Stand by for a campaign to vaccinate children against measles even earlier, following a major study into the use of vaccines in a developing country. ...
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. ...
The concern expressed by many parents about the safety of vaccination in the wake of the recent British country-wide mass vaccination campaign against measles and rubella has raised the perennial ...
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. ...
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
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 ...
I live in Nairobi, Kenya, where the measles virus is, according to local well respected pediatricians, more virulent than in Europe. Two weeks ago, my 20 month old unvaccinated son contracted mea ...
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...
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 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.