Vaccination NewsLetter : Top Stories - April 14-20, 2003
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Vaccination NewsLetter : Top Stories - April 14-20, 2003
Previous newsletters
Smallpox/smallpox vaccine
U.S. Smallpox
Vaccine Program Lags - Workers Decline Immunizations
E-News: Smallpox Compensation (NVIC)
Smallpox:
agreement and action
Smallpox
Vaccination and Adverse Reactions - Guidance for Clinicians
Frontlines -
Smallpox Vaccination and (Unnecessary?) Caution
Frist bills/Eli Lilly et
al protection/VICP - for more, click
here
Ripping Off the
Rights of Children - Drug Companies are Enlisting the Help of Heavy Hitters to
Protect Themselves from Liability-Senators Frist and Gregg Look Like Minions of
High Profit-Vaccine Industry
Frist bill further safeguards doctors from vaccine lawsuits - The legislation
also would enhance the rights of children injured by vaccines.
Roll Call Ad
Other
Bioterror-related
(More Homeland Security
related articles
posted
starting on May 1, 2003)
http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm
Autism
Seeking the First
Signs of Autism - Researchers Hope Early Diagnosis, Intervention Can Improve
Outcomes
Investigating
Autism
Company to warn of
possible Risperdal stroke risk
Food Allergies
Linked To Autism?
Family fights to get
help for autistic son
Autism/mercury
Study: Childhood
Vaccines Exceed Federal Guidelines for Mercury & Link with Neurological
Disorders & Heart Disease in Children - Complete Ban Could Prevent Autism,
Speech Disorders - The
study
Professor Boyd Haleys Response to ADA article, Reserves group calls for
amalgam availability to support military forces
Even 'safe' lead levels in blood may be unsafe -
The study
- might the EPA/FDA standards for mercury also be too high?
Autism/MMR
Autism and vaccines
AIDS/AIDS vaccine
Trial suggests
vaccines could aid HIV therapy
Alzheimer's disease/vaccine
Aluminum in
Drinking Water Tied to Alzheimer's - I can't help but wonder what
aluminum in
vaccines does?
Autopsy Exposes
Adverse Effects Of Alzheimer's Vaccine
Scientists hope
for one vaccine against brain diseases
Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf
War Syndrome
Cancer/cancer vaccines
FDA
lifts hold on CancerVax vaccine trials
Chickenpox/chickenpox vaccine
Flu/flu vaccine
Haemophilus Influenza
Vaccine
Hepatitis A/hepatitis A
vaccine
Hepatitis B/hepatitis B
vaccine
Hepatitis C
Meningitis/meningitis
vaccine
MMR/measles,mumps,rubella
MMR
Jab: Overwhelming Evidence It Is Effective and Safe
Campaigner slams
new report on MMR vaccine
Clinicians tested
by MMR controversy
Swiss reject German measles fears
Pet vaccines
Pneumonia/prevnar
Polio/polio vaccine
RECALLS
Voluntary Recall
of Single Dose Menomune® - A/C/Y/W-135 (Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine,
Groups A, C, Y and W-135 Combined (see Vaccine Recall Reply Form)
SARS
SARSTravel
U.S.
urges vaccine, drug firms to tackle SARS
Homeopath claims
cure for SARS
SARS:
Who Needs To Worry?
In Hong Kong, SARS fears infect hearts and minds
In
U.S., Fear Is Spreading Faster Than SARS
FDA
Moves to Keep SARS Virus Out of Donated Blood
CDC lowers U.S. count of 'probable' virus cases
SARS Bubble Implodes As The Sewage Hits The Fan!
Whooping cough/DPT vaccine
Pertussis
immunisation
Delayed
immunisation increases risk of whooping cough
Other vaccines/screening
Vaccine makes blood
toxic to mosquitoes - Gosh, what will this do to the human host in the long
run?
Asthma vaccine shows
promise
Pediarix
Simplifies Vaccine Scheduleor Does It? - Impact on hepatitis B birth dose
unclear. - note recent report on
reduced effectiveness
with another vaccine combo.
Vaccines in general
Concern over global vaccine divide
Smallpox Planning
Vs. Polio Shots?
Vaccine additives &
contaminants
Vaccine testing
Adverse reactions/VAERS/VICP
Alternative Treatments
Homeopath claims
cure for SARS
"The Condition Our Condition
Is In" (The State of Medicine)
Emergency room
errors usually include drug mistakes
Conflict of Interest
Academics' Ties to
Business Muddy Disclosure Decisions - Entrepreneurs and lawmakers are unclear on
what constitutes conflict of interest
Letters -
Competing interests
Death and Disease
U.S. Offers Communities Cash to Curb Chronic Disease
Effectiveness/herd
immunity
Ethics
Funding
Government/science/industry/medicine clearly
run amok
A dearth of data -
Psychiatric prescriptions for kids outpace pediatric research
Mental Illness
Strikes Babies, Too - can medicating babies be far behind?
Vietnam dioxin spray
estimate quadruples - Flight records reveal full extent of Agent Orange
contamination.
FDA: Rules Violated in Deadly Experiment
Legal/legislation
*Pending
Immunization Legislation - bookmark this link
Parental/health rights/exemptions/mandatory/privacy/health
freedom
The Erosion of Public
Trust & Informed Consent through Immunization Harrassment, Discrimination and
Coercion - PROVE - I have not read this yet, but Dawn Richardson always does
an excellent job.
Tommy Thompson
(Again) sides with "Health Freedom" on MAJOR issue...
742 pupils lack shots, face action - Funny, they aren't telling parents that
Arizona allows for
philosophical exemption.
New
Coverage on HIPAA Privacy Rules: The good, the bad and the ugly
Medical privacy
takes a hit with new rule
CDC Accessed Private Records
Pharmaceutical
industry/pharmaceutical industry oversight
Politics
Research/publishing/other research
results
Letter to Sens. Kennedy and Judd re: Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003 (S
650).
Letters From Parents &others
Miscellaneous
Formula-Fed
Babies May Metabolize Drugs Faster
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