It is interesting and noteworthy that the impetus for concern over vaccine safety in the medical community arises from parents' refusal to accept the recommendations for standard vaccinations, rather than from the compelling scientific evidence of...
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...
A national advertising campaign for a chicken pox vaccine in Israel has triggered a furore among health officials. ...
SEROXAT: the drug the BBC dares name
A Finnish study found that in a population with a 98 per cent immunisation rate, whooping cough infections remain common. ...
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. ...
Three trials of vaccines conducted in Ireland between 1962 and 1973 have been condemned as unethical by the Irish Minister for Health, Micheal Martin. ...
Every so often, I'm reminded of why I do what I do. Recently, I had two salient reminders. A few weeks ago, in the Mail on Sunday, I heard that someone had taken at swipe at me from beyond the g ...
Analysis of one of the largest outbreaks of polio since the advent of the vaccine shows that it occurred in an area with supposedly excellent vaccine coverage. ...
The old combined A and C meningitis vaccine was a "polysaccharide", made of a bit of the coat that forms the bacterial wall of Neisseria meningitidis strain C. Like the old Hib meningitis polysac ...