By Connie Barr, Karen Aarre and Kjell Persen A vaccine against meningitis that was developed and subsequently abandoned in Norway, was revived and exported to New Zealand, where it was used on over a million kids in a highly experimental campaign, says a recent Norwegian TV report. “To say it nice, they enlisted hundreds of thousands […]
As govt teams come knocking, schools face dilemma of permitting polio vaccinations
By Rabia Ali Private schools were asked to cooperate with the government teams administering polio vaccinations to students under the age of five years or go to jail. “We were harassed by the polio teams and were forced to let them administer drops to our students,” said the principal of AMI School’s nursery branch, Nasira Faiz. […]
Coercive and Mandatory Immunisation: how ethical is this policy?
By Judy Wilyman – PhD candidate [Note: The following was re-printed with the author’s permission. It was originally distributed in poster form and presented at the National Health Promotional Conference in Perth in 2009.] Vaccination is a medical procedure for healthy individuals and not sick individuals. It is a procedure that injects weakened pathogens and chemical substances […]
Father of girl with tic symptoms awaits more test results
By Paul Mrozek The Daily News – February 4, 2012 The father of a Le Roy High School student afflicted with tic-like symptoms said Tuesday he is waiting for the results of additional medical tests to help rule out or confirm the cause of the problem. James Dupont of Stafford said his daughter and most of […]
Questions to be asked over future of HPV vaccines
Fri, 03 Feb 2012/Energy News An MHK is to ask about future plans to introduce another vaccine against HPV. Douglas South MHK Kate Beecroft will ask Health Minister David Anderson when Gardasil vaccines will be introduced on the Island. The vaccine protects against HPV, and is found to reduce the chance of some cancers in […]
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