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Submission + - Court rules again against vaccine-autism claims

Submitted by barnyjr on Friday March 12, 2010 @05:11PM

barnyjr writes: According to a story from Reuters:
Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness.

The special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that vaccines could not have caused the autism of an Oregon boy, William Mead, ending his family's quest for reimbursement.

Submission + - New HIV Strain Discovered in Woman From Cameroon 1

Submitted by barnyjr on Sunday August 02, 2009 @02:13PM

barnyjr writes: From the story: A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS was discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine. ...The most likely explanation for the new find is gorilla-to-human transmission, Plantier's team said.

Submission + - WoW gamer earns Federal Investigation achievement.

Submitted by barnyjr on Sunday July 19, 2009 @04:53PM

barnyjr writes: A teenager could face federal charges after investigators say he made online threats to kill Americans on a plane from Indianapolis to Chicago. According to investigators, a monitor of the online interactive game World of Warcraft saw the alleged threats in an on-line chat and called Johnson County authorities. She told investigators the chatter didn't seem like a game. Full Story

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