From the Otago Daily Times A Northland nurse has lost her bid to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to get her job back after she failed to have an emergency crash kit on site while giving school students HPV vaccines. Natalie Lewers was a senior public health nurse employed by the Northland District Health Board (NDHB) to […]
Cancer vaccine developer in US deal
By Jared Lynch CERVICAL cancer vaccine developer Ian Frazer is hoping lightning will strike twice with a new drug aimed at quashing another common cancer. Coridon, the company Professor Frazer founded, yesterday struck a deal with Ohio State University to further develop its Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) project. EBV is the cause of glandular fever and […]
Former science chief: ‘MMR fears coming true’
By Sue Corrigan A former Government medical officer responsible for deciding whether medicines are safe has accused the Government of “utterly inexplicable complacency” over the MMR triple vaccine for children. Dr Peter Fletcher, who was Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health, said if it is proven that the jab causes autism, “the refusal […]
FDA Unveils Flu Vaccines for 2011-12 Season
From US News, Health Day MONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) — Influenza may be far from most Americans’ thoughts as much of the nation wilts under oppressive heat, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it’s already preparing for the 2011-12 flu season. The FDA said it has approved the vaccine formulation […]
A Vaccine May Shield Boys Too
By Roni Caryn Rabin Snapshots of two clean-cut teenagers, a boy and a girl, stare out from a newspaper advertisement for the vaccine Gardasil. “Boys can be affected by HPV disease too,” says the bold headline. The ad urges parents to protect “both your son and daughter.” Until recently, Gardasil was a girls-only proposition. Approved […]
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