By: Julie Steenhuysen 27 October 2010 (Reuters) – A panel of federal vaccine experts narrowly voted to add a booster dose of a meningitis vaccine to teens at age 16.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 6-5 on Wednesday to add a booster dose of the vaccine at age 16 to address waning immunity […]
Genetic differences that make some people susceptible to meningitis revealed in major new study
By: Laura Gallagher Originally posted on 08 August 2010 Genetic differences that make some people susceptible to developing meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, and others naturally immune, are revealed in a new study of over 6,000 people, published today in Nature Genetics. The research, led by Imperial College London and the Genome Institute of Singapore, is […]
Menomune – One Mother's Harrowing Experience with the Meningitis Vaccine
By Virginia Young Originally posted 20 February 2010, reposted with permission 01 December 2010 Well another Super Bowl has come and gone. People rushed the grocery stores in preparation for the big day. I ran up to the store just as the game was starting for a few more ingredients I needed for dinner. No […]
Meningococcal Vaccine Booster: New Recommendations
By: Paul A. Offit, MD 23 November 2010 HI, my name if Paul Offit and I’m talking to you today from the Jackson Education Center here at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, also from the Division of Infectious Disease here at Children’s. Today I thought we could talk about the conjugate meningococcal vaccine. In 2005, […]
Teen's win on MMR
Posted: 27 October 2010 Originally published on 31 August 2010 The claim that the MMR vaccine is totally safe was in doubt again today after a landmark ruling for the Wigan boy who started the whole controversy of triple jab side-effects. The Vaccine Damage Payment Unit has ruled that 18-year-old Robert Fletcher’s severe disabilities were […]
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