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By VT / May 27, 2010

Viet Nam News 05/26/2010 Babies under 12 months will receive a new combined diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type B vaccine under the National Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI) as of June 2010. “The five in one vaccine, donated by the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) through the United Nation […]

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By VT / May 27, 2010

Deborah L. Shelton Chicago Tribune 05/26/2010 Discredited autism researcher Dr. Andrew Wakefield said Wednesday at a ” vaccination choice” rally in Grant Park that he planned to resume his research in the U.S. At the rally, held in conjunction with a conference hosted by the organizations Generation Rescue and Autism One, Wakefield said national vaccine […]

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By VT / May 26, 2010

WorldPoultry.net 05/25/2010 AviPro IBD Xtreme – Lohmann Animal Health’s vaccine against infectious bursal disease in poultry – is now available in 10,000 dose vials in the UK. This will save a considerable volume of storage space in the fridge and make vaccination quicker and easier, says the company. “This vaccine dissolves readily when reconstituted in […]

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By VT / May 26, 2010

Ben Hirschler Reuters 05/21/2010 * DNA from porcine circovirus found in both vaccines Rotavirus vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Merck & Co (MRK.N) are safe to use despite being contaminated with a pig virus, Europe’s drugs watchdog said on Friday. The decision echoes a similar ruling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last […]

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By VT / May 26, 2010

Radio New Zealand 05/26/2010 The Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring has seen an increase in reported adverse reactions to this year’s seasonal flu vaccine. The centre’s director told the Health Select Committee on Wednesday that there has been a massive uptake of the flu vaccination this year. Dr Michael Tatley said children are taking the […]

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By VT / May 26, 2010

A “headless” version of the influenza virus protected mice from several different strains of flu and may offer a step toward a so-called universal flu vaccine, researchers reported on Tuesday.

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By Jeffry John Aufderheide / May 25, 2010

History books proclaim with absolute certainty that the pinnacle of public health is defined by the polio vaccine program. However, hidden to most Americans was an elaborate Public Relations scheme being carefully applied by Rockefeller interests intended for social control.

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By VT / May 25, 2010

Scott Friedman NBCDFW 05/24/2010 She was only 18 years old, but Ainsley Bailey suddenly found herself struggling just to get out of bed. The Plano teenager said her medical troubles started the day after she received a first dose of Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer. “It got to the point […]

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By VT / May 25, 2010

Lylah M. Alphonse Boston.com 05/24/2010 Stripped today of his license to practice medicine, Dr. Andrew Wakefield — whose 1998 study on the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine and autism led millions of parents to stop vaccinating their children — insists that he will continue with his research into vaccines and autism. “My concern is for vaccine safety, for […]

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By VT / May 25, 2010

Chicago Tribune 05/25/2010 State health officials say it’s time for parents to get their children’s immunizations for next school year. The Indiana State Department of Health says students entering grades 6 to 12 will need to have received two spaced chickenpox vaccinations and one each for bacterial meningitis and tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. Most children […]

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By VT / May 25, 2010

Kristina Skorbach Epoch Times 05/24/2010 Britain’s General Medical Council stripped Doctor Andrew Wakefield of his license to practice medicine for linking autism to vaccines for measles and other diseases. Doctor Andrew Wakefield was born into a family of doctors, after receiving his doctoral licence in 1981 in Canada, he became a member of the Royal […]

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By VT / May 24, 2010

Frederik Joelving Reuters 05/10/2010 Parents can rest assured that getting kids their vaccine shots on time will not hurt their mental skills later on, doctors said on Monday. “A lot of parents are concerned that children receive too many vaccines too soon,” said Dr. Michael J. Smith, of the University of Louisville School of Medicine […]

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By VT / May 24, 2010

NDTV.com 05/10/2010 Breastfeeding protects babies from fever that is seen after routine immunisations. Its common for an infant to have some fever soon after immunisation. The immune system of the babies responds with local (pain, redness, swelling) and systemic (fever, decreased appetite) reactions after vaccination. Post-vaccination fever is usually mild and of short duration. Nonetheless, […]

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By Christina England, BA Hons / May 20, 2010

How a mother is supposed to decide what vaccines are safe, when the governments change their minds so frequently, is anyone’s guess. One minute the government makes it categorically clear that the measles vaccine should never, under any circumstances, be given to a child under the age of nine months, the next minute they are […]