By: Gardiner Harris 27 October 2010 ATLANTA – Federal vaccine advisers recommended on Wednesday that 16-year-olds be given a booster dose of a vaccine against meningococcal meningitis and that people ages 11 to 64 get a booster to protect against whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. The reason for the meningitis recommendation is that two popular […]
Mandatory vaccinations at hospitals show rate improvement
By: Bryan Cohen 27 October 2010 A mandatory vaccination rule – with threat of dismissal – has led three U.S. hospitals to increase their staff vaccination rate to almost 100 percent. Previous approaches like easy access to free vaccines, education campaigns and peer support raised rates to around 90 percent at the Children’s Hospital of […]
HPV Causing "Slow Epidemic" of Oral Cancer
By: Janis C. Kelly 21 October 2010 Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a risk factor for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), and might account for the steady increase in OSCC incidence, even in subjects who do not smoke or consume alcohol, according to Swedish researchers. A review of recent studies, conducted by Trobjorn Ramqvist, MD, and […]
Vaccines: Should Drug Companies be Liable for Serious Side Effects?
By: Mark Bello 20 October 2010 Some diseases are becoming rarer; immunization is the probable reason and we continue to immunize, even after incidents of disease become minimal. There seems to be no question that this immunization policy has reduced and, in some cases, virtually eliminated, disease. If we stop immunizing, it is presumed that […]
Dollars for Docs: What drug companies are paying your doctor
ProPublica Posted on 21 October 2010 Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors for promoting their drugs. But seven companies have begun posting names and compensation on the Web, some as the result of legal settlements. ProPublica compiled these disclosures, totaling $258 million, into a single database that […]
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