Translation from French: BE CAREFUL. While many doctors, foreign and French, citizens, patients sometimes victims, have been trying to inform for many years about the uselessness and the risks of the vaccine against papillomavirus, a new...
Read moreVaccinating against multiple diseases at once leads to DECREASED immunity and ‘enhanced’ infection when challenged by the disease. T cell memory is usually studied in the context of infection with a single pathogen in naive mice, but...
Read moreIt is hard to overstate the public health fears generated by the threat of swine flu in 2009. The world had been bracing itself for a flu pandemic for years and the prospect of a flu that ‘jumped species’ seemed to pose a particularly...
Read moreUp until now, parents have been asked to give their consent ahead of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations administered to girls by school nurses, and many guardians have opted out of allowing their daughters to get the jab. But this is set to...
Read moreA plaintiff who suffered arm and shoulder injuries as a result of what she says was a pneumococcal vaccination gone awry has sued the pharmacy she believes is responsible, but the pharmacy’s counsel countered a number of statutes bar her claims...
Read moreA commission of inquiry into the deaths of two children who died after receiving a mumps, measles and rubella vaccination is due to start next week. The three-person commission includes respected local judge Tuiloma Neroni Slade as chairman, and...
Read moreAbingdon Surgery sent the texts to patients who qualify for free seasonal vaccines, stating matter of factly that the incentivised seasonal vaccine programme ‘provides a valuable source of income’ for the practice. However a patient group...
Read moreA young New Zealand-based couple who lost two babies in two years have been dealt another blow as they continue to seek answers into the cause of their children’s deaths. Christine and Karl Laulu, originally from Samoa, are still grieving...
Read morePublic Health England (PHE) has today (Wednesday, 18 July 2018) published data on the effectiveness of the flu vaccine in the 2017 to 2018 season. The data show that overall, flu vaccine was 15% effective in all age groups. However, effectiveness...
Read moreThe failure of England’s public health body to publish results of three major studies into vaccines for children make it impossible for experts to establish whether the drugs could be harmful, scientists have claimed. Hundreds of children...
Read moreAlmost 650 girls in Ireland reported requiring medical intervention or treatment after receiving the HPV vaccine, according to data collected by the State’s medicines watchdog. The Health Products Regulatory Authority has received 1,099 reports...
Read moreMORE cases of flu will occur with live flu vaccines. ‘Using recently observed low LAIV effectiveness values, fewer influenza cases will occur if LAIV is not used compared with having LAIV as a vaccine option.’ Abstract: American...
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