By Sevita Verma Despite finding serious flaws in the controversial cervical cancer study in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, which was halted after some deaths, the committee investigating the matter has chosen to exonerate the wrong doers, say activists. The vaccination project on the human papilloma virus (HPV) was carried out among girls in the age […]
Recall of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Vaccines with possible quality defect
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Department of Health (DH) today (March 4) ordered a licensed drug company, GlaxoSmithKline Ltd. (GSK), to recall from the market 144 units of three of its vaccines because of suspected quality defect. The products to be recalled are 115 units of Fluarix vaccine (Registration No.: HK-43003; Batch No.: AFLUA510AB) from […]
Gov't suspends administration of 2 vaccines after 4 children die
Published in ‘Japan Today’ TOKYO — The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare decided Friday to suspend administering two types of publicly subsidized vaccines as four children recently died after receiving them, notifying municipal governments of the decision, ministry sources said. The two types are the Hib vaccine to prevent bacterial meningitis and a vaccine […]
Fighting Pakistan's Lingering Polio Problem
By Michael Galway Last December, I traveled to Peshawar, ground zero in Pakistan’s fight against polio. As the capital of Khyber-Paktunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), this is where the debilitating disease needs to be stopped in order to prevent an explosive outbreak, one that can nonetheless be easily prevented by a […]
MMDA spearheads cervical cancer protection for women traffic enforcers
MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — In a fitting tribute to the celebration of Women’s Month, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spearheaded an information drive against cervical cancer for its women traffic enforcers and employees. Corazon Jimenez, MMDA general manager, led the information dissemination program last Tuesday in coordination with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), aimed at increasing the […]
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