By Lucy Rickard The federal government’s response to a large number of adverse reactions to the flu vaccine last year has been deemed appropriate by an independent auditor. An unusually high number of children under five years of age experienced fevers, vomiting and seizures after having the flu shot in March and April last year, […]
Champagne, Anyone? Pharma Freebies Down Under
By Ed Silverman Health Department workers in West Australia have received $745,000 worth of gifts, business class flights and hotel accommodations from drug and device makers, many of which sell meds and equipment to area hospitals, The West Australian reports. According to documents revealed in Parliament, between last July and April 6, there 259 instances […]
Call for body to monitor vaccines
By Julia Medow AUSTRALIA’S response to an outbreak of convulsions among children who received the flu vaccine last year was plagued by delayed reporting, communication breakdowns and insufficient data on immunisation rates, an independent review has found. Former chief medical officer John Horvath has called for major changes to the way vaccines are monitored in […]
New Study Claims 83 Autism Cases Caused by Vaccines
By Nicole Polard WASHINGTON, D.C. — Researchers released the most recent news in the autism-vaccine debate at a press conference in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. A study scheduled for publication in the Pace Environmental Law Review closely examined public information on 1,300 cases in which the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program compensated families. Significant […]
Pharma majors under fire over trial compensation
By Joe Mathew, New Delhi A Union health ministry probe has revealed that pharmaceutical majors conducting clinical trials in India have not given compensation to majority of the volunteers who died during the trials. Of the 671 deaths that were reported in 2010, the ministry has evidence of just three cases of compensation. The ministry […]
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