Screening Rates Authors: Budd AC1, Brotherton JM2, Gertig DM2, Chau T3, Drennan KT2, Saville M2 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To compare cervical screening rates for women vaccinated with a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine with those for unvaccinated women, to address concerns that vaccinated women may not be participating in cervical screening. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional […]
Are Unvaccinated Wrongly Blamed for Outbreaks?
By Health Impact News Editor Almost every time an outbreak of a disease occurs in the U.S. for which a vaccine exists, people who refuse vaccines are automatically blamed for the outbreaks. Unfortunately, this blame is based on belief in vaccine doctrine more than on data and science. Most of the world’s top vaccine manufacturers […]
Whooping Cough Comeback: Too Few Vaccinated?
[SaneVax: After the introductory fear inducing paragraph or two, the article below may come very close to explaining exactly why whooping cough is making a comeback. It states one reason is, “the bacteria that causes it (Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis) have mutated and evolved, making traditional antibiotics less effective.” What the author fails to state is that […]
Mutant strain of Hepatitis-B in Nicobarese
By Kounteya Sinha, TNN PORT BLAIR: A mutant strain of Hepatitis B — a viral infection that causes chronic liver failure, and is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV — has been isolated from the ancient and dwindling Nicobarese tribe of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Scientists from ICMR’s Regional Medical Research Centre […]