[SaneVax: According to the article below, PATH may have over-stated the cervical cancer burden in various parts of India in order to obtain permission to conduct clinical trials of HPV vaccines in India. Are they doing the same thing in other “PATH” countries? Once again, it appears we have a case of not providing the […]
Archives for June 2012
Former Merck Scientists File Suit against Merck Under the False Claims Act
By Hilary Butler, Contributing Author from New Zealand On April 27, 2012, a formal complaint was filed in the Eastern Pennsylvania Federal District Court accusing Merck of a longstanding scheme to mislead and defraud Government health authorities worldwide. Two of Merck’s former employees have accused the pharmaceutical giant of marketing multivalent MMR vaccines under false […]
Mumps Outbreak Despite Vaccination in Israel
[SaneVax: Israel instituted an MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination program in 1988. The country is now facing multiple outbreaks of mumps. Did the vaccine fail to work? Did vaccination simply delay risk of getting mumps until those vaccinated were older? Did the virus mutate, making the vaccine useless? For those who are contracting mumps at […]
Perhaps HPV Vaccination Sanity Exists After All
[SaneVax: Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, is still facing criticism for exercising her power of veto last week on a proposed HPV vaccine bill. Considering all of the controversy surrounding the safety, affordability, need and efficacy of HPV vaccines, one has to wonder why all government officials are not taking the same stance. Why […]
Do cervical cancer data justify HPV vaccination in India? Epidemiological data sources and comprehensiveness
Published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; June 2012 105:229 Authors: I Mattheij,1 AM Pollock,2 P Brhlikova3 Summary The Indian government suspended research in April 2010 on the feasibility and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in two Indian states (Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat) amid public concerns about its safety. This paper describes cervical cancer […]
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