Since August 2010, following widespread use of vaccines against influenza (H1N1) 2009, cases of narcolepsy, especially in children and adolescents, have been reported. Narcolepsy is a rare sleep disorder that causes a person to fall asleep suddenly and unexpectedly. The rates reported from Sweden, Finland and Iceland have been notably higher than those from other […]
Gardasil debate renewed
By Aaron Derfel, Gazette Health Reporter Critics doubt benefits for women up to age 45. MONTREAL – Health Canada’s decision to approve the Gardasil vaccine for women up to the age of 45 has renewed the debate about the purported benefits of the shots and whether they might even be necessary. Kirkland-based Merck, maker of […]
Merck, Qiagen Begin Rwandan Cervical-Cancer Program, Times Says
By Heather Murdock Merck & Co. and Qiagen NV (QGEN) will fund a program in Rwanda to screen and vaccinate women against cervical cancer, the New Times reported, citing Agnes Binagwaho, permanent secretary in the Health Ministry. Merck will provide more than 2 million doses of its Gardasil vaccine to the government at no charge, […]
Navy revises vaccine exemption policy and regs by attorney request – twice!
By Alan Phillips, J.D. (NaturalNews) Lawmakers can and sometimes do enact laws that are unconstitutional. They can do this for the simple reason that a law isn’t technically unconstitutional until a court says it is. This makes sense, since anyone can cry “unconstitutional” at any time about anything. Unfortunately, though, this means that laws can […]
HEALTH CANADA APPROVES GARDASIL® FOR WOMEN UP TO AGE 45
KIRKLAND, QC, April 26 /CNW Telbec/ – Today, Merck announced that Health Canada has extended the indication of GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Recombinant Vaccine] in women up to the age of 45. Merck’s HPV vaccine is now approved for girls and women nine through 45 years of age for […]
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