Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - January 27-February 2, 2003

Note: link to previous newsletters at the bottom of the page

Smallpox/smallpox vaccine

How Contagious Is Vaccinia?

He lived to tell about smallpox

Assessing the Smallpox Threat

Health Workers Have a Duty to Get Smallpox Shots

Two show 'significant adverse effects' to vaccine

Minimum Smallpox Vaccination Is Best Strategy For Now, Experts Say

Needle Fight Ails Bush's Smallpox Plan

ACIP Meetings - Minutes from Past Meetings - June 2002 is the smallpox meeting and testimony

Workers' Comp May Cover Smallpox Injuries in Some States

Health Care Leaders Voice Doubts on Smallpox Inoculations

Experts Ask Senate for Help with Smallpox Shots

Texas Nurses Association Urges Caution for Texas Nurses Volunteering for Smallpox Vaccine

Drug/Vaccine Manufacturers re: Homeland Security Bill

Other Bioterror-related

(More Homeland Security related articles posted starting on February 9, 2003)  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm

Autism

What Autism Is - by Brad Lain (diagnosed with Asperger's)

Autism rise blamed on environment

Getting schooled - The number of children diagnosed with autism increased 10-fold since the 1980s, according to a recently released government study on the brain disorder.

Autism/mercury

Autism/MMR

Autism and vaccines

AIDS/AIDS vaccine

Alzheimer's disease/vaccine

Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf War Syndrome

3 Allege Reprisals Over Smallpox Shots - Three Civilians in Merchant Marine Say They Were Fired for Refusing Smallpox and Anthrax Shots

Charge filed in anthrax case - Marine who refused the vaccination could face prison time

Chickenpox/chickenpox vaccine

Flu/flu vaccine

Hepatitis A/hepatitis A vaccine

Hepatitis B/hepatitis B vaccine

Meningitis/meningitis vaccine

MMR/measles,mumps,rubella

Pet vaccines

Polio/polio vaccine

Whooping cough/DPT vaccine

Other vaccines

Vaccines in general

Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality - this one is long, and although I haven't read it yet, it looks like it might be a good synopsis of the pro-vaccine position

Vaccine additives & contaminants

Adverse reactions/VAERS/VICP

The U.S. Government's VAERS Database - Searchable database

E-News: Homeland Security and Vaccine Compensation (NVIC)

Effect of immunisation status on asthma prevalence

"The Condition Our Condition Is In" (The State of Medicine)

Bill would monitor doctors' behavior

A modern peril and an age-old rule - The risks that come with medical advances give the adage 'first do no harm' even more critical meaning.

Conflict of Interest

GP leader calls for end to MMR bonus

Effectiveness/herd immunity

`Clustering of exemptions' as a collective action threat to herd immunity

Ethics

Funding

Government/science/industry/medicine clearly run amok

Legal/legislation

*Pending Immunization Legislation - bookmark this link

Parental/health rights/exemptions/mandatory

Legislators hear debate over childhood vaccinations

Pharmaceutical industry/pharmaceutical industry oversight

Doctor Accuses Merck of Fraud in Drug Sales

Politics

Lobbyists target Burton

So, WFAA loses one reporter. No big deal, right? Wrong. - Valeri has done some fine reporting on the vaccination issue (to access it, do a search on www.vaccinationnews.com )

Research/publishing

Leukemia, Agent Orange Link Found

Sifting Through the Online Medical Jumble

Ritalin comes under scrutiny after cancer found in mice

Review queries usefulness of peer review

Old drugs for new bugs

Study of Toxins Says U.S. Children Are at High Risk

Letters From Parents

Miscellaneous

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