By Barbara Sumner Burstyn & Ron Law EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: New Zealand’s meningococcal disease story, as unravelled through analysis of previously secret documents obtained under the Official Information Act, reveals that the New Zealand government, media and public have been misled and manipulated by officials, advisors and scientists alike. As a result of this manipulation, the government has […]
FDA: Infants May Get Meningococcal Vaccine
By Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — The FDA has approved the first meningococcal vaccine for use in toddlers and infants as young as nine months of age. The vaccine, called Menactra, is already approved for use in people ages 2 through 55 for prevention of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis […]
Meningitis deaths prompt CDC to recommend vaccine for teens
By Lora Hines, The Press-Enterprise Teenagers should get vaccinated to protect against the bacteria that causes meningococcal meningitis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. Publication in the Jan. 27 issue of “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report”f ormalizes the recommendations made this fall by the federal agency’s advisory committee on immunization practices. The committee’s […]
Grade 9 students to get meningitis vaccinations
By Linda Hoang, Global News About 40,000 Grade 9 students in Alberta are set to get immunized against several forms of meningitis. It’s part of a new $2 million immunization program that will begin Feb 1. The vaccine, which will protect against four different strains of meningococcal disease, will be issused through school-based clinics and […]
Evidence Flu Vaccines Are Needless and Useless
Posted by: Joe Sheffler 02 November 2010 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) met in Atlanta, GA, on October 27-28, 2010. Complete minutes of the meeting will be published on the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) website (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip). Meningococcal vaccine The first discussion was on meningococcal vaccine in patients with […]
