►December 2008 - Sex-specific genetic architecture of human disease - journal article (Nature Reviews Genetics)

* ►November 20, 2008 - Govt seeks to buy bird flu vaccine - Qatar intends to purchase avian influenza vaccine and update its antiviral drug stocks as part of the ongoing preparedness against the disease which may become a pandemic. - Gulf Times

►November 20, 2008 - Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data - journal article (Nature)

* ►November 20, 2008 - Pharmacists set for conference on drugs and their side effects - Daily Monitor, Uganda

* ►November 20, 2008 - Malaria Prevention in Short-Term Travelers (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 20, 2008 - The Genetic Privacy of Presidential Candidates (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 20, 2008 - Early Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality among HIV-Infected Infants (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 20, 2008 - In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government during the Last 100 Years (book review) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 20, 2008 - Disability Bioethics: Moral Bodies, Moral Difference (book review) - journal article (NEJM)

►November 20, 2008 - A role for Rhesus factor Rhcg in renal ammonium excretion and male fertility - journal article (Nature)

►November 20, 2008 - The FDA and Tobacco Regulation (free full text) - journal article (NEJM)

* ►November 20, 2008 - GM canarypox vaccine gets green light - New Zealand Herald - "A live, genetically modified, canarypox virus vaccine has been given the green light to protect horses in New Zealand if there is a outbreak of equine influenza. If used, it will be the first time a genetically modified organism has been released into the environment."

* ►November 20, 2008 - Parents fight for vaccination choice - Conscientious objection option sought in New Jersey - Independent.gmnews.com

* ►November 20, 2008 - Vaccine hope in MS link to virus - Sydney Morning Herald - "Researchers from the University of Queensland yesterday confirmed a link between the Epstein-Barr virus, which causes glandular fever and is carried by more than 90 per cent of the world's population, and multiple sclerosis, saying the vaccine, developed to combat glandular fever, could save thousands of lives."

* ►November 20, 2008 - Researchers discover viral link to MS - transcript - AM via www.abc.net.au - "JOHN POLLARD: The evidence about Epstein-Barr virus is still circumstantial, as I say, it is not proven. So yes it is too far to go to say that anti-virals will cure MS or that vaccines will cure it. One can only go that far when this proposition is proven and it is by no means that at the moment."

►November 20, 2008 - MS 'could be prevented with vaccine' - AAP via Sydney Morning Herald

►November 20, 2008 - Parents of boy with autism seek meeting with Cowen on his education - Irish Times

►November 20, 2008 - Accept flu vaccine offer, urges local GP - Newtownabbey Today

* ►November 19, 2008 - First Report Linking Vaccine Aluminium With ME/CFS - Medical Hypothesis via The One Click Group

* ►November 19, 2008 - Vaccine Related Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In An Individual Demonstrating Aluminium Overload - Keele University via Medical News Today - "The result was a severe and ongoing immune response to elevated body stores of aluminium, which was initiated by a course of five aluminium adjuvant-based vaccinations within a short period of time. There are strong precedents for delayed hypersensitivity to aluminium in children receiving vaccinations which include aluminium-based adjuvants, with as many as 1% of recipients showing such a response."

* ►November 19, 2008 - Daschle Tapped for HHS Secretary - From Access to Health Care to Questions of Bioethics, Slew of Challenges Await  (includes video) - ABC News

* ►November 19, 2008 - David Kirby: Tom Daschle: Friend to Many Autism Families - The Huffington Post - "By nominating Tom Daschle to head up the agency, President Elect Obama has selected a man who has demonstrated an unflinching willingness to question vaccine safety, and to fight for the rights of those people who believe they have been, or may be, seriously injured by certain vaccinations."

►November 19, 2008 - David Kirby on HuffPo: Tom Daschle Friend to Many Autism Families - Age of Autism

* ►November 19, 2008 - Our Kids Somali or American - Age of Autism

* ►November 19, 2008 - An Open Letter to the Somali Parents of Minnesota By J.B. Handley - Age of Autism

* ►November 19, 2008 - All grown up — now where to go? - Autistic kids are quickly turning into autistic adults, and the growing population is straining social services and posing new challenges for parents who have to arrange care for them 24/7. - EastBayRI.com - "The Randall family’s journey into the world of autism began about two decades ago. Ms. Randall said things seemed normal when Andrew was an infant. He had met all his early milestones, such as taking a bottle, walking and talking. By the time he was 20 months old, however, his parents noticed that many of his skills were regressing. The doctors 'pooh-poohed' their concerns, according to Ms. Randall, and Andrew didn’t receive an official diagnosis of autism until age 4. 'He missed out on a lot of early therapy which could have really benefited him,' Ms. Randall said, who believes an earlier MMR vaccine — an immunization against measles, mumps and rubella — was the cause of Andrew’s condition."

* ►November 19, 2008 - The Only Thimerosal Free Vaccination Schedule By Julie Obradovic - Age of Autism

* ►November 19, 2008 - We Are All Somali! - Adventures in Autism

* ►November 19, 2008 - Autism needs more study - letter - Youngstown Vindicator

►November 19, 2008 - Book is mother's candid look at bringing up an autistic son - The Detroit News

►November 19, 2008 - Teacher axed for treatment of autistic boy - United Press International

►November 19, 2008 - Lee Silsby Introduces Enhansa Curcumin Supplement for Autism - Age of Autism

►November 19, 2008 - Local Doctor's Study Suggests Link Between Nicotine, Autism - NBC4i.com

►November 19, 2008 - Autism and Alternative Treatments Topic of Dec 10 Lecture - Rocklin & Roseville Today - "Children's Hospital of Philadelphia researcher and developmental pediatrician Susan Levy will discuss complementary and alternative medical treatments for autism, including diet, high-dose vitamins and off-label use of prescription drug treatments, during the Wednesday, Dec. 10, UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Distinguished Lecturer Series presentations."

* ►November 19, 2008 - GWS Report: Funny How the Vaccine Message Changed - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ►November 19, 2008 - Refusing to Vaccinate - video - MyFox Boston

* ►November 19, 2008 - ME/CFS Charities Parliamentary Stitch Up Rolled Out - Campaigning for Research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis via The One Click Group

* ►November 19, 2008 - Are Vaccinations Causing Early Alzheimer's? By Byron J. Richards, CCN - www.newswithviews.com - "This past week the Wall Street Journal ran an article on a man getting Alzheimer’s in his 40s, one of 500,000 Americans with early onset. The notion that this problem is striking ever earlier sent shock waves through the country and left people wondering why this is happening. Clearly, there are many inflammatory factors in one’s life and gene-related weaknesses involved. However, theoretical data on the inflammatory nature of vaccines, especially in the large numbers given to children at an early age while their nerves are developing response patterns for future life, means that they cannot be ruled out as one main factor that primes the Alzheimer’s pump."

* ►November 19, 2008 - Wyeth claims no GCP lapse as India suspends vaccine trial (requires subscription for full article) - Scrip World Pharmaceutical News - "Wyeth says that there were no GCP (good clinical practice) lapses in its now-suspended Indian pneumococcal conjugate vaccine trial. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) halted the trial following the death of an infant, alleging that the company had flouted the inclusion-exclusion criteria for the study."

* ►November 19, 2008 - GM Maize Reduces Fertility & Deregulates Genes in Mice - Comprehensive long term studies commissioned by the Austrian government reveal that mice fed GM maize produced fewer and smaller litters with many genes affected compared to controls. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho - Institute of Science in Society

* ►November 19, 2008 - Glaxo rejected Maryland doctor's Avandia warning: report - MarketWatch - "GlaxoSmithKline ... rejected a warning from a Maryland doctor in 2000 that its Avandia drug was linked to congestive heart failure, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing the internist involved. The report also said the Food and Drug Administration was 'unresponsive.' A Glaxo spokeswoman told the paper the doctor's claim was unsubstantiated and acknowledged the firm asked the doctor's hospital not to publicize their view."

* ►November 19, 2008 - FDA: J&J’s Risperdal and Lilly’s Zyprexa Are Over-Used in Kids - BNET

* ►November 19, 2008 - Barton Asks GAO To Review FDA's Handling Of Heparin Scandal - Dow Jones via CNNMoney - "Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, on Thursday raised questions about the adequacy of the Food and Drug Administration's handling of a scandal involving a contaminated blood thinner amid concerns the agency misreported deaths tied to the product and didn't thoroughly investigate the problem."

►November 19, 2008 - Supriya Jindal pushing for vaccinations - AP via WXVT.com - "BATON ROUGE, La. - First lady Supriya Jindal is urging parents to vaccinate their children, in new TV and radio ads designed to raise awareness about immunizations."

►November 19, 2008 - IAC Express Issue number 765 - Immunization Action Coalition

* ►November 19, 2008 - Pro-vaccine columnist won't give her kids flu shots - The Douglass Report - "Kotz also points out that 'several of the children who died from the flu last year had been vaccinated against it.' It's hard to make the pro-vaccine argument with that little nugget of truth, right? And I'd find it difficult to be properly motivated to expose my children to the risks of flu shots when, as Kotz writes, "The vaccine is 75 percent effective at preventing flu." So for all that exposure to anaphylactic shock and paralysis, there's still a one in four chance that you'll still get the flu. And it could still kill you. Makes you want to keep your kids' sleeves rolled down, doesn't it?"

* ►November 19, 2008 - Shots All Around! - The case for immunizing everyone against the flu. - Slate Magazine

* ►November 19, 2008 - Experts weigh advisability of school-based flu shots - CIDRAP News

►November 19, 2008 - The Flu Vaccine: Will It Work This Year? - FOX News 

►November 19, 2008 - Middle School Tests Flu Pandemic Preparedness - Free Flu Shots Part Of Emergency Drill (includes video) - WPTZ Plattsburgh

►November 19, 2008 - American Lung Association of Arizona, Phoenix Fire and Maricopa County Public Health Urge Residents to Get Vaccinated Against the Flu - The American Lung Association of Arizona via PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 19, 2008 - Health fears as number of OAPs getting flu jab drops - The Scotsman

* ►November 19, 2008 - Egg Free Flu Vaccine (includes video) - KDRV.com - "A few flu seasons ago, Dr. Christine Hay's work followed her home when her young daughter got sick. 'And then the rest of us started getting sick one after another, all again with the flu, all of us having been vaccinated,' says Hay. Incredibly, the family's flu experience repeated itself the following year, when the shot didn't match the circulating strains, victims of the educated guessing that goes into the annual vaccine."

►November 19, 2008 - Flu bug? - Nasty illness going around may not necessarily be influenza - Alberta Daily Herald Tribune

►November 19, 2008 - In disaster drill, King County tries out temporary hospital - Public Health — Seattle & King County and partner groups on Tuesday held a drill at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, one of three sites designated to handle overflow of hospital patients in the event of a flu pandemic, earthquakes, bioterrorism or other disasters. - Seattle Times

* ►November 19, 2008 - Merck's 2008: The Year That Wasn't - RTT News - "With regulatory setbacks and patent expiration of one of its blockbuster drugs, it cannot be disputed that Merck suffered some of the biggest blows in 2008. To top it all, the demise of potential blockbusters like Taranabant and Cordaptive has tossed a wrench into the company's efforts to boost its bottom line. However, it has not been all gloomy for Merck in 2008. Now that the FDA has expanded the usage of Gardasil vaccine to treat cancers of the vagina and vulva, which affect more than 5,000 women in the U.S. each year, Merck may see an uptick in Gardasil sales."

►November 19, 2008 - Influenza Virus Vaccine 2008-2009 Season - 2008/2009 Season Lot Release Status (as of November 19, 2008) - FDA/CBER

►November 19, 2008 - Flu pandemic action plan approved - The greatest potential hazard faced by the UK - that was the description NHS bosses in Wiltshire gave to a potential outbreak of pandemic influenza this week. - Wiltshire Times, UK

* ►November 19, 2008 - FDA Panel Slams Rising Antipsychotic Use In Kids - Pharmalot - "After a steady stream of reports that antipsychotics are increasingly prescribed to children, often for unapproved uses, such as treating attention deficit disorders (back story), an FDA advisory committee yesterday chastised the FDA for not doing more to discourage such prescribing."

* ►November 19, 2008 - A Heavy Heart: The FDA Weighs CV Side Effects - Pharmalot - "The rise of serious heart risks in drugs that treat chronic conditions has become one of the FDA’s top worries and is changing how the agency weighs new meds, according to John Jenkins, director of the agency’s Office of New Drugs. And so the FDA is thinking about how to weigh possible side effects as more drugs used to treat diabetes, pain and other conditions also appear linked to heart attacks."

* ►November 19, 2008 - Silence! Glaxo Intimidated Another Avandia Critic - Pharmalot

►November 19, 2008 - FTC To Hold Roundtable On Follow-On Biologics - Pharmalot

►November 19, 2008 - Vitamin E supplementation and pneumonia risk in males who initiated smoking at an early age: effect modification by body weight and dietary vitamin C - Nutrition Journal  via 7th Space

►November 19, 2008 - Gates Foundation Awards Grant For Development Of A Database To Accelerate Discovery Of New Therapies Against Tuberculosis - Collaborative Drug Discovery via Medical News Today

►November 19, 2008 - Nurses Journal Scan, September 2008 (requires registration) - Medscape Nurses

►November 19, 2008 - ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage in Children - NIH News

►November 19, 2008 - Big Pharma Steps Up China Investment - Seeking Alpha

►November 19, 2008 - Dengue kills woman, affects 34 more - The Post, Pakistan

►November 19, 2008 - Importing CBER-Regulated Products into the United States - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - FDA/CBER

►November 19, 2008 - Cedars-Sinai Researchers Present New Findings at Neuroscience Meetings - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center via Newswise

* ►November 19, 2008 - Wellness centers tapped for three high schools - Gaithersburg, Watkins Mill and Wheaton propsed for programs for uninsured - Bowie Star - "The centers are funded out of Health and Human Services and built as additions to the school, costing an average of $1.3 million to construct. In the health care half, they offer a range of services including prescriptions, on-going treatment and immunizations. That aspect of the center is staffed by health technicians and the school nurse. A nurse practitioner is on hand four days a week; a pediatrician is there once a week."

* ►November 19, 2008 - Whooping cough makes a comeback in Alexandria - Alexandria Echo Press - "Another reason Westby expected a breakout of pertussis is because the last time most people were immunized, they were 6 years old. And now, a new, better-tolerated vaccine, Tdap, has been developed and people should be getting it, she said. She hopes that next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health or the Centers for Disease Control will implement a requirement that all students either entering kindergarten or 7th grade receive the new pertussis vaccine."

►November 19, 2008 - School's Whooping Cough Outbreak Contained - School Had 20 Cases Of Disease In Recent Weeks - KETV Omaha

►November 19, 2008 - YEMEN: Anti-polio drive targets over four million children - IRIN Middle East

►November 19, 2008 - AK Immunises 2.57M Children - Akwa Ibom, Nigeria

►November 19, 2008 - Big gap exists for laboratory diagnostics, scientists - Emergency of HIV has created a big market for laboratory services across the country. But a Kenyan expert now attributes poor diagnostic tools to 'high rates of disease' seen in Africa as the experience of one expatriate show. - Africa Science News Service

►November 19, 2008 - Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies - It saves lives and slows the progression of AIDS, study confirms - HealthDay via U.S. News & World Report

►November 19, 2008 - Gilead sees future in HIV, hepatitis C - Reuters

►November 19, 2008 - Children's Hospital Celebrates 125 Years - WLWT Cincinnati - "Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is where the first live virus polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Albert Sabin. One of the nurses remembers what it was like when children began getting the immunization. 'We had what was called Sabin Sunday and I have pictures of women lined up with their children outside of our research foundation going in to get the Sabin vaccine,' said Beatrice Katz."

►November 19, 2008 - Novartis highlights research success - PharmacyEurope

►November 19, 2008 - Novartis to Combine Heart Pills as Afinitor Cancer Drug Delayed - Bloomberg

►November 19, 2008 - New Chronic Disease Program Supports Value-Driven Healthcare By Aligning Physicians, Payers, Others - Indiana Health Information Exchange via Business Wire via StreetInsider.com

►November 19, 2008 - Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's - A promising approach in mice disappoints in human trial - U.S. News & World Report

►November 19, 2008 - March Of Dimes' Second Act - One of America's most famous charities has been successfully reinventing itself for the better part of 50 years. - Forbes

►November 19, 2008 - Teen moodiness or serious depression? - Fall River Herald News

►November 19, 2008 - Hand washing best way to prevent spread of respiratory illness - The Huntsville Times 

►November 19, 2008 - Snake-oil, anyone? - BAD SCIENCE by Ben Goldacre (Fourth Estate, £12.99) - book review - Daily Mail, UK

►November 19, 2008 - AMSA Receives Grant From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation To Empower New Generation of Primary Care Leaders - press release - American Medical Student Association

* ►November 19, 2008 - FDA opens office in China - USA Today - "In China, eight American employees, with expertise in food, medicine and medical devices, will work with Chinese government agencies and producers to raise standards and guarantee quality before goods are bound for the United States."

►November 19, 2008 - US says food, drug inspection access in China improving - Reuters

* ►November 19, 2008 - What he loves likely sickened him - The State - "Though it’s hard to say with 100 percent medical certainty, Daniel DeCamps, Stone’s longtime doctor, said Stone’s symptoms are consistent with a classic case of mercury poisoning. 'I feel his high mercury levels are attributed to the fact he ate so much (local) fish,' said DeCamps of Lake City. Stone describes it this way: 'I just felt so bad, had hair loss, fatigued, just got to the point where I could hardly go. I couldn’t remember things.' He also had terrible joint pains. ... DeCamps says mercury can affect different people differently. Stone’s blood levels were four times higher than accepted safe levels, DeCamps said."

* ►November 19, 2008 - DHEC lowering mercury limits, but not far enough, some say - The State

►November 19, 2008 - Many Groups Spied Upon In Md. Were Nonviolent (requires registration) - Washington Post

►November 19, 2008 - Caring for cats: When to vaccinate your feline friends -- and when not to - Newsday via Detroit Free Press

* ►November 19, 2008 - GM horse flu vaccines gets go ahead - http://tvnz.co.nz - "GE Free New Zealand president Claire Bleakley says if one of the stable hands had the flu and the horse did as well, we could have a mutation worse than SARS. ERMA admits there is a potential risk but says it's highly improbable."

►November 19, 2008 - Health Matters: Gardasil is Not Just for Girls - WCTV.tv

►November 19, 2008 - Mum urges girls to get cancer jab - Wigan Today

* ►November 19, 2008 - Feedback: People ‘On Gard’ Over Gardasil - WWNYtv.net

* ►November 18, 2008 - Feedback: Local Woman Says Gardasil Killed Her Daughter (includes video) - WWNYtv.net - "Lisa Ericzon isn’t alone in saying Gardasil killed her daughter. Christine Tarsell, a 21 year old from Maryland died suddenly in June of 2007 - three weeks after her third Gardasil shot. The cause of death was undetermined. Her mother, Emily, blames Gardasil. Amber Kaufmann, a 16 year old from Missouri, died in April of 2008 - three days after her second Gardasil shot. She had a seizure, stopped breathing and was taken off life support several days later. Her cause of death was listed as 'cardiac disturbance of undetermined etiology'. Her mother, Terri Collins, blames Gardasil. Together, Jessie Ericzon, Christine Tarsell and Amber Kaufmann are three of the 27 deaths that have been reported following a Gardasil injection."

* ►November 18, 2008 - Somali Gloves Come Off: Autism in Minnesota - SOMALI GLOVES COME OFF – A mother’s letters to the Minnesota Department of Health By David Kirby - Age of Autism

* ►November 18, 2008 - Autism Strikes 1 in 28 Somali Children in Minnesota By Nancy Hokkanen - Age of Autism

* ►November 18, 2008 - Minnesota Tracked Down Pig Brain Disease, Ignores Autism? By Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ►November 18, 2008 - Paul Offit's Lies: I got me a lawyer. By J.B. Handley - Age of Autism

* ►November 18, 2008 - Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans: Scientific Findings and Recommendations - Anthrax Vaccine -- posts by Meryl Nass, M.D.

* ►November 18, 2008 - My Son Was Autistic. Is He Still? (requires registration) - Washington Post - "Leo, identified as No. C1059, underwent the scans as part of a research study at the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. He was thrilled to earn $200 for taking part. I smiled along with him, because I could remember the days when he had a limited range of emotions, and pride was not one of them. The study is examining 35 children, ranging in age from 8 to 17, who once had an autism-spectrum diagnosis but no longer do."

►November 18, 2008 - Child Warriors: Georgia and Levi - Age of Autism

* ►November 18, 2008 - Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized (requires registration) - The New York Times

►November 18, 2008 - Ginkgo's benefits for cognitive decline treatment supported by scientific research - A vast body of research supports numerous health benefits for ginkgo extracts, particularly for treating various symptoms and conditions associated with declining cognitive performance and poor circulation, says the American Botanical Council, an independent nonprofit research and education organization. - American Botanical Council via News-Medical.net

►November 18, 2008 - All over-65s 'should have flu jab' - The Press Association via Google

* ►November 18, 2008 - HIB Vaccine Shortage (includes video) - KIMA CBS 29, Yakima, WA - "Last December the maker of the vaccine recalled about a million H-I-B vaccine doses because of a possible contamination. That caused a shortage. Doctors are now relying on one manufacturer. "That has not happened at this point and it looks like the shortage will occur through the middle of 2009."..."Because the HIB vaccine has been around for a while, the health department says the risk of the disease is virtually wiped out here and in other countries strong on immunizations. Point is, don't get scared if your baby has to miss a booster. "

* ►November 18, 2008 - How Can I Provide Accelerated Hepatitis Vaccination for Last Minute Travellers? (requires registration) - Medscape Nurses

►November 18, 2008 - The Importance of Flu Shots - Arkansas Matters

* ►November 18, 2008 - Leash Attached to Autistic Student (ABC) (video) - ABC News via newsclipper.org

* ►November 18, 2008 - State proposes a mandatory autism registry - Press of Atlantic City

* ►November 18, 2008 - 20 questions about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via St. Cloud Times

►November 18, 2008 - Nevada AG files suit against hormone therapy drug manufacturers - Las Vegas Sun

►November 18, 2008 - Recession not to hit clinical trials: CROs - The Economic Times

►November 18, 2008 - Court Upholds New Hampshire Data-Mining Ban - Pharmalot

►November 18, 2008 - Have dopamine, will travel (requires registration) - The Scientist

►November 18, 2008 - The future of brain interfaces (requires registration) - The Scientist

►November 18, 2008 - Study Finds Association Between Male Birth Defect and Certain Genetic Mutations - JAMA via Biocompare

►November 18, 2008 - CEOs’ Top Health Priority: Obesity - The Wall Street Journal

►November 17, 2008 - BYU Professor Discovers Memory 'Motor' - Brigham Young University

►November 17, 2008 - U.S. Names Healthiest, Unhealthiest Cities - Economy Trumps Health In Some Minds - News4Jax.com

* ►November 15, 2008 - I-Team: Lawyers Question Medical Tests on Foster Kids (includes video) - KLAS-TV Las Vegas Now - "This is a story about an eight-year-old boy in foster care. A boy we've never met. He exists for us only as a name on a letter questioning his mental health treatment. But his lawyer Janice Wolf wants us to remember Nathaniel is real. 'Some of the things our kids have gone through, you and I could only imagine in our dreams, or nightmares.' Nathaniel described vivid nightmares according psychiatric records obtained by the I-Team. During his first of two hospitalizations at Montevista, Dr. Mark Collins ordered a procedure called a brain spect. It requires the injection of radioactive material to illuminate blood flow in the brain."

►November 3, 2008 - Number of kids on medication jumps alarmingly - USA Today

* ►November 2008 - A role for the body burden of aluminium in vaccine-associated macrophagic (pdf) - journal article (Medical Hypotheses)

* ►November 2008 - Autism spectrum disorder-associated biomarkers for case evaluation and management by clinical geneticists (full text) (pdf) - journal article (Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics) via www.usautism.org

* ►Volume 2 Number 4, 2008 - Catholic bioethical perspectives on Ontario’s HPV vaccination - journal article (Open Medicine)

►August 7, 2008 - Ivins' anthrax attack linked to vaccine criticism? - FierceVaccines - "Federal officials believe that Senator Tom Daschle's objections to the anthrax vaccine being given to soldiers may have been a prime reason why he was targeted in the 2001 anthrax attacks. Daschle raised concerns that the vaccine would make members of the National Guard ill--a suggestion that anthrax vaccine researcher Bruce Ivins evidently was angry about."

►Introduction to Vaccine Dangers classes - next classes December 3 & 4 - Sheri Nakken, Vaccination Information & Choice Network

►Introduction to Homeopathy Online Class - Part 1 of 2 , Basic Level - next classes December 3 - Sheri Nakken, Vaccination Information & Choice Network

* ►December 2008 - Prevalence of Markers for Hepatitis B Virus and Vaccination Compliance Among Medical School Students in Italy - journal article (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)

►December 2008 - A novel DNA vaccine-targeting macrophage migration inhibitory factor improves the survival of mice with sepsis - journal article (Gene Therapy)

* ►December 2008 - The long-term functional status in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome - journal article (European Journal of Neurology)

►December 2008 - Perinatal tuberculosis: New challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in infants and the newborn - journal article (Early Human Development)

►December 2008 - p53 in mitochondria enhances the accuracy of DNA synthesis - journal article (Cell Death and Differentiation)

* ►December 2008 - Antiviral Therapy for Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Infection at 2 Thai Medical Centers: Survey Findings and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness - journal article (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)

►December 2008 - Primary Activation of Antigen-Specific Naive CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells following Intranasal Vaccination with Recombinant Bacteria - journal article (Infection and Immunity)

►December 2008 - Assessment of the Activity of a Novel Light-Activated Antimicrobial Coating in a Clinical Environment - journal article (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)

►December 2008 - Adoption of Alcohol-Based Handrub by United States Hospitals: A National Survey - journal article (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)

►November 24, 2008 - Obama win accelerates drive for health system reform - Democrats in Congress are laying the groundwork for a single, comprehensive bill compatible with the president-elect's proposal. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Health plans feel economic pain, brace for more - Executives warn investors that health insurers can't boost profits in today's economy. Analysts wonder if some plans might have to be bought out to survive. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Medicare finalizes 1.1% pay raise, bonus criteria - But physician organizations worry that new doctor enrollment restrictions starting in January 2009 will cause more payment problems. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - CMS criticized for lax enforcement of HIPAA security rules - Agency officials disputed the OIG findings but agreed to enhance compliance-assurance activities. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - AMA Immediate Past President Ron Davis, MD, succumbs to pancreatic cancer - The leader leaves a legacy of promoting public health and preventive medicine. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Washington becomes 2nd state to allow physician-assisted suicide - Nearly 60% of voters approved the measure. Aid-in-dying advocates ponder which state to target next. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Finding the right floor: How much should insurers spend on medical care? - Several states are looking at setting or raising minimum medical-loss ratios. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Michigan medical society to launch health IT exchange - The MSMS-sponsored network will be offered free to society members in hopes of driving adoption of information technology. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Developer offers concierge care to luxury condo buyers - In a tough real estate market, the seller hopes that at-home health care will prove to be an attractive amenity to prospective residents. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - XDR-TB prevention starts with TB treatment - A study stresses the need to treat tuberculosis carefully the first time around to curb the rise of resistant strains. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Polypharmacy raises risks of side effects, skipped pills - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Ronald M. Davis, MD: My colleague and my friend - This message to all physicians, from AMA President Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD, was written shortly after Dr. Davis, who was battling pancreatic cancer, announced his intention to continue only comfort care. Dr. Davis died Nov. 6 at his Michigan home. - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - Letters to the Editor - Conscience law enforcement protects those making a crucial moral decision - Fair e-prescribing pay? Think double the primary care services rate - "Politics" represents the public's interest in stem cell debate - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - News in brief: Health & Science - ADHD link to early head injury studied - Racial disparities in cancer mortality persist - Possible early signs of autism identified - Spanish-speaking Hispanics have less response to antidepressants - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - News in brief: Government & Medicine - New rules for Medicare brokers - www.ama-assn.org

►November 24, 2008 - News in brief: Professional Issues - Study tracks "never events" liability - www.ama-assn.org

* ►November 20, 2008 - Mercury Dental Amalgams Banned in 3 Countries - FDA, EPA, ADA Still Allow and Encourage Heavy-Metal Fillings - press release - Orthomolecular Medicine News Service - "Any science teacher encouraging students to put mercury in their mouths would be fired for gross negligence and likely prosecuted for endangering the health of a child. Yet dentists do it every day."

* ►November 19, 2008 - Groups Work to Boost Support for Vaccines - (JAMA)

* ►November 19, 2008 - Chelation Therapy Trials Halted - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Deadly New Virus? - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Food Safety in China - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Ginkgo biloba for Prevention of Dementia (full text) - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - The Importance of Biodiversity to Medicine - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Web Searches About Physicians - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Web Searches About Physicians—Reply - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Tracking Health Services Research Studies - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Tracking Health Services Research Studies—Reply - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Organizational Improvements to Enhance Modern Clinical Epidemiology - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - New e-Prescribing Guide Unveiled - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Health Care Overutilization in the United States (replies) - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Ginkgo biloba Extract and Preventing Alzheimer Disease - (JAMA)

►November 19, 2008 - Alzheimer Disease Protection - (JAMA)

* ►November 19, 2008 - DPT, hepatitis shots in short supply - Times of India

* ►November 19, 2008 - Pharmaceutical Industry Hustlers - Part II - Pushers of SSRI Antidepressants by Evelyn Pringle - Scoop.co.nz - "To gain approval for treating children, all a drug company has to do is submit two positive studies to the FDA to prove a medication is safe and effective for kids. However, after 20 years of feeding the new generation of antidepressants to tens of thousands of kids in clinical trials, the only one ever approved is Prozac."

* ►November 19, 2008 - Rickets returns to Birmingham - Birmingham Post - "Figures show there were 65 cases of rickets in children under five in Birmingham between 2001 and 2003."

►November 19, 2008 - FDA Sending Inspectors to Other Nations - After Numerous Problems, China Is First on the List (requires registration) - Washington Post

►November 19, 2008 - Anthrax victim’s brother urges drum skin controls - The Herald, UK

►November 19, 2008 - Man jailed for passing on hepatitis B - The Times, UK

* ►November 19, 2008 - Half of eligible women have jab - New Zealand Doctor Online

* ►November 18, 2008 - Give Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine to boys, says inventor - Giving the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to boys will help wipe out the cancer-causing human papilloma virus, the vaccine's inventor says. - The Advertiser via AdelaineNow

* ►November 18, 2008 - Mandatory autism registry proposed - Press of Atlantic City

* ►November 18, 2008 - How Much Did Our Family Spend on Autism? - mom.notcalm

* ►November 18, 2008 - Raising an Autistic Child - transcript (requires registration) - Washington Post - "Can a child recover from autism? After receiving several different kinds of therapy, Jane Lytel's son may be one of the few children to do so. She was online Tuesday, Nov. 18 at noon ET to discuss her son's journey. She was joined by Dr. Fred R. Volkmar, one of the world's leading autism experts and the director of the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine."

►November 18, 2008 - Autism Expert Speaks To Local School Districts - Jamestown Post Journal - "Quote: 'If we can find ways to meet the needs of children on the Autism spectrum, we can realize their potential to lead productive and fulfilling lives.' - Dr. Stephen Shore, acclaimed Autism speaker"

►November 18, 2008 - Call Your Legislators in Albany Today - Stop Special Ed and Autism Services Cuts - The Autism Action Coalition

►November 18, 2008 - Around the world, parents of autistic children are fighting for their future - When my son was diagnosed, I began a journey to find out how others were ensuring an appropriate education for their children - The Guardian, UK

* ►November 18, 2008 - Lung Cancer Vaccine - News4Jax.com

* ►November 18, 2008 - County officials look to trim 20% from budget - East Valley Tribune - "For the past week, Maricopa County public health officials have been figuring out how to return federal money they've already spent on vaccines. The federal Centers for Disease Control cut the department's immunization funding for this year by 25 percent earlier this month, said Dr. Bob English, the county's public health director. Nearly all that cash has already been spent."

* ►November 18, 2008 - Vaccine Impresario, Todd Patrick, At it Again With Immunization Against Strep Throat - Xconomy Seattle - "'I can remember going on the road to meet with investors, and nobody wanted to talk to us,' Patrick says. Then came the hepatitis B vaccine, made through modern genetic engineering, which Merck and Glaxo offered at $150. Then came the haemophilus influenzae type B at $100 a dose. A new chickenpox vaccine at $150. Then the motherlode: Wyeth’s pneumococcal vaccine for infants (Prevnar) was approved by the FDA in 2000. At $230 for a four-dose course of therapy, it created a market that generated $2.4 billion in sales last year. 'It’s been about pricing,' Patrick says. 'If you can get good margins, capital will be attracted.'"

* ►November 18, 2008 - Gulf war syndrome is real, says US report - New Scientist

►November 18, 2008 - Immunization Rates Lag in Older African-American and Hispanic Populations, AARP Report Shows - press release - AARP New York via PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 18, 2008 - Talk Backs: Vaccines - Do you think vaccines are safe? - KSPR News

►November 18, 2008 - ACT tops childhood immunisation rates - The ACT Government says the Territory is leading the country on childhood immunisation rates. - www.abc.net.au

►November 18, 2008 - Nigeria: NPHCDA Commences National Immunisation Nov 26 - Daily Trust (Abuja) via AllAfrica.com

* ►November 18, 2008 - Ethics professor said HPV vaccine fits with Catholic values - Board reconsiders its ban Wednesday - The Sault Star

* ►November 18, 2008 - Gardasil Vaccination Results in Three Outbreaks of Genital Warts in Fiji School Children - LifeSiteNews.com

* ►November 18, 2008 - Case Strengthens For HPV Vaccination In Boys - Clinical Oncological Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting via Medical News Today

►November 18, 2008 - Lynne McTaggart - The selling of Gardasil - What Doctors Don't Tell You

►November 18, 2008 - A Lesson in Invinicibility - WeeklyDig.com

* ►November 18, 2008 - Gardasil for boys and girls - transcript - PM via www.abc.net.au - "MICHAEL TURTLE: Do you personally have a vested interest in this being expanded to boys? IAN FRAZER: I have had my male children vaccinated; I think that that's good thing to do because I don't want anybody to be at risk of a cancer they don't need to be. But I'm also a beneficiary of any vaccine sales though royalties and therefore it would be inappropriate for me to specifically advocate for increasing the amount of vaccine that gets sold."

* ►November 18, 2008 - School system gives 1,600 students FluMist - Asheville Citizen-Times - "The school district and department of public health were chosen by the North Carolina Immunization Branch to be one of four pilot counties to participate in the FluMist campaign."

* ►November 18, 2008 - Older people should have the flu jab this winter, warn experts - Editorial: Influenza vaccine in the over-65s - BMJ-British Medical Journal via EurekAlert!

* ►November 18, 2008 - OAPs told: Ignore flu-jab sceptics - The Scotsman

* ►November 18, 2008 - New Survey Finds Mothers See Influenza as a Serious Health Threat, but Often Don't Get Their Families Vaccinated - American Lung Association's 2008 Faces of Influenza survey underscores that mothers need to get families immunized against influenza; Mother and Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi joins initiative (includes video) - press release - American Lung Association via PRNewswire

►November 18, 2008 - This Year's Flu Vaccine Ready to Go - NBC 29

►November 18, 2008 - Flu researcher speaks on past, future pandemics - Tennessee Journalist

►November 18, 2008 - It is Flu Shot Season - ISU Bengal Online

►November 18, 2008 - The Importance of Flu Shots - http://arkansasmatters.com

►November 18, 2008 - General Physics Corporation Completes Exercise Support Project For the State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - General Physics Corporation (GP) via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►November 18, 2008 - Health Services reports whooping cough scare - ASU The Appalachian Online

►November 18, 2008 - Forum to explain pertussis, vaccines - The News-Enterprise

* ►November 18, 2008 - UNICEF Inducted Into Polio Hall Of Fame - Medical News Today - "UNICEF was inducted into the Polio Hall of Fame today in recognition of its role as a founding partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). The other three founding partners in the initiative-Rotary International, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-were also inducted."

* ►November 18, 2008 - Academy names midshipman who died from meningitis - 66 at academy get antibiotics, monitoring as precaution - Annapolis Capital - "The Naval Academy administers a meningococcal vaccine to all newly reporting midshipmen, including Naval Academy Preparatory School midshipmen candidates, in accordance with a Department of Defense policy, the news release states....The vaccine covers nearly 70 percent of the possible agents that can cause meningitis, but does not protect against Niesseria meningitis, subtype B, the news release states."

►November 18, 2008 - Latest Meningitis Death Raises Awareness of Deadly Illness - ABC2 News

►November 18, 2008 - Meningitis death investigated - This is Nottingham

►November 18, 2008 - Students concerned after girl dies of meningitis - This is Nottingham

* ►November 18, 2008 - MRSA: Patients revolt against hospital secrecy - MRSA: Consumers have launched a battle against hospital secrecy and demanded aggressive steps to control infections like MRSA. But in Washington state, MRSA rates remain hidden and state initiatives to combat the drug-resistant germ have come up short. - Seattle Times

* ►November 18, 2008 - Inovio reports positive interim results from Phase I/II hepatitis study - Trading Markets - "ChronVac-C is a therapeutic DNA-based vaccine given to individuals already infected with the hepatitis C virus with the aim of clearing the infection from the liver by boosting the body's immune response against the virus. Inovio's electroporation technology is being used to deliver the vaccine and is intended to enhance the potency of the DNA vaccine."

►November 18, 2008 - Measles surge alarms Birmingham health chiefs - Birmingham Mail

►November 18, 2008 - El Cajon man diagnosed with West Nile - San Diego Union-Tribune 

►November 18, 2008 - Work habits, training blamed for biologist's death - AP via San Diego Union-Tribune

►November 18, 2008 - A day on the ground in crisis-stricken North Kivu, DR Congo - UNICEF via Reuters AlertNet - "UNICEF and our partners are carrying out emergency measles and polio vaccinations for 13,000 children. Measles is a contagious disease that spreads very quickly when people are on the move. Hundreds of children's lives are at risk if it is not immediately contained. In addition to the vaccinations, Vitamin A is being provided to help children ward off respiratory infections and other illnesses."

►November 18, 2008 - 1,000 Lights – 1,000 Lives - For as little as a dollar per measles vaccine, a child’s life is saved. - American Red Cross

* ►November 18, 2008 - Which Kills Smokers: "Camels" or Carrots? - Are Smokers Getting Lung Cancer From Beta-Carotene? - press release - Orthomolecular Medicine News Service

* ►November 18, 2008 - Half of primary-care doctors in survey would leave medicine (includes video) - CNN - "The survey, released this week by the Physicians' Foundation, which promotes better doctor-patient relationships, sought to find the reasons for an identified exodus among family doctors and internists, widely known as the backbone of the health industry."

* ►November 18, 2008 - UK Government Policy On Pesticides Ruled Unlawful - Georgina Downs statement outside High Court Friday 14th Nov. 2008 - The One Click Group

* ►November 18, 2008 - Iraq And Afghanistan Wars - New Gulf War Syndrome - The Guardian via The One Click Group

* ►November 18, 2008 - Gulf War Syndrome - Dark Psychiatric Malfeasance Exposed - Reuters via The One Click Group - "One Click Note: The professional death knell for UK psychiatrist Simon Wessely, who has been so much involved with this illness is sounding. For many years, Wessely et al have maintained that Gulf War Syndrome is a somatic disorder. Science from the United States now proves otherwise."

►November 18, 2008 - Peanut allergy up, but mum not to blame - The incidence of diagnosed peanut allergy in Australian children has risen dramatically over the last decade, new figures from the ACT suggest. - 6minutes.com.au

►November 18, 2008 - Countess Of Mar - UK ME/CFS Charity Patron Stunning Example - The One Click Group

►November 18, 2008 - Non-AIDS Cancer Risk Higher for Those With HIV - As life span has increased, they now face greater threat from other disease, study says - U.S. News & World Report

►November 18, 2008 - A Big Shift for China's AIDS Fight: Condoms for Those Who Need Them - Wall Street Journal

►November 18, 2008 - Medical device sales rep. pleads guilty - Boston Business Journal

►November 18, 2008 - Safe injection may save system $14-million (requires registration or subscription) - Globe and Mail

►November 18, 2008 - Miami HIV Clinic Administrator and Two Miami Residents Sentenced for Their Roles in a $14 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme - U.S. Department of Justice via PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 18, 2008 - Underage pregnancy hotspot to get the jab - Peterborough Today

►November 18, 2008 - Sinovac Reports Third Quarter 2008 Unaudited Financial Results - press release - Sinovac Biotech Ltd. via PRNewswire via COMTEX via FOXBusiness 

►November 18, 2008 - SRA signs on for CDC lab support services - Washington Technology

* ►November 18, 2008 - FDA Considers Zyprexa Warnings For Kids - Newsinferno.com

* ►November 18, 2008 - Fluorescence Used To Develop Method For Detecting Mercury In Fish - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a simple and quick method for detecting mercury in fish and dental samples, two substances at the center of public concern about mercury contamination. The technique involves a fluorescent substance that glows bright green when it comes into contact with oxidized mercury. The intensity of the glow indicates the amount of mercury present. - University of Pittsburgh via ScienceDaily

►November 18, 2008 - Update: Fire crews respond to mercury spill at Eastwood High - KVIA.com

►November 18, 2008 - EPA Assessment Highlights Mercury-Free Alternatives - EP Magazine

►November 18, 2008 - Sometimes it's hard to please Congress. I'm sure the FDA see it that way today. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

►November 18, 2008 - U.S. Health Department to send FDA staff to India as part of global expansion - Indus News Wire via IndUS Business Journal

►November 18, 2008 - Study: Injection site saves lives, funds - United Press International

►November 18, 2008 - Living near heavy traffic increases chances of miscarriage and newborn death. - Environmental Health News

* ►November 18, 2008 - Tainted meats point to superbug C. diff in food - Study finds gut germ in 40 percent of grocery meats; CDC says not to worry - MSNBC - "'With difficile, you can eat a nice, thick braunschweiger sandwich today, then two weeks from now you get strep throat, take antibiotics and develop difficile-related disease,' Songer explained. 'You're weeks separated from the event.'"

►November 18, 2008 - Options: Either prevent the disease or neglect the pet - letter - Cumberland Times-News

►November 18, 2008 - Vaccination beats footrot burden - Following the outbreak of bluetongue in the UK, debate over the value of vaccinations is hitting the headlines again. - Farmers Weekly Interactive

►November 18, 2008 - GeneThera Releases Results From Initial Animal Tests Of E.Coli O157:h7 Vaccine Amid News Of Increase Of E.Coli Discoveries In Beef Products - GeneThera via Medical News Today

►November 18, 2008 - Reporter gets reprieve from contempt order in anthrax case - The Money Times

* ►November 18, 2008 - Drawbacks of a 'miracle' drug - Bradford Telegraph and Argus - "It was such an amazing invention that Dr Fleming used one chapter of the book to predict how it could be used to prevent, as well as cure, the diseases that afflicted mankind. One of his suggestions, for example, was that lumps of penicillin powder could be put in the air intakes of air-conditioning systems in factories, so that people would breathe in the magic drug as they worked. This, he said, would soon get rid of coughs, colds and flu and make the general population healthier. Of course, this sounds ridiculous now. Soon after his book was published, penicillin’s drawbacks started to worry doctors. People became allergic to it, something no-one had predicted. It was only useful against a proportion of the germs it was prescribed for, and even the germs that were initially susceptible to it started to show resistance to it. The factory intake idea was soon lost in a welter of criticism. Mass medication of the population was dropped as an idea, and it hasn’t been raised again."

►November 18, 2008 - Patents panel wants Novartis documents on efficacy claims - Drug makers Natco, Cipla and Ranbaxy had opposed the patent filing - livemint The Wall Street Journal - "Glivec, a modified form of a drug known as imatinib mesylate, and invented before 1995, had been granted patents in several countries, including Switzerland and the US earlier. Novartis also enjoys patent exclusivity for the new form of the drug in several countries, including China."

►November 18, 2008 - Sabin Vaccine Institute Elects Morton P. Hyman Chairman - Sabin Vaccine Institute via PRNewswire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 18, 2008 - Court Upholds New Hampshire Data-Mining Ban - Pharmalot

►November 18, 2008 - Spinal Tap: Medtronic Is Subpoenaed By Feds - Pharmalot

►November 18, 2008 - Drug manufacturers sued - AP via The Mercury News

►November 18, 2008 - Why Are So Many Infectious Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans? - Why are so many infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans? Why do we have so little capacity to predict epidemics, or avoid them? Some answers, and possible solutions, can be found in the first trench-to-bench guide to wild primate infectious diseases, to be published Nov. 17 in the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. - Emory University via ScienceDaily

►November 18, 2008 - New York Times Editorial Calls U.S. Chronic Disease Care 'Abysmal' - Kaiser Network

►November 18, 2008 - Merck KGaA works with regulators on brain infection - Reuters

►November 18, 2008 - Drug manufacturers sued - AP via The Mercury News

►November 18, 2008 - Wyeth Cuts 190 Jobs At Manufacturing Plants - Pharmalot

►November 18, 2008 - Fighting Generics, One Price Hike At A Time - Pharmalot

►November 18, 2008 - J&J To Pay $16.6M For Duragesic Patch Death - Pharmalot

►November 18, 2008 - Using Second-Generation Antidepressants to Treat Depressive Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians (full text) - journal article (Annals of Internal Medicine)

►November 18, 2008 - Healing Skills for Medical Practice - journal article (Annals of Internal Medicine)

►November 18, 2008 - Prometheus Presents New Clinical Insights Into Diagnosis Of Crohn's Disease In Children From Analysis Of PROMETHEUS(R) IBD Serology 7 Test Results - Prometheus Laboratories via Medical News Today

►November 18, 2008 - Large deformation diffeomorphic mapping reveals brain abnormalities that may play key role in ADHD - News-Medical.Net

►November 18, 2008 - Scientists self-censor after political attack - Researchers avoid contentious language and issues in grants and papers. - news (Nature)

►November 18, 2008 - Govt in proactive mode to tackle bird-flu - The Times of India

* ►November 17, 2008 - Governments urged to take broader perspective when considering whether to fund vaccines - Including quality-of-life impacts in assessments of national vaccination programs would lead to many benefits, including improved productivity and less sick leave for parents, according to an editorial co-authored by a University of New South Wales (UNSW) researcher, that has appeared in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. - University of New South Wales News-Medical.Net

►November 17, 2008 - Film: Access Denied Chronicles Levine Pre-emption Case, Hosts Live Chat - InjuryBoard.com

* ►November 17, 2008 - A Wolfe in Wolf’s Clothing - Consumer safety advocate Sidney Wolfe took Big Pharma to task over DTC advertising during his first appearance as a permanent member of the Drug Safety & Risk Management Advisory Committee. For sponsors with other pending products, it was just a taste of what can be expected. - The RPM Report

* ►November 17, 2008 - Infant Death Investigation - News Channel 5 TV - "Public health investigators got involved because the baby, only a few weeks old, died from whooping cough, an extremely contagious bacterial infection. The baby died at Edinburg regional hospital. Hospital administrators have not returned our phone calls, but we're told they immediately got the health department involved."

►November 17, 2008 - Corraling the cough - Vaccine clinics offered Wednesday - The Herald

►November 17, 2008 - Critical time in anti-malaria fight - The Phnom Penh Post

►November 17, 2008 - Inhaler lung drugs tied to heart problems, deaths - Daily Herald

►November 17, 2008 - Congress Probes ‘Corrupted’ FDA Device Approvals - Pharmalot

►November 17, 2008 - Interpol Seizes $6.65 Million in Counterfeit Drugs - Bloomberg

►November 17, 2008 - Children in Algoma District put at risk by the provincial government: CUPE - CNW Telbec via Newswire.ca

►November 17, 2008 - Australia’s ADHD Rules & A Conflicted Committee - Pharmalot

►November 17, 2008 - Cancer drug cures Type 1 diabetes in mice - Scientific American

►November 17, 2008 - Come Again? In NYC, Rx Info In Foreign Languages - Pharmalot

►November 17, 2008 - Johnson & Johnson Angers Moms With Motrin Ad (video) - Pharmalot

►November 17, 2008 - Guideline for Alzheimer's disease management. - California Workgroup on Guidelines for Alzheimer's Disease Management via www.guideline.gov

►November 17, 2008 - World's Top Cancer Research Body Sponsors Landmark COLD-FX(R) Trial - NCI Study to Focus on Cold/Flu Fighting Potential for Leukemia Patients - CV Technologies via Market Wire via COMTEX via MarketWatch

►November 17, 2008 - Itchy neurons fingered (requires registration) - The Scientist

►November 17, 2008 - 46 new hepatitis cases in Kitgum - New Vision

►November 17, 2008 - Half of U.S. adults refuse flu shot: survey - Reuters Health

►November 17, 2008 - Flu Tracking Highlights Google Search Analysis as a Tool for Medicine - UCSF Today

►November 17, 2008 - Bahamas’ Immunization Programme Achieving Outstanding Results - thebahamasweekly.com

►November 17, 2008 - UN agencies inducted into Polio Hall of Fame - UN News Centre

* ►November 17, 2008 - Young Children Now Being Targeted For Statin Drug Use - NaturalNews.com

►November 17, 2008 - Identifying Protein Presence Quickly and Cheap - Medgadget.com

* ►November 17, 2008 - Common Ear Disease Causes Deafness, Meningitis, Facial Paralysis - PressRelease NewsWire via EIN News - "Cholesteatomas can form as a cyst behind the eardrum. These cysts are made of skin cells which multiply. As the cholesteatoma grows, it can damage structures in the middle or inner ear. Bacteria can also grow inside or near the cyst. Hearing loss and dizziness can ensue."

►November 16, 2008 - 5-Day Polio Awareness Program Kicked off in Patna - Patna Daily

►November 16, 2008 - Justice Investigates Marketing of Vytorin by Merck and Schering-Plough - Injury Board Charlottesville

►November 16, 2008 - Migratory birds do not cause bird flu: experts - The Nation, Pakistan

►November 16, 2008 - When tantrums mean trouble - Signs that mean a child's behavior needs attention - Abilene Reporter News

* ►November 14, 2008 - Hepatitis B triple series vaccine and developmental disability in US children aged 1–9 years (pdf) - journal article (Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry) "This study found statistically significant evidence to suggest that boys vaccinated with the triple Hepatitis B vaccine, during the time period in which vaccines were manufactured with thimerosal, were at significantly greater odds to receive EIS (early intervention or special education services) than were unvaccinated boys. Boys were also at greater odds to receive EIS than were both vaccinated and unvaccinated girls. The finding of a significantly greater proportion of boys with developmental disability is consistent with reports in the literature (Bailey et al. 2004; Montes and Halterman 2006). However, the association between vaccination with the triple series Hepatitis B vaccination and receiving EIS is a new finding, and warrants discussion."

* ►November 14, 2008 - Invasive, paediatric, vaccine strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Are there differences in clinical characteristics? - journal article (Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases)

* ►November 14, 2008 - Report Reveals Pesticide Incidents At Oregon Schools - Beyond Pesticides

* ►November 14, 2008 - Hypoxic–ischemic changes in SIDS brains as demonstrated by a reduction in MAP2-reactive neurons - journal article (Acta Neuropathologica)

►November 14, 2008 - FDA Approves BANZEL(TM) (rufinamide) as Adjunctive Treatment for Severe Epilepsy Disorder - New Treatment Option for Seizures Associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome - Eisai Corporation via StreetInsider

* ►November 14, 2008 - Battle of the X's (requires registration) - The Scientist - "In the course of human history, something wonky happened to the levels of genetic diversity on the X chromosome -- scientists just can't agree on what."

►November 14, 2008 - Stress strikes cytogenetics (requires registration) - The Scientist

►November 14, 2008 - Nanoparticles In The Home: More And Smaller Than Previously Detected - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) via ScienceDaily

►November 13, 2008 - Canadian Imports? Think Policy, Not Prescription Drugs - The Democratic sweep on Election Day has many worried about the prospects of reimportation legislation. That is so eight years ago. Now the threat is more direct federal action on pricing—and the Canadian experience could help the industry fight back. - The RPM Report

* ►November 13, 2008 - Lymph node injections offer fast allergy therapy - Reuters Health via Yahoo!

►November 12, 2008 - Baucus Takes Pole Position in Upcoming Health Reform Debate - White paper on health reform serves as a legislative baseline for direction of health reform debate. - The RPM Report

►November 10, 2008 - Grass Allergen Immunotherapy Tablet Can Reduce Need for Rescue Medication and Shorten Allergy Season: Presented at ACAAI - The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) via Doctor's Guide

►November 8, 2008 - Sepsis-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome - journal article (Anaesthesist)

►November 5, 2008 - Effect of topiramate, in combination with lidocaine, and phenobarbital, in acute encephalitis with refractory repetitive partial seizures. - journal article (Brain & Development)

►November 4, 2008 - Lemierre syndrome: A complication of an oropharyngeal infection. - journal article

►November 2008 - Efficacy of recombinant birch pollen vaccine for the treatment of birch-allergic rhinoconjunctivitis - journal article (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

►November 2008 - Progress in targeting bacterial (pdf) - journal article (Drug Discovery Today)

►November 2008 - Impact of non-profit organizations on drug discovery: opportunities, gaps, solutions (pdf) - journal article (Drug Discovery Today)

►November 2008 - Medically unexplained symptoms in primary care - journal article (Advances in Psychiatric Treatment)

* ►October 31, 2008 - JANE DOE/23, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. (pdf) - Office of Special Masters - U.S. Court of Federal Claims - "Each expert in the instant case agrees that optic neuritis is frequently a hallmark for MS. There is a logical sequence of cause and effect connecting petitioner’s exposure to hepatitis B vaccine and her onset of demyelinating disease. Petitioner has proved causation in fact."

►October 30, 2008 - New diabetes rate up 90 percent in past decade - Reuters

* ►October 8, 2008 - CHRISTINE LEE, Petitioners, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. (pdf) - Office of Special Masters - U.S. Court of Federal Claims - "Stipulation; influenza vaccine; transverse myelitis."

►October 2008 - Case, teacher and school characteristics influencing teachers’ detection and reporting of child physical abuse and neglect: Results from an Australian survey - journal article (Child Abuse & Neglect)

►September 29, 2008 - Autism Update (pdf) - Vaccine Program/Office of Special Masters - U.S. Court of Federal Claims

►July 2008 - National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - The Potential Impact of Cedillo for Vaccine-Related Autism Cases - journal article (Journal of Legal Medicine)

* ►Vaccine Cases (PUBLISHED) - U.S. Court of Federal Claims
New published decisions will be added periodically, so continue to check this link

* ►Vaccine Cases (UNPUBLISHED) - U.S. Court of Federal Claims
New published decisions will be added periodically, so continue to check this link

* ►Omnibus Autism Proceeding - Vaccine Program/Office of Special Masters - U.S. Court of Federal Claims

* ►Dr Nagui MICKHAEL From : 29 November 2008   To : 30 November 2008 - Category : Fitness to Practise Hearings - General Medical Council Press Office, UK - "It is also alleged Dr Mickhael failed to adhere to a programme of immunisation in respect of a number of children and, in doing so, his conduct was not in the best interests of those children and not of the standard expected of a reasonably competent general practitioner. Further, it is alleged that, in doing so, Dr Mickhael gained a pecuniary advantage and that his conduct was financially motivated."

* ►Vaccine Reaction Report Form - Australian Vaccination Network via www.avn.org.au

* ►November 18, 2008 - My girls won't have the cancer jab - The new cervical cancer vaccine offers few benefits, says Jerome Burne, father of two daughters. Which makes the risks even more alarming - The Independent, UK

►November 18, 2008 - Gardasil awarded top prize - Acclaimed cervical cancer drug Gardasil has won the international pharmaceutical industry's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. - Melbourne Herald Sun

►November 18, 2008 - Media sceptical, unsure of HIV/AIDS reporting guidelines - The guidelines, released on Sunday, have a host of content gathering and dissemination behaviours, both in print and television, including words that can’t be used - Livemint

►November 18, 2008 - Eradication of polio by 2009, says minister - Federal health minister says a federal committee will be established to discuss elimination of polio from country - Daily Times, Pakistan

* ►November 18, 2008 - BCG vaccine given to almost 500 babies in Cork in one month - Irish Times

* ►November 18, 2008 - Miller: FDA overhaul overdue - Washington Times

* ►November 17, 2008 - F.D.A. Scientists Accuse Agency Officials of Misconduct (requires registration) - The New York Times

* ►November 17, 2008 - Democrats Probe `Corrupted' FDA Reviews of Devices - Bloomberg - "Top managers with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration `corrupted and interfered with' scientific reviews of medical devices, agency scientists said in a letter that is sparking a congressional investigation."

* ►November 17, 2008 - Gulf War Research Panel Finds 1 In 4 Veterans Suffers From Illness Caused By Toxic Exposure - At least one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness, a condition caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides and a drug administered to protect troops against nerve gas, and no effective treatments have yet been found, a federal panel of scientific experts and veterans concludes in a landmark report released Monday. - Boston University, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via ScienceDaily - "Scientific staff support to the Committee is provided by the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). The full report is posted at: http://sph.bu.edu/insider/racreport"

* ►November 17, 2008 - Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness (requires registration) - HealthDay via Washington Post - "There are other factors that, while not likely causes of Gulf War illness, can't be ruled out, Steele said. These include exposure to nerve agents, exposure to smoke from oil well fires, and vaccines given to the troops. The panel ruled out depleted uranium and anthrax vaccine as causes."

* ►November 17, 2008 - Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says (includes video) - CNN - "The report concludes there is no clear link between the illness and a veteran's exposure to factors such as depleted uranium or an anthrax vaccine administered at the time."

* ►November 17, 2008 - FDA nixes state appeal to ban multi-dose vials - Newsday - "The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected an appeal from New York State's health commissioner to ban the manufacture of multi-dose vials, saying they are an important option for hospitals....Although there are guidelines against the practice, reusing syringes in multi-dose vials was the source of at least one hepatitis C transmission by Plainview pain management physician Dr. Harvey Finkelstein."

* ►November 17, 2008 - Doctor Accused of Spreading Hepatitis by Reusing Needles Rebuilds Practice - A Long Island doctor is rebuilding his practice a year after being accused of spreading hepatitis by using a sloppy injection technique. - AP via  FOX News

* ►November 17, 2008 - Transgenic Animals for Food Not Proven Safe - FDA’s guidelines on commercial release of transgenic animals ignore known hazards of GMOs and totally inadequate to protect the public from genetic and epigenetic damages that may result from transgenic foods. - Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho - Institute of Science in Society - "Transgenic animals have grown in importance as ‘bioreactors' (factories) producing pharmaceutical proteins for disease treatment and for vaccines."

* ►November 17, 2008 - Feckless IOM Does Agency's Bidding: Sound Familiar? By Dan Olmsted - Age of Autism

* ►November 17, 2008 - Somali Parents Give the Autism Forum a "C+" By David Kirby - Age of Autism

* ►November 17, 2008 - The Minnesota Disease: Autism in the Somali community - Minneapolis City Pages

* ►November 17, 2008 - Researchers Find Link Between Nicotine Addiction and Autism - Ohio State University via Scientific Frontline

►November 17, 2008 - Getting through: Parents learn to teach kids how to communicate, socialize - The Detroit News

►November 17, 2008 - Autism Expert Raun K. Kaufman Travels to the UK to Bring "Hope for the Holidays" to Families Touched by Autism - press release - Autism Treatment Center of America via Marketwire via The Earth Times

►November 17, 2008 - TreeHouse report reveals children with autism are being bullied then excluded as a way of dealing with the issue - 24Dash.com

►November 17, 2008 - Preschool Vaccines Upset NJ Parents (requires subscription) - Education Week News

►November 17, 2008 - Autism: Early intervention - editorial - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - "As the toll of autism has grown, promising therapies have begun to target children for early interventions that can make a lifelong difference. This state must assure that children receive the help."

►November 17, 2008 - Talk About Curing Autism Reaches Out to CA Wild Fire Victims - Age of Autism

►November 17, 2008 - Special Movie Screenings For Autism Families - Hartford Courant

* ►November 17, 2008 - Demonstration lets you get 'inside' autism and see what it's like - Lecture uses sights and sounds in an attempt to 'Demystify Autism' - Pocono Record

* ►November 17, 2008 - Most Promising Emerging Vaccines Include Novartis's MenB and Wyeth's PCV13 as Combined Peak-Year Sales Could Exceed $4 Billion by 2022 - Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Diseases as well as Human Papillomavirus Represent Highest Value Vaccine Sectors Over Next 15 years, According to a New Report from Decision Resources - press release - Decision Resources via PRNewswire

* ►November 17, 2008 - Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines Public Meeting 11/18 - Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) - Age of Autism - "Next Meeting: November 18, 2008 - Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST). The public can join the meeting via audio conference call."