Parents need to be convinced their daughters should receive HPV vaccine
By VT / May 11, 2010Even when financial and healthcare barriers are removed, some parents remain hesitant to have their daughters receive the HPV vaccine.
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Family Claims Vaccine Gave Daughter Seizures
By VT / May 11, 2010Alexis Wolf, 16, wishes she had spent this day at school with her friends. But that’s no longer a part of her life. Uncontrollable vomiting and seizures have left Alexis brain-damaged.
Pertussis Infection in Fully Vaccinated Children in Day-Care Centers, Israel
By VT / May 10, 2010Emerging Infections Diseases Vol. 6, No. 5, September-October 2000 Pertussis, an acute disease of the upper respiratory tract caused by the gram-negative bacillus Bordetella pertussis, lasts 6 to 8 weeks and has three clinical stages. The initial (catarrhal) stage resembles a common cold with a mild cough. The second (paroxysmal) stage is characterized by episodes […]
Parents of Autistic Children Weren’t Entirely Wrong
By VT / May 10, 2010Parents of autistic kids have said that autism HAS to be caused by the vaccines given to their kids. For many, there was a noticeable difference between their child before and after vaccines.
Paul Offit’s 10,000 Vaccines and the Milgram Experiment
By VT / May 10, 2010John Stone Age of Autism 05/10/2010 Question: “How many vaccines is it safe for a pediatrician to give a two month old infant?” Answer: “It depends how much they are getting paid.” An old joke The Milgram experiment has long past into modern folklore. In 1961 a 28 year-old psychologist at Yale, Stanley Milgram, devised […]
Certain vaccines have been known to cause epilepsy for years
By Christina England, BA Hons / May 9, 2010Christina England Vactruth.com 05/09/2010 Over the recent months there have been several articles highlighting cases where children have had seizures after vaccines. This is being portrayed as something new. A sudden rise in children having seizures after the flu vaccine in Western Australia caused the vaccine to be suspended while an investigation took place. The […]
FDA panel members support continued use of both rotavirus vaccines despite trace contaminants
By VT / May 8, 2010Thomas H. Maugh II LATimes Health 05/07/2010 Members of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting Friday urged physicians to continue using both commercial rotavirus vaccines despite evidence that both carry trace contaminants from a harmless pig virus. The panel did not take a formal vote on a recommendation, but a majority of participants […]
Roll-out of cervical cancer vaccine to start before school holidays
By VT / May 8, 2010EITHNE DONNELLAN Irish Times 05/08/2010 *Editor’s Note: This is why they are rolling out School Based Health Clinics in the United States. They will be giving full rounds of vaccines at school here shortly if the program continues as planned. THE NATIONAL cervical cancer vaccination programme will begin on Monday week and will have started […]
Mum says flu vaccine made son seriously ill
By VT / May 7, 2010BEN LANGFORD NTNews.com.au 05/07/2010 A DARWIN woman has told of her week of trauma after her young son contracted a blood disease after being vaccinated for swine flu. Karama mum Amanda de Vries said she is convinced the illness came from a complication associated with the vaccine. She came forward to tell her story after […]
Doctor suggests breastfeeding may ‘impede’ child’s immune response to vaccine
By VT / May 7, 2010Parental delays, refusals for vaccines up in survey Posted on Pediatric Supersite 05/05/2010 VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Creative vaccine distribution strategies, improved vaccine technologies and more rapid manufacturing timetables were among ideas speakers at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies proposed during a symposium on vaccine-preventable diseases in the developing world. Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH, […]
Child dies 13 hours after vaccination
By VT / May 6, 2010DILIP POUDEL Republica Social Affairs 04/20/2010 A five-month old girl died on Tuesday morning 13 hours after being administered DPT vaccine. Sanjita GC, daughter of Jit Bahadur from Ramjadeurali-5, Parbat and posted at District Police Office, Baglung, had been given the vaccine at Baglung hospital on Monday afternoon. “She was all right while being taken […]
Students suspended over out of date immunizations
By VT / May 6, 2010*Note: Please notice that what is mentioned in the article is to keep the immunization records up to date. This doesn’t necessarily mean the vaccines. The child’s exemption is included in the immunization record as well but this fact is conveniently left out. It’s a sleight of hand. Matthew Strader Caledon Enterprise 05/04/2010 Seventy-two students […]
Fewer toddlers getting all their vaccinations, CDC says
By VT / May 6, 2010Carly Weeks The Globe and Mail 05/05/2010 A growing number of parents are delaying or outright refusing to immunize their children, a troubling trend experts fear will cause future outbreaks of preventable diseases, such as measles, mumps, and even polio. Figures released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at a pediatrics conference […]
Parents criticize government for not acting sooner
By VT / May 5, 2010Christina England American Chronicle 05/04/2010 Parents have heavily criticized the Western Australian government for not acting sooner, after the flu vaccine caused hundreds of children to suffer convulsions and vomiting. One angry parent told the Australian that all three of her children were taken to hospital suffering from vomiting and fits after the vaccine saying […]
Backing for enquiry into adverse flu reactions
By VT / May 5, 2010ABC News 05/04/2010 There is widespread support for the State Government’s decision to launch an enquiry into the Health Department’s handling of the flu vaccination program. The program was suspended last month after hundreds of West Australian children under the age of five experienced severe adverse reactions. The executive director of the Health Consumers Association […]
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