Employees at Providence Alaska Medical Center no longer have a choice as to whether or not they receive a flu vaccine. The hospital is requiring all employees to get flu shots by year's end or face dismissal.
The new policy is controversial, especially among nurses. Many nurses don't want to be forced to get a shot that carries health risks of its own and doesn't always work, according to the nurs
Now let’s talk about health.. It’s a good news to everyone. I have found a latest article that talks about malaria vaccine. and there’s nothing to worry about because scientists find a cure to malaria and it was effective with there latest trials..
“Malaria is killing almost 1 million people, mostly African children, every year,” Dr. [...]
If you have been smoking cigarettes for one year or many years, you’ll know how addictive they are. Your body gets used to the nicotine and the smoking habit, and it lets you know when you need to have a smoke break. What if you could free yourself of that craving, and improve your health at the same time? A stop-smoking vaccine, or injection, can help you do just that.There are various methods
I am a "neutral" in autism's vaccine wars.
I do not accept that a connection between autism and vaccines has been established by medical and scientific study. Nor do I believe that such a connection has been conclusively dis-proven by epidemiological study. I find it disconcerting that both camps in the autism-vaccine wars throw increasingly angry rhetoric, including cheap insults,
I’ve got to make some decisions about which vaccines I’ll be subjecting Wink to and whether or not he’ll be neutered.
It’s been several years since I’ve had to deal with puppy vaccine and neutering schedules, and there’s been a considerable amount of new information regarding these procedures since Kiera was a puppy. So I’ve been [...]
(HealthDay News) -- Hoping to dispel long-running concerns that autism is linked to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR), researchers now say a new study shows the childhood vaccine does not raise that risk."We are certain that there's no link between autism and the MMR," Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, director of the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University
Become informed- talk to your doctor about vaccinations and your children… I do not recommend anyone avoid vaccinations- simply make informed choices. Evidence shows that vaccinations have great public health benefits but some children may be sensitive to added preservatives put in the vaccines. Fortunately, these preservatives are not required for the vaccine to work.
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New Delhi: In India alone 74,000 women die every year from cervical cancer and two hundred new cases are reported every day. A vaccine called Gardasil, approved two years ago by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in girls from the age of nine up to 26 has just arrived in India. Gynaecological Oncologist, Dr Suresh Kumarasamy says, "It's a vaccine that prevents the infection that causes th
Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria - one of the world's last blackspots of the disease - thanks to an improved vaccine, research suggests. An Imperial College London team found a recently introduced polio jab is four times more effective at protecting children than previous vaccines. They say it could eradicate type 1 polio - the most common form - in Nigeria if it reaches enough children.
It seems as though, the man who discovered HIV/AIDS 25 years ago, Luc Montagnier, is working on a therapeutic vaccine. That means it would be given to people already infected, and it would "not the infection flourish." This is wonderful news to the millions suffering from HIV/AIDS globally. He says it will take three to four years to get this published. But it's a start right?Pop Culture Madness.c
For the first time, vaccination is being pushed for virtually all children -- not just those under 5.
This is a huge change. Previously, flu vaccine was recommended only for youngsters under 5, who can become dangerously ill from influenza. This year, the government is recommending that children from age 6 months to 18 years be vaccinated, expanding inoculations to 30 million more school-age child
Independent health researcher Grace Filby, who won a Churchill Fellowship for her research into phage therapy, is calling on the government for more research into the possible side-effects of the HPV vaccine that is currently being given to teenage girls. Filby believes that not enough is known about the effects of the vaccine on children with pre-existing medical conditions and weakened immune sy
(HealthDay News) -- Children vaccinated against hepatitis B probably are not at an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) unless they were inoculated with a particular brand of the vaccine, according to a new study.The French study found that children with MS were almost twice as likely to have received the vaccine called Engerix B three or more years before the disease's onset. Furt
Gene may hold key to neutralizing HIV: U.S. studyThu Sep 4, 2008 3:39pm EDT By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) - The AIDS virus is especially hard to fight because few people develop antibodies to neutralize it, but U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found an immunity gene that may offer a new way to fight back.They said the gene Apobec3 helps mice develop antibodies against an HI
A foundation populated by the giants of business, banking, government and military wants to “vet” websites and limit the spread of information that it says creates “conspiracy theories”.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) says it is worried about the way the web has been “used to spread disinformation”. They want to introduce a new system that would give websites a label for trustwort
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research have been awarded $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to conduct animal studies of vaccines designed to protect against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1. Recent outbreaks of H5N1 have prompted health officials to warn of its continued threat to global health and potential to trigger an
Whilst, I’m not sure that the people Arthur is writing about are skeptics as I understand the term (having a scientifically valid basis for not accepting an argument or position), I know what he means. And he’s right that it is…
The United States Court of Federal Claims opened its first test case into the allegation that childhood vaccines such as measles-mumps-rubella shots, or the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal, led to children developing autism. This report from the Associated Press, carried on The New York Times website, explains that the court will hear nine test cases that represent almost 5,000 other va
The New England Journal of Medicine URL: published an editorial in its September 27 issue that provides useful background information on the ongoing controversy over a mercury-containing vaccine preservative called thimerosal and whether it causes autism in vaccinated children. The piece is worth reading because it asserts that a botched effort by the American Academy of Pediatrics to assure the
California public health researchers have found that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in young children has risen, even after doctors stopped using a mercury-containing preservative thimerosal in the vaccines babies receive.The study, "Continuing Increases in Autism Reported to California Developmental Services System," is published in the January 2008 issue of Archives of General P
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has gone on record as saying he believes that a mercury-containing preservative that was used in vaccines administered to young children is behind the rise in autism spectrum disorder.The statement has created much buzz in the blogosphere because it taps into a raging controversy in the autism community about the causes
The rate of serious allergic reactions to the human pappilomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil is considerably higher than that for other vaccines given to children, according to Australian researchers.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends that 11- and 12-year-old girls be targeted for this vaccine, as most girls of this age have not yet been exposed to HPV and will
Getting flu shot before flue season is like giving your body a head up to build up immunity against the virus. Most of us get the flu shot during the flu season no before. Is it good? It is always better to get a flu shot earlier than the flu season than later. You and your family members can take flu vaccine as early as 2 or 3 months earlier than flu season.Better get all your family members flu
New studies show that the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine has no link to the prevalence of long lasting measles or raise the abnormal immune defenses of children with autism.How could a child, so young, handle such a strong vaccine - 3 vaccines in one - which also may contain mercury ( a very strong toxin).In the past, people believed that children who had less defenses would develop auti
Researchers at Linköping University and the German Cancer Research Center DKFZ have discovered the possibility of preventing relapse among cocaine addicts.Because dopamine-producing nerve cells; part of the brain’s reward system in the midbrain, become more excited with drug use, blocking their glutamate receptors could remove the risk of relapse entirely. They discovered this finding by using
Researchers at Linköping University and the German Cancer Research Center DKFZ have discovered the possibility of preventing relapse among cocaine addicts.Because dopamine-producing nerve cells; part of the brain’s reward system in the midbrain, become more excited with drug use, blocking their glutamate receptors could remove the risk of relapse entirely. They discovered this finding by using
AIDS vaccine researchers should move to smaller, more focused trials and dump any vaccines that do not show strong promise, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative said on Tuesday.
The group, known as IAVI, released a blueprint for how to proceed at an international meeting of AIDS experts and activists in Mexico City.
Dr. Seth Berkley, president and chief executive officer of IAVI, said the
Dead Army vaccine scientist eyed in anthrax probe
By MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writers 34 minutes ago
Federal prosecutors investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks were planning to indict and seek the death penalty against a top Army microbiologist suspected of releasing the deadly toxin to test anthrax drugs he was developing. The scientist [...]
AFTER a string of failed clinical trials, the HIV vaccine is going back to the drawing board.
"We were maybe on the wrong track," said Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, in a podcast produced by Science. In the journal, Fauci outlined NIAID’s plan to shift HIV resources away from clinical trials and back towards fundamental questions
Recently, United States AIDS researchers are planning to test one experimental vaccine in people, saying the high-profile failure of a Merck and Co. vaccine last year shows the need to do quicker, more focused studies. According to The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the government's National Institutes of Health, it was canceling the HIV vaccine study
Some of the most trusted voices in the defense of vaccine safety include the American Academy of Pediatrics, Every Child By Two, and pediatrician Dr. Paul Offit. But these three have something more in common -- they all have strong financial ties to the industry whose products they promote and defend. The vaccine industry gives millions to the Academy of Pediatrics for conferences, grants, medical
Onyx and Breezy Foundation Funds Follow-up Care in Revolutionary Cancer Vaccine Study The Onyx & Breezy Foundation recently funded after-care for dogs engaged in a revolutionary research study to develop a cancer vaccine that may be given to both humans and animals when successful. The study is being conducted at The Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital, a small animal teaching hospital
AIDS may not be curable, but at least it’s preventable.Safe sex practices, monogamous relationships, universal precautions for health care providers, and avoid sharing unsterilized needles/syringes for IV injections, and such are safety precautions in order to avoid acquiring this dreadful malady.However, recent studies have led to a promising vaccine---the AIDS vaccine.This AIDS vaccine is a tw
Swedish scientists begin human trials on a shot intended to stop nicotine reaching the brain.
The experts behind the vaccine say it will eliminate the nicotine highs that smokers relish and...
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Plans for a large human trial of a promising government-developed H.I.V. vaccine in the United States were canceled Thursday because a top federal official said scientists realized that they did not know enough about how H.I.V. vaccines and the immune system interact.
The decision is a major setback in an effort to develop an H.I.V. vaccine that began 24 years ago when government health officials
FORT WORTH, Texas - Parents can expect fewer tears and needle pokes the next time their baby needs routine immunizations. Sanofi Pasteur's Pentacel is the first five-in-one vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and "Haemophilus influenzae" type b, or HiB. The...
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At least 12 infants who were part of a clinical study to test a pneumonia vaccine have died in Argentina over the course of the past year.
The study was sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, and uses children from poor families. According to the Argentine Federation of Health Professionals, the families are "pressured and forced into signing consent forms”.
The vaccine trial is still ongoing despite th
The drug Gardasil--a vaccine from Merck & Co. Inc. manufactured to inoculate women against HPV and cervical cancer--is possibly killing women instead.According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) website, the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) "is a national program of CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that monitors the safety of vaccines after they are
A month after 13 year old Jenny Tetlock was vaccinated against the HPV virus, she missed the lowest hurdle in gym class. It was the first sign of a degenerative muscle disease that 15 months later left her nearly completely paralyzed.
Her father, Philip Tetlock, a professor at UC-Berkeley, has embarked on an odyssey to find out whether the vaccine, Gardasil, is to blame.
Tetlock is not the only o
Please watch this important video before you subject yourself or your loved ones to FluMist or any other flu vaccine. FluMist contains two of the three specific packets of DNA that the H5N1 virus needs to become a pandemic virus.
FluMist is not only ineffective, but potentially dangerous. Even if it does not set of a pandemic, it is a cause of what it is supposed to protect against: the flu. Acco
The vaccine against rotavirus, first offered last fall, appears to be working. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a marked reduction in incidence in the 2007-8 season compared with average seasons from 1991 to 2006.
Rotavirus causes severe acute gastroenteritis among infants and young children, and results in tens of thousands of hospitalizations every year. It is gr
Sometimes my posts have humor in them. Sometimes I use a bit of sarcasm. But this is one of those times that I will be totally serious as this is a significant issue for those in the USA or wanting to come here. Mga Nanay o Mommy reading this entry; please click [...]
Thimerasol is the mercury-based component once used as the preservative in MMR vaccine, as well as most other human vaccines prior to 2002. Thimerasol is the part of the MMR vaccine associated with the suspected link to autism. In 1999, the FDA ordered all U.S. vaccine manufacturers to find an alternate preservative (not based on mercury or aluminum) and to phase out all use of thimerasol. By earl
Three Polish doctors and six nurses face criminal prosecution after a number of homeless people died following medical trials for a vaccine to the H5N1 bird-flu virus.
The medical staff are being investigated over medical trials conducted on as many as 350 homeless and poor people last year. Authorities claim that the alleged victims received money to be tested with what they thought was a convent
Even as U.S. federal health officials gather to discuss the controversial case of a 9-year-old girl from Athens, Georgia, who became autistic after receiving numerous vaccinations, the government has so far kept quiet a second case that some say is even more disturbing.
On January 11, a 6-year-old girl from Colorado received FluMist, a flu vaccine, and about a week later “became weak with multi
Obesity contagious? It sounds strange, but it might possibly be true. An American investigation into a virus that causes the common cold among other things, shows that obesity might be transfered from person to person through a virus. The researchers saw that chickens who have been subjected to the virus, developed 2 to 3 times [...]
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Since the virus was first detected in Guangdong Province, China in 1996, H5N1 (Bird Flu) has received much attention as the fear of a global spread of the disease mounted. Initially, H5N1 was considered merely interesting; however, alarm bells began to ring when it spread through live-poultry markets in Hong Kong, and eventually to humans, [...]
Multiple choice:
A) I will not vaccinate my child because, as I have carefully gathered information, I view the risks in immunizing my child to be far too great, and the benefits being uncertain at best.
B) I will follow a full-course of the prescribed vaccines for my child [...]
Scientists in New Zealand claim to have developed a livestock inoculation that can stop the methane gas from emanating from burps and flatulence, according to the article. Livestock is responsible for almost half of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. So humans with all their cars and power-hungry lifestyles can’t compete with sheep? Amazing.
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A pending New York State Assembly Bill dubbed, the “worst vaccine bill ever” by one activist group, would see all vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made mandatory for all children, including infants and toddlers.
Assembly Bill 10942, introduced at the request of Richard Daines, the Commissioner of the New York [...]
The U.S. FDA has approved the first vaccine for adult shingles. The vaccine, known as Zostavax, is intended for use in adults age 60 and older. Studies have shown that it can prevent shingles roughly half the time.
Shingles occurs when the chickenpox virus lying dormant in nerve cells activates in older people or others with health problems. It causes a rash with blisters that usually lasts for tw
Amid claims that vaccinations can be linked to autism, increasing numbers of parents are raising questions about whether vaccines are actually harmful to children. This Time Magazine article examines a pressing modern question -- when the immune system of a baby or young child is just forming, is it such a good idea to flood it with so many vaccines?
The U.S. government, which has always stood by
Flu vaccine manufacturers are planning to make a record number of doses for the next flu season, in spite of concerns that demand may drop because this year's vaccine was largely ineffective.
The five companies that make flu vaccine for the U.S. market plan to make at least 143 million doses for the 2008-09 season. They made 140 million doses for the most recent season, which was nonetheless the w
Vaccine chief of Merck (massive drug company) admits that the HIV virus was imported to America through the use of HIV-infected African monkeys.Dr. Maurice Hilleman also acknowledges that the SV40 virus, which causes cancer, is being given through vaccines.
Anyone wishing to read the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism (2004) referenced in the CBS interview with former NIH Head Dr. Bernadine Healy can access it at the National Academies Press site. The document is 214 pages with hundreds of references to autism. Some comments in the Review:At page 152: BOX 2 Committee Conclusions an
Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
By GARDINER HARRIS
WASHINGTON — The United States Court of Federal Claims began another hearing on Monday to decide whether a vaccine additive led thousands of children to become autistic.
The hearing is the second in a series of three in which the court is considering whether the government should [...]
Clinical Sign Rabies is viral enchephalities transmitted by bite by dogs, cats and wild animals having rabies virus. The incubation period before onset and sign, varying depending upon the animals species having bitten, site of bite etc., it is usually one to 2 month. The prodormes are chill, fever, assitude, fatigue, anxiety, etc; which are not characteristic of rabies. The wound caused by may
Today turned out to be 'vaccine day' for our kids. We went to the hospital in the morning to have Lyle's 6 in 1 vaccine. While waiting for his turn, I was just looking at Tricia's appointment book and discovered that she is also scheduled to be immunized on Monday. So, we asked the nurse if she can have it today and she agreed. Tricia was a bit surprised why she also needs to have her vaccine while we were only there for Lyle's one. So calmly, slowly and thoroughly we had to explain to her why. She was very hesistant at first as she had a bad experience last year (the nurse had to insert the needle in her arm twice as she jerked the first time and the needle wasn't properly positioned) but finally she got convinced.It was a long wait for us at the hospital because it was just crowded. It's
Today turned out to be 'vaccine day' for our kids. We went to the hospital in the morning to have Lyle's 6 in 1 vaccine. While waiting for his turn, I was just looking at Tricia's appointment book and discovered that she is also scheduled to be immunized on Monday. So, we asked the nurse if she can have it today and she agreed. Tricia was a bit surprised why she also needs to have her vaccine whil
Jakarta, May 7 Bill Gates, founder of the Microsoft Corporation, will help Indonesia develop a human bird-flu vaccine, the Jakarta Post reported Wednesday.
According to the report, the funds will be provided through the aid agency Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates is expected to arrive at this Indonesian capital Thursday for talks with the government. He [...]
Bill Gates to help Indonesia develop human bird-flu vaccine
Jakarta, May 7 Bill Gates, founder of the Microsoft Corporation, will help Indonesia develop a human bird-flu vaccine, the Jakarta Post reported Wednesday.
According to the report, the funds will be provided through the aid agency Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates is expected to arrive at this Indonesian [...]
Bill Gates, founder of the Microsoft Corporation, will help Indonesia develop a human bird-flu vaccine, the Jakarta Post reported Wednesday.According to the report, the funds will be provided through the aid agency Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Gates is expected to arrive at this Indonesian capital Thursday for talks with the government. He will also deliver a lecture here Friday, the report said.His visit will help in promoting investments in the country. The government is seeking to obtain one million computers from Microsoft for educational purposes, the report quoted welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie as saying.'In the higher and junior high schools, there is only one computer for every 1,000 students. We want to improve this to at least one computer for every 20 students,' he said.I
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3M Collaborates with Infectious Disease Research Institute on Vaccine AdjuvantsST. PAUL, Minn.-- May 01, 2008 --3M Drug Delivery Systems announces the signing of a non-exclusive license agreement with the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) in support of vaccine research for humanitarian efforts in developing countries. Under the agreement, 3M will donate its patented toll-like receptor (TLR) immune response modifier compounds.3M's patented TLR immune response modifier compounds, which may be useful as vaccine adjuvants, will be used by IDRI to research new vaccines. Vaccine adjuvants are known to help boost the effectiveness of a vaccine."IDRI's vaccine platform has the potential to prevent and treat a number of important diseases in the developing world. By providing o
Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria. Officials are struggling to fight various natural strains of the virus, as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago.
The vaccine-sparked outbreak has struck more than 100 children so far. There were also 106 new cases of polio caused by wild viruses, according to figures released by the World Health Organization.
For every one paralyzed child, there are about 1,000 others infected and spreading the highly infectious and sometimes fatal disease.
A trial program for cervical cancer vaccine in the UK has encountered opposition from parents, with 20 percent refusing to give permission for their daughters to have the injection.
Many parents said that were worried about the long-term safety, on which there is no data. Others were concerned that allowing the vaccination could promote promiscuity, since the cancer-causing virus is passed through sexual intercourse.
The pilot study included more than 2,800 girls aged 12 and 13 at 36 secondary schools in Greater Manchester.
All four children who died after being administered the measles vaccine in Tamil Nadu on April 23 suffered severe brain haemorrhage resulting from an anaphylactic shock, an inquiry has found.This will be pointed out by the five-member expert team sent by the health ministry to investigate the deaths, when they submit their initial report to health minister A Ramadoss on Monday. Experts in the team said an anaphylactic shock - a severe, potentially lethal systemic allergic reaction - following a measles vaccination is highly rare and occurs in 1 out of every 10 lakh cases.Experts in the team said that anaphylactic shock killing all four children - within half-an-hour of being administered the vaccine around the same area - pointed to two likely reasons of why the deaths occurred - a human e
Scientific Consensus on AIDS Vaccine Prospect is Bleak, Poll Reveals
“Substantial Minority” of Scientists’ Polled Believe AIDS Vaccine May Never Be
Developed
LOS ANGELES, Apr 24, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Scientific consensus on the prospect
for development of an effective preventive AIDS vaccine is bleak, according to
the results of a poll of AIDS researchers and scientists which was released
earlier [...]
Reports of adverse reactions to the new HPV vaccine are escalating. One particularly heart-wrenching example is the story 12-year-old Brittany who recently lost all feeling in her leg and collapsed two weeks after receiving the Gardasil vaccine.
Adding insult to injury, people who are injured by the vaccine cannot even sue Merck, the maker of the Gardasil vaccine, because it is part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund.
While the FDA claims adverse reactions to Gardasil are rare, a review of the U.S.'s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) data shows that several thousands of adverse reactions have been reported in the United States alone. Hundreds of Australian girls have experienced side effects like paralysis, dizzy spells and seizures, but Australia's Department o
The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in four years, partly because the vaccine didn't work well against the viruses that made most people sick.
The 2007-2008 season started slowly, peaked in mid-February, and now seems to be declining. Based on adult deaths from flu and pneumonia, this season is the worst since 2003-2004.
This year, the vaccine was only 44 percent effective, according to a study.
Each year, the flu results in 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths.
A life-threatening form of pneumonia that affects children is rising rapidly in Britain. Cases of the pneumonia, known as serotype 1, have risen tenfold in a decade.
This severe form of pneumonia infects the lining of the lungs called the pleura, making it hard to breathe. The cause of the increase is unknown, but experts fear a vaccine could be contributing.
A vaccine against pneumococcal disease called Prevenar, introduced in 2006, could be fuelling the rise. The vaccine is given at two, four and 13 months. There are more than 90 known strains of the bacterium that causes pneumonia, and when one is eliminated by the vaccine, it creates an opportunity for another to take its place. In the U.S., where Prevenar was introduced in 2000, researchers have reported an emergence of "sero-replace
The U.S. government has begun an unprecedented effort to give vaccine critics a say in shaping how the nation researches safety questions surrounding immunizations. The effort comes amid renewed controversy about vaccines and autism, and a theory that vaccinations might worsen a rare condition called mitochondrial dysfunction that in turn triggers certain forms of autism.
Federal health officials said the effort wasn't in response to that controversy, and encompasses many more questions than autism. They will look at issues ranging from rare side effects of the new shingles vaccine, to how to predict who might be at risk for encephalopathy sometimes triggered by other inoculations.
A working group has been charged with picking the most important safety questions for the Centers for Disease
Gov’t seeks help with vaccine questions
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
The government began an unprecedented effort Friday to give vaccine critics a say in shaping how the nation researches safety questions surrounding immunizations.
The meeting, the first of more to be set, came amid new controversy about vaccines and autism — and a fledgling theory that [...]
The New Zealand Worldwise Travellers Health and Vaccination Centre says the development of a new dengue vaccine by a Hawaiian company is exciting news.Hawaii Biotech has won a grant to develop and trial a new dengue vaccine and is expected start its clinical tests by the end of the year.There are four different types of the potentially fatal dengue virus, which is transmitted through mosquito bites.A company in Europe and another one in Thailand are also working on a vaccine.
(HealthDay News) -- A new HIV/AIDS vaccine designed to overcome the problem of preexisting immunity to common vaccine vectors is being tested in an early clinical trial at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.Preexisting immunity is believed to be a major problem in developing nations.There will be 48 healthy volunteers taking part in the trial of the vaccine, which consists of a replication-inc
The thought of measles may bring to mind the red, blotchy rash that often accompanies this disorder. But the rash is just an outward sign of the more worrisome changes happening inside your body. Measles is primarily a respiratory infection caused by a highly contagious virus found all over the world.
Also called rubeola, measles can [...]
A tutti i medici è capitato di osservare come, ad ogni rappresentante intento a illustrare le doti del proprio farmaco, con tanto di grafici e diagrammi per evidenziare il miglior effetto terapeutico rispetto a quello della concorrenza, ne segua un altro con dati e diagrammi diametralmente opposti. La medicina è si una scienza non perfetta, ma non imperfetta al punto tale da giustificare tali differenze di obbiettività. Dobbiamo fidarci? La domanda risulta particolarmente opportuna soprattutto nel caso di farmaci sperimentali in cui, forse, il guadagno della casa produttrice è l’unico dato incontrovertibile. Il cancro della cervice uterina è la prima causa di morte per patologia neoplastica nei paesi a basso reddito, privi di strutture sanitarie in grado di offrire screening di pre
13-year old Michelle Cedillo is at the center of a court case pitting thousands of families of children with autism against the medical establishment. While a number of prestigious medical institutions say there is no link between vaccines and autism, the families believe vaccines caused their children's autism, and have taken their case to court.
Theresa and Mike Cedillo, Michelle's parents, believe the MMR vaccine, which at the time contained a mercury-based preservative, drastically altered the course of their daughter's development. Within days of receiving the injection, Michelle suffered from a high fever, persistent vomiting and problems with her digestion -- and also stopped speaking and no longer responded to her name.
Many doctors, however, argue that the apparent connection betw
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Covance is pleased to offer our 2008 Vaccine Calendar, at no cost. Inside, you will find an array of color-enhanced electron micrographs of viruses and vaccines, important vaccine meetings and events, and a timeline of some of the most significant milestones in vaccine development over the last 200 years.Link Here
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters, Mar 26 2008) - The U.S. government began a major overhaul of its effort to produce an AIDS vaccine on Tuesday, stressing a return to basic scientific research after the failure of a key clinical trial last year.Government officials at a summit with AIDS scientists pledged to prioritize spending on lab work and animal tests rather than expensive, and thus far disappointing, large-scale vaccine trials on humans."We need to turn the knob in the direction of discovery. That is unambiguous," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who convened the meeting outside of Washington."We really do need new and novel ideas."The vaccine summit follows the failure last year of an experimental HIV vaccine developed by Merc
From MayoClinic.comSpecial to CNN.comWhat happened? A new weapon in the fight against cervical cancer will soon appear on the official childhood immunization schedule.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval to Gardasil, a vaccine that prevents the most common types of human papillomavirus (HPV) — the virus that causes most cervical cancers and genital warts. Following FDA approval of the vaccine, the national Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted to recommend routine vaccination for girls age 11 and 12, as well as girls and women ages 13 to 26 if they haven't received the vaccine already. Final recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are pending.HPV spreads through sexual contact. The vaccine is most effective if
Why should it be done?
Measles, mumps and rubella are diseases with serious complications:
Measles causes a range of symptoms from ear infection and bronchitis to convulsions (fits) or brain damage, and can be fatal.
Mumps used to be the main cause of viral meningitis in children. Also causes temporary deafness, miscarriage, inflammation of the pancreas, and Pain [...]
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The disturbing site linked below encourages vaccinations -- this is unsurprising, since it is sponsored by a vaccine division of Sanofi Pasteur.
It is a particularly good example of how vaccine companies prey on the fears of parents. It features a frightened-looking baby next to the words, “I can catch pertussis from you, mom, and it can be serious.”
The site also features links to the sound of a whopping cough, and says that you should, “Make sure your family and friends get vaccinated” since “anyone who spends time with your baby may pass on pertussis ... [including] childcare providers, household help, and your friends.”
The Pc vaccine protects a child against pneumococcal (Pc) disease, which ranges from mild cold symptoms and ear infections to severe pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and meningitis. The Pc vaccine is recommended by the AAP at 2, 4, 6, and 15 months. The vaccine came out in 2001.
Pc is common - in the cold [...]
