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Hysteria takes hold as schoolgirls fear the needle

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Jim O’rourke

March 27, 2011

SCHOOLGIRLS were so frightened and anxious about getting vaccinated against cervical cancer that their reaction ”bordered on hysteria”, a new research paper shows.

The fear was so extreme that girls began crying, screaming and fainting during school vaccination days.

Researchers from the University of Sydney and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead found that when this intense fear was witnessed by classmates waiting to get the needle, anxiety levels jumped even more.

Rwanda: Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer to Begin Soon

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The country is set to introduce a new vaccine against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) that is expected to reduce the number of women dying of cervical cancer.

Diane Mutamba, an official in the Ministry of Health, said that the vaccination is expected to begin next month, with girls in Primary six to be the first beneficiaries.

The vaccine, known as Gardasil, is manufactured by pharmaceutical company, Merck.

Vaccination During Pregnancy

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By Dr. Trupti Shirole Vaccination strengthens an individual’s immune system to help prevent morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. Vaccines can also prevent the spread of communicable diseases. Ideally, all women should have their immunization status up-to-date prior to conception. However this goal is difficult to accomplish taking into consideration that many pregnancies are unplanned. […]

More than 2,000 vaccinated babies died: The cost of doing business

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By Neil Z. Miller (NaturalNews) Earlier this month (March 2011), Japanese authorities ordered doctors to stop using pneumococcal and Hib vaccines because four children died after receiving the shots. However, the real news was never reported: more than 2,000 babies died in the United States after receiving vaccines for these very same diseases, yet authorities […]

AAAAI: Kids May React to Milk Proteins in DPT Shot

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By Ed Susman, Contributing Writer – Medpage Today SAN FRANCISCO — Some children highly allergic to milk products should be watched with caution when receiving the diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) vaccine because trace milk proteins in the vaccine could trigger reactions, researchers suggested.   “We identified seven patients who reported convincing allergic reactions to tetanus […]

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