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Sharyl Attkisson to receive media award

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Sharyl Attkisson has been one of the less reliable members of the media when it comes to the autism/vaccine discussion. She promotes the purported link, defended Andrew Wakefield and gave David Kirby (of Evidence of Harm fame) a platform to promote his views. For example. Recall a few years back when the Hornig study (Lack [...]

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Transcripts from the GMC hearings

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

With the defamation suit by Mr. Wakefield filed in Texas there is the strong possibility that the discussions will ensue again about what actually happened during Mr. Wakefield’s research at the Royal Free hospital. The one record of this is in the transcripts for the GMC hearings. These can be found online in a few [...]

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Mother Jones: Rep. Dan Burton’s Legacy: Lots of Sick Kids

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Dan Burton, representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana announced today he would not seek re-election this year. Mother Jones has an article to mark the end of Dan Burton’s career in congress: Rep. Dan Burton’s Legacy: Lots of Sick Kids. The link says a lot “rep-dan-burton-goodbye-and-good-riddance”. Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones starts [...]

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Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The U.S. Institutes of Medicine (IOM) will hold a meeting to discuss the feasibility of studying health outcomes in vaccinated and unvaccinated children. Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule will be held on February 9. Activity Description The IOM will conduct an independent assessment surrounding the feasibility of studying health outcomes in [...]

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