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Mumps outbreak traced to face-to-face schooling: study ~ Reuters
A face-to-face educational method used among Orthodox Jews apparently led to a U.S. outbreak of mumps in 2009 and 2010 even though most of those infected had been properly vaccinated, according to a...
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Anti-vaccine book tells kids to embrace measles ~ Salon
BY KATIE MCDONOUGH Measles is responsible for thousands of tragic (and preventable) deaths each year. Which is perhaps why so many reviewers are panning a new (and apparently self-published) book by...
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Piers Morgan Says He Got A Flu Shot And Ten Days Later He’s Sick ~ CNN
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CDC: Flu vaccine 62% effective; 47 states report widespread illness ~ CBS
by RYAN JASLOW Flu activity continues to rise in the U.S., according to new surveillance statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. Forty-seven states have now...
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Evidence grows for narcolepsy link to GSK swine flu shot ~ Reuters
by Kate Kelland Emelie is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she’s often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and...
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How the Drug Companies Make Vaccines ~ Channel NF
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Glaxo Starts India Venture to Develop Emerging Market Vaccines ~ Bloomberg
by Ketaki Gokhale GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) agreed to form a joint venture in India to produce a six-in-one vaccine that will immunize children in developing countries against infectious diseases...
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FDA warns of supplements’ flu protection claims ~ Reuters
U.S. health regulators have sent letters to nine Internet distributors of dietary supplements warning them against making false claims about their products’ ability to fight the flu. The Food and Drug...
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Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine to be given to teenage boys in world first ~...
AUSTRALIAN teenage boys will become the first in the world to receive the groundbreaking cervical cancer vaccine from today even though its a cancer they won’t ever develop. Boys aged 12-13 will be...
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Wary of Attack With Smallpox, U.S. Buys Up a Costly Drug ~ NY Times
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The United States government is buying enough of a new smallpox medicine to treat two million people in the event of a bioterrorism attack, and took delivery of the first...
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UK smallpox terror threat downgraded after nearly £80mn ‘wasted’ on vaccine ~ RT
One of the UK’s preeminent scientists has denounced the wasting of some £80 million on smallpox vaccines. The terrorist threat of the disease – now confined to laboratories – has been changed following...
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Sweden affirms swine flu vaccine narcolepsy link ~ The Local
The Swedish Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) ordered the massive study to determine if the vaccine had any connection to narcolepsy after dozens of reported cases of young people coming down...
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A Vaccine That Works in Newborns? ~ Science Daily
The ability to immunize babies at birth — rather than two months of age, when most current vaccination series begin — would be a triumph for global health. Worldwide, each year, infections kill more...
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Synchrotron yields ‘safer’ vaccine ~ BBC
by Fergus Walsh Producing vaccines against viral threats is a potentially hazardous business and that’s why manufacturers have to operate strict controls to ensure that no pathogens escape. British...
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240,000 Pakistani children miss anti-polio drive ~ AP
Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backedvaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan’s tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, a top official with the World Health...
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Measles: Make MMR jab mandatory’ call by US expert ~ BBC
BBC News As a measles epidemic in south Wales continues to spread at an “alarming rate” an expert has said mandatory vaccinations should be considered. Dr Paul Offit, a US-based measles expert, told...
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US court pays $6 million to Gardasil victims ~ Washington Times
by Peter Lind Washington Times Gardasil, the vaccine for HPV (human papillomavirus), may not be as safe as backers claim. Judicial Watch announced it has received documents from the Department of...
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Australian Medical Association calls for mandatory proof of vaccination ~...
by SUE DUNLEVY and PETRA STARKE news.com.au ‘PARENTS who fail to vaccinate their children should face barriers to enrolling them in school and childcare centres, the Australian Medical Association...
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No Jab, No Play Campaign Aims To Get Tough On Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate...
Business Insider ‘Over the past two decades the anti-vaccination movement has gained a growing following in NSW, Australia’s most populous state. It may have met its match. After fighting to retain its...
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