By: CNW Group 21 October 2010 Young Canadian women are leaving themselves vulnerable to cervical cancer because they are unaware of the benefits of vaccination and feel the cost of the vaccine is prohibitive, according to a survey of young women and mothers released today. Lack of Awareness * 68% of young Canadian women between […]
Tasmanian girls urged to get immunized against cervical cancer: Where is the common sense?
By: Norma Erickson 13 December 2010 What criteria do governments use to decide whether the benefits of a vaccine outweigh the risks? On what basis do they judge whether a vaccine should be ‘recommended’ or ‘mandated?” Does common sense enter the equation? Friday, 10 December 2010, Dr. Roscoe Taylor, Director of Public Health, issued a […]
Ian Frazer's dream becomes a reality
By: Fiona Cameron 19 October 2010 (excerpts:) The vision to create an Australian-first home for medical research, clinical trials and treatment commercialisation reached an historic milestone today with the official start of construction on the $354 million Translational Research Institute in Brisbane. Professor Ian Frazer, director of The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute — one […]
Database to raise alarm on vaccines
By: Natasha Bita, Consumer Editor 04 October 2010 HEALTH authorities are to be alerted instantly to any severe side effects from vaccination in the first “real-time” immunisation database. The Australian Health Ministers Conference will debate Western Australia’s plan to set up an online monitoring system for immunisation, to avoid a repeat of this year’s […]
Clinical Update
Vaccine Components and Constituents: responding to consumer concerns By: Barbara E. Eldred, et al. 20 February 2006 Posted by Norma Erickson, 10 September 2010 The World Health Organization states “The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and vaccines” However, rates of vaccination uptake […]
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