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 ...
The potential link between the hepatitis B vaccine and multiple sclerosis has led the French government to suspend vaccinations in schools, much to the consternation of pro vaccination groups. ...
In WDDTY vol 14 no 11, News, p 6, you reported on shaken baby syndrome and a possible link to the DPT vaccine. Someone said to me, 'No wonder they put Sally Clark in prison - to keep her quiet.
British parents suspecting that their children have been damaged from the whooping cough vaccine can take heart from a recent Irish Supreme Court ruling that a toxic batch of pertussis vaccine cau ...
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 Hepatitis B vaccine has been linked with the kidney disease glomerulonephritis. The Lancet (23 January 1993) reports the case of a 21 year old man who developed the condition after a third boo ...
A few months ago, I got a letter from Imogen, my local health visitor. She invited me to take in my 18 month old daughter and discuss in case she hadn't yet got her jabs. ...
