Daily News 2012-08-23


sandys websiteThe Immunization Partnership Applauds Meachum's Ruling, Exposing Her Conflict of Interest by Jake Crosby - Age of Autism

Back To School: Are Cameras Needed? -
Age of Autism

Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2011–12 School Year

Wal-Mart stores first to offer HPV, hepatitis vaccines from certified nurses

Kids' Vaccine Rates Have Room to Improve, CDC Says

Should vaccine avoiders be informed?

Allergy receives FDA approval to progress Phase III allergy vaccine study

Developing Ideas To Understand Epidemics and Pesticide Programs - ABC NEWS journalist, Nicholas Regush (deceased), has reviewed this study and placed his article, based on this website, into the permanent online ABCNEWS.COM archives of his regular column, “Second Opinion”. Therein, can be found confirmations, as voiced by leading orthodox West Nile virus scientists:

NIH Researchers Find Possible Cause of Immune Deficiency Cases in Asia - Autoantibody May Cause Susceptibility to Opportunistic Infections

Vaccines aren't risk-free, but they're the best protection

Intentionally Unvaccinated Students Putting Other Children at Risk, Expert Says

What Conflicts? Cochrane Reviews & Disclosure Info by Ed Silverman - Pharmalot

Africa lacks capacity, equipment and funds to do AIDS vaccine research

Vaccine candidate to prevent TB enters clinical trial

To Vaccinate or Not? Two Mothers 'Debate' (video)

Autism link to aging dads won't change vaccine debate or speed cure

Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting: Waivers for Conflicts of Interest

Predict vaccine coverage by combining mathematics with "social learning"

Parents Swarm Free Vaccination Clinic Before School Starts

CDC reports dramatic increase in West Nile virus cases within past month

Vaccine and autism debate masks real problem

The hidden risks of the MMR vaccination

Micro-Preemies and MMR Vaccine

Health officials urge pertussis vaccination - 2012 pertussis outbreak makes immunization key

Local institute's quick self-vaccine device nearing test - Seattle's Infectious Disease Research Institute is cleared to begin clinical trials for a do-it-yourself, needle-free vaccine for avian influenza and for a four-part vaccine for tuberculosis.

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Vietnam, Hong Kong H5N1 vaccine, Hong Kong pan flu plan, new immune-deficiency syndrome

Can't vaccinate against reckless behavior

Hib shortage did not lead to spikes in disease incidence

Burnout burden high among US physicians

From QUED: In Defense of Science: An Interview with NCSE’s Eugenie Scott

Health issue

In determining whether to have the HPV vaccine administered to their daughters, parents must answer only one question: is it possible their daughters will ever have sex? If yes, parents should be compelled to give their daughters the vaccine ...
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Can't vaccinate against reckless behavior

Recently there has been a glut of full page newspaper ads for the Gardasil vaccination. Until recently the ads encouraged vaccination for young girls/women, but now have been extended to include boys. Gardasil (Silgard, Cervarix) is said to protect ...
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Spread the meningitis message

The Meningitis Foundation has launched meningitis.org.nz as an important tool to help New Zealanders identify the symptoms of the disease, and the need to urgently seek medical help if meningitis is suspected. Foundation spokesman Paul Gilberd says ...
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Intentionally Unvaccinated Students Putting Other Children at Risk, Expert Says

Despite the successes of childhood immunizations, wrote Penn Nursing researcher Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA, in the American Journal of Public Health, controversy over their safety has resulted in an increasing number of parents refusing to have ...
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Why? – Sod in the Seed (City Slang)

Released just ahead of forthcoming full length Mumps, etc, Why?'s Sod in the Seed EP is a welcome return from the Cincinnati based band after a three year absence. Opening with the EP's self titled track and the only one to make it onto the upcoming ...
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Vaccines aren't just for children

August 23, 2012. The reemergence of pertussis, or whooping cough, in the U.S. underscores the need for people of all ages to maintain protection against vaccine-preventable diseases, a message Project Immunize Virginia has been promoting for 17 years.
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Health officials urge pertussis vaccination

State health officials are encouraging parents to put vaccinations at the top of their children's back-to-school lists. While Wisconsin traditionally has high compliance rates with childhood immunization requirements, this year's whooping cough ...
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Autism link to aging dads won't change vaccine debate or speed cure

There have been far too many Congressional hearings inspired by fringe science that have ended in pressure on the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines as the culprit behind autism. How many ...
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Kids' Vaccine Rates Have Room to Improve, CDC Says

For the most part, U.S. kindergartners are up-to-date with their vaccines, but there remains room for improvement, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among kindergarteners in 2011, vaccine coverage was ...
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Kids of older women start a healthy life

Children born to older mothers appear to have a healthier start in life as they are less likely to be admitted to hospital and more likely to have vital immunisation shots, a new study has claimed. The new study also found that children with older ...
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HPV vaccine uptake annual survey 2011/12 guidance for PCTs ...

This document provides guidance for PCT human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine-uptake coordinators on how to determine the annual denominators and enter the vaccine uptake data for the HPV vaccine uptake annual survey 2011/12.
Immunisation

Former Calgary Catholic School District head throws support behind ...

Claiming the board's spiritual leader is “mistaken,” the former head of the Calgary Catholic School District has thrown his support behind a group pushing to vaccinate children against a dangerous virus in schools.
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Back to School Nightmares: Lice

Like chickenpox, head lice are something almost every child goes through. What did you find worked best to rid your child of the little cooties? What didn't? Any horror stories? How often do you check for lice? Tell us in the comments. Related Topics ...
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Should vaccine avoiders be informed?

If the MMR vaccine was introduced in '87 and took an average of 4.25 years to diagnose, then the rate of increase would start rising in approximately '91. That would match the increases beginning in the "early '90s." After a great deal of reading and ...
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Meningitis struck Huth on flight

That would have been unthinkable a week earlier after the defender was admitted to hospital with suspected meningitis, spending four nights there having been diagnosed with the milder viral form of the illness. Huth believes he contracted the disease ...
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Jennifer Telford, co-curator of the UConn Nursing School museum and acute ...

When polio broke out in the 1940s and 1950s, hospitals often couldn't get enough iron lungs to meet their needs. Use of the iron lung decreased sharply once a polio vaccine was developed. The invention of positive pressure ventilation machines, in ...
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Health Dept. urges pertussis immunizations

Dr. Chris Urbina, chief medical officer and executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said recently, "We are alerting the public to an epidemic number of pertussis cases in Colorado and are urging Coloradans to get ...
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New school vaccine rule

"Illinois sixth-and-ninth graders are required to provide documentation that they've received one dose of the Tdap vaccination to enter school this year," Chandra said. "Tdap is a vaccine that protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis ...
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Measles on rise in West Midlands despite more children being immunised

MEASLES is on the rise in the West Midlands, despite more children being immunised against the “dangerous” disease in Coventry. There were 40 cases in the region last year, up from just 14 in 2010. And this year's total looks likely to be even higher ...
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Where Do Politicians Get Medical Misinformation?

In addition, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement to address the false claims. As for Akin's theory about impregnation following rape, ...

HPV-Associated Conditions

Cancer Attributable to High-Risk HPV – United States: FEMALES. 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed annually; 4,000 deaths from cervical cancer ...
www.cdc.gov/VACCINEs/ed/.../up12-package-hpv.pptx

HPV vaccine can help prevent cervical cancer - MayoClinic.com

Cervical cancer second most common cause of cancer death in women. HPV vaccine protects against most viruses that cause cervical cancer.
https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hpv-vaccine.../MY02209

Health officials promote vaccines

A 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed Washington had the highest vaccine exemption. rate in the country. A new law enacted in July 2011 was aimed at reducing the number of people seeking exemptions. The new law still allows ...
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Future operations for screening and immunisation services published

A letter sets out the agreement between the Department of Health, Public Health England and the NHS Commissioning Board on their roles and respective accountabilities in relation to national screening and immunisation programmes post April 2013 is ...
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Poll: Vax adverse reaction

After that I had no vaccination, no boosters. I came down with mumps and it was the worst thing ever. I will gladly take a AS reaction over any VPD. I was finally tested in US. I am allergic to a preservative. I get preservative free vaccines. No ...
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National Call-to-Action to Boost Meningitis Vaccination Rates Supported by ...

"Boost Our Rates!" initiative targeting West Virginia, where 839 adolescents have been vaccinated against meningitis by the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, -- Current public health recommendations call for vaccination starting at 11 or 12 with a ...
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Fresh push on for polio eradication

Governments around the world have been advised to act swiftly and decisively if the crippling childhood disease polio is to be eradicated. A press statement issued on Tuesday by the Rotary club Dar es Salaam said that Rotary International plans to send ...
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Whooping cough booster shots urged

Dr. Anne O'Keefe, senior epidemiologist for Douglas County, said she and other public health specialists nationwide hope adults — especially those who spend time around infants, including grandparents — will get pertussis booster shots. “We are ...
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Rotavirus vaccine set to become available in Saskatchewan

A long sought after vaccine is about to become available in Saskatchewan. The Rotavirus vaccine will become part of the province's routine childhood immunization program in November. Rotavirus is a highly communicable, common diarrheal illness that ...
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Province introduces new vaccine

On Wednesday, it was announced that Saskatchewan is expanding its infant immunization program by adding a rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix TM) to its routine childhood immunization schedule in November. The vaccine will be offered at the regular two and four ...
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Dr. Russell Blaylock exposes criminal fraud of Gardasil, HPV - Blog

Ethan A. Huff 8/20/2012 The entire vaccine industry as we know it has been built on a foundation of lies, corruption, and fraud. And in a powerful new interview ...
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As Whooping Cough Rebounds in U.S., Infants at Greatest Risk

BETTY ANN BOWSER: Dr. Anne Schuchat is the Centers for Disease Control's top immunization official. DR. ... A vaccine was developed more than 50 years ago, but it caused so many bad side effects that a new one was introduced in the 1990s. It's called ...
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Big improvement in HPV immunisation rates

Janet Hogan, the West Coast DHB's Clinical Nurse Manager Immunisation, said in the last year 163 Year 8 girls (aged around 12-13) were identified through the programme with 83 consenting to vaccination. All had had their first dose and all but four ...
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Protection from measles, mumps and rubella

Protection from measles, mumps and rubella. Trusted article source icon. Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Profile image for Hull Daily Mail · Hull Daily Mail. Follow. THE MMR vaccine is immunisation against measles, mumps, and rubella (also called German ...
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Wal-Mart's New Health Push

Health officials said they sought out retailers to provide greater access to a wider array of immunizations and provide more exposure to shots like the HPV vaccine, which is still not widely administered. In 2010, 20.7% of women aged 19 to 26 years ...
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Wall Street Journal

Mum's meningitis photo diary shows toddler daughter on the brink of death ...

The little girl has amazed doctors with her recovery, and her determination to walk again, and now Erica's mum Michelle, 34, from Derbyshire, has released photos of her toddler's story in a bid to raise awareness of the symptoms of bacterial meningitis ...
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Woman in wheelchair loses Jetstar appeal

Sheila King, who had polio as a child and was also injured in a car crash, booked her Jetstar flight between Adelaide and Brisbane online in August 2008. The airline contacted her and said she would not be able to fly that day because there were ...
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Nigeria records eight new polio cases

According to the latest edition of Weekly Polio Update published by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), “eight new cases were reported in the past week, seven type one polio virus (WPV1s) from Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina and a type three ...
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Nancy Hastings: August means preparation, immunizations

Their efforts in research and development; vaccine quality, supply and financing; and immunization strengthening is the centerpiece of creating global standards, and opportunities, to address continued and significant threats to public health. Their ...
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Whooping cough cases soar

Helen Puttick. Health Correspondent. NEARLY 1000 people have fallen ill with whooping cough in Scotland this year, and mumps is also on the rise. Tweet. Custom byline text: Helen Puttick. Doctors have now reported 953 cases of whooping cough in 2012, ...
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To Vaccinate or Not? Two Mothers 'Debate' Whooping Cough Threat

Winter: Pertussis we opted not to vaccinate against ... I was not impressed by the efficacy. I was seeing failure rates of more than 30 percent. I was concerned by the complication rates ... And they were kind of scary complications. Neurological ...
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Doctors: Get pertussis vaccine to prevent whooping cough

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The pertussis vaccine can protect babies against the deadly whooping cough. Now, doctors are making a new recommendation to give them even more protection. They not only want pregnant moms to get it, they want to make the whole ...
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Researchers test possible universal flu vaccine

A study underway in Manitoba is testing whether a new vaccine could protect against multiple flu strains, meaning people would only need to be given a single shot in their lifetime, similar to the measles vaccine. If successful, people would no longer ...
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Pakistan to launch anti-measles campaign

Comments *. CAPTCHA * Button. Reset decrease text size increase text size. PESHAWAR – The Pakistani government is launching a vaccination campaign to cope with the outbreak of measles in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), officials said.
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Nancy Hastings: August means preparation, immunizations

It's been decades since smallpox, measles, mumps, whooping cough and other diseases took a horrible toll; so long ago that we take it for granted that our kids will be just fine. The Center for Disease Control says immunization is crucial. Not just for ...
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Vaccine and autism debate masks real problem

On the other hand, Largent said some shots raise serious concerns among many parents, such as the vaccines against chickenpox and hepatitis B, which is typically given within the first days of life. Further, he said pediatricians and health officials ...
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Little meningitis survivor Erica vowed 'One day I'll walk again mummy...' and ...

BEAMING little Erica Scoffings has amazed doctors by walking again - despite being just THREE HOURS from death with the brain bug meningitis. The three-year-old went from feeling slightly unwell to the brink of losing her life in just a few terrifying ...
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The Sun

School Starts Soon Is Your Child Fully Vaccinated?

According to Terri O-Gwin Harris, the Director of School Health with the Frederick County Health Department, before your child starts school he or she should have had the tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis vaccine, polio, measles, mumps and rubella ...
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Measles vaccines could have caused infants' deaths in Doti‚ says DPHO

Four infants between nine and 14 months had died in the remote village in Doti 24 hours after inoculation with measles and DPT (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus) vaccines on Sunday. The two other infants who were also vaccinated on the same day at ...
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Rotavirus vaccine will soon be available in Saskatchewan

This fall, Saskatchewan is expanding its infant immunization program by adding a rotavirus vaccine called ROTARIXto its routine childhood immunization schedule. Rotavirus, also known as gastroenteritis, causes inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
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Preteens and Teens Need HPV Vaccine Now Northern Michigan's News ...

NewsUSACenters for Disease Control and Prevention CDC HPV vaccination is recommended for preteen girls and boys at age 11 or 12 years If your son or ...
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Akin Has Company: 5 Politicians Who Got the Science Wrong

Bachmann's comments reflect anti-vaccine notions found on both the political right and left, but they don't appear to reflect reality. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) keep a national ...
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Affordable Care Act to help fight infectious diseases across the country

Home · About Us · Contact Us · Log In · ← Older adults urged to get influenza vaccination · HIV vaccine research receives $7.8 million in grants from NIH → ... The funding is made possible by the Affordable Care Act Prevention and Public Health Fund ...
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Bavarian Nordic at Risk as U.S. Weighs Smallpox Order

Bavarian Nordic A/S (BAVA), the largest vaccine maker in Denmark, will need to fire hundreds of workers and shut down a factory if it doesn't receive an order for a smallpox vaccine from the U.S. government by January, the company's chief executive ...
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