In the News

Letter: The list of ingredients is scarier than having flu
http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/dec/09/letter_flu/

Maghull schoolgirl paralysed after mystery illness (HPV vaccine)
http://tinyurl.com/69l38x

Defending Vaccines: Actress Dispels Link To Autism
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97940354

Biological Plausibility of a Relationship Between Vaccines and Autism
http://tinyurl.com/6qts2k

FDA Okays Tdap Booster for Adults
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/Vaccines/12061

2008-2009 Flu Season Thus Far
http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=9493870

Worldwide Measles Deaths Drop Dramatically
http://tinyurl.com/59o7nj

Measles outbreak leads to mass vaccination for thousands of at riskchildren
http://tinyurl.com/5gnm32

DTaP Side Effect: Autism. Now You See It. Now You Don't.
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/dtap-side-effec.html

On Media: Why I Hate the British Press
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/on-media-why-i.html

Poor Families Pressed Into Vaccine Trials by Drug Companies; 12Babies Die
http://www.naturalnews.com/025032.html

CDC urges families to vaccinate kids for flu
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/08/flu.html

Pregnant women are at special risk and should get flu shot
http://www.kentucky.com/148/story/618678.html

The Flu Vaccine
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1864920,00.html

CDC's Children's Flu Vaccination Day is Dec. 9
http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=416520

National Influenza Vaccination Week
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/NIVW/activities.htm

Halachic Aspects of Vaccination
http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/46479/

A `Hopeful Beginning' For A Malaria Vaccine
http://tinyurl.com/59dvr2

The Flu Shot: Exposed (video)
http://tinyurl.com/5kqktj

Flu shots urged as season approaches
http://tinyurl.com/6bunuj

Vaccination debate: Parents' choice or public health threat?
http://tinyurl.com/564ayt

What Would One Want From A National Vaccine Plan?
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/what-would-one.html

Vote for Bodies in Rebellion on Change.org
http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/2008/12/owner.html

Two sides unable to bridge gap
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article915010.ece

Speaking the language of vaccines (ICAAC and IDSA joint meeting)
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/12/15/hlsa1215.htm

The Army Fighting Autism? The Department of Defense?
http://tinyurl.com/5r2dau

Disagreeing with doctor about vaccine dangers
http://tinyurl.com/5jb34d

Global Alliance on Vaccine and Immunization
http://www.gavialliance.org/support/donors/index.php

Parents meet with NJ's Health Commissioner
http://tinyurl.com/6nu5h6

To `Protect your daughters' future'
http://tinyurl.com/66recm

Tom Daschle is Asking for Your Health Stories
http://tinyurl.com/6n2bpk

In the News

In the News

Parents Meet with NJ's Health Commissioner
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/parents-meet-wi.html

The Pentagon -- A Voice of Reason on Vaccines and Autism?
http://tinyurl.com/6j4zgo

CDC and Congress Secrets Vaccine Mercury Report
http://tinyurl.com/5hm4jk

Measles deaths drop worldwide, report estimates
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_he_me/med_global_measles

Flu On Campus: Avoiding Misery For $20
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97780307

Students, that flu shot could help your grades
http://tinyurl.com/69zmma

Flu study confirms recommendations for kids
http://tinyurl.com/5psvak

Vaccine makers urge speedy accord on pandemic plan
http://tinyurl.com/5pr44m

CDC'S December 12 Web Conference to Focus on Vaccination of
Healthcare Personnel
http://tinyurl.com/5zj7zk

The other side of flu shots
http://tinyurl.com/6a68qv

Autism linked to vaccines?
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/03/autism-linked-to-vaccines/

Deirdre Imus: How Do I Find a Green Pediatrician?
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/deirdre-imus-ho.html

Expert urges no-fault vaccine compensation (Canada)
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1029181

The Great Thimerosal Cover-up
http://tinyurl.com/5bt5s9

Merck continues to struggle with questions over safety and cost of
Gardasil
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/12/merck-the-outlook-is-not-so-good/

The CDC's Vaccination Genocide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwRCmhQ615w

MMR jabs plea as measles epidemic hits the West Midlands
http://tinyurl.com/6qlnet

Follow-Up to the Trenton Vaccination Choice Rally
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/follow-up-to-th.html

Members Address Health Commissioner Heather Howard
http://tinyurl.com/58om84

Inquest to begin into death of baby after MMR vaccination
http://tinyurl.com/5n4tvb

Provenge Activists Fail To Get FDA Documents
http://tinyurl.com/5g5zfc

To Immunize or Not
http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=9442986&nav=1sW7

New Jersey makes Flu vac. mandatory!
http://modernmom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30185#p30185

DOD and CDC: Studies Suggest a Possible Link Between Multiple
Vaccines and Injury
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/dod-and-cdc-stu.html

Call and keep your Vaccination Choice!
http://tinyurl.com/5buhjl

MMR baby 'chatting away' hours before his death, inquest hears
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/dec/02/health-children/print

Students, that flu shot could help your grades
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/35346209.html

MMR, autism and a baby's death
http://tinyurl.com/67ehfc

Healthy baby died after MMR jab
http://tinyurl.com/6oa93j

President Elect Obama: The Medical Director of the Autism Research
Institute Speaks Out
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/president-elect.html

Allergic reactions to Gardasil uncommon
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINL23358420081203?rpc=44

In the News

Members Address Health Commissioner Heather Howard

"Dear Ms. Howard,

As you are aware, Jan. 1 is the mandatory flu shot deadline. It is URGENT that the NJ Health Department change its stance, and support Assembly Bill A260/S1071.

Being in the medical field, I often witness adverse reactions. Many people are indeed experiencing Guillian-Barre Syndrome from the flu vaccine, as well as other adverse reactions that are listed on the package insert. Most citizens are not educated enough on what an adverse reaction is and further, many doctors do not report them if they acknowledge them. As you may know, reporting reactions is voluntary; clearly quality assurance in the national VAERS tracking system is lacking.

As Health Commissioner, you have a DUTY. It is the DUTY of elected officials, appointed officials and doctors to support informed consent. US Citizens have a fundamental right to health. Please institute and support public health policies through the NJ Health Department that allow the people of NJ to make an informed decision for themselves and their children rather than employing the strong-arm tactic of mandatory mass vaccinations.

Attached is just one of the flu vaccine package inserts; you might want to verify for yourself the list of reactions. After you have seen the amount of damage caused by flu vaccines, as I have, you might also question the unflinching statement that the benefits of flu vaccines far outweigh the risks. I urge you to let people decide for themselves, and do it immediately by supporting vaccination choice in NJ. I look forward to hearing your response.

Institute for Vaccine Safety - Package Inserts_

Respectfully,
Jane T."

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"Dear Ms. Howard,

It appears that you are where the buck stops, and so I will address my concerns directly to you.

I write to express my own strong opposition to the flu shot mandate, and to inform you that I know many others that feel the same. In the state of New Jersey we do not have vaccination choice, and we need it- fast. The very fact that no comprehensive program has been put in place to ensure that EVERY pediatric dose given for this flu shot mandate - does indeed have the lowest possible levels of thimerosol/mercury is difficult to understand. Indeed, as public health policy, a flu shot mandate for young children has many problems as I see it. The sketchy availability throughout NJ of safe flu shots is just one.

By now, you must be aware of the many NJ parents who have stated their intention to stop vaccinating altogether until they feel they can get clear answers about the safety and effectiveness of these shots. I would ask that you forward to me the studies that PROVE the safety and effectiveness of the flu shot for young children, especially those under the age of 2. All I can find are vague references (no complete citations, mind you) from the CDC saying that it is just a good idea, and everybody should do this because we say so. I am an engineer, I happen to like data, and the studies my research has uncovered say that flu shot safety is not proven, that they are not tested in any long-term way at all, and further that flu shots just don't have any effect on the youngest children.

Ms. Howard, why does the state of NJ require that healthy, growing, developing infant 6 month olds, be injected with known neurotoxins and allergens?
Or, what about requiring that parents use a product on their children that only works 40% of the time? According to the CDC, that is exactly how often last year's flu shot was effective. To have the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services push flu shots through such "one size fits all" mandates is dangerous besides offensive in my opinion.

I've read your department's position statement on the proposed legislation A260/S1071 Conscientious Exemption from Mandatory Vaccination.
I have also read Dr. Paul King's response to your assertions.
I look forward to hearing your response to Dr. King; that is, the next part of this dialog. Will you include me?

I look forward to hearing back from you on this matter.

Sincerely,
Amy G.
Caldwell, NJ"

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Dear Commissioner Howard,

I wanted to let you know that I strongly support Conscientious Exemption to Mandatory Immunization as exemplified by Assembly Bill A260 and Senate Bill S1071.

In a democratic society, parents should be allowed to decide which invasive medical procedures to choose for their children. Each child is immunologically and genetically different. Children all have different sensitivities. My son, for example, has numerous allergies, asthma, and eczema. My daughter does not. We should not be imposing one-size-fits-all health mandates on all children. Parents are the ones that have to live with the consequences of a bad vaccine reaction, not legislators and not states - even though governments are finding themselves legally and financially liable. I know two families who lost previously healthy children to encephalitis after the Hepatitis B shot. One of those - my friend Manny - is a microbiologist at UMDNJ. He and his wife now have a lawsuit pending against the federal government.

Please do what is right and support a parent's right to choose. Healthcare decisions must never be made out of fear and parents should never be coerced by the state into making the wrong decisions for their families.

Respectfully,
Emily F."

Members Address Health Commissioner Heather Howard

In the News

MMR: Give parents the right to single vaccinations to halt measles rise
http://tinyurl.com/5txjjv

Sanofi Pasteur Wants Liability Protection for Vaccinating PregnantWomen
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/12/sanofi-pasteur.html

Vaccine Controversy (Fox video)
http://tinyurl.com/5db9r6

Doctors Abandoning Vaccines That Don't Make Them Money
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000569_vaccines_doctors_vaccination.html

Why should the vaccinated worry about the unvaccinated
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/janak/081202

Vaccine Layering Extra Risky
http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/article.html?article_id=47007

Thimerosal in Vaccines
http://911effect.com/?p=5201

Getting the flu shot when you're pregnant
http://tinyurl.com/5lhy2p

Shots offered with advent of sick season
http://www.hackensackchronicle.com/NC/0/591.html

Some US doctors may give up vaccines due to cost
http://tinyurl.com/6jvjws

Overseas Drug (vaccine) Trials Come Under Scrutiny
http://tinyurl.com/5f7y47

HPV Vaccine for Younger Women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laoiH9pLv-Q

The List Keeps Growing: David Kirby on the Autism Vaccine Connection
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/the-list-keeps.html

Adverse court ruling could doom vaccines
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/opinion/story/690084.html

Open Letters to Barack Obama
http://tinyurl.com/5orbem

Fear of a measles epidemic: Autism theory to blame?http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/family/archives/155646.asp

Measles Aren't Going Away, They're On the Rise
http://www.autismvox.com/measles-arent-going-away-theyre-on-the-rise/

"Mitochondrial Autism" is Real; Vaccine Triggers Cannot Be Ruled Out
http://tinyurl.com/6s7omg

Fear of the Invisible - The Virus that never was
http://tinyurl.com/5sasgg

Autism fears lead some parents to not immunize children
http://www.indystar.com/article/20081129/LOCAL/811290455/1083/LIVING01

History of Eli Lilly's Thimerosal and Autism
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/click-here-to-r.html

Autism: Debate Rages over a Rare Case
http://tinyurl.com/6morqu

Elie Ward and the AAP Fighting for the Rights of Vaccine Makershttp://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/elie-ward-and-t.html

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In the News

Hep B Vacine is Associated with a 9-Fold Developmental Disability Rate
http://tinyurl.com/68l7a7

Doctors "firing' Patients
http://tinyurl.com/6cdmjj

When Autism is Made Too Easy
http://tinyurl.com/5hyp92

HPV vaccine may help boys, study shows
http://tinyurl.com/66g39j

America's Health Checkup
http://tinyurl.com/5e3vou

New administration could mean new CDC chief
http://tinyurl.com/5unjex

Vaccines - The Great Debate (1 of 2)
http://tinyurl.com/6gnfjc

Vaccinations: Whooping Cough Rates Increasing
http://tinyurl.com/5sr4z9

David Kirby to Dr. David Tayloe, President American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/david-kirby-to.html

If You Let the Idiots Talk They'll Tell You What You Want to Know
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/if-you-let-the.html

Debate rages over need for vaccines
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article912639.ece

Boston launches flu shot tracking
http://tinyurl.com/6rlflh

Paul Offit Acts as a Spokesperson for AAP
http://tinyurl.com/5s6flg

The AAP NY Immunization Coalition Targets David Kirby and Age ofAutism
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/the-aap-ny-targ.html

"Preemption" Preemption?
http://kerboblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/preemption-preemption.html

EpiPen prescriptions rise as more children get food allergies
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27725975/

Better Tracking of a Childhood Infection Needed, Officials Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/health/21flu.html?ref=health

Doctors to be on guard for meningitis in kids
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4AJ80I20081120

Health fair offers immunizations to schoolchildren
http://tinyurl.com/6neb8t

Offit: Vaccines are Safer then Vitamins
http://tinyurl.com/58r973

GlaxoSmithKline beats out Merck to supply Netherlands with (HPV)vaccine
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/11/17/daily34.html

Autism United Sponsors Meeting for NY Autism Legislation
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/autism-united-s.html

The Flu Vaccine: Will It Work This Year?http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454926,00.html

Fifth student diagnosed with hepatitis A
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081117-NEWS-81117032

Vaccine Injury Compensation: A Failed Experiment in Tort Reform?
http://tinyurl.com/68qr7y

Are Vaccinations Causing Early Alzheimer's?
http://tinyurl.com/63ew5f

CDC Monitors Shortage of Hib Vaccine
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=9388723&nav=3w6r

St. Louis County reports rise in pertussis
http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/549575.html

Is Bobby Kennedy Really the "Anti-Science" Choice for EPA Head?
http://tinyurl.com/6j3w2d

Rat Poison Chemical Found in Ingredient List For HPV Vaccine
http://www.naturalnews.com/024872.html

Dr. Sears on Growing Vaccination Concerns
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/dr-sears-on-gro.html

Talk Is Not Cheap: NPR Host Has Ties To Pharma
http://tinyurl.com/6bpmrg

GlaxoSmithKline Signs China JV Deal To Develop Flu Vaccine
http://tinyurl.com/6ynq2h

Parents fight for vaccination choice
http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2008/1120/front_page/023.html

Pharma Bigs Meet To Plot Their Obama Strategy
http://tinyurl.com/5gvzen

A Political Trial in London
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/a-political-tri.html

We are all Somali!
http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-are-all-somali.html

On Autism, Somalis Feel the Chill in Minnesota
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/on-autism-somal.html

FDA Nixes State Appeal to Ban Multi-Dose Vials
http://tinyurl.com/57q5xx

National Vaccine Registry
http://tinyurl.com/6bbk4n

Somali Gloves Come Off: Autism in Minnesota
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/somali-gloves-c.html

The Only Thimerosal Free Vaccination Schedule
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/the-only-thimer.html

In the News

Do Flu Shots Work? Ask A Vaccine Manufacturer
http://tinyurl.com/6jl7sq

The Big Vaccine Debate
http://tinyurl.com/6ymeck

Autism Strikes 1 in 28 Somali Children in Minnesota
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/by-nancy-hokkan.html

Somali Parents Give the Autism Forum a "C+"
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/somali-parents.html

Feckless IOM Does Agency's Bidding: Sound Familiar?
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/feckless-ion-do.html

Jenny McCarthy will be on Larry King Nov 22
(scroll down until you see Jenny's picture on the right)
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

NJ Vaccination Choice Rally video
http://www.autismone.org/radio/video/vaccinationChoice.cfm

More parents choose to delay vaccinations
http://tinyurl.com/6m9dn2

Vaccination is Out of the Closet
http://ppandb.blogspot.com/2008/11/vaccination-is-out-of-closet.html

Vaccines contain mercury
http://tinyurl.com/5lxp3l

Some Parents are Homeschooling their Kids to Avoid Vaccination
http://tinyurl.com/5w8rya

The Truth About the Flu Shot
http://www.outlawjournalism.com/?p=50

India Halts Wyeth Vaccine Trial Over Infant Death
http://tinyurl.com/6el8w2

Flu vaccinations shouldn't be forced
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=250204&src=

LETTER: The rest of the story
http://tinyurl.com/5sv4ql

Pennsylvania whooping cough outbreak
http://tinyurl.com/6edlzb

On Varicella
http://kerboblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/this-does-not-make-sense.html

The Flu Shot: to have or not to have?
http://tinyurl.com/6d42o2

Pharma Plans Ads To Attack Obama Health Reform
http://tinyurl.com/6gwj55

The AAP and Dr. Tayloe: Ignoring a generation of sick kids
http://tinyurl.com/6qsfau

School would be so different
http://tinyurl.com/5fhtwh

Autism and Vaccines
http://tinyurl.com/5svhu4

What is the Real Cause of Influenza Epidemics?
http://tinyurl.com/6zbyfx

Where The Boys Are: Merck, Gardasil And Warts
http://tinyurl.com/6e7p6p

Protect our children from flu shot mandate
http://mycentraljersey.com/article/20081112/OPINION02/811120301/1061

Flu & You: Know Your Options
http://tinyurl.com/55zju6

U.S. Government Mandates HPV Vaccine for New U.S. Residents
http://www.naturalnews.com/024779.html

Firm says 'universal' flu vaccine passed early test
http://tinyurl.com/5jd5mj

Recovering antibodies from 1918 flu pandemic survivors
http://www.physorg.com/news145643890.html

Merck's Gardasil Should Not Be Mandatory: Report
http://tinyurl.com/5luuk9

Childhood Food Allergies on the Rise
http://tinyurl.com/6sa4s7

Autism, Vaccines and Human Nature
http://tinyurl.com/6xn38b

A Reminder to Autism Speaks on Vaccine Research Promises
http://tinyurl.com/5aha9x

Novartis Vaccines and PTA Battle Flu
http://tinyurl.com/5r6vqk

Gardasil Linked to Seventy-Eight Outbreaks of Genital Warts
http://www.naturalnews.com/024774.html

President Obama: The First "First Father" of the Autism Generation
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/president-elect.html

Massive malaria vaccine trial to begin in Africa
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNHd8uxRpyuFjobVTdZpBWBU0G9QD94C90N00

Vaccines on "The Doctors"
http://snipurl.com/5azdb

Bob Wright on Autism and Vaccines
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/bob-wright-on-a.html

Jenny McCarthy Calls on Obama to Prevent Autism
http://www.momlogic.com/2008/11/jenny_mccarthy_calls_on_obama.php

Vaccines: Separating fact from fiction
http://tinyurl.com/5njzxz

This year, N.J. has ample flu vaccine supply
http://tinyurl.com/6bamg2

A shot of fear
http://www.sacbee.com/livinghere/story/1377589.html

Special Needs Sunday: Vaccinations for Kids: The Shot - Or Not?
http://tinyurl.com/6y7jw2

Mother of autistic child addresses crowd at Orange-Ulster BOCES
http://tinyurl.com/6z4beu

Tips, symptoms, vaccines and the outlook for flu season in the Lehigh
Valley and northwestern New Jersey
http://tinyurl.com/59nay3

Cedillo v. HHS drawing to a close?
http://autismlibrary.org/blog/cedillo-v-hhs-drawing-to-a-close/

In the News

To vaccinate, or not to vaccinate
http://tinyurl.com/5uyfuz

Olmsted on Autism: Reagan, AIDS, Obama and Autism
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/olmsted-of-auti.html

Eli Lilly and Thimerosal
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/649/

As vaccinations increase, some parents ask: Are immunizations a shot inthe dark?http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20081109/NEWS01/811090366/1002

Fear of the Invisible Virus; Drugs, Vaccines & the Fairness Doctrine
http://tinyurl.com/6pgamk

Ignoring High Risk of Childhood Shots
http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergenpolitics/34133789.html

Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Big Lie About Vaccines
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/dr-nancy-snyder.html

Does Your Child Suffer from GLS?
http://www.ageofautism.com/2008/11/does-your-child.html

Drive-Thru Flu Shots Now on The Menu at Many Hospitals
http://www.naturalnews.com/024735.html

Kid vaccines okay for kids at risk for allergies
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4A56RW20081106

Mandatory Flu Shots for Preschoolers Cause Outrage
http://tinyurl.com/5nkdrb

HPV Vaccine Fraud
http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james170.htm

CDC: All kids need flu shots
http://tinyurl.com/57bz5l

CNN--Vaccines: Separating fact from fiction
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/11/05/par.vaccine.kids/

Just How Effective is the Flu Vaccine?
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/475564.aspx

More U.S. kids being treated for chronic diseases (LA Times)
http://tinyurl.com/5cbyas

Vaccines: Separating fact from fiction
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/11/05/par.vaccine.kids/

Build resistance, get a flu shot this year
http://tinyurl.com/6b5fwu

Campaign encourages pregnant women to get flu vaccine
http://tinyurl.com/6h77uw

On the Issue of Vaccination Choice
http://www.dontow.com/Pol_Soc_Commentary.html

Highly contaminated vaccines
http://www.fearoftheinvisible.com/cannot-clean-the-vaccine

The link to Autism?
http://www.fearoftheinvisible.com/could-this-cause-autism

Immunizations: A Parent’s Choice
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000231.asp

In the News