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By VT / June 21, 2010

Robert Preidt Bloomberg Businessweek 06/20/2010 Children exposed early in life to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may have a reduced immune response to tetanus and diphtheria vaccines, a new study indicates. The findings suggest that exposure to the environmental pollutants in the first years of life (a critical time in immune system development) could undermine the effectiveness […]

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By VT / June 21, 2010

NewsInferno 06/17/2010 The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has put off a decision on whether or not it should approve the expanded use of the Gardasil vaccine to older women, ages 27 to 45. The FDA’s decision, which was expected sometime next week, will not come until later this year. Approved in 2006, Gardasil prevents […]

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By VT / June 21, 2010

SEO Press Releases 06/21/2010 Within the last month reports from two women’s organizations focused global attention on the silent epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s) and their plans to provide accessibility to care. On June 8, health leaders at the WOMEN DELIVER conference in Washington D.C. called on the international community to commit resources to […]

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By VT / June 20, 2010

Cynthia Janak Renew America 06/19/2010 As I promised, I will be answering the question “Why is my daughter so sick now when she was always so healthy before the vaccination?” This question is asked of us so many times that we have lost count a long time ago. This is a resounding concern expressed by […]

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By VT / June 20, 2010

Donald G. McNeil, Jr. The New York Times 06/17/2010 There is too little genetic surveillance of last year’s human pandemic flu, which has gone on to infect pigs in China and is readily mixing with other flus there, according to a study released Thursday by researchers in Hong Kong. No dangerous new strain has emerged, […]

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By VT / June 20, 2010

CDC 06/11/2010 In response to reported cases of vaccine-acquired rotavirus infection in infants with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) following rotavirus vaccine administration, both Merck & Co. and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals have revised the prescribing information and patient labeling for their respective rotavirus vaccine products, pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) and monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1), with approval from […]

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By Catherine J. Frompovich / June 18, 2010

Mercury exposure at high levels can harm the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs, and immune system of people of all ages. It has been demonstrated that high levels of methylmercury in the bloodstream of unborn babies and young children may harm the developing nervous system, making the child less able to think and learn.

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By VT / June 17, 2010

Air drops of rabies vaccines begin today DAILY SUN STAFF azdailysun.com 06/15/2010 Get ready for “ketchup packets” falling from the sky. Today, an aircraft will begin dropping edible rabies vaccines aimed at gray foxes in a 1,433-square-mile area that includes forests and less populated areas outside Flagstaff, Parks, Williams, Mountainaire, Kachina Village and Winona. A […]

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By VT / June 17, 2010

Courtenay Bartholomew Trinidad and Tobago Express 06/16/10 Close to over two centuries ago, the poet Lord Byron wrote: ‘Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe/ Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast/ Is that portentous phrase ‘I told you so.” Look, to misquote the great bards is anathema to me and so, I had […]

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By VT / June 16, 2010

In 1973, the British Governments view was that the severe damage caused to some children by smallpox, polio, or measles vaccinations was a small price from freedom of disease, and those cases received little publicity.

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By VT / June 15, 2010

SEO Press Releases 06/14/2010 AAVP (Association of Affected Young Women by HPV Vaccine) was created to support and assist young women adversely affected by HPV vaccines in response to lack of honest answers from Spanish Health Authorities and members of parliament who tried to convince families that HPV vaccines did not cause side effects. AAVP […]

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By VT / June 15, 2010

Traci Capellman Fox28.com 06/14/2010 If you have a student entering 6th through 12th grade, they will need some need new vaccines this year. Indiana is now requiring a Tdap, Menactra, and a second Varicella (or chickenpox) vaccine before school this year. To try to help get people in, the St. Joseph County Health Department has […]

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By VT / June 15, 2010

Prague Daily Monitor 06/11/2010 Most of the swine flu vaccines the Czech Republic has bought for 220 million crowns will probably be destroyed, only a minor part will be preserved as strategic reserve, Health Minister Dana Juraskova told CTK Friday. The state ordered a supply of one million vaccines, but only less than one percent […]

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By Catherine J. Frompovich / June 14, 2010

In the United States there’s a stealth “branch” of governance by laws that are made by only one person with no input from or approval by the U.S. Senate as required by the Constitution. It’s the U.S. President’s power of Executive Orders.