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►March 4, 2004 -
Texas working quickly to solve avian flu issue - Country World News
►March 4, 2004 -
Immunization
Exemption Debated in W.Va. House - The Intelligencer and Wheeling
News-Register - "Tucker pointed out West Virginia and Mississippi are the only
two states in the nation that do not have the possibility of such exemptions in
their immunization laws, but Mercer said he does not see that as a downside for
the state...'That does not mean we're the two backward (states). We're the two
forward ones,' Mercer said, adding that some states are looking at reversing
their exemptions."
►March 4, 2004 -
New combination vaccine can cut down number of inoculations for babies - CNA
via www.channelnewsasia.com
►March 5, 2004 -
In future, organs will be made to order - The Australian
►March 4, 2004 -
‘Bt’ toxin found in B’laans’ blood - Today via
www.abs-cbnnews.com - "A Norwegian
scientist disclosed here on Thursday an alarming finding that Bt (Bacillus
thuringiensis) toxic traces were found in the blood samples of several
persons living near a Bt-corn field in a remote village of South Cotabato...Sister
Susan Bolanio, director of the Social Action Center of the diocese of Marbel,
said the residents claimed that their sickness was a result of the planting of
Monsanto’s Bt-corn variety in their village."
►March 4, 2004 -
CDC Reports That OraQuick Test Produces Fewer False Positive HIV-1 Results Than
Other Available Tests - OraSure Technologies, Inc. via Business Wire
Comment: Avoiding a
false HIV positive result is certainly important given the regimen of toxic
drugs that HIV positive people are pressured to get.
►March 4, 2004 -
Animal
instincts - Duluth-based Merial invents drugs, vaccines - The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution - "Other companies have file cabinets. Merial has
freezers...Make that deep-freeze freezers. Where else would you stash the
creepiest infections known to the world of fur and feathers?..."
►March 4, 2004 -
As we get
older, it's time to keep moving - The Star
►March 4, 2004 -
Japan
calls in army to contain bird flu -
www.abc.net.au
►March 4, 2004 -
Autism victims to get Capital support centre - Evening News via The Scotsman
►March 4, 2004 -
Immunization controversy: Should colleges require the bacterial meningitis
vaccine? - The Stanford Daily - "'I don’t think it would be a good policy to
require the vaccine,' said Dr. Ira Friedman, who works at Vaden. 'A vaccine
should be required only when its benefits far outweigh its costs, in dollars and
otherwise. This is not the case for the meningococcal vaccine. That’s why public
health authorities support an educational approach.'”...However, other medical
professionals disagree with Friedman’s opinions and claim that there is no
significant reason not to get the meningitis vaccine. According to the CDC, the
vaccine proves 85 to 90 percent effective against the most common strains,with
rare side effects of mild redness or slight fever."
Comment: For a
different take on the vaccine, go to
Scandals: Another
Unnecessary Vaccine? Here Comes the Hype for a New Meningitis Vaccine.
►March 4, 2004 -
Drug shortage prompts child vaccine cutback - Toledo Blade
►March 4, 2004 -
Experts hail breakthrough in hunt for horse vaccine - Daily Post via
Liverpool Echo via
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk
►March 4, 2004 - Shots
across the bow - Innocuous inoculation? -
www.haaretz.com
►March 4, 2004 -
Doubts
about the bedside jug of water - Times Online, UK
►March 4, 2004 -
New
inhalers: Breathe easier - New inhalers will help the environment - Times
Online, UK
►March 4, 2004 -
Minnesota Senate: Bill offering bounty for mercury advances - Pioneer Press
via www.twincities.com
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