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...
It is well known that there are risks associated with vaccination of dogs just as there are risks for humans. The trouble is, no one has adequately quantified the risks. Is it true that only a tin ...
This is not the first time the government has rushed through a vaccination programme in response to a threatened epidemic. In 1976, the American government, warned by scientists that an epidemic ...
The pneumonia vaccine is not effective in preventing pneumonia or death, new trials reveal. ...
Last autumn, while we were all busy worrying about whether baby Leo got his MMR jab, the British government sneaked another vaccine into the preschooler booster schedule. Not just any old vaccine, but the most dangerous one of all.
A worldwide vaccination programme against hepatitis B (HBV) may be streng thening the virus rather than wiping it out. ...
More evidence is accumulating on the link between rubella immunization and the development of arthralgia or arthritis. ...
Vaccination is based on the tried and trusted scientific principle of cause and effect: the vaccine (the cause) offers protection (the effect). It's a straight-line thought, and one that does not admit any confounding complexities, such as the...
The old chestnut about the path to hell being paved by good intentions keeps coming to mind whenever we think about modern medicine. ...
Meningitis is a rare disease of the lining of the brain which very occasionally can be fatal. Despite its rarity, late last summer the British Department of Health (DoH) started a huge campaign a ...