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Vaccinations

    Nicole Alexanderia Newland

The debates and controversies have raged.  Never before in history has vaccine's been so controversial.  Are we playing Russian Roulette with our children, and if so, who is holding the gun?

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Evidence of Harm : Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy by David Kirby

 

 

 

Mercury: The Winged Messenger by Courtney L. Zietzke

It takes courage to tell mercury story - In 1988 the St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. "AIDS in the Heartland" chronicled an AIDS patient from diagnosis to death. Setting the Pioneer Press apart was more than simply the passionate writing of reporter Jacqui Banaszynski. Great journalism has an attitude.

Autism: Genetic Disorder Or Mercury Poisoning? - Autism is defined as a developmental disability that by age three will effect children's non-verbal and verbal communication.  But, the question that has yet to be answered is how these seemingly perfect children come down with such a debilitating disorder?  Dr. Sue Anderson said year’s population studies have shown it's in their genes. "There seems to be a genetic component. We know there are some families in which more than one child is affected or first degree relatives are affected," said Dr. Anderson, of the Kluge Children's Hospital. By Lindsay Puccio

Can Childhood Vaccines Cause Autism? - The debate is heating up over the cause of an alarming increase in the number of childen with autism. Some parents blame childhood vaccines, but federal health officials say there's no scientific proof of any connection. Michaela Blaxill's parents say she was a normal baby, but that changed. "Sometime between her first and second year of life she slipped away, sort of quietly," says Michaela's father Mark Blaxill. "She lost the speech she had begun to acquire, she started disconnecting socially," he adds. By CBS4

Feuding Over Vaccines - It's a situation Northern Virginia pediatrician James R. Baugh says he and his partners find themselves confronting with increasing regularity: A parent, usually a mother, refuses a scheduled immunization because she has read on the Internet that it could cause her baby to develop autism. "My last patient just did it," said Baugh, who estimates he and his 11 partners each grapple with parents who refuse some or all immunizations about twice a month. Most recently, he said last week, the mother of a 2-month-old said she didn't want her daughter to receive the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella or any other immunization federal health officials recommend to protect children from childhood diseases, some of them fatal. By Sandra G. Boodman

The MMR sceptic who just doesn't understand science / Research is all about error. Either learn how to interpret data yourself, or trust those who can do it for you. - Whatever you have been told, science is not about certainty. And this creates problems for those health professionals who are charged with interpreting and relating data to the general public. We are expected to refute wholesale misunderstandings, in a popular forum, to people who may well be intelligent but who know nothing of evidence-based medicine, in soundbite format. Health scares are like toothpaste: they're easy to squeeze out, but very difficult to get back in the tube. On Monday, for example, Melanie Phillips of the Daily Mail wrote yet another attack on the MMR vaccine. She suggested that the journalists who trusted the new Cochrane review, which shows that MMR is probably safe and not linked to autism, were lazy stooges who took the press release at face value. By Ben Goldacre

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bullet A Battle Over the Link Between Vaccines and Autism - Scientists and consumer organizations disagree whether vaccinating children is a factor with autism. The condition known as autism has caused a heavyweight fight in children's healthcare. In one corner, are scientists and pharmaceutical companies, claiming vaccines don't cause autism. In the other corner, consumer organizations are saying there is irrefutable evidence that some vaccinations do. Peter Hotez is a vaccine researcher at George Washington University. "I conclude there is no relationship between vaccines and autism. There is no relationship between Thymerasol and autism. And I don't even believe that there is a relationship between mercury and autism." Barbara Loe Fisher, of the National Vaccine Information Center, says that after a quarter century of vaccinations, evidence suggests otherwise.  By Bill Wilson
bullet A Dragon By The Tail - A byronchild world exclusive report - On the eve of an historic, billion-dollar world vaccination campaign, a leaked transcript ignites questions of vaccine safety and research corruption. Meanwhile, US senators fast-track a bill to protect vaccine manufacturers from litigation. With millions of lives at stake, and billions of dollars to loose, will a merger of philanthropy, big business and compromised science win an epic race between corporate agendas and medical ethics? In this world exclusive report, byronchild exposes how the most powerful medical research bodies in the United States compromise their vaccine safety research for vested interests, as they assist in a global vaccine policy, while a bill looms in the background to protect it all. By Lisa Reagan Click here to download this article in .pdf format
bullet A family's crusade / Carthage couple say mercury agentin vaccines caused son's autism -  It started with him fidgeting, then continually lining up toys and other objects.  At times, he had emotional outbursts far beyond what would be normal for the circumstances. He developed allergies, eczema and asthma.  Then, after a flu shot late in 2002, all of those problems accelerated.  "It all hit warp speed, just like in 'Star Wars,'" said Lujene Clark. "Everything just became so dramatic, including his behavior."  Alan Clark, a 30-year emergency room physician, and Lujene Clark, a former nurse, didn't recognize the symptoms in their 8-year-old son, Devon.  They were shocked when the formerly active, bright-eyed child was diagnosed with a form of autism, and when they learned what they believe is the cause by Susan Redden
bullet AAP Paper Rebuts Article Purporting a Connection Between Thimerosal and Autism
bullet A Child's Severe Reaction to Vaccine Alters Life by Sarah Bridges
 
bullet A link between thimerosal and the brain: Can vaccines affect central nervous system function? - Molecular Psychiatry via http://www.eurekalert.org/
bullet Acellular pertussis---Dr. K. Gaublomme
bullet Advocate for vaccines, but not for candidates
bullet Angry doctors left in the dark over five-in-one jab - Family doctors have condemned the way the government handled the introduction of the controversial new five-in-one vaccination, with many saying they learned of the move through the media.
bullet Anti-vaccine activists get jabbed  By MICHAEL FUMENTO
bullet Are childhood vacines still needed? - "For decades, doctors have urged parents to have their children vaccinated, a practice that has helpedquell or eliminate some of the most deadly communicable diseases," by Dennis Thompson
bullet Are Vaccines Causing More Disease Than They Are Curing? 1999 by Alan Cantwell, Jr., M.D.
bullet Are We Kidding Ourselves? By Lendon H.Smith, M.D.
bullet As a GP I gave kids the MMR jab. Now I wouldn't give it to my own----Dr Richard Halvorsen
bullet Attempt to ban thimerosal revived / But California's passage of vaccine law lessens urgency. - Two Missouri state senators have pre-filed bills in a second attempt to ban a mercury-based preservative in childhood vaccines.  But one of the sponsors now thinks the Missouri bill may not be necessary. California beat us to it, said Sen. Norma Champion by Kathleen O'Dell
bullet Authors of MMR study retract findings - The Herald, UK
bullet Authors reject interpretation linking autism and MMR vaccine by Susan Meyer
bullet AUTISM - U.S. GOVERNMENT VACCINE INJURY COURT UNCONSTITUTIONAL ....Illegal Statute Exposed......Thousands of Vaccine Injured Children Are Without Legal Rights. Autism is affecting hundreds of thousands of children. Thimerosal (a mercury compound) was intentionally injected into children via baby vaccines in order to increase pharmaceutical profits by way of reducing packaging costs. The U.S. Government has an illegal (3) year statute of limitations provision within the vaccine injury court that will dismiss injury cases filed by parents seeking relief for their vaccine injured children by PRWeb
bullet AUTISM by Dr Viera Scheibner and Bronwyn Hancock BSc.
bullet Autism: a novel form of mercury poisoning 
bullet Autism, ADD, ADHA - Vaccine Relate - According to the most recent estimates by the CDC, about 1 in 150 children in the US suffers from an autistic disorder. Recent studies have shown that exposure to mercury in childhood vaccines, not only causes autism but can also result in immune, sensory, neurological, motor, and behavioral dysfunctions similar to traits associated with autism. Thimerosal is a vaccine preservative that was developed in the 1930s by Eli Lilly, and has been regularly used in vaccines ever since. It contains 49.5% mercury. The amount of mercury considered safe for adults, by the EPA is 0.1 microgram per kilogram of weight.  As a neurotoxin, thimerosal, has been linked to the depletion of the protective anti-oxidant, glutathione, which helps rid the body of mercury. People with autism seem to be more susceptible to this effect and most have low levels of glutathione. Therefore, their bodies have difficulty excreting mercury. By: Evelyn Pringle
 
bullet AUTISM AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER IN VACCINATED CHILDREN by: Megson, Mary Norfleet, MD
Autism and Mercury - Psychology Today
bullet Autism and Vaccines: A New Look at an Old Story by Barbara Loe Fisher and Kathi Williams
bullet ---Autism and Vaccines: A New Look at an Old Story – Selected Bibliography
bullet Autism-Biomed: Autism and MMR vaccine; revisited
bullet Autism, Encephalitis, & Vaccination by Dr. Koren
bullet Autism: experts weigh possible vaccines link by Datamonitor
bullet Autism in a needle
 
bullet Autism in the United States: A Perspective by F. Edward Yazbak, M.D.
Autism: Is there a vaccine connection? Part 1.  Vaccination after delivery---F. Edward Yazbak, M.D., FAAP
 
bullet Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection? Part II. Vaccination around Pregnancy--F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P
 
bullet Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection?: Part 3.  Vaccination Around Pregnancy, The Sequel-----F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P
 
bullet Autism linked to preservative in common childhood vaccines - Alarmed U.S. researchers peg mercury-based chemical as 'smoking gun' by Sharon Kirkey CanWest News Service
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Autism - Mercury Poisoning, Epidemic levels breached  ...How Did This Happen?
The autism tragedy has reached epidemic levels in the U.S. and in other countries. Affected children number in the hundreds of thousands. -
Every American child entering the public school system is required to receive 21 specified vaccinations designed to protect them from dangerous diseases. In his book, Mercury: The Winged Messenger (now available at online booksellers), Courtney L. Zietzke writes that a chemical added to those vaccines has exposed children to dangerous levels of toxic mercury, that has caused debilitating autism with the government’s full knowledge. Zietzke, who learned of this dilemma after his own son became autistic after receiving 21 vaccinations before 16 months of age, has written Mercury: The Winged Messenger to inform people about the intentional addition of a deadly chemical to vaccines and the subsequent cover-up of this problem by officials. The chemical additive Thimersoal has been added to vaccinations intentionally in order to maximize pharmaceutical profits from multi-dose vaccine bottles. Zietzke writes that about 50 percent of Thimerosal is mercury, a chemical the U.S. government has known is toxic since 1930. Despite clear warning signs and a sharp increase in sudden child autism, the government is protecting drug companies, Zietzke explains. / Press Release

bullet Get Mercury Out Of Vaccines -- NOW! - Mercury-based thimerosal, used as a preservative in childhood vaccines until recently, is now being blamed for a host of neurological problems, including autism, ADD, ADHD, and other learning disabilities. The number of children with these problems can vary greatly depending on who you listen to. Some experts say there are about 800,000 learning disabled children in the US, while others put the number as high as eight million, according to Dr. Jay Gordon. By Evelyn J. Pringle
bullet Autism - Mercury Poisoning, Epidemic levels breached  ...How Did This Happen?
The autism tragedy has reached epidemic levels in the U.S. and in other countries. Affected children number in the hundreds of thousands. -
Every American child entering the public school system is required to receive 21 specified vaccinations designed to protect them from dangerous diseases. In his book, Mercury: The Winged Messenger (now available at online booksellers), Courtney L. Zietzke writes that a chemical added to those vaccines has exposed children to dangerous levels of toxic mercury, that has caused debilitating autism with the government’s full knowledge. Zietzke, who learned of this dilemma after his own son became autistic after receiving 21 vaccinations before 16 months of age, has written Mercury: The Winged Messenger to inform people about the intentional addition of a deadly chemical to vaccines and the subsequent cover-up of this problem by officials. The chemical additive Thimersoal has been added to vaccinations intentionally in order to maximize pharmaceutical profits from multi-dose vaccine bottles. Zietzke writes that about 50 percent of Thimerosal is mercury, a chemical the U.S. government has known is toxic since 1930. Despite clear warning signs and a sharp increase in sudden child autism, the government is protecting drug companies, Zietzke explains. / Press Release
bullet Autism – Mercury Poisoning in Thousands of Children. U.S. Congress Probing Relationship Between FDA & Big Pharma / The U.S. Congress is finally starting to investigate the possible conflict of interest connection between big pharma and the FDA. Thousands of children have been vaccine injured from mercury laden baby vaccines that were required for all school age children -- The U.S. Congress has begun to investigate conflict of interest concerns between big Pharma and the FDA. In a move to keep up public confidence, the U.S. Congress has begun raising questions about the drug approval process. Recently, questions began to surface about a host of drugs that are now being pulled from the market because of cardiovascular damage that can occur from continued use.  The U.S. congress is examining in particular the relationship that exists between the FDA, big pharma and the rapid approval process that was employed in order to get these drugs to market. The U.S. congress indicated that a “cozy” relationship exists. / Press Release
bullet AUTISM-MERCURY POISONING...IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. NEW BOOK TITLED, MERCURY: THE WINGED MESENGER, explains the facts that surround this international tragedy - The U.S. Government has denied the link between Autism and Mercury Poisoning however, current research and the C.D.C. report that was intentionally buried and marked "Do Not Copy or Release" says otherwise. Concerned parents are outraged by PRweb - Press Release
bullet Autism: new risk in NHS vaccine by the Scotsman News
 
bullet AUTISM RESEARCH REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Vol. 12, No.1, 1998 EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK  Bernard Rimland. Ph.D.  ----Vaccinations: The Overlooked Factors
bullet Autism 99: A National Emergency by F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP
bullet Autism, 2000: A Tragedy by F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP
bullet Autism Cases Nearly Double in 4 Years - Developmental Disability Council, California
 
bullet Autism: Is there a vaccine connection? Part 1.  Vaccination after delivery---F. Edward Yazbak, M.D., FAAP
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/yazbak.html
 
bullet Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection? Part II. Vaccination around Pregnancy--F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P
 
bullet Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection?: Part 3.  Vaccination Around Pregnancy, The Sequel-----F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P
bullet Autism Study finds no links to Autism by Kay Lazar
bullet AUTISM-MERCURY LINK APPEARS TO BE ESTABLISHED, attempted cover up by the U.S. Government is suspected - As many as 300,000 children are currently diagnosed with Autism in the U.S. and in Europe. A new book titled, MERCURY: THE WINGED MESSENGER, begins to explain why this international atrocity happened and the role that the Government has played in this developing tragedy by PRNews / Press Release - 8/2004
bullet BABY VACCINE AUTISM FEAR - Babies are reportedly to stop being given a vaccine containing mercury amid fears of a link to autism," by Sky News UK - 8/2004
bullet Ban on mercury in vaccines gets push - "Supporters of a bill that would ban a mercury-based preservative from vaccines for children and pregnant women in California are making a last-minute push to get the measure passed before lawmakers go home Aug. 31," by Sandy Kleffman
bullet Be Truthful About Vaccines Or Keep Away From My Children - "OK, I thought I would be able to write something calm and balanced, drawing on both sides of the arguments for and against childhood vaccinations. But I’m so furious at being LIED to time after time by the government that nothing very calm comes to mind. I made sure my children’s vaccinations did not include the mercury- based preservative thiomersal, despite assurance from the Glasgow public health doctor himself, on the phone, that it was "perfectly safe" by Carmen Reid - Opinion
bullet Bid to stem new vaccine safety fears - Executive takes action to prevent the hysteria seen in MMR debate
bullet Bradstreet Study 7/03 
bullet Britain - where medics still inject mercury into babies by the Scotsman News
bullet Britain says US told of vaccine shortage / Flu shot supplies halved by deficit - British health officials said yesterday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug manufacturing plant in northwest England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States by Glenda Cooper
bullet Boycott of Five's MMR drama by Sarah Boseley, health editor
bullet Bush Administration Knew - Childhood Vaccines Cause Autism
bullet Bush, Kerry spar over vaccines, qualifications - Democratic challenger John F. Kerry accused President Bush yesterday of "Twilight Zone-ish" deceptions over the shortage of 48 million flu vaccinations as the rivals challenged each other's qualifications for the presidency while campaigning in states that will be two of the most important prizes on Election Day -- Ohio and Florida by Patrick Healy and Charlie Savage
bullet California bans mercury in vaccines - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Tuesday that will ban mercury in vaccines for young children and pregnant women by Bob Miller
bullet Call to postpone Washington hearing on vaccine-autism link by Contra Costa Times
 
bullet Calls to axe TV drama on MMR by Matt Wells and Sarah Bosely Doctors say Channel Five film is inaccurate and could cost lives of children, but programme-makers stand firm
bullet Campaigners Demand Reassurances over New 'Five-in-One' Vaccine - "Politicians and health campaigners tonight warned the Government that it risks a repeat of the MMR controversy unless more reassurances are given about the safety of a new five-in-one immunisation jab for babies," by Devile Dean - UK  8/2004
bullet Can Autism (And Other Vaccination Disorders) Be Cured? Tedd Koren's July 2001 newsletter.
 
bullet Can mercury in jabs double the risk of autism? Hitting the Headlines archive, 19 November 2003.
bullet CDC begins tests on students, teachers exposed to mercury - Reno Gazette-Journal
bullet CDC Knew of Potential Link between Vaccines, Autism by First Coast News
 
bullet CDC Scandal Emerges -- Study Attempts Cover Up of Autism-Mercury Link - Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D., Asks CDC for Investigation by Steve Wilson
bullet CDC Study Raises Level of Suspicion By Kelly Patricia O Meara
bullet CDC won't warn parents on shots with mercury by Myron Levin, Los Angeles Times
bullet Channel Defends MMR Jab Drama By Jo Revill for The Observer
bullet Childhood vaccines victims of own success - For decades, doctors have urged parents to have their children vaccinated, a practice that has helped quell or eliminate some of the most deadly communicable diseases. But about 15 percent of adults do not believe vaccines are necessary to prevent certain diseases. And a persistent rumor linking vaccination with autism has led some parents to keep their children from being immunized," by Dennis Thompson
 
bullet Clean up vaccines, mercury foes urge State Senate considers bill calling for nation's first ban on preservative by Kathleen O'Dell
bullet Cod Liver Oil to Heal Autism (Vaccinations) - ..."When these children get the MMR vaccine, their vitamin A stores are depleted and they cannot compensate for blocked pathways. Lack of vitamin A, which has been called “the anti-infective agent,” leaves them immunosuppressed. They lack cell-mediated immunity. T cell activation, important for long term immune memory, requires 14-hydroxy retro-retinol. On cod liver oil, the only natural source of this natural substance, the children get well. The parasympathetic nervous system is blocked by the second G protein defect," by Chris Gupta
bullet Compensating Vaccine Injuries: Are Reforms Needed? 
bullet Compo warning over vaccines
bullet 'COMPREHENSIVE' MMR study finds no link with autism - The most comprehensive study into the MMR vaccine has found no evidence that it is linked with the development of autism in children by  Jeremy Laurance
bullet Controversial MMR and autism study retracted - The Lancet via New Scientist
bullet Danish Thimerosal Autism Study - September 2003
bullet David Ayoub - Thimerosal Definite Cause Of Autism - To what degree of scientific certainty can we prove that current epidemic of autism was caused by the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, in childhood vaccines?  In response to this question, David Ayoub, MD, told Independent Media TV, ''I can state that the certainty of the science supporting mercury as a major cause of autism is probably more overpowering than the science behind any other disease process that I studied dating back to medical school.'' “I think a disease that effects more individuals than AIDS or cancer, in previously normal infants and children,” he states, “has created a sense of urgency amongst researchers.” By Evelyn Pringle
bullet Debate grows on vaccine-autism link by Scott Allen, Glob Staff
bullet Denmark MMR Study Assessment
bulletDesperate Measures - Autism Link in People Magazine - 9/2004
bullet Desperately seeking flu vaccine? Get in line - The intense demand for flu vaccine, fueled partly by its scarcity, has many wondering how the richest nation in the world could be caught so unprepared. Health officials say we have 300 million doses of smallpox vaccine, yet Americans in their 70s and 80s are waiting in line, sometimes for hours, to get a flu shot by Anita Manning
bullet Doctor Seeks to Calm Vaccine Fears
 
bullet Doctors' Fury At MMR Drama 'Errors', Reports TV Channel to Regulators By Stephen Naysmith, Science Correspondent for the Sunday Herald
bullet Doctors in MMR scare face public inquiry - The General Medical Council (GMC) is to hold a public inquiry into the conduct of Andrew Wakefield and two other doctors who triggered a scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine by claiming to have found a possible link with autism, writes Brian Deer. After a year-long investigation by The Sunday Times, the doctors’ disciplinary body has ruled that allegations facing Wakefield and the others, if proved, would raise issues about their registration and fitness to continue to practise medicine by the Sunday Times - Britain
bullet Does tetanus play a role in autism?
bullet Dr. Salisbury: You Are Wrong On Every Point!------- F. E. Yazbak, MD, FAAP
 
bullet Dr Wakefield rejects claim that his MMR study was 'flawed' - The Sunday Telegraph; The Sunday Times; BBC News Online
bullet Drug company fights to keep toxin in vaccines - "The UK announced Saturday they will remove the mercury preservative Thimerosal from their vaccines. The news comes days after an LA Times article reported that Aventis-Pasteur, a pharmaceutical giant, is pushing to keep the toxin in U.S. vaccines," Pharmaceutical News
bullet DTP vaccines: alum deemed to be safe
bullet Efforts to ban preservative in flu shots revived - The government's push this year to vaccinate young children against the flu has triggered new interest in banning a mercury-based preservative found in most influenza shots. Called thimerosal, the preservative was used in many children's vaccines until manufacturers began phasing it out in 1999 amid concerns that mercury might contribute to autism and other developmental disorders.
bullet Editorial: Connect the dots/What's shaping mercury rules? - Star Tribune
bullet EPA Calls For Mercury Reductions At Power Plants - The Bush administration this week called for the nation's coal-burning power plants to cut their mercury emissions by 50% over the next 15 years. While the move is hailed in some quarters as improving air quality, critics say the mandated cuts don't go far enough. Especially the First Coast families who say their children have been mercury-poisoned. Children like six-year old Conner Hartigan. Conner's parents say tests show their son, who is autistic, has a genetic inability to excrete heavy metals like mercury from his system. By Melissa Ross
bullet Exceptions to school shots rules debated By Andy Kanengiser
bullet Expelling mercury from science labs / Schools finding safe alternatives - As mercury spills in schools disrupt classes, teachers and environmental groups want to rid student labs of the versatile but dangerous metal. In recent weeks, mercury was found in stairwells and corridors of a high school in the nation's capital. The building had to be closed twice for decontamination. Although the spills get headlines, the use of mercury in schools actually is declining, said Ken Roy, a physics teacher in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and co-chairman of the National Science Teachers Association's safety advisory board. "The awareness is so high now that I would say a good part of it (mercury) is gone from schools," Roy said. "The problem comes when a teacher retires, and someone new comes in and finds a horde of it in a cabinet in a chemical storeroom. You've got to dig for it."
 
bullet Experts find new study by Geier & Geier on MMR and autism to be seriously flawed - Clinical Article. Pediatric MMR Vaccination Safety. Geier M, Geier D. International Pediatrics 2003, 18: 108-13.
bullet Exposing the Cover-Up: What the Government Doesn't Want You to Know About the Vaccine Safety Datalink - "SafeMinds -- America's leading scientific organization investigating the risks that mercury-containing medical products pose to children -- in cooperation with Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD), Moms Against Mercury, National Autism Association, NoMercury.org and Unlocking Autism, will hold a press conference this Monday, August 23, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. E.T. at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) headquarters in northwest Washington, D.C.," by PRNewswire - Press Release
 
bullet Exposure to vaccine additive 'may increase risk of autism'  by Northeastern University; HealthDayNews; CanWest News Service
 
bullet Experts Warn Officials – Massive Mercury Exposure In Vaccines/Amalgam Fillings Linked To Epidemic
bullet Fear of 5-in-1 jab boosts demand for single vaccines - "Doctors and medical suppliers are gearing up for a surge in demand for single vaccines following the introduction of the five-in-one jab for babies," by Lewis Smith
 
bullet FDA Allows U.S. Doctors to Continue Use of FBI-Identified 'Terrorist Tool' in Treatment of Children, Finds SafeMinds - US News Wire  Levels of Autism, Neurological Disease.  Allege Conflicts of Interest - Enormous Cover-up.
bullet FDA Knew Dangers Of Thimerosal-Vaccines For 60 Years - In order to enroll in day care or attend public schools in this country, children are forced to participate in a mandatory vaccine program. According to a report by the General Accounting Office released in 1999, over the 1990s, an estimated 12 million vaccinations were given each year and more than 40 million children were vaccinated. Since the 1930s, mercury-based Thimerosal has been added to vaccines as a preservative to boost drug company profits by allowing vaccine makers to package in bulk instead of individual doses. According to newly discovered research, which was supported by a grant from the American Medical Association, government agencies have known for 60 years that Thimerosal was neither safe or effective, and that it should have been removed as a preservative in pharmaceutical products. By: Evelyn Pringle
bullet Families defend anti-MMR doctor against 'witch-hunt' News.Telegraph.co.uk
 
bullet FDA Approves 4-in-1 Childhood Vaccine - Parents and children may breathe a sigh of relief with the introduction of a new single shot vaccine that protects kids against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. This could mean one less shot and one less doctor visit, advocates say. By Steven Reinberg
bullet FIRST DO NO HARM - Barbara Loe Fisher and the National Vaccine Information Center works to prevent vaccine-related injuries and deaths by educating the public about rights and responsibilities by Neenyah Ostrom
bullet Fox Does Environmental Story - But They Didn't Have An Environmenta list - Yesterday on Studio B with Jane Skinner filling in for Shepard Smith, she interviewed Dr. Stephen Garner with the St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center about the poisonous water and sludge that now fills New Orleans. Skinner reported that 5 people so far have died from water born diseases. She said that this may really turn into an environmental disaster if you believe what some toxicologists are saying. Skinner said that the water is being pumped out could end up in the lake, the Gulf or even the Mississippi. The following is paraphrased, but pretty much verbatim: Dr. Stephen Garner: Your damned if you do, your damned if you don't. (Comment: Is this how Catholic doctor's talk?) You have this toxic material that not only has sewage but all kinds of chemicals from the factories and the petroleum plants and heavy metals. All known as carcinogenics. Cancer causing agents. You have it flooding the streets, seeping into the ground, you've got to get rid of it. The best place is to pump it into the lake. Okay, granted, not a great choice to pollute the lake but the lake gradually cleans itself through the Gulf of Mexico (Comment: And this is acceptable?)
bullet Flu vaccine--Dr K. Gaublomme MD
 
bullet Focus: The truth about MMR; So is the vaccine against MMR safe? Yes, says the Government ...
bullet Fouad Yazbak's speech at the "Hear Their Silence Rally" (April 2000)
bullet Further evidence refuting link between MMR vaccine and autism, The Lancet -  A UK study published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET (p 963) provides further evidence that measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunisation is not associated with the development of autism or other pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) in children.  Public concern that MMR vaccination might cause autism has led to a fall in vaccine coverage before age 2 years, from around 92% in 1995-6 to 82% in 2002-3. Liam Smeeth (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) and colleagues did a ‘case-control’ study to compare the rate of MMR vaccination among children who later developed autism or other PDDs (cases) with children who did not develop PDDs (controls).  Source : Onlypunjab.com Team
bullet Fury as doctor denies MMR autism link (editorial) - The Ham & High
bullet attacked by two Russian thugs."  By Oline H. Cogdill
bullet Get Mercury Out Of Vaccines -- NOW! - Mercury-based thimerosal, used as a preservative in childhood vaccines until recently, is now being blamed for a host of neurological problems, including autism, ADD, ADHD, and other learning disabilities. The number of children with these problems can vary greatly depending on who you listen to. Some experts say there are about 800,000 learning disabled children in the US, while others put the number as high as eight million, according to Dr. Jay Gordon. By Evelyn J. Pringle
bullet Get Mercury Out Of Vaccines Now - Mercury-based, thimerosal, used as a preservative in childhood vaccines until recently, is now being blamed for a host of neurological problems, including autism, ADD, ADHD, and other learning disabilities. The number of children with these problems can vary greatly depending on who you listen to, some experts say there are about eight hundred-thousand learning disabled children in the US, while others put the number as high as eight million, according to Dr Jay Gordon.  Dr Gordon is a California pediatrician who has worked as a consultant for CBS on children's programming. He was ABC’s medical correspondent for the "Home Show,” for 5 years and has appeared on "Good Morning America" to discuss vaccines. On his website, appropriately called, Dr Jay Gordon, he addresses many of issues related to vaccine policies in the US. By New Target.com
bullet Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California Signs Bill That Bans Mercury in Pediatric Vaccines  - Parents Applaud Action - Thousands of children are now mentally handicapped from vaccines that contained Thimerosal. (a neuro-toxic, mercury compound). These children will require care and rehabilitation services for the rest of their lives. Despite intense lobbying efforts by the pharmaceutical industry, The California Governor recently signed a bill that eliminates Thimerosal from children's vaccines. This is an important victory for parents who have lived with the horror of a mercury poisoned child by EMediawire / Press Release
bullet Governor signs vaccine, sex discrimination, computer privacy bills - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed bills Tuesday to protect pregnant woman and young children against mercury-containing vaccines, young athletes against discrimination in local sports programs and computer users against "spyware." by Steve Lawrence
bullet Government's vaccine hurdle - Whatever the advantages of the proposed new vaccination programme for babies, the Government has a major hurdle to overcome. That will be winning the public's trust.  The new injection is aimed at guarding against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia.  But the fall-out from the MMR triple vaccine controversy has cast a very long shadow and a great many questions will be asked about any vaccine - multiple or otherwise. That was always going to be one of the long-term dangers resulting from the clumsy and very damaging way in which the MMR vaccine issue was handled politically, by the Journal
bullet Hearing to examine role of vaccines in autism cases by
 
bullet Health Experts to Re-Examine Autism, Vaccine Links by Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent
bullet Hospital staff answers concerns about childhood immunizations - A Soldier whose wife is expecting twins in January came up to me after a recent health presentation and asked if childhood immunizations are safe. He and his wife had heard that immunizations, possibly measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), might cause autism. It had been reported in the news. He mentioned he knew other parents who are considering not giving their infants or children the recommended immunizations. Was that a good idea? Most states require these immunizations for a child to enter school. How is a parent to decide? by Cathi Sardo
bullet How Harmful Are Additives And Preservatives In Childhood Vaccines?
bullet I don't blame the MMR for my six autistic kids - "...Autism has blighted Bev's life in ways she could never have imagined. Apart from knowing that her children face lifetimes of extreme social difficulties, Bev's four husbands found they couldn't cope with the complex condition and fled. "Men find it very hard to accept that their children aren't perfect," says Bev. "They don't accept there's a problem and can't cope with it - so they walk away." Autism shows up differently in each child but generally means they have an inability to empathise or relate to other people and often have communication problems and erratic behaviour. The hardest thing for Bev to deal with is the alienation of autism."  By Janie Lawrence And Julie Mccaffrey - UK
bullet Imus talks to his wife, Deirdre about the dangers of mercury and its link to neurological disorders, including autism - Audio
bullet Imus Vows Revenge on WSJ, Author - Don Imus ridiculed Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank as "a punk" this morning, said the WSJ had impugned both him and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, declared that the paper "would never hear the end" of his ire for slamming his charity ranch in a Page One story Thursday, and vowed to renew his contract for five more years just so he could continue his barrage against the WSJ and Frank ... and then he got mad.
bullet Injecting consideration into vaccinations - The reduction of infectious disease resulting from the use of vaccines is undoubtably one of the greatest success stories in public health. Smallpox has been eliminated and wild polio virus nearly eradicated because of routine immunization by Kelly Grinsteinner
bullet If It's Back to School, It's Also Vaccine Time - And even though vaccines have helped tame or wipe out some of the most deadly diseases, about 15 percent of adults still don't believe inoculations are necessary to prevent certain diseases. And a persistent rumor linking vaccination with autism has led some parents to keep their children from being immunized by Dennis Thompson
bullet Inoculating against fear - Inoculating against fear - Doctors face parental concerns about the growing number of childhood vaccinations - When Shawn Eisenberg was born three years ago, her father, David, believed immunizing her against disease "was probably one of the biggest decisions I can make about the health of my child."  After what he considered careful research, he picked which vaccines his daughter would receive and when. Eisenberg refused to let Shawn be vaccinated for hepatitis B at birth because he felt her lifestyle did not put her at risk.  And Shawn didn't receive the Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine at 2, 4 and 6 months as recommended by the Department of Health and Human Services. The Old Bethpage father plans to take the same steps with his infant son, Kevin. Eisenberg isn't alone. About one-third of U.S. children were found to be under-vaccinated for more than six months, according to a study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. And one-fourth experienced delays in receiving many of the recommended vaccines during their first 24 months of life. By Debbe Geiger
bullet Innoculations - The True Weapons Of Mass Destruction / Causing VIDS (Vaccine Induced Diseases) An Epidemic Of Genocide. -  "One basic truth can be used as a foundation for a mountain of lies, and if we dig down deep enough in the mountain of lies, and bring out that truth, to set it on top of the mountain of lies; the entire mountain of lies will crumble under the weight of that one truth. And there is nothing more devastating to a structure of lies than the revelation of the truth upon which the structure of lies was built, because the shock waves of the revelation of the truth reverberate, and continue to reverberate throughout the Earth for generations to follow, awakening even those people who had no desire to be awakened to the truth." (by Delamar Duvaris as written in the preface of "Behold the Pale Horse" by William Cooper). By Rebecca Carley, M.D. - 1/2005 
bullet Is rubella vaccination playing a role in the rise of autism? by Sandy Mintz
bullet It takes courage to tell mercury story - "...A story worth telling? About the time "AIDS in the Heartland" was appearing in the Pioneer Press, the number of children diagnosed with autism was one in 10,000. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pegs the number at one in 166. During that time, the number of immunizations on the childhood vaccination schedule more than doubled, raising the dosage of mercury, a known neurotoxin, far above federal safety standards. New York Times contributor David Kirby's book "Evidence of Harm," released in April, presented both sides of the thimerosal controversy in a documentary manner, allowing evidence (or absence of comment) to speak for itself. The resulting picture is that of knowledgeable parents and independent researchers challenging a stonewalled government and scientific establishment that relies on after-the-fact epidemiological studies, not before-the-fact safety data, to deny the autism link.
bullet Jr. lashes out at Bush at Sundance conference - The environment is being handed back to the polluters under President George W. Bush's policies, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday in a speech critical of the Bush administration and the American press. Gary McKellar, Deseret Morning NewsRobert F. Kennedy Jr. accuses Bush "and his pals" of ruining the environment. Kennedy was speaking as part of the Tree Room Author Series on Politics and History at actor Robert Redford's Sundance Resort. Redford introduced Kennedy, describing him as "our strongest speaker for the environment." "I'm not criticizing Bush because he's a Republican," Kennedy said. "He's the worst environmental president in our history."
bullet Health Check: 'How was the MMR scare sustained for so long when the evidence showed that it was unfounded?' - Most people have heard of Andrew Wakefield, the doctor from the Royal Free Hospital in London whose research on children with bowel disease and autism triggered the MMR scare. Fewer will know of Richard Horton, the editor of The Lancet, which published the infamous paper in 1998. For six years Horton has been in the eye of the storm as the controversy has raged around him. Now he has published a book, MMR: Science and Fiction, containing his reflections on these troubling events by Jeremy Laurance
bullet How to avoid Vaccination by Dr. Koran
bullet I-Team Mercury Rising: Part II - Mercury Damaging Wisconsinites' Brains, Fertility - Every lake, stream and river in Wisconsin has a mercury advisory for the fish. News 3's Linda Eggert reports on what is -- and isn't -- being done about the problem.  In Part I of this special News 3 investigation, Eggert reported about a new state study that -- so far -- shows one in five residents have unsafe levels of mercury. People can get it by eating contaminated fish.  What is -- and isn't -- being done about the risk.
bullet Investigation: Autism and Informed Inoculation by Steve Wilson
bullet Legacy of mistrust from MMR scare - "Overcoming the fall-out from the MMR scare is likely to be an uphill struggle, researchers said today," by MMR Mail
bullet Limiting Use of Mercury Containing Preservative in Vaccines for Pregnant Women - "California Assembly member Fran Pavley (D) has revised a bill (AB 1369) that would limit use of a mercury-based preservative in vaccines administered to pregnant women and children in a "last-minute push" to get the legislation passed before the state Legislature recesses on Aug. 31, the Contra Costa Times reports (Kleffman, Contra Costa Times, 8/19).," by Medical News Today
bullet Local couple sues drug giants over child vaccine - If a lawsuit filed by an Athens area couple against several major pharmaceutical companies ever gets before a jury, it could be the first suit over the controversial vaccine preservative Thimerosal to go to trial in the United States. That's according to Texas attorney James C. Ferrell, who's representing Philip and Julie Foster of Selby Road, the parents of a 6-year-old boy, in their lawsuit against drug giant Eli Lilly and some two dozen other corporations, filed last October in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The suit alleges that the boy has suffered "devastating injuries" from being injected with Thimerosal, a mercury-based compound used as a preservative in packages of childhood vaccine. Some researchers have suggested a link between Thimerosal's use to preserve vaccines and a sharp rise in autism among children during the 1990s, though the available studies so far are reportedly not conclusive. By Jim Phillips
bullet Local Mom To Protest Use Of Mercury In Vaccines / Oak Park Woman Says Thimerasol May Have Made Her Son Autistic - More than 70 autism advocacy groups are converging on Capitol Hill to publicize what they’re calling an autism epidemic. As Medical Editor Mary Ann Childers reports, one demonstrator is a mother of three from Oak Park who has a very personal reason for making the trip. Six-year-old Charlie Blakely is autistic. His mother is convinced it’s because of a mercury-based preservative called Thimerasol in childhood vaccines. “We want to be able to protect our children from disease, but we're not going to inject our children with mercury in order to do that,” said Christina Blakely. By Mary Ann Childers
bullet Local rep joins fight to ban toys with mercury batteries - "... "It doesn't matter who's been naughty or nice, many Massachusetts children will be getting mercury in their stockings this year," said Elizabeth D. Saunders, Zero Mercury Campaign coordinator for Clean Water Action, a coalition of environmental health organizations. "Who would expect to find the latest toxic mercury threat in a holiday gift to a child? The Legislature needs to take these trivial items, as well as all mercury-containing products that have safer alternatives, off the shelves and out of circulation," David Liscio
bullet Mayo Clinic Study Suggests No Link Between Autism And Immunizations - Over the past 20 years, there has been speculation about a connection between immunizations and an increase in autism. However, a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine suggests the increase may be due to improved awareness, changes in diagnostic criteria and availability of services, not environmental factors or immunizations.
 
bullet Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Vaccine as a Potential Cause of Encephalitis (Brain Inflammation) in Children-----Harold E. Buttram, MD
bullet Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccine: Through a Glass, Darkly. Wakefield
bullet MEASLES Vaccine Not Linked to Autism in Children, Lancet Finds - Children with autism, Asperger's syndrome and related ailments were vaccinated at about the same rate as other children, London School of Hygiene and Tropical / Bloomberg - USA
bullet Merck's infant vaccine stirs new controversy - Company said it had stopped using mercury preservative but kept distributing stockpile for two more years - Merck & Co. continued to supply infant vaccine containing a mercury preservative for two years after declaring that it had eliminated the chemical. In September 1999, amid concern about the risks of mercury in childhood vaccines, Merck announced that the Food and Drug Administration had approved a preservative-free version of its hepatitis B vaccine. "Now, Merck's infant vaccine line is free of all preservatives," a Merck news release said. But Merck continued to distribute vaccine containing thimerosal until October 2001, according to an FDA letter sent in response to a congressional inquiry. - LA Times
bullet Mercury, Coal and Bush, Oh My - An article in this month's Discover magazine (read the whole great thing here) outlines the woes of Mercury and what we as a world are and are not doing about it. Tying most of the mercury woes to industrial waste, and more specifically waste from coal burning power generation plants, the articles is a stunning slap to the noggin. We are ignoring the waste and the effects of mercury at our peril. If we don't take drastic measures to stem that pollution and its long term effects from even small dose exposure to this dangerous chemical vapor, then we face a path of industrial pollution and environmental ruin that may very well be impossible to fix. The Clinton administration proposed reducing mercury emissions in power plants by 90 percent by 2008. But, thinking he knew better, Bush has decided to slow that wagon down and instead is proposing to reduce those emissions by 70 percent by 2018, as well as to shun the Kyoto protocol, a world wide treaty to stem ozone layer eroding emissions (of which mercury is certainly one of) I would hate to think that business and industry concerns from Big Coal and Big Oil guided him in those decisions.  By Majikwah
bullet Mercury fight - Because mercury is concentrated in fish, people are routinely cautioned to limit their intake of, or avoid entirely, predator varieties such as shark, swordfish, orange roughy and tuna. Warnings to avoid eating much freshwater fish have also been posted at major inland bodies of water in New Hampshire. Mercury causes nerve damage and affects people’s cardiovascular and immune systems. It is especially dangerous in pregnant women, as it can cause permanent memory and language problems in children. It has also been linked to autism. Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that from 1999 to 2000 630,000 newborn babies in the United States had unsafe levels of mercury in their blood. Mercury is nasty stuff. / Editorial
bullet Mercury in Medicine 5/03 
bullet Mercury Rising by CBS News
bullet Mercury risk rising  by David Zink
bullet Mercury Wars -Vaccines Still Contain Mercury - "...If our Government is to be believed then we are not going to see Thimerosal in vaccines from now on. However in the last few months we have discovered that thimerosal-free does not mean ‘mercury free' in USA vaccines and, in all probability, UK vaccines. A charity in the USA has bought thimerosal free-vaccines and had them analysed. Guess what? … They contain mercury.  Source : Health News Onlypunjab.com
bullet Mercury Wars Autism MS - This is the 5th article in the series trying to get the UK Gov. to seek the truth about Mercury and its effects. It was published on the BNP site three days before the UK Gov. announced the withdraway of mercury from vaccines by PRWeb - Press Release - 8/2004
bullet Medical Liars by Mark Sircus, AC., OMD
bullet Medical Men and Vaccination-- Dr. Allinson
bullet Mercury in Air Pollution: A Link to Autism? - Can mercury in air pollution cause autism? Nobody knows. But a new study suggests it's worth a look. Mercury is one heck of a toxic substance. A fraction of a teaspoon can render all the fish in a 20-acre lake unsafe to eat. A recent Institute of Medicine study found no link between the tiny amounts of mercury in childhood vaccines and autism. childhood vaccines and autism. But the jury is still out on whether prenatal exposure to mercury might affect brain development. By Daniel DeNoon
bullet Mercury pollution linked to autism - Mercury released primarily from coal-fired power plants may be contributing to an increase in the number of cases of autism, a Texas researcher says.  A new study has found that autism - a developmental disorder marked by communication and social interaction problems - increased in Texas counties as mercury emissions rose, said Claudia Miller, a family and community medicine professor at the University of Texas Health Science Centre in San Antonio.  By Sci Tech
bullet Metro Mom Questions Mercury Study by Jennifer Leslie
bullet Ministers call for inquiry into 'flawed' MMR study by Mike Townsend - Guardian Unlimited
bullet Ministers have only themselves to blame for the latest furore - Dr Andrew Wakefield, who raised fears about the safety of the MMR vaccine, argues that patronising parents with spin simply alienates them by Telegrapg Wire Services
bullet Missing the Mercury Menace 
bullet More Parents to Receive Funding in MMR Damages Fight - A group of parents who believe their children were damaged by the controversial MMR vaccine said today they are expecting a partial U-turn on the decision to cut funding for their legal fight, by Dave Higgins
bullet MMR AND AUTISM: The link really has been established - "A new study has confirmed a definite causal link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism - and it has used the same data employed by an earlier study that governments have relied on to deny the link.  The vaccine increases the risk of autism by 850 per cent, or nearly 500 per cent if we allow for greater diagnostic awareness, one of the major arguments put forward for the sudden increase in autism.," by Chris Gupta
bullet MMR  -  so what's the scare?
bullet MMR CONTROVERSY covered by BBC News, UK Edition - February 2004
bullet         - Researchers issue retraction
bullet         - Top doctor wades into debate
bullet         - MMR study doctor calls for probe
bullet         - Journal regrets running study
bullet         - MMR uptake at record low
bullet         - 'No increased autism risk'
bullet         - Dr Andrew Wakefield  - Profile
bullet         - How journals ensure standards
bullet         - Q&A: The MMR debate
bullet         - MMR research timeline
bullet MMR and autism to be studied for possible link by Manchester Online
bullet MMR doctors disown jab study - Daily Mail via www.femail.co.uk
bullet MMR jags for teens in mumps 'epidemic' by MURDO MACLEOD AND JONATHAN LASSWARE
bullet MMR Expert Rubbishes Autism Link - Daily Record
bullet MMR parents win legal victory - Up to 100 families who allege that their children were damaged by the MMR vaccine are to receive legal aid to sue the drugs companies behind the controversial inoculation. Following an intervention last week by Mr Justice Keith, the High Court judge presiding over the multi-million pound lawsuit launched against the manufacturers of the triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, The Observer has learnt that the families are set to be granted aid to pursue their claims against the vaccine's manufacturers. Without the money, the families would not be able to continue their legal fight, by Jamie Doward - UK
bullet MMR report 'not denial of autism link' - "...'Children with Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism, who have minimal speech and behaviour impairments and are thus not diagnosed as early as more profoundly affected children, are especially likely to be undercounted in this study.'"
bullet MMR vaccine is not linked with autism, says Danish study - Rapid Responses from 11/2002 - 10/2004
bullet MMR plea to parents - have lost confidence in the MMR injection because health officials aren't open enough, according to a new report. A Salford University health expert has called for greater openness in the MMR debate after the uptake of the vaccine in Britain slumped to the lowest levels in the developed world. Prof Paul Bellaby claims the panic over the link between the measles, mumps and rubella jab to autism should not be blamed on the now discredited study by Andrew Wakefield.  By Rebecca Camber
bullet MMR scare doctor faces list of charges - The doctor who sparked a worldwide scare over the MMR vaccine faces a six-week hearing before the General Medical Council (GMC) over allegations of serious professional misconduct, including dishonesty and intending to mislead. A list of preliminary charges served on Dr Andrew Wakefield alleges that his research, which purported to find a possible link between MMR and autism, led to 11 different counts of misconduct. It is claimed in the papers that he acted unethically, in a manner likely to bring the medical profession into disrepute and against the best interests of autistic child patients. By Brian Deer
bullet MRI shows brain changes underlying language deficits in autism - A significant new brain imaging study shows clear brain differences between autistic boys with language impairment and those with normal language development. The study, published October 11, 2004, in the online edition of the Annals of Neurology, found that a language center of the brain -- Broca's area -- is apparently normal in autistic boys who have normal language capabilities by EurekAlert / Press Release
bullet The MMR sceptic who just doesn't understand science / Research is all about error. Either learn how to interpret data yourself, or trust those who can do it for you. - Whatever you have been told, science is not about certainty. And this creates problems for those health professionals who are charged with interpreting and relating data to the general public. We are expected to refute wholesale misunderstandings, in a popular forum, to people who may well be intelligent but who know nothing of evidence-based medicine, in soundbite format.Health scares are like toothpaste: they're easy to squeeze out, but very difficult to get back in the tube. On Monday, for example, Melanie Phillips of the Daily Mail wrote yet another attack on the MMR vaccine. She suggested that the journalists who trusted the new Cochrane review, which shows that MMR is probably safe and not linked to autism, were lazy stooges who took the press release at face value. By Ben Goldacre
bullet MMR vaccine does not cause autism, new evidence -  According to new evidence, the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) is not at all linked to autism. The research also indicated that it is not linked to other developmental problems. In 1995, 92% of UK kids had the MMR vaccine. Then there was a scare. Numbers dropped to 82% in 2002. Dr Liam Smeeth, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, study leader, said "We have found no convincing evidence that MMR vaccination increases the risk of autism. No significant association has been found in rigorous studies in a range of different settings." (The Lancet). Doctors around the UK are voicing concern at the lower numbers of children having the MMR vaccine. They worry that the number of people getting measles, mumps and rubella will increase.  Source : Onlypunjab.com Team
bullet MMR vaccinations fall to new low - The long-running controversy over the vaccination - now into its sixth year - looked to be going the government's way. The Lancet medical journal this year retracted part of the 1998 article in which scientist Andrew Wakefield and colleagues had first raised doubts about its safety, and many doctors now consider the research discredited. But statistics released by the Department of Health show that only 80% of under-twos had the MMR in 2003-4, which is a drop from 82% the previous year. The peak year for MMR vaccination was 92% in 1995-96 by Sarah Boseley
bullet MMR vaccine does not cause autism, new evidence - According to new evidence, the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) is not at all linked to autism. The research also indicated that it is not linked to other developmental problems.  In 1995, 92% of UK kids had the MMR vaccine. Then there was a scare. Numbers dropped to 82% in 2002.   Dr Liam Smeeth, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, study leader, said "We have found no convincing evidence that MMR vaccination increases the risk of autism. No significant association has been found in rigorous studies in a range of different settings." (The Lancet).
bullet More parents refusing to get kids vaccinated
bullet MPs call for full retraction of study linking MMR to autism by Sam Coates
bullet Mumps outbreak in England and Wales worst in a decade - "England and Wales are experiencing the most serious outbreak of mumps in nearly a decade - largely because young adults missed out on the MMR (mumps, measles and rubella) programme which began in 1988. The outbreak raises questions about the babies who are currently missing out on the combined vaccine," by Medical News Today
bullet Natural Birth and Longevity is Preserved In the Absence of the Mercury Preservative - Scientists need funding in toxicology to prevent and undo the damage done by mercury - these populations exposed to mercury were never in the industrial sector. - Mercury Exposure at www.mercuryexposure.org plays a significant role in the discovery process in its information system on which no connection can be found to suggest mercury in autism is a genetically inherited disease.  In 2004 the Environmental Protection Agency scientists said that new research had shown that 630,000 U.S. newborns had unsafe levels of mercury in their blood in 1999-2000.  For the first time scientists measured mercury levels in the fetus's umbilical cord, these figures are based on children's blood levels, not the mothers'. The EPA analysis is showing that even if the mother is below the danger zone she can give birth to a baby that's over the limit, by PRweb / Press release.
bullet Needles and damage done by Dana Green
bullet Neurodevelopmental Disorders after TCV's - Geiers 
 
bullet New Data Showing First Drop in 20 Years, Provides Cautious Hope That Vaccine Induced Autism On Decline by Safe Minds
bullet New MMR Jab Scare By Beezy Marsh Health Correspondent
 
bullet New Data Showing First Drop in 20 Years, Provides Cautious Hope That Vaccine Induced Autism On Decline by Safe Minds 4/2004
bullet New report slams autism-vaccine link - There's no credible evidence behind the theory that autism is triggered by the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, scientists have concluded after reviewing 31 studies, many of which they found flawed by unreliable reports of outcomes, incomplete descriptions of the children studied, and other sources of possible bias. And those were the good studies–the researchers tossed out almost 5,000 others with even more blatant defects. By Josh Fischman
bullet New research supports concern over MMR jab, 16 December 2003
bullet New shock over mercury jabs - FOUR more vaccines containing mercury will remain in use by the National Health Service, officials admitted today by Evening Times Online - 8/2004
bullet New study reopens debate on vaccinations - "Just a few months after the nation's top medical adviser rejected a link between vaccines and autism, a mouse study has reignited the debate and raised new fears among parents considering vaccinations and flu shots for their kids," by Tara Parker-Pope
bullet New study rules out autism link with MMR - "THERE is no evidence to support a link between the controversial MMR jab and the development of autism in children, researchers said today. Concern about a reported link between the triple vaccine and the disorder has led to a drop in the number of parents getting their children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella," by NEWSScotsman.com
bullet New Study Vitamin A & Autism: "Toxin in DPT Vaccine [may] Cause Autism"
bullet New baby vaccine planned - Department of health officials are considering introducing a further jab to the national baby immunisation programme. The new vaccine would protect babies against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia. It would add to the two injections containing six vaccinations currently given to infants before they are four months old. Officials have agreed to the new vaccine in principle but, following the recent controversy over the combined MMR vaccine, plan to consult the public before taking a final decision, by DeHavilland Information Services
bullet NHS - MMR The Facts
bullet No effect of MMR withdrawal on the incidence of autism: a total population study / Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2005.  Commentary By Andrew J Wakefield FRCS FRCPath and Carol Stott PhD 
bullet No Evidence for Link between Vaccines and Autism / Improved awareness and diagnostic changes more likely to blame for increased diagnoses - An increase in the diagnosis of autism over the past 20 years is more likely due to improved awareness, diagnostic changes and availability of services rather than environmental factors or immunizations, suggests a new study. "This study is the first to measure the incidence—the occurrence of new cases—of autism by applying consistent, contemporary criteria for autism to a specific population over a long period of time," says study coauthor William Barbaresi of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. "In doing so, the study accounts for improvements in the diagnostic criteria for autism, the medical community's improved understanding of this disease and changes in federal special education laws.," by Betterhumans Staff
bullet No legal aid available for MMR parents / PARENTS fighting drug companies over claims their children's autism is related to the MMR vaccine have been told they won't get legal aid. - The announcement, by the Legal Services Commission (LSC), affects 26 families hoping to take their cases to the High Court. But 11 cases where parents felt their child had suffered other illnesses as a result of the vaccine were reinstated with financial support. These include cases where the child has suffered conditions such as encephalitis, epilepsy and deafness after being vaccinated. They will be funded by the commission to see if compensation can be claimed from the companies producing the drugs by Katie Baldwin
bullet No Link Between MMR Vaccine, Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Autism
bullet No Link Found Between Vaccines and Autism - There is no link between autism and immunizations, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.  Over the past two decades there have been suggestions about a possible connection between increasing rates of autism and immunization.  However, this study found no such link and suggests that the increase in autism may be due to a number of factors. These include improved awareness about autism, changes in diagnostic criteria and availability of services for children with autism, BY Robert Preidt
bullet No solid evidence links vaccines, autism 
bullet 'Nothing to fear' in new baby vaccine - A Senior health official today said there was "nothing to fear" from a new five-in-one immunisation jab.  Campaigners and politicians warned of a repeat of the MMR triple jab controversy amid fears parents may boycott the new combined vaccine for babies. by The Scotsman, UK - 8/2004
 
bullet Now Andrew Wakefield demands apology from The Lancet by Sunday Telegraph, February 29, 2004
bullet NY Times' Sins Of Omission In Autism Article: Commentary by Binstock
bullet Officials fear parent revolt over new baby vaccine - Health officials are preparing to add another jab to the national baby immunisation programme which already sees infants given two injections containing six vaccinations by the age of four months. Government advisers have given their support in principle to a vaccination against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia, infections which strike about 550 under-fives in England and Wales each year and may kill between 50 and 100, by James Meikle / UK
bullet Openness Is Key to Winning the War over MMR - Openness and communication between experts and the public is key to winning the war over MMR, says an expert in this week's BMJ.  In 1998, MMR vaccinations in the United Kingdom reached 92% of its targets. Yet by 2002, after claims of a possible relation between MMR and autism, the United Kingdom lost considerable ground. One of the lowest levels of coverage of MMR is now found in London, at around 75%. - UK
bulletOverloaded?  New Science, New Insights into mercury and autism - 12/2004
bullet Parents Of Autistic Kids Protest / Asking Washington To Release Information About Vaccines - "Childhood vaccinations protect against all kinds of illnesses, but a group of parents believe vaccines may also be the cause of their children's autism. And they want access to government research to settle the issue," by CBS 4 Denver
bullet Parents claim MMR research is flawed - "Parents in Norwich have reacted angrily to the latest round of research which concluded there was no link between the controversial MMR jab and autism in children.  The debate over the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and the development of autism and bowel problems reached new heights this week when the Medical Research Council said there was no evidence the two were related.
bullet Parents delay MMR jab decision
bullet Parents DOs and DON’Ts
bullet Parents increasingly question vaccine wisdom by Maggie Fox
 
bullet PARENTS MUST GET MORE INFORMATION TO COUNTER IMMUNIZATION FEARS by By Aaron Levin, Science Writer, Health Behavior News Service
bullet Parents Say Vaccines Are a Possible Link - The girl on the videotape looks like a typical toddler on a good day. She nestles comfortably in her grandfather's arms, smiling and saying "Bye bye" and "Papa." She stands before a mirror, admiring herself while wearing a hat, and then utters, "Uh oh" when the hat falls off. She places the hat on the head of her mother, who is working the video camera. And she smiles and hugs the knees of her grandfather. That was Emma Murphy at 21 months, a little over two years ago. Today, she seems an entirely different person. The Lakeland girl doesn't talk, wears a constant blank expression and shies from physical contact. No one knows what causes autism, the disorder that afflicts Emma. But Emma's parents can't help wondering about a link between the vaccinations Emma received in her first months of life and the dramatic change that followed, including the loss of her budding vocabulary.  By Gary White
bullet Parents show increased concern about vaccine safety
bullet Parents' vaccine concerns on the rise, making accurate information crucial
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Plan to limit mercury pollution quashed for now / Idea would have forced coal-burning power plants to cut mercury output beginning in 2011 - The panel that sets Montana's environmental rules put the brakes Friday on a plan to make coal-burning power plants limit mercury pollution by 90 percent. The Board of Environmental Review voted 4-1 against an idea submitted by a host of environmental, church and public health groups earlier this month that would have forced power plants to cut mercury beginning in 2011. Instead, the panel asked Department of Environmental Quality to come back in February with its own plans for limiting mercury at Montana's power plants. Board Chairman Joe Russell of Kalispell said he hopes state environmental officials can bring both industry and the environmental groups together to pound out some kind of compromise on the thorny issue.

bullet Possible Link Of Vaccine, Autism Is Debated by By John A. Macdonald 
bullet Questioning effect of vaccine contents - This letter is in response to a Feb.15 article from the Associated Press. In light of the fact that the government is now warning us about the mercury content in fish causing learning disabilities and developmental delays, I could not stop myself from responding to its recommendation that all children between 8 and 15 get a flu shot. Many shots contain aluminum, mercury and formaldehyde. When mercury and aluminum are combined, the mercury becomes at least 10 times more toxic to the cells in the body.  By Maria Rawlings, Nashua / Opinion
bullet Reaction of Sen. Patrick Leahy to the Administration's Retreat from Mercury Reductions
bullet Rebuttal to Wakefield Called 'Weak' with 'Distortions': Shattock
bullet RFK Jr. Blames Bush for Environmental Health Crisis - The environment is being handed back to the polluters under President George W. Bush's policies, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday in a speech critical of the Bush administration and the American press. Kennedy was speaking as part of the Tree Room Author Series on Politics and History at actor Robert Redford's Sundance Resort. Redford introduced Kennedy, describing him as "our strongest speaker for the environment." "I'm not criticizing Bush because he's a Republican," Kennedy said. "He's the worst environmental president in our history."  Under Bush environmental policies, cleanup programs have been rolled back and he has put people in charge who are anti- environment, Kennedy said. The general public doesn't know the damage his policies have caused to their quality of life because of an "indolent and indigent press," he added.
bullet Regressive Autism and MMR Vaccination by F. Edward Yazbak, M.D.
bullet Research and Markets: Vaccines in the 21st Century /  Approaches and Achievements in Prophylactic and Therapeutic Vaccine Research and Development - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Vaccines in the 21st Century to their offering. A new era in vaccine development has arrived: the era of rational design. The earliest vaccines were fairly crude, empirical formulations. Today, the technology to produce DNA-based vaccines and an intimate knowledge of the immune system enables the identification of the epitopes needed to target the development of highly targeted vaccines - DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)
bullet Researchers: Autism Possibly Linked To Childhood Vaccines by TheKCRAChannel
bullet Researchers Closer To Answers About Vaccines And Autism
bullet Researchers dispute risk of autism from vaccines by Shweta Govindarajan
 
bullet Researchers Reject Famous MMR-Autism Study - Experts Say Likely to Close the Door on MMR Vaccine Controversy - WebMD
 
bullet Researchers retract on autism, measles vaccine link - Say interpretation wrong in 1998 study - Bloomberg via The Boston Globe
bullet Rhetoric on mercury in vaccines ignores facts - Twice in recent months (Feb. 9 and March 16), columnist Craig Westover has done your readers a great disservice by alleging mercury in childhood vaccines causes autism. The sources he has cited have been far from as "objective" and "unbiased" as he has claimed. Westover clearly has not looked at all the facts and available information on the subject. While the actual causes of autism are unclear, the overwhelming body of scientific research says mercury in childhood vaccines does not cause autism. One of the clearest pieces of evidence that we have is that in Denmark, when thimerosal (the mercury-containing compound previously used as a preservative in vaccines) was removed from all childhood vaccines 10 years ago, autism rates continued to rise sharply, even among children 2 to 4 years old who received only mercury-free vaccines. / Opinion - Hull is the Minnesota state epidemiologist with the Minnesota Health Department.
Risks of FluMist™ Vaccine by By Sherri Tenpenny
bullet SafeMinds Applauds Schwarzenegger's Signature on New Vaccine Law - America's leading scientific organization investigating the risks that mercury-containing medical products pose to children -- applauds California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for Tuesday's signing of a new law, introduced by Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, banning mercury containing vaccines from being given to children or pregnant women. California is the second state to pass such legislation since May. - Press Release
bullet Safe Minds Assessment of the Pichichero Thimerosal Study
 
bullet Safeminds ABC's Primetime Live Report on Autism: Yellow Journalism At It's Worst by PR Newswire 4/2004
bullet Save flu vaccines for high-risk people - State health officials probably never anticipated having to ask most Alabamians not to get flu shots. But because the British government shut down a major supplier of the flu vaccine, that is the position the Alabama Health Department is forced to take. - Editorial
bullet Scientists dismiss evidence of MMR link with autism - SCIENTISTS have strongly rejected any suggestion that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, MMR, is linked to disorders such as autism. An analysis of 31 MMR studies by the Cochrane Library, the most authoritative source of evidence-based medicine, has shown no credible grounds for claims of serious harm. NI_MPU ('middle'); Uptake of the vaccine decreased sharply after research by Andrew Wakefield, published in The Lancet in 1998, suggested a direct causal link between autism and Crohn’s disease.
bullet Senate proposal focuses on vaccines, autism - Scientists disagree about link between mercury and developmental disorder. - Although some scientists disagree about the relationship between autism and vaccines containing mercury, Republican Sen. Wayne Kuipers of Holland doesn't want to take any chances. His legislation would prohibit vaccines containing more than 1 microgram of mercury from being used in Michigan. Autism is a developmental disorder that affects social interaction and communication skills, usually appearing during the first three years of a child's life. According to the Autism Society of America, as many as 1.5 million Americans suffer from the disease, with treatment at an estimated annual cost of $90 billion. By Nathan Thompson
bullet Scientist Aims To Quell MMR Vaccine Fears
bullet Scientists link preservative in child vaccines to autism by Belfast Telegraph
bullet Scientists suggest mercury-autism link, recommend action by By Joan Lowy
 
bullet Scientist's Two Roles In Study May Conflict / Data Culled for Lawyer in Autism Case by David Brown, Washington Post
bullet Shot in the arm: the chiropractic dispute over childhood vaccinations - CBC News
 
bullet SHOTS IN THE DARK ARTICLE IN NEXT CITY MAGAZINE - Attempts at eradicating infectious diseases are putting our children at risk by Barbara Loe Fisher
bullet Shots heard 'round the ward: Did vaccines cause autism? - Families take issue to obscure U.S. court by Myron Levin - 8/2004
 
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