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 […]
FDA Panel Votes to Approve Second HPV Vaccine
Posted by: admin in ‘Pharmacy Drugs’ 16 October 2010 WASHINGTON – An FDA advisory panel today voted to recommend approval of GlaxoSmithKline‘s Cervarix vaccine for use against the two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause 70% of cervical cancers. In a separate action, the Vaccines and Related Biologics Committee recommended that the agency okay […]
Vaccine makers targeted in lawsuit
By: Paula Reed Ward, ‘Pittsburg Post Gazette’ 11 October 2010 Hanna Bruesewitz’s parents think DPT vaccination caused the child’s seizure disorder, but the vaccine maker is protected from suits by federal law. On April 1, 1992, Hannah Bruesewitz was a healthy infant. She had reached all of her developmental milestones for a 6-month-old, and that […]
U.S. Supreme Court will Rule on an Important Vaccine Case
By: Emily Tarsell 09 October 2010 Imagine how you would feel if you were in a serious accident caused by faulty breaks in your new car, but there was a law prohibiting you from suing the manufacturer for the defective car. Well there is a law which prohibits vaccine manufacturers from being sued for vaccine […]
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