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.
MMR: It's safe, but then again. . .
Finally, in the vaccine debate, the British government has been blatantly caught with its trousers down. ...
As most of our British readers have no doubt heard, last month the UK Department of Health announced the hasty withdrawal of two brands of the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. ...
Over 30 years of use, the measles vaccine has never adequately protected children. In fact, it has only made measles a more dangerous disease. ...
An important paper published in 1987 shed light on the role of vitamin A supplements in preventing mortality from measles. In the Mvumi Hospital in central Tanzania, 180 children admitted with mea ...
Vitamin A therapy lessens the complications or the chances of dying from severe childhood measles. ... ...
