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Biolabs Multiplying Like Rabbits: A Clear and Present Danger

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ebola, Level-4 BioSafety Lab, Plum Island, Bioterrorism, Public Health, Boston Biolab, Anthrax, Deadly Germs, Pathogens, Foot and Mouth Disease, Vaccines, General Accounting Office, Bio Labs, Toxins, Marburg, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

The dangers posed by biolabs often fly under the radar, but that may be changing. The public would do well to question the knee-jerk "security at all costs" policy of the federal government.

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Vaccination: A Conversation Worth Having

Bill Maher | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu Vaccination, Naturopathic-Physician, Flu Shots, Vaccinations, Immunization, Naturopathy, Vaccines, Living News
Bill Maher

Vaccination is a nuanced subject, and I've never said all vaccines in all situations are bad. The point I am representing is: Is getting frequent vaccinations for any and all viruses consequence-free?

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Top Autism Panel Backs Research Objectives Mentioning Vaccines -- Dueling Press Releases Ensue

David Kirby | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism Science Foundation, Hannah Poling, Obama. Autism Speaks, Autism Vaccines, Nih, Iacc, Vaccines, Autism, Living News
David Kirby

The IACC, Washington's leading arbiter for directing federal funds to autism research, unanimously voted to recommend studies that include investigations into possible links between autism vaccines.

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Planes, Vaccines, and No EQ

Dr. Nancy Snyderman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: H1N1 Vaccine, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Wall Street, H1n1 Vaccines, Wall Street Vaccines, Vaccines, Living News
Dr. Nancy Snyderman

While Wall Street perks are percolating, guess what else those money mavericks have that you probably don't? They have allotments of H1N1 vaccine.

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Parents: Vaccinate Your Children

Anne Mai Bertelsen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: H1N1 Vaccine, Politics News, Polio, H1n1, Swine Flu Pandemic, Vaccines, Politics News
Anne Mai Bertelsen

Parents born after 1970 don't know about these diseases first hand. They have the luxury of protection and ignorance: they grew up with vaccines and without pandemics.

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Calling on Kids of Investment Bankers, for Kids Who Aren't

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Wall Street Bonuses, Charity, Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Horace Mann, Dalton, Bill Gates, Save the Children, Vaccines, Pneumonia and Diarrhea, Gavi, Impact News
Dr. Orin Levine

If you're at a school where your parents and your parents' friends might be investment bankers, ask them this week if they have ever considered investing in the life of a child in the developing world.

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A Question of Harm -- The Legacy of Vaccination

Tim Ellis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Anti-Vaccinators, Health, Disease, Science, Thimerosal, Autism, Fda, Vaccines, Living News
Tim Ellis

The anti-vaccination movement has picked up steam in the past few years, and authorities now believe that pockets of unvaccinated children are forming. This is beginning to have deadly results.

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Parliamentarians for Pneumonia

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Carol Shea-Porter, Gordon Brown, Bill Frist, Des Turner, Pneumonia, Bangladesh, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Treatment, GAVI Alliance, Save the Children, Child Survival, Vaccines, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

More importantly than events in Washington and London, for the first time ever, parliaments in developing countries, where the bulk of pneumonia deaths occur, were active locally on World Pneumonia Day.

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The Gardasil Vaccine Series - An Interview with Merck & Co., Inc.

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Merck & Co, Living News, Genital Warts, Vaccine Side Effects, Medical News Today, Pap Test, Cdc, Gardasil, Health News, Vaccines, Jama, Cervical Cancer, Pharmaceutical Industry, Women in Government, Pharmaceutical Lobby, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Fda, Health Care, Women's Health, The Washington Post, Source Watch, Vaers, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

I recently spoke with a Media Relations person at Merck regarding the efficacy and side effects of Gardasil, the new HPV vaccine. Here's what she had to say.

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Blackout: Military Personnel Banned From H1N1 Vaccine Sites

Allen McDuffee | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Wright-Patterson, Army, Military, Swine Flu, Air Force, H1n1, Censorship, US Navy, Vaccines, Politics News
Allen McDuffee

If you want to draw attention to a problem, try hiding it. That's the strategy of several military bases when it comes to the H1N1 vaccine.

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Exercise and Your Immune System: Warding off H1N1 One Dead Rodent at a Time

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Research, Running, Health, Exercise, Swine Flu, H1n1, Fitness, New York Times, Marathons, Vaccines, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Does exercise really boost your immune system? Two new studies examine this connection and the results are not as clear cut as everyone would like to believe.

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The (New) Great Debate

Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Vaccines, Vaccine Debate, Vaccination, Baby Health, Babies, Politics News
Dr. Cara Natterson

In my office, when parents tell me they just want to wait before they give their children vaccines, I explain that this is a choice not to vaccinate.

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Why Weren't H1N1 Vacccines Available for Our Children Before School Started?

Sen. Bob Graham | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Health, Terrorism, Bioterrorism, H1N1 Vaccine, Bob Graham, H1n1, Vaccines, Pandemic Preparedness, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Sen. Bob Graham

Whether the threat is from naturally occurring disease or bioterrorism, the United States needs to be able to produce vaccines and other medicines faster and less expensively.

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A "National Emergency?" No, a National Anxiety Attack

Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu, Flu, Influenza, National Emergency, Panic, Vaccines, H1n1, Living News
Jay Gordon, MD

The possibility of your healthy child "being hooked to a respirator" because of Swine Flu is incredibly small. To imply otherwise is an unintelligent scare tactic.

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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Melinda Gates: Our Efforts Around The World Are Working

Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Global Health, Ethiopia, Melinda Gates, Vaccines, Impact News

From Melinda Gates on ONE: This week, I'm in Washington with Bill to do something that might seem unusual: say 'thank you.' We're saying thanks to th...

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Swine Flu Is in the House

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Tamiflu, Swine Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, Living News
Maria Rodale

We were lucky to catch the infection early enough to get the kids on Tamiflu. But there is no sign of a vaccine in sight, and now it's too late anyway.

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Our Kids: More Than a Sales Channel for Big Pharma

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Corn Refiners Association, Pharmaceutical Industry, Autism, Epinephrine, Kids Safe Chemical Act, Vaccines, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

We've got 80,000 chemicals in our everyday products here in the US, but the EPA has required testing on only 200 of them. Is it any wonder that the health of American children is under siege?

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Swine Flu Virus Says He's 'Thrilled' With Vaccine Delays

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mainstream Media, Andy Borowitz, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Vaccines, Swine Flu, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Despite the avalanche of publicity he's received in recent weeks, the virus dismissed charges that he's a publicity whore.

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NIH Director Francis Collins Blames Resignation Of Top Health Official From Autism Panel On "Tension And Lack Of Trust"

David Kirby | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

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David Kirby

Dr. Landis resigned from the IACC on Saturday after the Age of Autism blog published handwritten notes - assumed to be written by Dr. Landis - speculating on the motives of an autism mother and IACC member.

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A Guide For The Perplexed On Vaccinations: What The Coffee Jitters Tell Us

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

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Alison Rose Levy

For those perplexed by the vaccine debate, here's a brief guide to a basic issue underlying this long-standing controversy: biological individuality. If properly understood, it can reconcile two opposing views.

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Swine Flu Shots Revive a Debate About Vaccines

nytimes.com | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

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People who do not believe in vaccinating children have never had much sway over Leslie Wygant Arndt. She has studied the vaccine debate, she said, and...

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Is Autism Associated with A Viral Infection?

David Kirby | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Nimh, Cleveland Clinic, National Cancer Institute, Nih, University of Nevada, Dr. Thomas INsel, Autism, Retroviruses, Vaccines, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, XMRV Virus, Living News
David Kirby

New findings have potential significance for a number of disorders including, it turns out, autism.

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Something You Should Know About Profits, Vaccines and Tort Reform

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fast-Trak, Monoclonal Antibodies, Gulf War, Elusys, Tort Reform, Fda, Swine Flu, Mederex Soldiers, Texas, Tamiflu, Anthrax, Sudovar, Sibelius, John Deutschhuman Testing, Relenza, Vaccines, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

More research needs to be done on the companies supplying the vaccines for the troops. They and their well-connected investors are subsidized by the government, which supplies troops for human testing.

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Are We Ready for a Flu Pandemic?

Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu Outbreak, Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, H1N1 Vaccine, H1N1 Influenza, Flu Pandemic, Flu, H1n1, Vaccines, Living News
Rep. Edolphus Towns

With the height of the flu season quickly approaching and our children heading back into the classroom, I recently led a full Committee hearing to examine the Obama Administration's Flu Vaccine program.

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