By Natasha Bita, Consumer Editor JUST hours after a doctor jabbed Sharron Coppin’s children with a world-first flu vaccine, her three-year-old daughter Alivia turned purple. As Coppin raced the shivering Alivia to a Perth hospital emergency ward, her husband called an ambulance for their one-year-old twins, Byron and Lateesha, who had begun convulsing and vomiting […]
Government to match vaccine pledges
Source: ‘The Press Association” The Government is set to promise to match millions of pounds in donations by businesses to fund vaccines against illnesses for children in the developing world. Up to £50 million of public money will be set aside for the scheme, with the Government matching business donations up to that amount, the […]
Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
A Times Investigation, By Charles Pillar, Edmund Sanders, Robyn Dixon Ebocha, Nigeria — Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb. An ink spot certified that he had been immunized against polio and measles, thanks to a vaccination drive supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But polio is not the only […]
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You After an HPV Diagnosis: An Editorial
By Bonnie Diraimondo, RN For many women, a diagnosis of HPV may come in the mail via a form letter. Some doctor’s offices will contact the patients by telephone and inform them that they test positive for HPV. But what happens after this? If you happen to be informed at one of your routine visits, […]
Roche-sponsored blog pushes HPV test in UK
By Mathew Arnold Roche, which is launching an HPV test, is sponsoring a blog by a UK healthcare reporter chronicling the process of getting a pap smear. Brighton-based journalist Nikki Bayley aims to raise awareness of cervical cancer and the importance of screening with the blog, titled My Diary From Down Under (she also Tweets […]
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