The first chill winds of autumn have brought in the traditional round of health scares, courtesy of the various government agencies. First to come rolling in is the fear that Britain - and especially London - now faces a measles epidemic because the...
The MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination programme which is usually given when a child is fifteen months old, has been found ineffective when given under a year. ...
MMR: It's safe, but then again. . .
Evidence showing that the measles vaccine isn't working continues to mount. An epidemic of measles has been reported in Israel, and there has been an outbreak in 31 schools in Canada. ...
MMR: the vaccine that just won’t go away
Incidents of meningitis linked to the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine in Japan are far higher than first thought, affecting around one in 1044 vaccinations. The Japanese Ministry of Health w ...
Even though there was a mass measles and rubella vaccination campaign in 1994 in the UK, the number of cases of rubella (German measles) in Scotland is standing at a 13 year high. ...
Health enjoys more than its fair share of urban myths. One, that is repeated almost parrot-fashion by anyone you might meet, is that TB is on the increase. Like most urban myths, it's not true, of course - in fact, according to the latest figures...
Measles may be good for children after all. Researchers have discovered that African children who catch measles tend to suffer less from allergic conditions, such as asthma, eczema and hay fever. ...
The second National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine report on vaccines again has concluded that virtually all the vaccines given children have been proven to cause damage.
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