Vaccines and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the News
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Date Source Topic Title
8/8/08 London Free Press Mumps Mumps Found in 10 Cases in Oxford County
8/8/08 CNN Rabies 38 Dead After Being Bitten by Vampire Bats
8/7/08 StarTribune (MN) Measles Minnesota Tracking Two Cases of Measles
8/7/08 MinnPost Measles Measles Report: Why we still need vaccines
8/7/08 Forbes.com (from
McKinsey Quarterly)		 Policy A Better Way To Speed Up The Adoption of Vaccines
8/7/08 New England
Journal of Medicine		 Poling Case Letters: Vaccines and Autism Revisited
by Paul A. Offit, MD, chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School
8/6/08 Juneau Empire (AK) Pertussis Pediatricians Urge Vaccines for Whooping Cough
8/5/08 ABC News Importance X-Files Actress on Vaccines: Ignore the Stars [Click for video from Good Morning America]
8/5/08 Wall Street Journal Meningococcal Quelling a Killer: The Case For the Meningococcal Vaccine
8/08 Popular Mechanics Importance As Diseases Make Comeback, Why Aren't All Kids Vaccinated?
8/08 Cookie Magazine Importance Calling the Shots
8/08 Cookie Magazine Importance Amanda Peet Interview
7/29/08 MetroNews (WV) Meningococcal Advocate Calls For Meningitis Vaccine Requirement [Audio is available]
7/29/08 Orlando Sentinel Pertussis Whooping-Cough Cases Rising, Especially Among Babies
7/29/08 Washington State
University News		 Rubella WSU Student Diagnosed with Rubella
7/24/08 Clay County Progress Rabies Area Residents Bit by Rabid Fox
7/24/08 Reuters Pertussis Vaccination Clinic Helps Control High School Pertussis Outbreak
7/23/08 North Kitsap
Herald (WA)		 Importance Op-ed: Ouch! That’s Painful ... But It’s for Your Own Good!
7/22/08 Rocky Mount
Telegram (NC)		 Autism Researchers Look for Autism Links
7/21/08 Conde Nast Portfolio HPV HPV Vaccine Inspires Yellow Health Journalism
7/21/08 Fayette Front
Page (GA)		 Importance It's Time For Back To School Vaccinations
7/18/08 Associated Press Development Plans for Large-Scale AIDS Vaccine Trial Dropped
7/16/08 Indianapolis Star Pandemic Influenza Deciding Who Gets the Vaccine First
7/15/08 Nottingham Evening
Post (UK)		 Measles I am Going Deaf...Because I Had Measles
7/14/08 St. Louis
Post-Dispatch (MO)		 Autism Doctor Dismisses Link of Autism to Vaccines
7/11/08 Science Magazine Autism Identifying Autism Loci and Genes by Tracing Recent Shared Ancestry
7/11/08 US News and
World Report		 Autism Autism and a Link to Brain Development
7/10/08 Washington Post Autism Mental Activity May Affect Autism-Linked Genes; Study Suggests That Altering Ill Children's Experiences Could Change the Disease
7/9/08 Reuters.com Measles Measles Outbreak Hits 127 People in 15 States
7/9/08 PNW Local
News (WA)		 Pertussis Whooping Cough Vaccinations Recommended for Whidbey Residents
7/8/08 Democrat and
Chronicle (NY)		 Media coverage Op-ed: Make Sure Physicians' Positions Are Included in Medical Articles
7/7/08 AMED News Book review New Book Aims to Provide Vaccine Answers: AMNews interviews Martin Myers, MD
7/3/08 Baltimore Sun Combination
Vaccines		 Federal Panel OKs Two Combination Vaccines
7/3/08 Bloomberg Development/
Malaria		 Glaxo Scientist's `Aha' Moment May Result in Malaria Vaccine
7/1/08 OC Register (CA) Advocacy Transcript: An Interview with Voices For Vaccines
7/1/08 United Press
International (UK)		 Safety Multiple Vaccines not Cause of Ill Health
7/1/08 Pediatrics Advocacy Letter to the Editor: Fighting for the Reputation of Vaccines
by Voices For Vaccines interim executive director Lisa Randall, JD, and Alan R. Hinman, MD, MPH, FAAP
7/1/08 Washington Post Autism/Peter Hotez Fathering Autism: A Scientist Wrestles With the Realities of His Daughter's Illness
7/1/08 Washington Post Autism Some Key Dates in Autism History
7/1/08 Seattle Times Gates Foundation Bill Gates Q&A: The challenges of running the Gates Foundation
6/25/08 Washington Post Rotavirus Rotavirus Vaccine Proves Highly Effective
6/25/08 Associated Press Rotavirus US Panel Endorses 2nd Vaccine for Kids' Virus
6/25/08 International
Herald Tribune		 GAVI Millions of Vaccines to be Bought for Children Worldwide
6/24/08 United Press
International		 Combination
DTaP-Hib-IPV		 New Pediatric Vaccine Reduces Shots
6/24/08 City News (Canada) Autism New Autism Research May Allow Earliest Ever Detection
6/22/08 Melbourne Herald
Sun (AU)		 Meningococcal Hope for Meningococcal Vaccine
6/21/08 The Independent (UK) Measles Official Warning: Measles 'endemic' in Britain
6/20/08 News & Observer (NC) Dr. Sam Katz Doc Hasn't Stopped Helping
6/19/08 Seattle
Post-Intelligencer		 Rotavirus Op-ed: Joining Forces to Combat Global Illness
by Jean Stephenne, president of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
6/19/08 Reuters.com Influenza Most People with Asthma in U.S. Don't Get a Flu Shot
6/16/08 Louisville
Courier-Journal (KY)		 HPV U of L Study Finds HPV Vaccine May Help Prevent Other Cancers
6/12/08 New England
Journal of Medicine		 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Preparedness — Are We Ready for the Next Influenza Pandemic?
6/12/08 Star Tribune Rubella Rubella Case Reported in North Dakota
6/11/08 HealthDay News Avian Influenza New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise
6/10/08 Washington Post Religious
Exemptions		 Faith Lets Some Kids Skip Shots
6/10/08 Star Tribune (MN) Rabies Vaccine Shortage Limits Rabies Shots
6/10/08 Press of
Atlantic City (NJ)		 Exemptions Editorial: Vaccine exemptions / Dangerous policy
6/9/08 Wall Street Journal Importance Problems -- and Solutions
6/8/08 Toronto Sun (Canada) Polio No Jabs for My Kids: Some parents fear polio drugs do more harm than good
6/5/08 Washington
Independent		 "Green our
Vaccines” rally		 Celebs Rally for Vaccine Reform
by Washington-based journalist Arthur Allen
6/2/08 Palo Alto Daily News Autism Conference Sheds Light on Autism (June 2, 2008)
5/26/08 Voice of America Polio Nigeria Puts Polio Eradication at Risk
5/22/08 The Economist Adjuvants A Shot in the Dark No More
5/21/08 Time Magazine Safety How Safe Are Vaccines?
5/21/08 Arizona Daily Star Measles State Gives $350K More to Fight Measles Outbreak
5/20/08 The Morning Call (PA) Autism Op-ed: Science, Not Lawsuits, Will Find Autism's Cause
by Mark C. Knouse, MD
5/16/08 Canadian Press Autism Autism Researchers Say Eye Tracker Technology May Lead to Earlier Diagnosis
5/15/08 Associated Press Shingles Older Americans Urged to Get Shingles Shots
5/15/08 Tucson Citizen Measles Measles Control to Cost at Least $1 Million
5/15/08 New England
Journal of Medicine		 Autism Vaccines and Autism Revisited — The Hannah Poling Case
by Paul A. Offit, MD, chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School
5/15/08 University Wire
(Eastern Illinois U)		 HPV A Dose of Reality on HPV
5/15/08 Arizona Daily Star Measles Cops, Firefighters Advised to Get Shots for Measles
5/14/08 Olympian (WA) Measles Measles Threat Becomes Real
5/13/08 New York Times HPV Oral Cancer in Men Associated with HPV
5/13/08 New York Times Vaccine Court Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
5/12/08 Bay City News (CA) Pertussis El Sobrante School Closed: 17 cases of whooping cough
5/11/08 Milwaukee (WI)
Journal Sentinel		 Measles Officials Scramble to Keep Outbreak Under Control
5/9/08 Newsday Measles Measles Cases Prompt Fears Disease Is On Comeback
5/8/08 New York Post Measles Measles Madness--Will NY Encourage Illness?
by Scott Gottlieb, a practicing physician and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from 2005 to 2007
5/8/08 Central Michigan
University News		 Meningitis Central Michigan Student Dies of Meningitis
5/6/08 Guardian Online (UK) Mumps Mumps Outbreak at Kingston University
5/6/08 Measles Seattle
Post-Intelligencer		 Op-ed: Measles: Prompt Warnings
5/6/08 Associated Press Pandemic Influenza Health Experts Say World Still Faces Substantial Threat of Flu Pandemic
5/6/08 USA Today Development Experimental Meningitis Vaccine Shows Promise
5/5/08 Iowa City
Press-Citizen		 Importance Op-ed: Vaccines Help Keep Children Healthy
by Christopher Atchison, director of the University Hygienic Laboratory and associate dean for Public Health Practice and University of Iowa College of Public Health
5/5/08 Washington Post Anthrax Rockville Biotech Buys Rival's Anthrax Vaccine
5/5/08 Reuters Autism Study Links Child's Autism, Parents' Mental Illness
5/5/08 Salon.com Autism McCain, Obama, Clinton Push Dangerous Vaccine-Autism Myth
5/5/08 Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette		 Safety Preemies at No Extra Risk When Immunized
5/5/08 Chicago Sun-Times HPV Most Moms Balk at HPV Vaccine for Young Girls: Study
5/4/08 Atlanta
Journal-Constitution		 Influenza Active Children Dead Within Days
5/4/08 Austin
American-Statesman		 Autism Charting a Different Course on Autism
5/3/08 Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel		 Importance Vaccines: We're All in This Together
5/2/08 Washington Post Measles CDC Cites Largest U.S. Resurgence of Measles Since 2001
5/1/08 Tri-City Herald
(Washington)		 Measles Three Children in Grant County Family Have Measles
5/08 Infectious Diseases
in Children		 Misinformation Op-ed: The School Listserv – Another Source of Vaccine Information, or Misinformation
by Philip A. Brunell, MD, Chief Medical Editor
4/30/08 Associated Press FDA Inspections FDA Warns Merck to Fix Vaccine Plant Problems
4/29/08 Los Angeles Times Importance Op-ed: We Must Vaccinate Kids
4/29/08 New York Times Schedule
Compliance		 Quarter Of Kids Don't Meet Vaccine Schedule
4/27/08 Iowa City
Press-Citizen		 Autism Op-ed: Knowing the Facts about Autism
by Lea Davis, a PhD candidate in Genetics at the University of Iowa
4/25/08 Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel		 Importance Op-ed: Public Health Should Come First
4/24/08 Star-Telegram (TX) Meningitis Student Diagnosed with Bacterial Meningitis
4/22/08 BBC News (UK) Meningitis Meningitis C Deaths Cut to Zero
4/22/08 Washington Post Autism Op-ed: What the Autism Studies Show Isn't Reflected in What the Candidates Say
4/22/08 Tucson Citizen (AZ) Measles Op-ed: Not Getting Measles Shots is a Choice Hard to Justify
4/22/08 Associated Press Polio Polio Cases Double in Nigeria
4/22/08 Daily Mirror (UK) Measles Why Measles Has Hit Record Levels
4/21/08 Winston Salem
Journal (NC)		 Importance Op-ed: Vaccine Study
4/20/08 Roanoke Times Autism Op-ed: Don't Blame Vaccines for Autism
4/20/08 New York Post Importance Op-ed: Foul Shots
4/18/08 Wall Street Journal Pandemic Influenza Op-ed: Recipe for a Pandemic
4/17/08 Influenza HealthDay Current Flu Season Worst in 4 Years
4/17/08 Asheville
Citizen-Times (NC)		 Polio Our Stories: My Life Shows Why Polio Vaccination Is So Crucial
4/17/08 Slate.com Concerns Podcast: Kids and Vaccines: Opting Out?
Pediatrician Dr. Sydney Spiesel talks with Emily Bazelon about fears surrounding immunization and the dangers of not getting vaccinated
4/17/08 Star Tribune Influenza CDC: Flu Season Worst in 3 Years; Vaccine Didn't Work Well
4/17/08 Daily Cardinal (WI) Importance Op-ed: Wisconsin Takes a Step Back in Time
4/17/08 Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel		 Measles/Mumps Parents Flock for Vaccines
4/17/08 LATimes Health Blog Measles/Autism Measles or Autism? Not a Choice
4/16/08 Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel		 Importance Op-ed: Immunization Gaps
4/15/08 Washington Post Poling Case Letter: Vaccines: The Debate Continues
4/15/08 Sacramento Bee Measles Measles Outbreak in Israel Triggers Traveler Cautions
4/14/08 Washington
Independent		 NVAC Meeting Op-ed: Government Aims to Appease Vaccine Critics
by Washington-based journalist Arthur Allen
4/14/08 Associated Press Measles 100 Get Measles Vaccine Amid Outbreak
4/12/08 Associated Press NVAC Meeting Government Seeks Help With Vaccine Questions
4/11/08 Journal Times (WI) Measles Op-ed: Ignore the Fear, Get the Vaccines
4/12/08 Omaha World-Herald Importance Avoiding Vaccines Imperils Kids, Doctor Says
4/11/08 New York Times NVAC Meeting Public Forum to Address Safety Issues on Vaccines
4/11/08 Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel		 Measles Measles Outbreak Brewing, City Health Officials Say
4/11/08 Arizona Daily Star Measles Measles Case: 500 May Be at Risk
4/10/08 Economist Autism Not More, Just Different
4/10/08 New York Times Mumps Mumps Outbreak Prompts Questions
4/9/08 The Telegraph
(Nashua)		 Sykes vs.
Bayer lawsuit		 What a Web of Actional Links We Can Weave
by columnist Dave Brooks
4/9/08 New York Sun Measles Measles Warning Issued for Overseas Trips
4/9/08 News Tribune (WA) Measles Sea-Tac Airport Exposed to Measles Virus
4/8/08 Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel		 Measles Measles Confirmed in Toddler
4/7/08 Dallas Morning News Poling Case Op-ed: Autism and Vaccines--A Careless Ruling
by Paul A. Offit, MD, chief of the infectious diseases division of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
4/7/08 Associated Press Measles Measles Advisory Issued by Long Island County Health Agency
4/7/08 Canadian Press Measles Toronto Health Agency Investigating Outbreak of Four Measles Cases
4/5/08 Toronto Globe Measles Measles Carrier May Still Be at Large
4/4/08 ProMED Mail Measles Measles Outbreak in Austria
4/2/08 The Denver Post Poling Case Op-ed: Decision May Undermine Years of Vaccine Progress
4/2/08 Associated Press Autism High Rate of Autism Signs Found in Children Born Extremely Prematurely, Researchers Find
4/1/08 American Medical
News		 Vaccine Court Vaccine Court's Ruling Adds to Confusion over Autism Link
4/1/08 Arizona Daily Star Measles Measles Hits 9 in county; Spread Leads to Concern
4/1/08 New York Times Polio Torn by Fighting, Two Countries Fall Behind in Campaign Against Polio
3/31/08 New York Times Vaccine Court Op-ed: Inoculated Against Facts
by Paul A. Offit, chief of the infectious diseases division of the Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia
3/31/08 HealthDay News Vaccine
Development		 Researchers Successfully Test Ebola Vaccines
3/30/08 Florida Today Importance Experts Say Don't Go Commando on Vaccines
3/30/08 Denver Post Vaccine Court Op-ed: Fear over Vaccines and Autism
by Ned Calonge, MD, chief state medical officer for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
3/28/08 All Africa Measles Measles Claims 165 Children in Katsina
3/27/08 Independent (UK) Wakefield/MMR MMR: Moment of Truth for Man Behind the Scare
3/27/08 The Times Online
(UK)		 Influenza TV Researcher 'Brought Fatal Flu to Amazon Tribe'
3/26/08 Atlanta Journal
Constitution		 Importance Op-ed: Vaccines' Benefits Outweigh Dangers
by Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3/26/08 Washington Post Development AIDS Vaccine Testing at Crossroads
3/25/08 The Atlantic Monthly Autism Correlation, Causation, Vaccination
3/25/08 Exemptions Fort Wayne Journal
Gazette  (IN)		 Immunization Roulette
3/25/08 Las Vegas
Eyewitness News		 Hepatitis Angered Patients Vent to Lawmakers Over Hepatitis Scare
3/21/08 The Santa Barbara
Independent		 Rabies 16-Year-Old Dies of Rabies in Santa Maria; Public Health Officials Trying to Track Down Traveling Companion
3/20/08 Star Tribune (MN) Influenza 'Influenza-Like Illness' Kills 2 in Same Minnesota Family
3/18/08 Telegram &
Gazette (MA)		 Influenza Girl, 12, Dies After Getting Flu
3/18/08 Argus Leader (SD) Importance Op-ed: Vaccines Have Saved Lives
3/15/08 Washington Post Measles Officials Seek People Possibly Exposed to Girl With Measles
3/14/08 Ottawa Citizen Mumps Large Outbreak of Mumps Blamed on Failure to Immunize
3/14/08 StarTribune (MN) Influenza Girl is 2nd Child to Die of Flu in State This Winter
3/14/08 San Francisco
Chronicle		 Influenza Op-ed: Flu Vaccinations for Children Help Protect Us All
3/13/08 Salon.com