By: Christina England 07 September 2010 GlaxoSmithKline the drug giants, have spent the last few days trying to stay off the bottom of the FTSE 100, especially after the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said that it’s diabetes treatment Avandia should be pulled from sale, over concerns that it can lead to heart […]
How Safe is the Cervical Cancer Jab? Five teenagers reveal their alarming stories
By: Rachel Porter 5 April 2009 Amanda Steel is flicking through last year’s diary, trying to pinpoint when this nightmare began. It was the summer holidays when she first noticed that Carly, her eldest daughter, was seriously out of sorts. ‘Anyone who knew Carly before will tell you what a chatterbox she was. She had […]
Teenage Girls Sue Over Cancer Jab
By: Lucy Johnston, Daily Express 19 April 2009 A GROUP of British teenagers has launched the first legal action against the makers of a controversial cervical cancer jab. They have suffered symptoms ranging from paralysis and seizures to fatigue and muscle aches since being given the Cervarix vaccine. The jab is being given to girls […]
Teen's win on MMR
Posted: 27 October 2010 Originally published on 31 August 2010 The claim that the MMR vaccine is totally safe was in doubt again today after a landmark ruling for the Wigan boy who started the whole controversy of triple jab side-effects. The Vaccine Damage Payment Unit has ruled that 18-year-old Robert Fletcher’s severe disabilities were […]
The Handling of the H1N1 pandemic: more transparency needed
Memorandum by: Paul Flynn, Parliamentary Assembly, UK 23 March 2010 V. Conclusions 44. The recent debate on H1N1, notably at a European level, has shown that the situation relating to this influenza is characterised by a high degree of uncertainty. The rapporteur is convinced that the way in which the H1N1 crisis has been handled […]