News you won't see in controlled mainstream media.

* October 17, 2005 -� Congress Poised to Rush Through Sweeping Immunity for Possibly Unsafe Vaccines and other Drugs -Americans Likely to Become Human Guinea Pigs - On October 17, 2005, a new Biodefense bill will be introduced in the U.S. Senate and is expected to be pushed through the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, without hearings. The Bill Would Wipe Out Both Regulatory and Legal Safeguards Against Certain Unsafe Vaccines, Drugs and Devices, Leaving the Industry Completely off the Hook for Hurting American Citizens - Center For Justices & Democracy


* October 17, 2005 -� The Flaw of Administering Immunizations for the Upcoming Bird Flu Pandemic - To create optimal health and reduce the worry of germs and virus, we must change and optimize our body chemistry. - PRWeb


* October 17, 2005 -� Guidelines Changes in the Works for Childhood Immunizations: Presented at AAFP - Doctor's Guide - "During an update on childhood immunizations presented here on September 30th at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Annual Scientific Assembly, presenters said that family physicians may soon see recommendations for universal hepatitis A vaccination, earlier routine vaccination against both rotavirus and meningococcal disease, and a booster dose of the varicella vaccine, noted Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States."


* October 17, 2005 -� Bird flu not 'the end of the world': health official - CBC News - "MacDonald says in a typical flu year, up to 10 per cent of people get sick with the flu. In a pandemic, projections are that 30-40 per cent of people will get sick. "There'll be more people sick than usual �?" they may be sicker than usual, but it may not mean it's the end of the world as we know it today," MacDonald said."


* October 17, 2005 -� Avian flu: it's a danger but keep feeding the birds, for the moment - The London Times - "Professor John Oxford, the flu expert who can be relied upon to give a balanced opinion, has supported the popular and reassuring suggestion that it is likely when the avian flu virus mutates that there will be a shift in its virulence and in its infectiousness. It is thought that it will be likely to become more infectious and less lethal."


* October 16, 2005 -� Cancer wars: Drug giants battle over $7bn market - The Independent, UK - "But even if sale projections prove optimistic, one analyst put things in perspective: "Once it's over $1bn, it's worth having no matter who you are," he said. With its US focus, Merck is likely to be stronger in the US market, with GSK taking up a greater share of international sales. A key forecast assumption is that these cancer vaccines will be placed on the US drug schedule leading to a government- funded vaccination programme for teenage girls."


* October 14, 2005 -� Avian Bird Flu Scare Being Used To Pad Pockets Of Pharmaceutical Companies - Naturally Speaking via www.healthliesexposed.com


* October 13, 2005 -� Vaccinations taking shots: More parents are forgoing immunizations because of perceived side effects - The Patriot Ledger - "Days after getting the shots, Melissa began screaming day and night for weeks and rarely slept for more than 10 minutes at a time, Maxwell said. After her second dose for the diseases, at age 1, Melissa turned violent, pounding her head and pinching herself. At 18 months, after a required third dose of the HiB shot, she began knocking over dining room chairs and nearly pushed the TV off its stand."


* October 2005 -� MMRV Approval May Up Varicella Immunization Rate: The second-shot debate could be obviated. (full text) - Pediatric News - �?oRight now, at the 1-year visit, we're giving kids four or five shots. That's a lot. Anything that gets the number down while providing the same protection is a good thing. It's not revolutionary, but it's beneficial,�?� said Robert W. Frenck Jr., M.D., a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Infectious Diseases and a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles. The need for one less injection, and potentially one less office visit, might close the gap between vaccination rates for varicella and for measles, mumps, and rubella. �?oIt's likely that use of the combination vaccine will help get the varicella vaccination numbers up,�?� said Jay Lieberman, M.D., of the UCLA Center for Vaccine Research in Torrance, Calif."


* October 2005 -� Coming Attraction: A Safe, Effective Rotavirus Vaccine (full text) - Pediatric News - "A pentavalent human-bovine reassortant vaccine (RotaTeq, Merck & Co.) that targets serotypes G1, G2, G3, G4, and P1 may become available early in 2006 in the United States, Penelope H. Dennehy, M.D., said at an international congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases."