By Heidi Stevenson The lesson of these outbreaks is that the modern medical paradigm is deeply flawed. Now it’s caught with its knickers down and no decent explanation, since those it claims to have protected are victims. Incidents of whooping cough have been growing more and more common since the mid-nineties, according to a report […]
Equality of the sexes? Not always when it comes to biology, 'Man-flu' is real.
By MaxWild Montreal, May 11, 2009 – When it comes to immunity, men may not have been dealt an equal hand. According to Cambridge University researchers, evolutionary factors have led to the male system becoming more vulnerable to illness. MUHC researchers demonstrate that estrogen renders the innate immune system of women more powerful than that […]
Scientists edge closer to edible vaccine
AAP AUSTRALIAN scientists are edging closer towards developing a revolutionary vaccine which can be swallowed in food instead of being injected. Clinical trials led by Nobel Prize winner Dr Barry Marshall have identified certain strains of a stomach bacteria which are safe to use in humans as the basis for edible vaccines. The results mean […]
Taking steps to care for vaccines' victims
By Natasha Bita AS a baby, Jacob McCarthy swallowed a spoonful of vaccine given by his doctor to protect him from polio. That “live” vaccine, which contained small amounts of weakened polio virus and has since been replaced by a safer version, gave him the painful and paralytic symptoms of the devastating disease it was […]
Roxon considers vaccine compensation
AAP Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the federal government is willing to consider a no-fault compensation scheme for people who are harmed by vaccines that are supposed to protect them. Leading epidemiologists this month called for such a scheme in an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia. They say people should be helped […]
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