PublicService.co.uk Thursday, April 22, 2010 The World Health Organisation (WHO) overreacted to the swine flu crisis which led to hundreds of millions of pounds being spent unnecessarily on vaccines that, in some countries, were hardly used, according to Paul Flynn, head of a Council of Europe inquiry. In England the NHS spent around £155m on the vaccines but the number of people with swine flu fell so low that the government had to give away or sell its supply of over 60m doses. Declaration of [...]

Zhang Jiawei ChinaDaily.com.cn 04/23/2010 A total of 44 pupils became sick and was taken to the hospital after receiving the hepatitis B vaccine at school on Thursday in Huilai county, in Jieyang of Guangdong province, the Guangzhou Daily reported Friday. On Thursday morning, 84 pupils got the injection, and some felt ill half an hour later, and 44 had been taken to the hospital as of 5:00 pm, the newspaper said. The disease control center of Huilai county said they have used more than 90,000 [...]

Mary MacIntyre Albuquerque Alternative Medicine Examiner 04/22/2010 Any parent can imagine the devastation when their teen suddenly dies from a stroke. More questions than answers will arise surrounding such a tragedy. According to the aol news story most of the obvious possibilities were ruled out.  I have another longer list that may be considered, however in respect of the family, and her friends, that list won’t be added here. This article will focus on a comment made on that aol article, and support for the [...]

Robert Preidt HealthDay News 04/21/2010 The advent in 2000 of the PCV7 vaccine to battle bacteria that causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis (blood infection) in children has caused notable changes in strains that cause these illnesses, researchers report. Most worrisome is the recent spread of strains not covered by the vaccine, the team aid. Immunizations with the PCV7 vaccine is now recommended for all children before the age of 2. American researchers found that the most common cause of invasive pneumococcal infections is now a [...]

Flu vaccination ban goes national after fever, convulsions in children Chris Tomson WAToday 04/23/2010 WA’s chief public health officer Tarun Weeramanthri has defended the response time in closing down the state’s juvenile flu vaccine program amid revelations that children were presenting with convulsions more than two weeks ago. More than 60 children around the state may have had adverse reactions to the vaccine, including fevers, vomiting and febrile convulsions – a type of fit brought on by a high fever. One child remains in a [...]