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 […]
Virus in the system
By Natasha Bita KIRSTEN and Mick Button were looking forward to a family holiday in Bali when the letter landed in their mailbox. From the West Australian Health Department, it urged them to vaccinate their children against the flu. A killer new strain of influenza, a mutant mix of human, avian and swine influenza viruses, […]
Caution Urged Over Large-Scale HPV Vaccination Programs
By: Zosia Chustecka From Medscape Medical News August 20, 2008 — “There is good reason to be cautious about introducing large-scale vaccination programs” with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, because many essential questions are still unanswered. This is the conclusion of Charlotte Haug, MD, PhD, from the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, in […]
Anaphylaxis following quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination.
By: Julia M.L. Brotherton, MD HPH, et al Published at www.cmaj.ca on Sept. 1, 2008. Background: In 2007, Australia implemented the National human papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program, which provides quadrivalent HPV vaccine free to all women aged 12–26 years. Following notification of 7 presumptive cases of anaphylaxis in the state of New South Wales, […]
