Vaccination NewsLetter : Top Stories - April 7-13, 2003
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Vaccination NewsLetter : Top Stories - April 7-13, 2003
Previous newsletters
Smallpox/smallpox vaccine
Pentagon Revises
Smallpox Vaccination Policy
Notice to Readers:
Supplemental Recommendations on Adverse Events Following Smallpox Vaccine in the
Pre-Event Vaccination Program: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices
Recommendations
for Using Smallpox Vaccine in a Pre-Event Vaccination Program
E-News: Reservist Dies Prior to Deployment (NVIC)
Lawmakers, White
House Agree on Smallpox Compensation
Smallpox
Compensation Deal Reached
Medic dies month
after getting smallpox vaccination
Smallpox program
falls short of goal, officials say
Frist bills/Eli Lilly et
al protection/VICP - for more, click
here
Frist do us no
Harm: Angry Parents of Vaccine-Injured Mercury-Poisoned Children Jam Fax
Machines Before Frist's Legislation Goes Back to Markup This Wednesday
Bill Would Force Out Autism Lawsuits
Action Postponed on
Vaccine Lawsuits - Senate Panel Drops Plans to Overhaul Program to Compensate
Kids Injured By Vaccines
E-News: Senate Bill Held Again (NVIC)
GOP pushing to protect makers of vaccines
E-News: VICP Legislation (NVIC)
Other
Bioterror-related
UW,
Harvard scientists developing anthrax antidote
(More Homeland Security
related articles
posted
starting on April 25, 2003)
http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm
Autism
The Autism
Experience: Stories of Hope and Love - stories wanted
Letter from an autistic boy to our U.S. Senators
Rise in autism cases burden disabled centers' shrinking budgets
Warning Planned on
Stroke Risk Linked to Drug - re:
risperdal
Autism/mercury
Mercury Reduction
Bill Passed By Environment Committee: U.S. PIRG Praises Positive Step for Public
Health - What, no mention of vaccines?
Autism/MMR
Autism and vaccines
AIDS/AIDS vaccine
Alzheimer's disease/vaccine
Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf
War Syndrome
UW,
Harvard scientists developing anthrax antidote
Anthrax, Virulence
Marine shifts on
shot for anthrax Corporal takes it, avoids court-martial
Chickenpox/chickenpox vaccine
Chickenpox jab
'could save hundreds' - "The vaccine is extremely safe and provides
complete protection in 90% of cases, and reduces the severity of the illness in
most of the others, according to our studies." - Is Professor Gershon
unaware of possible
evidence to the contrary?
ESPID:
Hospitalization Rates for Varicella Infections Fall in US after Vaccine
Introduction
Flu/flu vaccine
"Flu That Likes the Cold Might Make Safer Vaccines"
Vaccine team rushes ahead of deadly flu
Haemophilus Influenza
Vaccine
Hepatitis A/hepatitis A
vaccine
ESPID:
Researchers Find No Evidence of Need for Hepatitis A Boosters
Hepatitis B/hepatitis B
vaccine
Hepatitis C
Theory Links Hepatitis C to Polio Syringes in Italy
Meningitis/meningitis
vaccine
"Meningitis,
Pneumonia Vaccine in Short Supply"
MMR/measles,mumps,rubella
Pet vaccines
Vaccinations: Will
Veterinary Schools in North America Be Changing Vaccination Protocols?
Pneumonia/prevnar
"Meningitis,
Pneumonia Vaccine in Short Supply"
Polio/polio vaccine
India tries to vaccinate millions to stop polio
Theory Links Hepatitis C to Polio Syringes in Italy
SARS
Living in fear of SARS
Reaction to SARS
Just Human Nature, Experts Say
Veterinarians
Versus SARS
Cause of SARS disputed - Head of Canadian lab not convinced that coronavirus
causes SARS.
Whooping cough/DPT vaccine
Other vaccines/screening
New
Test for TB
Vaccine Attacks
Four Childhood Diseases
A Practical Guide
to Using the New Combination Vaccines - " The increase in the number
of vaccines, and the definitive success of those vaccines".......
(my emphasis)
Vaccines in general
An Ounce of
Prevention . . . About the film
Vaccine additives &
contaminants
Vaccine testing
"Vaccine Testing on Kids Blocked"
Adverse reactions/VAERS/VICP
The Precautionary
Principle is Science-based
Alternative Treatments
Series of Studies
Confirm Action of Homeopathy on Childhood Diarrhea
Pioneering cancer
treatment 'denied patients'
"The Condition Our Condition
Is In" (The State of Medicine)
Medication errors
more likely to reach patients in ER setting - Fast-paced ER environment lacks
pharmacy to help intercept mistakes
Conflict of Interest
"Vaccine Deal 'Unconnected' With Gift to Labour"
Death and Disease
Reaction to SARS
Just Human Nature, Experts Say
"U.S. Bill Takes Aim at Global Disease Outbreaks"
Effectiveness/herd
immunity
Ethics
Funding
Government/science/industry/medicine clearly
run amok
CDC reports first case of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Environmental
hazards kill five million children a year
California:
Lawsuit About Mercury Warnings - You can sue restaurants for not
warning about mercury in foods, but you can't sue manufacturers for putting it
vaccines?
Group Says DuPont Withheld Risk of Toxic Chemical
Legal/legislation
*Pending
Immunization Legislation - bookmark this link
Parental/health rights/exemptions/mandatory/privacy
Bush Authorizes
Quarantine for Mystery Illness; Researchers Work on Vaccine
Court awards damages to disabled child for having been born
Health System Warily
Prepares for New Privacy Rules
Pharmaceutical
industry/pharmaceutical industry oversight
"Monopolies 'Threatening UK's Vaccine Supplies'"
Politics
Research/publishing/other research
results
UK
Heart Failure Warning
Pioneering cancer
treatment 'denied patients'
Asthma Drugs Boost Hip Fracture Risk - Evidence Growing That Inhaled Steroids,
Like Pills, Can Cause Bone Loss
Letters From Parents &others
Miscellaneous
Termination of
breastfeeding after 12 months of age due to a new pregnancy and other causes is
associated with increased mortality in Guinea-Bissau
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