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Saturday, June 21st, 2008CDC: Vaccine Study Design “Uninformative and Potentially Misleading”
Rachel Mosteller | Huffington Post
CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding has delivered a potentially explosive report to the powerful House Appropriations Committee, in which she admits to a startling string of errors in the design and methods used in the CDC’s landmark 2003 study that found no link between […]
Environmental Mercury
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Autism Risk Linked To Distance From Power Plants, Other Mercury-releasing Sources
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2008) — How do mercury emissions affect pregnant mothers, the unborn and toddlers? Do the level of emissions impact autism rates? Does it matter whether a mercury-emitting source is 10 miles away from families versus 20 miles? Is the risk of […]
The Debate Continues
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008What the Autism Studies Show Isn’t Reflected in What the Candidates Say
Washington Post
Two leading presidential candidates have now wandered into an exceptionally emotional medical debate in which they have no known scientific expertise. Several advocacy groups and families of children with autism are embroiled in a long-running court case seeking billions of dollars in damages […]
CNN: Vaccine-autism link divides parents, scientists
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Vaccine-autism link divides parents, scientists
David S. Martin | CNN
YUMA, Arizona (CNN) — At 13, Michelle Cedillo can’t speak, wears a diaper and requires round-the-clock monitoring in case she has a seizure. While her peers go to school or the mall or spend time with friends, the Yuma, Arizona, teenager remains at home, where she entertains […]
Vindication?
Friday, March 7th, 2008Vaccine case draws new attention to autism debate
CNN.com
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — The parents of a 9-year-old girl with autism said Thursday that their assertion that her illness was caused by childhood vaccines has been vindicated by the federal government’s decision to compensate them.
“We are very pleased with the government’s decision,” Hannah Poling’s father, Dr. Jon […]
Confirmation?
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Government Concludes Vaccines Caused Autism
Press Release, National Autism Association | Yahoo News
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Wendy Fournier, +1-401-835-5828, or Rita Shreffler, +1-401-632-6452, both of the National Autism Association
NIXA, Mo., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — It was announced that the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ruled in favor of a child […]
Eli Stone To Air Despite Protests From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008This show will air tomorrow night at 10PM on WJLA 7 in DC.
Eli Stone | January 31 | 10PM | WJLA Channel 7
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ABC Show Will Go on, Over Protest by Doctors
Edward Wyatt | New York Times
ABC said on Monday it would include a disclaimer about the plot line of the debut episode of the drama […]
TV Show Causes Controversy
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008First-episode controversy: The vaccine-autism link
Janet Kornblum | USA TODAY
The premiere episode of Eli Stone, in which a mother wins a $5.2 million lawsuit charging her son got autism from a vaccine, is stirring controversy before it airs.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on ABC to cancel the show, saying in a statement that it […]
Another Study Disputes Autism-Vaccine Link
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Study Finds Vaccine Preservative Is Not Linked to Risks of Autism
AP | New York Times
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Autism cases in California continued to climb even after a mercury-based vaccine preservative that some people blame for the neurological disorder was removed from routine childhood shots, a study has found.
Researchers from the State Public Health Department […]
Missing the Mercury Threat
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Missing the Mercury Threat: An appeal to New Jersey’s Governor
Deirdre Imus | Huffington Post
Albert Einstein once said, “only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity”. We got a good dose of what many would call “human stupidity” last week in New Jersey when 5 un-elected members of the Public Health Council (PHC) voted […]