Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 03/29/2009
I was planning on writing something about this for the 1 year anniversary of when the Department of Justice concession to Hannah Poling was leaked. Why wait until now? Because it was basically impossible to discuss this last year. Immediately after…
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
A year ago I tried to talk to Andrew Zimmerman about the Hannah Poling case and was told: Dr. Zimmerman…....is not able to publicly discuss this patient. As a participant in this case, the family provided consent for Dr. Zimmerman to share…
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 03/13/2009
It’s been a year since the concession in the Hannah Poling case was made public. I’ve been thinking that we would likely see some discussion on it again—especially since the Bailey Banks case didn’t turn into the media event that…
Facing Autism in New Brunswick (Free subscription) | 03/13/2009
Yep, Hannah Poling’s case was conceded, but contrary to popular internet re-interpretations which claim a court “decision” about autism causation, the case was apparently never actually heard by the court - and no court ruling about whether or not Hannah’s autistic features were caused by vaccination was ever made. D'oC, Autism Street, March 13, 2009, http://www.autismstreet.org/weblog/?p=325...
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
On Wednesday 3rd December, Ginger Taylor sent an email around to a maillist of journalists she maintains contact with saying: Last spring I wrote to you and told you to be on the look out for the story of Hannah Poling, who…
Pat Sullivan Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)In my inbox from Ginger Taylor: Dear Friends, Last spring I wrote to you and told you to be on the look out for the story of Hannah Poling, who was the first child with autism to be paid from the vaccine injury compensation fund. In the months following the Poling story, we found that she was actually at least the tenth child with autism compensated for her vaccine injuries...
Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Earlier this year, reports that the US Federal Court of Claims had conceded that vaccines had contributed to the onset of autistic symptoms in the case of Hannah Poling led to much speculation and debate about (1) if mitochondrial disorders could be linked to autism and (2) how common mitochondrial disorders might be among autistic [...]
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The Hannah Poling case has raised many questions about vaccines and metabolic disorders (of which mitochondrial disorders is a subset). Which is a way of saying, yes, the paper we are about to discuss covers more than just mitochondria. But,…
Adventures in Autism (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
Damn that Bush Administration is sneaky. Apparently Secretary Michael Levitt, who is rumored to be telling people in his church parking lot that he knows that mercury in vaccines causes autism, whose department conceded that vaccines caused Hannah Poling's autism, and who will not release the Poling case files to the Polings so that they can understand what reasoning HHS used in making that determination,...
PointOfLaw Forum (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Remember press brouhaha over the Hannah Poling "maybe vaccines do cause autism after all" report? Turns out it may be a candidate for the scientists' undisclosed conflicts hall of fame [Seidel] Slowdown, maybe, in craze for filing patent lawsuits...
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
You may recall that there was a panel discussion on Mitochondrial Disease and Autism following the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation’s (UMDF) meeting in Indianapolis. This, of course, was prompted by the news reports of the Hannah Poling case. If you are…
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
For most people reading this blog, the story of Hannah Poling is very familiar. She was diagnosed with a condition called “Mitochondrial-PDD” by Richard Kelley of the Kennedy Kreiger Institute. That, of course, is not what makes her well known.…
Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
According to the claim that vaccines or something in vaccines can be linked to autism—the source of much discussion and dissent for most of my son’s life—-autistic persons are “damaged” and “injured”; they were once “normal,” “typical” and “ok.” The notion that vaccines or mercury poisoning are the cause of autism not only...
Left Brain/Right Brain (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Sharyl Attkisson has recently “ discovered ” what those of us who have been watching the Autism Omnibus closely have known for months: Hannah Poling is not the first person with autism or autistic symptoms who has had been compensated* in vaccine…
Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Over at Primary Source in an August 1st post, Sharyl Attkisson discusses the case of Hannah Poling and says that “it’s the first time we know of that the government has ‘conceded’ an autism case in vaccine court.” Attkisson then writes: But CBS News has learned the government has previously been court-ordered to pay on other [...]
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