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Vaccine-related deaths triples after closure of govt labs

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Arun Ram, TNN | Mar 19, 2011, 04.47am IST

CHENNAI: The number of children dying due to immunization-related complications has more than tripled after the government closed down three public sector vaccine labs in January 2008. The government has no clue about the causes while children continue to die, the latest being that of five infants in Gujarat on Wednesday.

Details given by the Union ministry of health and family welfare in reply to an RTI query filed by Dr KV Babu of Payyanur show that 111 children died in 2008 due to “adverse effect after immunisation (AEFI)”. AEFI is a general term that covers various reasons, including bad vaccine quality due to break in cold chain, contamination and complications due to pre-existing conditions of the child.

In 2009, the latest year for which the ministry has given details, 116 children died due to AEFI. In contrast, 32 children lost their lives to AEFI in 2007.

Teen's amazing recovery as rare disorder left her paralysed and fighting for life

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Student of the year: Rachel Attridge, 17, thought she would die from a rare condition.

A PROMISING young student was left fighting for her life after she was struck down by a rare immune disorder.

Rachel Attridge, 17, thought she would die after she ended up on life support, unable to speak or swallow food.

Now, the brave youngster has been named Student Of The Year at East Riding College after fighting back from life-threatening illness.

Rachel, who shed three-and-a-half stone and was paralysed in intensive care, said: “At my lowest point, I said, ‘Switch the machine off.’

CDC Admits: 2008 Smallpox Outbreak in US Caused by Vaccine

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By Heidi Stevenson You thought that smallpox has been eradiacted? Not so! It still exists, thanks to our vaccination-happy medical system. It’s time to stop believing the lies of our so-called health agencies. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that smallpox had been eradicated from the world in 1980. This is simply untrue, and the […]

Daiichi recalls Sanofi ActHIB vax in Japan

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By Erica Teichert Daiichi Sankyo announced it will recall 13 lots in Japan of a Sanofi Pasteur ActHIB vaccine–whose use has been suspended in the country–due to an unidentified substance found in two syringes. Japan officials have cleared the vaccine, and Pfizer’s Prevnar, after investigating the vaccines’ role in six children’s deaths.

Interview: Pfizer vaccine unit eyes adults, infectious disease

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By Maureen Martino When Pfizer was searching for a major acquisition in 2009, it saw a lot it liked in Wyeth–including an established vaccine group that could jump-start its own efforts in that area. Pfizer had a nascent vaccine group was doing research but it didn’t have any products on the market. After the buy, the world’s […]

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