By Norma Erickson, President. According to a recently published, industry-sponsored study conducted on 12,852 young women, HPV vaccination was found to reduce HPV-16 infections a mere 0.6% in vaccinated women versus unvaccinated women. At the same time, other high-risk (carcinogenic) HPV infections were diagnosed in vaccinated women 2.6% to 6.2% more frequently […]
Archives for February 2012
Responses to UBC vaccine paper a problem for free scientific inquiry and expression
UBC researchers raise questions, experience backlash By Tom Sandborn, Contributing writer January 30, 2012 Vancouver scientist Chris Shaw is no stranger to controversy. He played a role in opposing the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, even penning an impressive polemic against the event called Five Ring Circus. He served as a medical coordinator at Occupy Vancouver and […]
HPV Vaccine Policy: At Odds With Evidence-Based Medicine?
By Roxanne Nelson, staff journalist, Medscape Oncology January 31, 2012 — Is the policy for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at odds with evidence-based medicine? Yes, according to an essay published online December 22, 2011, in the Annals of Medicine. Canadian researchers Lucija Tomljenovic, PhD, and Christopher Shaw, PhD, from the Neural Dynamics Research Group, University of British Columbia, […]
Mother seeking $200 000 after daughter’s death
CJAD 800 AM Canada Posted By: Laura Casella lcasella@astral.com · 1/31/2012 12:58:00 PM A family is seeking close to $200 000 from the sellers of the HPV vaccine because they believe it killed their teenage daughter. Linda Morin says while she approved of her 14-year-old daughter Annabelle getting the vaccine, she didn’t know when […]
Woman loses life to clinical trial drug
The Times of India January 28, 2012 WARDHANNAPET (WARANGAL): A 55-year-old tribal woman died after taking drugs for a clinical trial at Donga Chintha Thanda in Wardhannapet mandal in Warangal district on Friday. The incident set off alarm bells once again on the dangerous consequences of trials of this nature involving poor and innocent villagers. […]