Zosia Chustecka November 13, 2015 The controversies surrounding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and a possible association with chronic symptoms in girls and young women appear to be ongoing, despite a recent major review that dismissed the link. Last week, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that a task force found no causality between the […]
Article · October 2015 with 3,708 Reads DOI: 10.4172/2329-6631.1000137 Abstract Nobel Laureate Charles Richet demonstrated over a hundred years ago that injecting a protein into animals or humans causes immune system sensitization to that protein. Subsequent exposure to the protein can result in allergic reactions or anaphylaxis. This fact has since been demonstrated over and over again […]
October 1, 2015 Health Impact News Editor Comments Need proof that the seasonal flu vaccine is not effective? Look no further than the CDC’s own publication admitting the fact: Influenza Outbreak in a Vaccinated Population. Earlier this year (2014) the CDC published a report documenting an influenza outbreak which occurred among fully vaccinated navy personnel aboard the USS Ardent, […]
At willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000 per QALY, 3% probability of vaccine being cost-effective TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) — For adults aged 50 years, herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine does not appear to be cost-effective, according to a study published online Sept. 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Phuc Le, Ph.D., M.P.H., and […]
Vaccinating one-year-olds against chickenpox could temporarily nearly double the incidence of shingles in the wider population, but in younger adults than previously thought. The effect occurs because vaccination reduces the likelihood of adults who experienced chickenpox as a child being re-exposed to the virus. Re-exposure boosts immunity to shingles, caused by the same virus, Varicella-zoster […]
June 19, 2015 Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clin Infect Dis. (2015) doi: 10.1093/cid/civ423 First published online: May 28, 2015 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Data were evaluated from the US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System on deaths after any vaccination between 1997 and 2013. Of the 2149 deaths reported, […]
5/4/15 by Sarah Wickline Wallan Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this epidemiologic case-control study of pertussis found that vaccination was not entirely effective at preventing the disease. Be aware that disease severity was not captured — vaccines may have ameliorated symptoms without nullifying transmission. The 2012 pertussis epidemic in Washington state […]
By Global Research News Global Research, April 07, 2015 An alarming outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) is currently sweeping through the Park City, Utah area. And the news is not good for the vaccine industry – as you’ll soon see. This whooping cough outbreak marks the first time in many years that the area has experienced even one […]
POSTED 9:28 PM, MARCH 27, 2015, BY KIERSTEN NUÑEZ PARK CITY, Utah — A whooping cough outbreak is causing concern in Summit County as 19 children have been diagnosed, and it’s the first time in years Park City schools have seen a case of pertussis. Officials said all of the children who have been diagnosed […]
Here is the PowerPoint from a lecture I gave addressing the legal issues surrounding compulsory vaccination. Feel free to share the link.http://www.sendspace.com/pro/98opr1Christopher Kent, DC, JD.
Tyler Durden on 02/06/2015 Authored by Lee Hieb, M.D., originally published at World Net Daily, via Alt-Market blog, Gov. Chris Christie has been vilified for making a very simple statement – that parents (and presumably patients themselves) should have the freedom to choose whether to vaccinate their children. I have been asked for years what I […]
Should the Recently Vaccinated be Quarantined to Prevent Outbreaks? February 02, 2015 14:34 ET Source: Weston A. Price Foundation Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Health officials are blaming unvaccinated children for the recent measles outbreak that started at Disneyland. However, with no blood tests proving the outbreak is from wild measles, the […]
Published 2:34 PM ET Mon, 2 Feb 2015 Globe Newswire Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Health officials are blaming unvaccinated children for the recent measles outbreak that started at Disneyland. However, with no blood tests proving the outbreak is from wild measles, the most likely source of the outbreak is a recently vaccinated […]
Endgame for Polio Eradication Ricki Lewis, PhD December 29, 2014 The World Health Organization’s strategy for eradicating polio will remove serotype 2 poliovirus from the oral polio vaccine (OPV) because this component causes many of the few new cases, according to a new clinical report. Walter A. Orenstein, MD, professor and associate director of the Emory Vaccine […]
Published: Dec 11, 2014 By Andrew Buelt, DO Story Source Action Points The author discusses his reasons for a belief that there is no clinical benefit associated with the use of Tamiflu. Pointless Prescribing I think there comes a time when everyone realizes that the easy, well-worn path is not always the best option. For […]
A Disease We Thought Was History Is Making An Alarming Comeback Business Insider By Lauren F Friedman Nov 13, 2014 7:46 PM Story Source We worry about dying in a plane crash, not a car accident — even though the latter has a far greater risk. So it goes with diseases, where Americans tend to fear […]
By Pete D’amato for MailOnline 06:01 03 Nov 2014 Marysue Grivna, 10, developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis days after getting her seasonal flu shot that has left her paralyzed The condition, an infection of the brain, affects about 8 in 1,000,000 people In about five percent of ADEM cases, the patient had been immunized shortly before […]
BMJ. 2014; 349: g6182. Published online 2014 Oct 20. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6182 PMCID: PMC4202689 PMID: 25331457 No Holds Barred Margaret McCartney: What use is mass flu vaccination? Margaret McCartney, general practitioner, Glasgow It’s flu vaccination season again. People over 65 and those aged six months to 65 years who have a clinical risk factor (such as […]
Annals of Internal Medicine, 10/15/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Dunn AG, et al. – Industry funding and financial conflicts of interest may contribute to bias in the synthesis and interpretation of scientific evidence. To examine the association between financial conflicts of interest and characteristics of systematic reviews of neuraminidase inhibitors. Reviewers with financial conflicts […]
By Felice J. Freyer | GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 The Massachusetts Nurses Association sued Brigham and Women’s Hospital this week, seeking to block a policy not yet in effect that would require nurses to get flu shots if they want to keep working there. The action in Suffolk Superior Court comes as state public […]