Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence
Tom Jefferson, coordinator1
1 Cochrane Vaccines Field, Anguillara Sabazia, Roma 00061, Italy jefferson.tom@gmail.com
Each year enormous effort goes into producing influenza vaccines for that specific year and delivering them to appropriate sections of the population. Is this effort justified?
Viral infections of the respiratory tract impose a high burden on society. In the last half of the 20th…
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Friday, May 15,
A vote on President Barack Obama's controversial judicial nominee is set for next week.
CBN News learned Friday that the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote May 21 on the confirmation of District Judge David Hamilton.
Hearings for Hamilton's approval began last month, and has sparked a great debate surrounding his background.
The Indiana judge gained criticism from conservatives, who labeled him an "extreme liberal"…
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry's secession comment resonates near and far
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GOP Gov. Rick Perry faces reelection in 2010. His biggest primary threat is moderate Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
He kicks off a national firestorm about Texas seceding, which, he clarifies, he's not in favor of. His real target: a potential primary challenge next year from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
By Mark Z. Barabak
May 18,…
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H.R.2346
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Reported in House)
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
National Security Council
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for `Salaries and Expenses', $2,936,000, of which $800,000 shall remain available until expended and $2,136,000 shall remain…
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Text of H.R. 1178: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air...Posted by Daniel F Swain on May 6, 2009 at 12:00pm
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Delete Post Manage Blog The Civil Air Patroll is a precurser to the air force for young pre-adults. This may sound good to some, but I see it as using our children to spy on and indoctrinate them into the NWO. It sounds to me alot like Hitler's youth…
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(05-13) 15:01 PDT Carson City, Nev. (AP) --
Legislative leaders working on a plan for more than $1 billion in new revenue from various sources were criticized Wednesday by Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons for making "covert deals" behind closed doors to raise taxes.
Gibbons, repeating his threat to veto any new or higher taxes to balance the lawmakers' nearly $7 billion budget for the next two fiscal years, also urged people to call or e-mail their senators or Assembly members to…
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Former top Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu used his associations with famous political families like the Clintons and the Kennedys to polish his image and attract investors to his financial frauds, a prosecutor told a jury at the opening of a trial Tuesday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rua Kelly told the jury in Manhattan that it will see photographs of Hsu with famous politicians and will hear his former investors describe being pressured by Hsu to make political donations in their…
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05-13) 14:48 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
President Barack Obama declared Monday he would try to block the court-ordered release of photos showing U.S. troops abusing prisoners, abruptly reversing his position out of concern the pictures would "further inflame anti-American opinion" and endanger U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The White House had said last month it would not oppose an appeals court ruling that set a May 28 deadline for releasing dozens of photos from military…
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(05-13) 00:03 PDT Corpus Christi, Texas (AP) --
Cell phone videos allegedly taken by an employee at a Texas school show disturbing scenes of mentally disabled students fighting each other in bouts that prosecutors say were organized by the employees.
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In one of the videos released Tuesday, two of the students at the Corpus Christi State School fight on the ground while a third person kicks…
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May 8, 2009
BACK TO JEKYLL ISLAND: May 20-22, 2009
Defenders of the Constitution to Meet
For many weeks, WTP has been quietly planning and making preparations for a private meeting this month at Jekyll Island, Georgia.
On May 21-22, Patriots who have given so much for America and the preservation of its governing documents -- the greatest ever given to man – will meet at Jekyll Island…
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Obama's Sister Soulja Moment?
President Obama’s decision this week to reconsider release of inflammatory Pentagon interrogation photos may mark a shift in his administration’s handling of politically charged national security issues -- upsetting his allies on the left but making some new friends among conservatives in the military.
Obama has asked Atty. Gen. Eric Holder to review an earlier plan to release 44 Department of Defense photos showing harsh interrogation of detainees…
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By Paul Strand
CBN News Washington Sr. CorrespondentThursday, May 07, 2009RSSPodcasts
WASHINGTON -- Two pastors spent the day in jail after kneeling and praying outside the White House in a restricted area.
Ad FeedbackThe men said since President Obama didn't attend any of the National Day of Prayer events Thursday, they brought the prayer to him. Before they were handcuffed and taken away, the two African-American pastors said they're particularly upset with the…
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IA-0233-09
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(U//FOUO) Domestic Extremism
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Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). It is to be controlled, stored, handled, transmitted, distributed, and…
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8.9 percent in April
By Patrice Hill Friday, May 8, 2009
The collapse of the job market continued in April, with unemployment surging nearly a half percentage point to 8.9 percent as businesses laid off another 539,000 workers, the Labor Department reported Friday morning.
It was the highest unemployment since the deep recession in September 1983. The loss of jobs would have been even worse at 611,000 in April if the federal government had not hired 66,000 workers…
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GOP probes 'extremism' report's origins
By Audrey Hudson (Contact) | Thursday, May 7, 2009
ArticleComments ( 13 )Print[-][+] Font Size E-Mail AlertsTell a FriendGot a Question?You ReportClick-2-ListenYahoo! BuzzHouse Republicans demanded Wednesday that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano detail how the controversial "right-wing extremism" report was compiled, using a rare legislative maneuver that ensures that the Democrats must take a public stand - one way or…
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Ex Nazi party member "The Pope" What a Trip@#$%$##@
By Chris Mitchell
CBN News Middle East Bureau ChiefFriday, May 08, 2009RSSPodcasts
JERUSALEM, Israel -- He is calling it a pilgrimage of peace. Next week, Pope Benedict XVI is making his first papal visit to Israel and the Middle East.
In Israel's 61-year history as a nation, John Paul II was the only pope to officially visit Israel. On Monday, nine years after John Paul, Benedict will become the second pontiff…
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China's Communists Get Religion
By George Thomas
CBN News Senior ReporterFriday, May 08, 2009RSSPodcasts
BEIJING, China -- After returning from a recent trip to Beijing, former president Jimmy Carter said that there are "10,000 new Christians registering everyday" in China.
Many experts believe Christianity in China is thriving. The Chinese Communist Party, which is officially atheist, is slowly recognizing the role that Christianity and other religions can play in the…
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HR 875 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 875
To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February…
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You Have been Warned!!! Millatary cops.
HR 1139 RFS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1139
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 23, 2009
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance…
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