What Doctors Don't Tell YouI 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 ...
The whole-cell DPT (diptheria-tetanus-pertussis) vaccine is not very effective, protecting less than half the children vaccinated. ...
I have a friend whose daughter died of meningitis, so when the meningitis C vaccine came out, I wanted to have it for my son, Euen, who was 20 months at the time. We went to the doctor to get the ...
In spite of the widely circulated myth that vaccinations have wiped out polio, recent evidence suggests that a new strain of vaccine derived polio virus is on the loose (see also Viewpoint on p 5) ...
Thousands of UK children are now being injected with the measles/rubella vaccine, regardless of previous immunizations and discounting any natural immunity acquired through having these diseases. ...
The move in the US to a more benign version of the polio vaccination has met with some strong opposition, albeit from a partial quarter the manufacturer of the vaccine to be dropped! ...
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 BCG vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) isn't working. The disease is rampant in tropical countries where vaccination programmes have been intensive, making the World Health Organization's ambition ...
The advent of polio immunization in 1955 caused changes in the balance of the gut viral population, favouring the spread of ME. ... ...
The mumps portion of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine could bring on mumps, which could be transmitted to other children. ...
