Today's Top Stories - March 5, 2003

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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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