By Denice Barnes 21 January 2011 MOTHER of three Lyndsey Bourne has a message for young women – investigate before you vaccinate. Ms Bourne, of Erina, suffers chronic fatigue syndrome and is convinced her condition is a reaction to Gardasil, a vaccination against cervical cancer. The vaccination, an Australian first, was designed to protect against […]
Emir warns against vaccine rejection
January 24, 2011 The Emir of Mubi, Abubakar Isa, in Adamawa state has appealed to his people to present their children for vaccination against polio in order to get rid of the disease in the country. Mr. Isa made the call at an enlightenment campaign, aimed at mobilising the people to participate in the exercise […]
By: Naomi Arnold, The Nelson Mail
By: Esther Taunton 28 October 2010 Social networking websites could be putting teenage girls at risk of contracting a deadly disease. New Plymouth GP Peter Catt says girls are choosing to believe what they read on the internet instead of the advice of medical practitioners when it comes to the Government-funded cervical cancer vaccine. […]
Assumptions get in the way of vaccine
By: Naomi Arnold, The Nelson Mail 1 October 2010 A vaccination programme to protect people from the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) has been “bedevilled” by an assumption that getting girls vaccinated means they’re having sex, Nelson’s GP spokesman says. Gardasil, a vaccine that helps to prevent cervical, vaginal and vulval cancers and genital warts, […]
Tasmanian girls urged to get immunized against cervical cancer: Where is the common sense?
By: Norma Erickson 13 December 2010 What criteria do governments use to decide whether the benefits of a vaccine outweigh the risks? On what basis do they judge whether a vaccine should be ‘recommended’ or ‘mandated?” Does common sense enter the equation? Friday, 10 December 2010, Dr. Roscoe Taylor, Director of Public Health, issued a […]
