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An immunotherapy harnessing the immune system's "natural killer" cells has proven effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in some adults whose cancers return. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown, in a small clinical trial, that the same natural killer cells also can help some children and young adults with recurrent AML and few other treatment options. Results from the phase 1 trial, which included eight patients ages 1 to 30 years, are published online in the journal Blood. "All of the patients enrolled in this study had very aggressive AML," said first...

Children across the country are dying from what the mainstream media is describing as a “polio-like” illness, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is doing everything in its power to cover it all up and pretend like nothing is happening. At least two parents who have lost children to so-called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), as it’s also called, say that the CDC is acting as though all is well, even as children are becoming paralyzed and losing their lives to the deadly disease. “I feel like they’re just sugar-coating this,” stated Katie Bustamante, whose six-year-old son...

INFORMATION LINKS:United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization (WHO) International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMed)SARS Info Centerper loin’s Charts and Graphs FREE REPUBLIC THREADS: November 10, 2001 1. Colorado Governor Orders Post Office Shut Down After Employee Hospitalized for PneumoniaNovember 21, 2001 2. Odd Pneumonia in SverdlovskFebruary 12, 2003 3. Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus March 10 – 16 4. Precognition (Mother Abigail) 5. First Known Case of Atypical Pneumonia in Europe Quarantined in Frankfurt (with 155 passengers) 6. UN Warns of Worldwide Threat from Killer Pneumonia 7. UN warns of worldwide threat...

INFORMATION LINKS – SARS:United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization (WHO) SARS Info Center International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMed)per loin’s Charts and Graphs FREE REPUBLIC THREADS: November 10, 2001 1. Colorado Governor Orders Post Office Shut Down After Employee Hospitalized for PneumoniaNovember 21, 2001 2. Odd Pneumonia in SverdlovskFebruary 12, 2003 3. Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus March 10 – 16 4. Precognition (Mother Abigail) 5. First Known Case of Atypical Pneumonia in Europe Quarantined in Frankfurt (with 155 passengers) 6. UN Warns of Worldwide Threat from Killer Pneumonia 7. UN warns...

2003-11 March 30, 2003 5:00 pm Advisory Update #15 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome As of March 30, 2003, Health Canada has received reports of approximately 98 probable or suspect cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick. There have been four deaths in Canada. All Canadian cases have occurred in persons who have traveled to Asia or had contact with SARS cases in the household or in a health-care setting. The information contained in this update is based on the best available information Health Canada has at this time. 2003-11 March 29,...