By John Stone with editorial comments by Dr. David Healy. Originally posted here. Editorial Note: This post is by John Stone at my invitation. I am broadly speaking pro-Vaccination and reluctant to stray into the Vaccination Wars but the issues about free debate in recent posts seem most acute in this domain. Anyone who even […]
Conversion Disorder in Leroy NY?
By Teresa Conrick I have been following all of the news and reports on the teens and now two adults who have developed sudden onset tics and Tourette-like symptoms in upper NY. It is an unanswered medical phenomenon still and one that is devastating. One thing that seems certain — the issue of Conversion Disorder vs Immune Disorder needs […]
Gardasil Continues to Stir Heavy Controversy
By Harmony Phuong Huynh What is Gardasil? Gardasil is the first available vaccine against genital human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States. There are various strains of HPV. Made by the company Merck Inc., the vaccine protects against HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18 in both males and […]
Minister under attack over cholera comments
Dhaka, May 14 (bdnews24.com)—The government has fallen into the trap of oral cholera vaccine on which the ICDDR,B is conducting a feasibility study in the capital’s Mirpur area, health rights activists say. They told a press conference on Saturday that there were no government records of cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh at least in the last […]
HPV shot dilemma: Should gay boys be targeted?
By: JoNel Aleccia 12 November 2010 If you thought the controversy over giving the HPV vaccine to girls was heated, just wait for the fight about the boys. A government health panel is expected to vote soon on whether to recommend vaccinating boys and young men against the human papillomavirus. Since 2006, the vaccine has […]
