By Sue Corrigan A former Government medical officer responsible for deciding whether medicines are safe has accused the Government of “utterly inexplicable complacency” over the MMR triple vaccine for children. Dr Peter Fletcher, who was Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health, said if it is proven that the jab causes autism, “the refusal […]
FDA Unveils Flu Vaccines for 2011-12 Season
From US News, Health Day MONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) — Influenza may be far from most Americans’ thoughts as much of the nation wilts under oppressive heat, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it’s already preparing for the 2011-12 flu season. The FDA said it has approved the vaccine formulation […]
Alexis from New Mexico
Alexis, New Mexico: Up until 2007, the only thing Alexis and her family had to worry about was that she had been diagnosed with type I diabetes a year before. Even with that, Alexis was a very happy, shy, well adjusted 13 year old young lady. She worked very hard in school and made the […]
A Vaccine May Shield Boys Too
By Roni Caryn Rabin Snapshots of two clean-cut teenagers, a boy and a girl, stare out from a newspaper advertisement for the vaccine Gardasil. “Boys can be affected by HPV disease too,” says the bold headline. The ad urges parents to protect “both your son and daughter.” Until recently, Gardasil was a girls-only proposition. Approved […]
Cashing in on immunisation
By Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD, July 18: The National Institute of Health (NIH) imported substandard and unregistered vaccines and syringes for its Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) from July 2005-09, evading Rs882 million in taxes by giving an impression that it was assisted and sponsored by the UN, Dawn has learnt. A 30-page report probing […]
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