What Doctors Don't Tell YouMMR: the vaccine that just won’t go away
Something odd is happening with measles. First of all, despite the fact that the UK has in place the triple measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, and enjoys an extraordinarily high coverage of vacc ...
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. ...
Doctor columnists and government officials in all the major papers in Britain lately have been whipping up vaccine fever, even before the measles epidemic, predicted to hit this autumn, has struck ...
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. ...
Recently, I read that India has just reported the outbreak of a deadly form of encephalitis among adults in Siliguri, West Bengal (BMJ, 2001; 322: 693). Outbreaks of illnesses in India aren't unu ...
More on the vaccine front. The Department of Health is applying more pressure in its campaign to have immunization start and finish earlier, so that babies are to first get jabbed at two months ...
Q My nine-year-old daughter is just recovering from a bad bout of measles. With this, she had an ear infection and conjunctivitis, and this is clearing up, but her cough seems to be lingering. I’m worried that her weakened immune system may not be...
Every time the government announces a new health campaign, I play a little game with myself and try to work out what exactly it is that they are trying to hide.
Several cases of children born from assisted conception developing tumours have come to light. ... ...
