pesticides may be making kids sick at school - Regulations are ‘inadequate’ and don't protect children, advocates say - AP via MSNBC

* ►May 16, 2007 - Lack of association between Rh status, Rh immune globulin in pregnancy and autism - journal article (American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A)

►May 16, 2007 - West Nile virus emergence and large-scale declines of North American bird populations - journal article (Nature)

►May 16, 2007 - African Yellow Fever Targeted - BBC via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract) 

►May 16, 2007 - Complement receptor 3 sends a signal to dampen the immune system - Rheumatology researchers have discovered that a well-known cell receptor sends a signal to dampen the immune system. - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia via News-Medical Net

►May 16, 2007 - Medarex Names New Chief - The Street - "Pien, with more than 20 years of drug industry experience, has worked for several Big Pharma companies. He was CEO of Chiron until it was acquired by Novartis"

* ►May 15, 2007 - Good Reviews for New Smallpox Vaccine - Baltimore Sun via www.immunizationinfo.org (abstract)

►May 15, 2007 - Blood pressure rising around the globe, not just in Western world - AP via The Ocala Star-Banner

* ►May 14, 2007 - Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Program on Clinical Trials for Serious or Life-Threatening Diseases: Maintaining a Data Bank - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

►May 13, 2007 - Breakdown Of Myelin Implicated In Alzheimer’s, UCLA Research Shows - University of California - Los Angeles via Biocompare

►May 10, 2007 - New Therapeutic Targets For Neurodegenerative Diseases - Elhuyar Fundazioa via Biocompare

►May 10, 2007 - Physicians support new bill requiring health care providers to clarify credentials in ads - Reps. Sullivan, McDermott introduce Health Care Truth and Transparency Act - www.ama-assn.org

►May 4, 2007 - Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in adolescents and young adults with Crohn's disease: A cautionary tale? - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►May 3, 2007 - Serious Adverse Events With Infliximab: Analysis of Spontaneously Reported Adverse Events. - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►May 1, 2007 - Title: Synthetic human papilloma virus genes - Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, NJ) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 1, 2007 - Title: Composition for preventing and treating type I allergy - Sunstar, Inc. (Osaka, JP), Sunstar Suisse S.A. (Ecublens, CH) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 2007 - The possible role of circumcision in newborn outbreaks of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. - journal article (Clinical Pediatrics)

* ►May 2007 - Prevention of Childhood Emotional Disorders: Reducing the Burden of Suffering Associated with Anxiety and Depression - journal article (Child and Adolescent Mental Health)

►May 2007 - Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in infants. A survey of members of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. - journal article (Paediatric Anaesthesia)

►May 2007 - The Failure of Environmental Education (and How We Can Fix It) (full text) - journal article (PLoS Biology)

►May 2007 - Survival of the Likeliest? (full text) - journal article (PLoS Biology)

►May 2007 - QT Interval and Dispersion in Very Young Children Treated with Antipsychotic Drugs: A Retrospective Chart Review. - journal article (Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology)

►April 2007 - Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Implications for the care of children (full text) - journal article (Paediatrics & Child Health)

* ►February 27, 2007 - Risk of death associated with the use of conventional versus atypical antipsychotic drugs among elderly patients (full text) - journal article (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

►June 1, 2007 - Vaccination principles, other policies updated - JAMVA News via American Veterinary Medical Association

* ►May 20, 2007 - Toddler test for vaccine - Researchers are calling for toddlers and older children to test a breakthrough vaccine against the deadly meningococcal B infection. - AdelaideNow via www.news.com.au - "Toddlers aged 18 to 36 months and children aged eight to 14 years are needed to take part in the trial to test the "safety, tolerability and immune response" of the new vaccine. About 100 toddlers are expected to take part nationally."

* ►May 19, 2007 - The Food and Drug Administration Has Blood on Its Hands - Center for Research on Globalization - "While the FDA was threatening cherry growers, it was giving approval to a drug maker for a new type of COX-2 inhibiting anti-inflammatory drug that claimed it was safer than ibuprofen or aspirin. The FDA also permitted this new prescription-only anti-inflammatory drug to be advertised on television, even though long-term safety data was not available. As it turns out, this drug wasn’t any safer than aspirin and the FDA took no subsequent action against the drug maker that submitted misleading preliminary safety data in its application for FDA approval. This anti-inflammatory drug went on to cause thousands of side effects and was associated with the deaths of an estimated 20,000 Americans, mostly due to mortal heart attacks. An FDA 'whistleblower,' Dr. David Graham, had to alert the public to this problem. If only the public knew about the anti-inflammatory properties of cherries, thousands of Americans would have not met their early and avoidable demise. The FDA has blood on its hands regarding this issue. It should have elected for cherry stains instead."

►May 19, 2007 - Expert says global flu threat real - Escanaba Daily Press - "Workplaces also need to allow employees non-punitive sick leave. The best approach is to regard ill workers as no different than a person who comes to the office with a pistol, said Cordell. A disease with the potential for serious illness or death is an equal or greater threat to employees as that of a gun, he said. 'There really needs to be a culture shift,' continued Cordell. Societal attitudes encourage many people to go to work when they’re ill, if necessary, but 'they really need to just start staying home, regardless of how long it takes to get well.'"

►May 19, 2007 - GPO to make flu vaccine with grant from WHO - Nation Multimedia

* ►May 19, 2007 - Thailand to produce new influenza vaccine for WHO - Thai News Agency MCOT - "The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided US$2 million to Thailand as seed money to produce vaccines to battle a possible outbreak of a new strain of influenza, Thai Public Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla said on Saturday. Thailand will need to build a pharmaceuticals factory budgeted at about US$45 million to be able to provide the vaccine, according to Dr. Mongkol."

* ►May 19, 2007 - NY mulls mandatory immunization to curb cancer - Vaccine seen as way to prevent most cervical cancers in girls and young women. - Elmira Star-Gazette - "Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, Westchester County, said she is waiting for the public to become more confident about the vaccine, which in turn should dissipate some of the controversy."

* ►May 19, 2007 - Experts gather to tout vaccine - HPV immunization safety questioned - Whittier Daily News

►May 19, 2007 - Woman makes meningitis awareness her crusade - Stuart News via TCPalm

►May 19, 2007 - Watch out for mumps, students warned - Sudbury Star

►May 19, 2007 - Origin of salmonella might be hatchery - Deseret News

►May 19, 2007 - Hepatitis A hits Gampola area - Daily Mirror

►May 19, 2007 - Adults need a good shot too! - Many adults may be too confident, that as a child, they had enough immunization to protect them from common diseases. Fact is, even the strongest adults are exposed to health threats. Thus, vaccination during childhood is not enough. - Manila Bulletin

►May 19, 2007 - Pill to stop periods to be approved by FDA - www.earthtimes.org

►May 19, 2007 - Experimental HIV vaccines offer only limited immunity - AFP via Nation Multimedia

►May 19, 2007 - Michael Moore's latest jab at US - It's one of the most anticipated films to be unveiled at this year's Cannes Film Festival and it's not even in the official competition. On Saturday, the festival screened "Sicko" - the latest documentary from US filmmaker Michael Moore. - AFP via France24

►May 19, 2007 - Has Prozac made us happy? - The Age

* ►May 18, 2007 - The mercury, autism debacle: Another week, another questionable study - American Chronicle - "Another week, another study in which a Doctor tells us mercury in vaccines is safe. Only this time, vaccines were not even part of the study. The headline from the University of Missouri states, 'Study Finds No Link Between Autism and Thimerosal in Vaccines'. The study looked at injection during pregnancy with Rh immune globulin (Rhig) and its link to autism. Up until 2001 some of these injections contained thimerosal (50% mercury). This is not a vaccine just like a shot of penicillin is not a vaccine. This story was picked up by 72 news agencies. Not one news story mentioned that the study was funded by Johnson and Johnson, the largest manufacturer of Rhig products. Johnson and Johnson just happens to be a defendant in several lawsuits involving the use of thimerosal in their Rhig products. Does anyone really think they would fund a study which says thimerosal in Rhig products causes autism?"
 
* ►May 18, 2007 - Thimerosal in vaccines has no link to autism - American Journal of Medical Genetics via Reuters Health via Scientific American

* ►May 18, 2007 - Ped Med: Autism and healthcare access - United Press International

►May 18, 2007 - Charles Lafitte Foundation Announces $160,000 in Grants to Fund Autism Research and Educational Programs at The University of Washington in Seattle - press release - The Charles Lafitte
Foundation via PRNewswire-USNewswire

►May 18, 2007 - Autism jump start - Arizona Moms via AZCentral.com

►May 18, 2007 - Autism: a daily challenge - Cambridge Times

►May 18, 2007 - "Autism: The Musical" offers fresh take on baffling disease - News 10 Now

►May 18, 2007 - Bills pile up for boy's autism therapy: Parents statewide want legislators to require insurance companies to cover treatment - The Journal Times

* ►May 18, 2007 - WHO delays destruction of smallpox virus - CBC - "At the WHO's 60th annual World Health Assembly in Geneva, a committee backed a previous commitment to destroy the remaining stockpiles, but postponed a decision on when until a meeting in 2011."

* ►May 18, 2007 - WHO postpones smallpox virus destruction by 4 years - CIDRAP News

* ►May 18, 2007 - State of Utah sues Zyprexa maker - The Salt Lake Tribune - "Some 1,500 Utah adults with insurance coverage through Medicaid have developed diabetes because they took the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, Utah's Attorney General estimates."

►May 18, 2007 - South Africa intervenes on smallpox eradication in the region - BuaNews Online

* ►May 18, 2007 - HPV and Corporate Welfare - Lew Rockwell - "This drive to coerce families into submitting to yet another state-mandated round of vaccinations has illustrated just how reckless legislators can be with the health of citizens while bringing to the fore the immense power exercised by drug companies supposedly regulated by the FDA."

* ►May 18, 2007 - Girls' vaccine fights more than cervical cancer, study says - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

* ►May 18, 2007 - Senate OKs HPV education for girls - Battle Creek Enquirer - "The bills' sponsors also say providing information is better than nothing. 'It's a really good first step,' said Sen. Deborah Cherry, D-Burton, who is sponsoring the bills along with Republican Sens. Tony Stamas of Midland and Tom George of Portage. 'This is a good compromise. It does make sense to first educate parents before you mandate something.'"

►May 18, 2007 - Better to inform public about HPV vaccine than to mandate use - editorial - Battle Creek Enquirer

►May 18, 2007 - Budget Would Stop State from Requiring Teens to Get Shots - http://ktar.com - "A line in the senate budget passed this week would stop the state from requiring teenage girls to get a shot to prevent cervical cancer."

►May 18, 2007 - Times/KTSM Poll Poll shows opposition to mandatory vaccine - El Paso Times

►May 18, 2007 - Cervical Cancers Could be Cut by New Vaccines, Says a New Report Available From Piribo.com Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, has now added a new report on the potential to cut cancer incidence of the new vaccines to fight human papilloma virus (HPV). "Stakeholder Opinions: Gynecological Cancers - Niche Opportunities in Advanced Disease" outlines the benefits and key stumbling blocks to the use of these new vaccines. - press release -  Piribo via PRWeb

►May 18, 2007 - Academy Of Managed Care Pharmacy Congratulates Senate On Passage Of The Food And Drug Administration Revitalization Act, USA - Medical News Today - "The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy congratulates the Senate on passage of the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act (S. 1082)."

►May 18, 2007 - Lawmakers push for biodefense site ahead of selection team visit - High Plains Journal

►May 18, 2007 - Experts fear new encephalitis cases - Health experts have warned of an increase of Japanese encephalitis cases this year and insist that children up to 15 years of age should be vaccinated. - VietNamNet Bridge

►May 18, 2007 - Sentara General doing all they can to prevent spread of Norovirus (includes video) - WAVY TV 10

►May 18, 2007 - Schools mourn deaths of three pupils - Buckinhamshire Free Press

►May 18, 2007 - WHO bans vaccine, sends experts to probe child deaths in Vietnam - The World Health Organization has suspended the use of a Hepatitis B vaccine worldwide after three newborns died and another became seriously ill in Vietnam after getting shots in the last few weeks. - Thanh Nien Daily

►May 18, 2007 - Vaccine Research - One Step Closer to A Cure - press release - National Medical Association via PRNewswire-USNewswire

* ►May 18, 2007 - Ten Years Later, AIDS Vaccine Search Continues - Science gets closer, but a fully effective vaccine remains elusive - Scientific American

* ►May 18, 2007 - World AIDS Vaccine Day, May 18th - Voice of America - "Friday, May 18th, is 'World AIDS Vaccine Day.'  On this date, 10 years ago, former President Bill Clinton challenged the world to develop an AIDS vaccine within a decade. That hasn’t happened yet."

* ►May 18, 2007 - Gates Foundation Gives Glaser Foundation $9.7M for Research on Pediatric HIV Vaccines; Research To Focus on Breast-Feeding Infants - www.kaisernetwork.org - "Researchers have found that an effective vaccine, provided shortly after birth, would not only protect an infant from contracting HIV while breast-feeding but also could offer long-term or even life-long immunity from the virus, according to the Glaser Foundation."

* ►May 18, 2007 - Ministry begins another HIV vaccine trial this summer - As the health ministry's HIV Vaccine Trials Unit joins the world in observing HIV Vaccine Awareness Day today, it is currently preparing to begin another trial this summer. - Jamaica Observer

►May 18, 2007 - What can we expect from the first AIDS vaccine? - San Francisco Chronicle

►May 18, 2007 - Belarus government rejects mass circumcision as HIV control measure - DPA via www.earthtimes.org

►May 18, 2007 - State House backs HIV test change - Chicago Daily Herald

►May 18, 2007 - Doctors to begin routine HIV testing for pregnant women - Savannah Morning News

►May 18, 2007 - Researchers Taking Side Roads to HIV Vaccine - MedPage Today

►May 18, 2007 - Experimental HIV Vaccines Offer Hope - AFP via Discovery Channel

►May 18, 2007 - First local firm supplies anti-HIV drug at low price - Vietnam's ICA Biotechnological - Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Co., or ICA in short, on Tuesday supplied nearly one million Lamivudin 150mg tablets to the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. - VietNamNet Bridge

►May 18, 2007 - Whooping cough hits school hard - Eight cases confirmed, more students sent home at St. Lambert - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

►May 18, 2007 - College baseball reslated following measles outbreak - The Yomiuri Shimbun

►May 18, 2007 - Measles outbreak prompts Seikei, Tohoku Gakuin universities to cancel lessons - Mainichi Daily News

►May 18, 2007 - Measles outbreak mainly from Penan settlements - Borneo Bulletin via www.brunei-online.com

►May 18, 2007 - Science fair contestant from India hospitalized with measles - Albuquerque Tribune

►May 18, 2007 - N.M. officials investigate measles case - http://kob.com

* ►May 18, 2007 - Renewed wave of mumps in NS no cause for alarm, say health officials - Canadian Press via www.canada.com

* ►May 18, 2007 - Mumps strike county - Health-care workers being vaccinated - The Amherst Daily News - "Caulfield said health care workers have been more receptive to this immunization program than the annual flu campaign. 'The response is really good. People are leery about the flu vaccine, but they want this,' she said. 'We usually immunize 450 (health-care workers) through the flu campaign, but we’re anticipating we’ll immunize 500 to 600 this time.'"

►May 18, 2007 - The mumps won't go away - Officials ponder national vaccination campaign as another 50 cases reported - Chronicle Herald

►May 18, 2007 - Officials confirm bacterial meningitis at school - Sioux City Journal

►May 18, 2007 - Meningitis kills Brevard student - Parents, kids voice concerns at meeting after 4th grader dies - Florida Today

►May 18, 2007 - Schoolchildren take out pulse polio rally - Express News Service via Chandigarh Newsline via http://cities.expressindia.com

►May 18, 2007 - Urbanites remain indifferent to drive against polio - According to Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey, at the previous Pulse Polio programme held in January in Gulbarga city, only 58 per cent target was achieved on the booth day. - Deccan Herald

►May 18, 2007 - Foreign-born are hardest-hit as cases of TB soar in county - Seattle Times

* ►May 18, 2007 - AVANT’s Typhoid Fever Vaccine Demonstrates Excellent Clinical Potential - Single-Dose Oral Ty800 Vaccine Immunogenic & Well-Tolerated in NIH-Sponsored Phase 1/2 Study - press release - AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. via Business Wire

►May 18, 2007 - Uganda: Donors Hold Grant Over GAVI Funds - The Monitor (Kampala) via http://allafrica.com

►May 18, 2007 - Rockeby Biomed Limited ASX: RBY - Bird Flu Research Presentation at Pasteur Institute - Dr Sze Wee Tan, Chief Executive - Asia Corporate News Network

►May 18, 2007 - Ministry on alert over possible flu outbreak - Fiji Times

►May 18, 2007 - Avian influenza in Ghana : the H5N1 strain isolated shows no new introduction of the virus to Africa - OIE

►May 18, 2007 - Idaho Technology Awarded Grant for Pathogen Detection System - Idaho Technology Inc. announced today that the company has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease Cooperative Research Partnerships for influenza product development. The grant will aid in funding a novel diagnostic platform for identifying a panel of specific respiratory viruses including H5N1 avian influenza. This platform will enhance surveillance and diagnosis of pandemic influenza strains while also diagnosing common respiratory viruses seen during yearly respiratory virus epidemic cycles. - press release - PRWeb

►May 18, 2007 - EU countdown to bird flu amendments continues - The European poultry industry has just six weeks left to prepare itself for new proposals designed to prevent the spread of H5N1 avian influenza into the food chain, the European Commission has warned. - FoodQualityNews.com

►May 18, 2007 - Look behind the headlines of pharmaceutical industry - Seattle Times

►May 18, 2007 - County approves plan to help deal with growth from Fort Detrick - Frederick News-Post

►May 18, 2007 - Kenya: Herbal Medicine Hospital That Was Left to Go to Sleep - The Nation (Nairobi) via http://allafrica.com

►May 18, 2007 - Thai hospital develops anti-mite vaccine - TNA via Bangkok Post

►May 18, 2007 - African adventure almost blinds Kelowna teen - CBC

►May 18, 2007 - Churchill's backers misrepresented sources, relied on faulty books - But they say CU investigators guilty of academic misconduct - Rocky Mountain News - "Churchill also has frequently accused the U.S. Army of deliberately distributing smallpox-laden blankets to Indians at Fort Clark in 1837, sparking an epidemic there. But the investigative committee found that the sources he cited did not support his work. One of those sources was Thornton, the UCLA professor whose book American Indian Holocaust and Survival covers the epidemic. The book concludes that smallpox was spread to the Mandan tribe by travelers on a steamship, not by the U.S. Army."

►May 18, 2007 - Chelation Therapy Getting Big Test In TO - CityNews

►May 18, 2007 - Lawmakers push for change in food safety oversight - CNN

►May 18, 2007 - Shingles — A 'Pain in the Rash' - A Primer on a Painful (but Preventable) Condition - ABC News

►May 18, 2007 - Twenty people in hospital after anthrax scare - Independent Online

►May 18, 2007 - Fluorescent Lights' Mercury Poses Dim Threat - National Geographic

►May 18, 2007 - The 'dangers' of the humble carrot - We hosted a dinner party recently at which we had fish for a starter. - BBC

►May 18, 2007 - China's additives on menu in U.S. - It is the leading supplier of many ingredients in packaged food. Barring the imports is difficult. (requires registration or subscription) - Los Angeles Times

►May 18, 2007 - Farmed fish given melamine-tainted feed cleared by US officials - CBC

►May 18, 2007 - FDA set to OK period suppression pill (requires registration) - AP via Boston Globe

►May 18, 2007 - Cattle council backs Q fever vaccine plant - www.abc.net.au

►May 17, 2007 - Gas May Have Harmed Troops, Scientists Say (requires registration or subscription) - The New York Times

►May 17, 2007 - Speaker: Government doing little to prepare for next flu pandemic - Joplin Globe

* ►May 17, 2007 - FDA Panel Supports Expanded FluMist Use - Safety for Children Under 2 Still Debated (requires registration) - Washington Post - "Henry Bernstein, a New Hampshire physician and member of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said that 'there are important concerns around the safety data' for children under 2. Bernstein, who attended the meeting, said he sensed that the consensus would be that 'down to 24 months it sounds like FluMist can be a useful addition to influenza vaccine administration.'"

►May 17, 2007 - Expanded FluMist use for children supported by FDA panel - The News Journal

►May 17, 2007 - Merck Joins Celebra Health Campaign in Its Hispanic Community Outreach Effort to Educate Latinas on Cervical Cancer and HPV - Hispanic PR Wire

►May 17, 2007 - Az prevents mandatory HPV shots - The Arizona Republic via Tuscon Citizen

►May 17, 2007 - New Hampshire Provides Gardasil At No Cost To Girls Ages 11 To 18; Experience 'Contrasts Sharply' From Other States - Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report via Medical News Today

►May 17, 2007 - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Gardasil® Becomes The First Vaccine To Be Reimbursed Within The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme In Sweden - Medical News Today

►May 17, 2007 - No Vaccine for at-risk gay boys - Sydney Star Observer

►May 17, 2007 - HPV Vaccine Prevents High-Grade Genital Lesions in Women - The Lancet via Reuters Health via CancerPage

* ►May 17, 2007 - Girls wouldn't have to get cancer vaccine under new bills - Midland Daily News - "Michigan girls entering the sixth grade would be told about a new vaccine against cervical cancer but not required to be immunized under legislation unanimously passed Wednesday by a state Senate panel."

* ►May 17, 2007 - HPV Vaccine vs. Vulvar, Vaginal Cancer - Study: Vaccine Thwarts HPV Precancerous Lesions in the Vulva and Vagina - WebMD - "That news comes from a three-year, international study of more than 18,000 women aged 16-26. The study appears in The Lancet....It's not known how long the vaccine's observed effects last or whether booster shots are needed, Paavonen's team notes. The study was funded by Merck, which makes Gardasil. Several of the researchers work for or report financial ties to Merck."

* ►May 17, 2007 - Data Published in The Lancet Show GARDASIL(R) was 100 Percent Effective in Preventing High-Grade Vulvar and Vaginal Lesions Caused by HPV Types 16 and 18 - PipelineReview.com

* ►May 17, 2007 - Staphylococcus aureus vaccine development on track - safe and immunogenic in Phase I clinical trials - Intercell AG (VSE, “ICLL”) has been informed by its strategic partner Merck & Co., Inc. on the results of a Phase I study involving in total over 120 adult healthy volunteers comparing safety and immunogenicity of different doses of the Staphylococcus aureus vaccine. - PipelineReview.com

* ►May 17, 2007 - Acambis' ACAM2000 receives positive recommendations from Advisory Committee - Acambis plc (Acambis) (LSE: ACM) announces that the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration yesterday voted unanimously that Acambis' ACAM2000 is both safe and efficacious. - PipelineReview.com

 ►May 17, 2007 - FDA Advisory Committee Unanimously Votes in Favor of Acambis' Smallpox Vaccine - Acambis plc via PRNewswire-FirstCall via PR-Inside

►May 17, 2007 - Canada stockpiling avian flu vaccines for poultry - Canadian Press via CTV

►May 17, 2007 - Bird Flu Called a Global Health Threat - Though Indonesia's health minister Tuesday announced that the country had shared three bird flu viruses with a WHO-accredited laboratory in Japan, it is uncertain whether further bird flu viruses will be shared. Indonesia has complained that the viruses it shares would be used for vaccines that its population cannot afford. - Sci-Tech Today

►May 17, 2007 - United States: Congressional Hearing On FDA´s Ability To Safeguard The Nation´s Food Supply (requires registration for full article) - Foley & Lardner via www.mondaq.com

►May 17, 2007 - New Free White Paper Addresses Challenges of New FDA Regulations Awaiting Combo Product Manufacturers - dBusinessNews

* ►May 17, 2007 - Acambis Smallpox Vaccine OK for At-Risk Use--Panel - Reuters UK - "At the meeting, the FDA's outside experts said the risk of heart inflammation in people who had been vaccinated was a real concern that warranted further study and follow up. While such a risk would be unacceptable for routine vaccination, it had to be weighed against the threat of exposure facing U.S. military personnel and others who would receive the shots, the panelists said."

* ►May 17, 2007 - FDA Advisory Committee Unanimously Votes in Favor of Acambis' Smallpox Vaccine - Smallpox Vaccine Supplied to US Government for Strategic National Stockpile Receives Positive Vote From Panel of Infectious Disease and Vaccine Experts - Acambis PLC via PRNewswire-FirstCall via PharmaLive - "To date, Acambis has supplied 192.5 million doses of ACAM2000 to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) under an FDA Investigational New Drug applicaton."

►May 17, 2007 - Southern Africa: South Africa Intervenes On Smallpox Eradication in the Region - BuaNews (Tshwane) via http://allafrica.com

►May 17, 2007 - CDC reports on soldier's son who had severe vaccinia infection - CIDRAP News

►May 17, 2007 - Children with both autism and ADHD often bully, parents say - Researchers caution against labeling children with autism as bullies - University of Rochester Medical Center via www.eurekalert.org

►May 17, 2007 - Guide dogs transform autism care - Black Lab steers boy, 6, away from hazards in first city case of its kind - Edmonton Journal via www.canada.com

►May 17, 2007 - The many faces of autism - Baker City Herald

►May 17, 2007 - ‘Enormous step forward' coming for children with autism - Baker City Herald

►May 17, 2007 - Mercury shipments delayed - Transfer of the material out of Hillsborough is now expected to be completed by the end of this summer. - Hillsborough Beacon

►May 17, 2007 - Food allergies keep some on high alert - The number of children who have severe food allergies is increasing locally, nationally - San Luis Obispo Tribune

►May 17, 2007 - Former head of China´s drug watchdog stands trial - Xinhuanet via CCTV

►May 17, 2007 - Fight against polio is far from over - The Western Cape was last year declared polio free by the World Health Organisation (WHO), but the fight against this disease must continue unabatedly to prevent new outbreaks. - City Vision

►May 17, 2007 - Fresh polio cases detected in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra - NewKerala.com

►May 17, 2007 - 90 minute fit changed Mason’s life for ever - Salford Advertiser, UK

►May 17, 2007 - Does my child need the MMR vaccination? - The Times, UK

►May 17, 2007 - FDA scandal! Or is it? - PointOfLaw.com

►May 17, 2007 - Congressmen to FDA: Reclassify OxyContin - AP via Forbes

►May 17, 2007 - Legislative floor actions - AP via Akron Beacon Journal via www.ohio.com - "HOUSE PASSED...SB 58 PHARMACY IMMUNIZATIONS (Coughlin) - To modify the authority of pharmacists to administer immunizations and to make changes in certain voting procedures of the State Board of Pharmacy. 96-1 (Stebelton)"

* ►May 17, 2007 - Carter County Immunization Exercise (includes video) - www.kten.com - "The exercise is one component of next month's plan to practice vaccinating and medicating everyone in South Central Oklahoma within a 48-hour time frame."

* ►May 17, 2007 - Newer, more sensitive HIV antibody tests producing false-positive results in uninfected infants - Aidsmap

* ►May 17, 2007 - Where Are We on the Quest for an Effective HIV Vaccine? - The National Institutes of Health via Doctor's Guide

►May 17, 2007 - Elimination of HIV from body within 8 years if treatment starts just after infection, predict US researchers; sceptics disagree - Aidsmap

►May 17, 2007 - Innovative Web Source on HIV Resistance Launched by Virco Lab, Inc. - http://www.Resist-HIV.info offers healthcare providers timely, accurate and relevant HIV resistance information - press release - Virco Lab, Inc. via PRNewswire

►May 17, 2007 - Quest Continues for a Vaccine to Prevent HIV - The New England Journal of Medicine via Ivanhoe

►May 17, 2007 - 'HIV-negative' serosorters increasing their risk of infection because of prevalence of undiagnosed, acute HIV infections - Aidsmap

►May 17, 2007 - Melbourne lab to research Q fever vaccine - www.abc.net.au

►May 17, 2007 - Opinion: Will Privacy Fears Stifle New Medical Frontiers? - Computerworld

►May 17, 2007 - LifeShare leads the nation in rare blood typing - Shreveport Times

►May 17, 2007 - Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address - Study suggests Civil War president suffered from deadly form of smallpox - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston via www.eurekalert.org

►May 17, 2007 - Supermarkets to Ban Cough Syrup to Underage Teens - www.wboc.com

►May 17, 2007 - Can't get away from the mumps - ScienceBlogs

►May 17, 2007 - No mumps cases seen - Prince George Citizen

►May 17, 2007 - Mumps could make cross-country jumps, doctors warn - CBC

►May 17, 2007 - County preparing for flu pandemic - Laramine Boomerang

►May 17, 2007 - Is your Tetanus protection running on empty, 10 years after the flood? - Crookston Daily Times

►May 16, 2007 - Canine influenza making rounds - Aspen Times

►May 16, 2007 - Emergency Room HIV Tests Cost-Effective: Study - HealthDay via CBC News

►May 16, 2007 - Bavarian Nordic loses smallpox vaccine case to Acambis - A US court has dismissed Bavarian Nordic's claims of unfair competition relating to virus material used to create its smallpox vaccine, Imvamune. - Pharmaceutical Business Review

* ►May 16, 2007 - Exposure to mercury preservatives before birth is no higher in children with autism - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. via www.eurekalert.org

* ►May 16, 2007 - Vaccines Don't Cause Autism, Study Says - Mothers Who Took Drug With Thimerosal Reviewed - www.theindychannel.com

* ►May 15, 2007 - Ongoing mumps outbreak hits Toronto; three cases diagnosed in city - Canadian Press via CBC - "While one dose protected a great number of people, in some people it wasn't sufficient to prevent infection; since the mid-1990s two doses have been given. But even two doses don't always prevent infection. Yaffe said one of Toronto's cases had two shots of MMR vaccine in childhood."

►May 15, 2007 - Illnesses after Israel anthrax test - MWC News

* ►April 17, 2002 - Vet sues due to over vaccination of dogs and cats - www.petresource.com - "The people of the State of Texas have paid over $360 million dollars per year for vaccinations that are unnecessary and potentially harmful to their pets. Over 600,000 pets suffer every year from adverse reactions to unnecessary vaccinations. Many of them die. A survey by the American Animal Hospital Association shows that less than 7% of Veterinarians have updated their vaccination recommendations, in spite of the fact that these new recommendations have been published twice in every major Veterinary Medical Journal since 1995."

* ►The History Of a Passion For Change - CritterAdvocacy.org Responsibility Ethics Science