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Fungi, caterpillars, plants, bacteria: New frontiers in vaccine production

By VT / April 23, 2010

Liz Jones Fierce Vaccines 04/22/2010 CHANTILLY, VA – A popular topic at the World Vaccines Congress was cell-based alternatives to egg-based technologies, which was called the next frontier by Dr. Richard Schwartz of NIAID. In recent years, a number of research projects have revolved around producing vaccines in animals and plants. Arizona State researchers produced […]

B.C. may trash vaccine worth $20m

By VT / April 22, 2010

Rob Shaw Canwest News Service 04/21/2010 B.C. could throw away almost $20 million worth of H1N1 vaccine because it went unused during swine flu season and will soon expire. Only 40 per cent of B.C.’s population chose to be vaccinated against H1N1, which meant roughly 2.5 million of the 4.3 million doses ordered by B.C. […]

8 Invented Diseases Big Pharma Is Banking on

By VT / April 21, 2010

Martha Rosenberg AlterNet 04/16/2010 Since direct-to-consumer drug advertising debuted in 1997, pharma’s credo has been When The Medication Is Ready, The Disease (and Patients) Will Appear. Who knew so many people suffered from restless legs? But pharma’s recent plan to move from mass-market molecules into more lucrative vaccines and biologics did not see the anti-vaxer […]

Empty Pharmacies Get Paid Millions

By VT / April 20, 2010

April 5, 2010 Via Electronic Transmission (Click Here to See the Letter on Sen. Grassley’s Webpage.) The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Sebelius: As the senior Senator from Iowa and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance (Committee), it […]

Vaccine Near, So Fear Mongering Starts Over Another Mild Disease

By VT / April 19, 2010

Heidi Stevenson Gaia Health 04/19/2010 Have you ever heard of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)? In all likelihood, you haven’t, though you’ve probably had it. You or your parents most likely called it a cold. Now though, there’s an RSV vaccine on the horizon, so the fear mongering is starting. Of course, to back up the […]

10 Serious Vaccine Events

By Christina England, BA Hons / April 19, 2010

Elspeth McLean Otago Daily Times 04/17/2010 To the end of last year, 10 serious adverse events following vaccinations with the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil were reported to the national Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (Carm) in Dunedin. These include a report of a sudden death occurring six months after the third dose of […]

FDA to Change Rules Overseeing Vaccine Safety

By VT / April 19, 2010

Source: FederalRegister.com CFR Citation: 21 CFR Part 610 Docket ID: [Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0099] RIN ID: RIN 0910-AG15 NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES DOCID: fr30mr10-24 DOCUMENT ACTION: Proposed rule. SUBJECT CATEGORY: Revision of the Requirements for Constituent Materials DATES: Submit electronic or written comments on the proposed rule on or before June 28, 2010. Submit comments on information […]

Doctors Wrap Babies In Protective Vaccine “Cocoons”

By VT / April 18, 2010

Medical News Today 04/16/2010 Doctors are wrapping babies in vaccine “security blankets” to protect them from disease in a little-known tactic called “cocooning.” Cocooning is a way of wrapping infants too young to be vaccinated against pertussis in a blanket of immunity. Pertussis is commonly called whooping cough because of the distinctive “whoop” gasping sound […]

Vaccines: Veterinarians Are Better Than Human Doctors

By VT / April 17, 2010

. . . Dr. Sherri Tenpenny Huffington Post 04/16/2010 Veterinarians and pediatricians have a great deal in common. Both are highly qualified medical professionals with similar years of education. Both often struggle to determine what is wrong with their patients since pets, like little people, cannot communicate what hurts. Their jobs are not easy, but […]

Alberta seeks refund for expired H1N1 vaccine

By VT / April 17, 2010

. . . By Richard Cuthbertson Canwest News Service, Vancouver Sun 04/14/2010 CALGARY — The Alberta government is recalling more than 650,000 unused doses of adjuvanted H1N1 flu vaccine and is also seeking a refund from the pharmaceutical giant that manufactured the product. The moves come after Health Canada recently slashed the original provisional expiration […]

Corrupt WHO Attempts To Rewrite History To Confuse Swine Flu Inquiry

By VT / April 15, 2010

. . . Peter Doshi, graduate student Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 02139 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/340/apr06_2/c1904 To the Editor: Since the H1N1 outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) appears to be distancing itself from the idea that it ever promoted the concept of an influenza pandemic as an inevitably disastrous event. Last May, the WHO […]

HPV Vaccination Campaign Suspension Demanded Globally U.S. Called on to Take Lead

By Christina England, BA Hons / April 15, 2010

. . . Press Release Immediate Release Contact: Bobbi Cowan Public Relations Phone: (818) 980-2372 Email: bobbicowan@sbcglobal.net Web Site: http://TruthAboutGardasil.org April 15, 2010, North Hollywood, CA. The global outrage at reports of injustices inflicted on the children of India from unethical trials and experimentation of HPV vaccines in socially disadvantaged groups extends to women and […]

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