Daily News 2012-10-06

I forgot to do the third part of a tetanus immunization one year ago ...

I forgot to do the third part of a tetanus immunization one year ago: should I do it as soon as possible? I just moved to the Us and I don't know I things work here.
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Second fungus linked to growing meningitis outbreak

Federal health officials have widened their recall of drugs suspected of giving people an unusual type of meningitis that has killed five so far, and identified two different types of fungus they believe are infecting people. At least 50 people in ...
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NBCNews.com (blog)

Meningitis outbreak grows to 47, the recall list of tainted drugs expands

Earlier this week, health officials warned about tainted steroid injections, after 30 people became ill with meningitis and five people died. However, now that warning has been expanded to include other injectable drugs, including epidurals used in ...
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Examiner.com

Merck's Gardasil deemed safe in another large study

Recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and required in many states, Gardasil has been controversial almost since its debut in 2006. FDA-approved to prevent cervical cancer (among other things, these days), the shot seemed like ...
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Polio free status of the Capital will be maintained: Shahbaz

Islamabad—Comprehensive arrangements must be made to achieve 100% coverage for administering the children with polio drops during the forthcoming polio campaign to help maintain polio free status of Islamabad. Chairman Capital Development ...
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No NJ patients injected with steroid linked to meningitis are believed to be ...

TRENTON — The state health commissioner said Friday about a thousand patients treated at six medical facilities in New Jersey were injected with a steroid linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has left five people dead nationwide. While the ...
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Patients warned about meningitis

In 23 states, hundreds, possibly thousands, of back-pain patients are being warned to watch for symptoms of meningitis because of a custom-mixed steroid solution that may have been contaminated with a fungus. Five people have died and more than 40 ...
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Cases of meningitis up to 47 in 7 states

Four patients at Medical Advanced Pain Specialists in Edina, Minn., who received a steroid linked to a meningitis outbreak showed symptoms of the disease and were told to be tested. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS). By Kristin M. Hall THE ASSOCIATED ...
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BTC hosts free tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis vaccine clinic Oct. 16

Bellingham Technical College is partnering with Whatcom County Health Department to hold a vaccine clinic on BTC's campus. Teams from the Whatcom County Health Department and BTC's nursing department students will administer the vaccines.
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Why So Many Parents Are Delaying or Skipping Vaccines

A year later, a congressionally mandated inquiry highlighted the use of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, in some pediatric vaccines.

Funding stalls efforts for valley fever vaccine

"Certainly, we think that more attention is needed on finding new effective treatments as well as preventive measures, like a vaccine," said Dr. Benjamin Park, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's chief expert in fungal diseases ...
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Thimerosal PRODUCT DATA SHEET - TOKU-E

Product Name: Thimerosal. Product Number: T006. CAS Number: 54-64-8. Molecular Formula: C9H9HgNaO2S. Molecular Weight: 404.81 g/mol. Form: Powder ...
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Vaccine Victims Gardasil - YouTube

Vaccine Victim list at http://sanevax.org/ Jessica Ericzon -- New York March 1990 -- February ...
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Study Finds HPV Vaccine Gardasil Safe

s Gardasil cervical-cancer vaccine showed it was associated with fainting on the day of inoculation and skin infections two weeks afterward, but no link with more ...
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Rajkot city free of polio, now aims at measles eradication

"RMC successfully launched a polio eradication campaign and after 2002 no polio case has been detected in the city," municipal commissioner Ajay Bhadu said today. Nearly one lakh children in the country die due to measles every year, and in Rajkot five ...
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Efforts urged to maintain Capital polio-free status

Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA), Syed Tahir Shahbaz directed this while chairing the District Polio Eradication Committee meeting held here at CDA headquarters. Representatives of international organisations, which include WHO, UNICEF, ...
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The Nation

Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time

By Sarah Guy, medwireNews Reporter. The bivalent vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 appears to be more efficacious against outcomes associated with nonvaccine types 31, 33, and 45 than its quadrivalent counterpart, show results of ...
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Govt to launch pneumococcal vaccines at EPIs

Islamabad: The Government of Pakistan is introducing pneumococcal vaccine in the EPI programme with the help of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). With the addition of this new vaccine, EPI will be providing coverage against 9 deadly ...
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News Tribe (blog)

Fungal Meningitis Cases Rise Across 7 States

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by AssociatedPress. A deadly meningitis outbreak rose to nearly 50 cases in seven states on Friday. Clinics scrambled to notify patients across the country and family members voiced concerns. The AP's Robert Ray has the story.
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Whooping cough cases on the rise

In 2012, the largest number of reported pertussis cases was among adults 45 years and older (26 percent) followed by children ages 1-6 (21 percent). Increasing the Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination among adults helps prevent the spread ...
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Rubina nominated polio task force member

Peshawar—Senator Rubina Khalid has been nominated as member of the Provincial Task Force for Polio for her services to the cause of polio eradication. With approval from the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, the Secretary ...
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NGO Hails FG on Fight Against Polio

A nongovernmental organization, KenHealth Foundation has applauded President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) and other members of the Nigeria's delegation who were at the just concluded special session of the United Nations meeting for the success so far ...
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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer – 43 minutes ago. NEW YORK (AP) — As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid shots for back pain now linked to ...
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6 Michigan meningitis cases join US outbreak

The type of fungal meningitis involved is not contagious and is believed to be linked to injections from a recalled back pain medication the patients received from four facilities in Michigan. The patients did not receive the injections at St. Joseph ...
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No meningitis risk at Southwest Florida clinics

The group's CEO, Marsha Thiel, said Friday that four patients of Minnesota pain clinics that used a steroid linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak showed symptoms of the disease and were told to be tested. MAPS also owns the Minnesota Surgery Center ...
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Fungi blamed for meningitis rarely cause trouble

NEW YORK — The two kinds of fungus linked to a meningitis outbreak are found in plenty of places and rarely make people sick. People inhale one kind, Aspergillus, all the time without any problem. It's nearly impossible to avoid, found in such places ...
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Epidural steroid shots debated amid meningitis scare

They say epidural steroid injections, like the ones given to the meningitis victims, are far too dangerous and should be limited or even banned. But those who give the injections say they are safe when done properly and note the current outbreak ...
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Painting by the numbers

Whether I had the measles, the mumps or the chicken pox the day Preston came wading through the field of red clover with a stack of funny books to swap, I'm not sure. Don't think it was the measles because I remember knowing for sure that I was dying ...
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Pertussis reported in Gogebic County

BESSEMER - Two cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been recently confirmed in Gogebic County, with additional cases being identified in Iron County, Wis., according to the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. One adult and one child have ...
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Finding vaccine truth: Crowds hear two takes on dismissed study

... and, indeed, this university across the road appear to have invested their trust and belief,” Wakefield said. The Centers for Disease Control and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies reject any relationship between the MMR vaccine ...
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Flu shots available at area schools

Vester said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) recommend everyone age six months and older receive the vaccine every year. "Seasonal flu vaccine is not required for children to attend ...
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Meningitis vaccination efforts on rise

About 70 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 13-17 had received the meningitis vaccine last year, according to estimates from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Minnesota, the estimated vaccination rate is between 56 percent and 70 ...
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All set for anti-polio drive in Islamabad

Comprehensive arrangements should be made to achieve 100% coverage for administering the children with anti-polio drops during the forthcoming campaign against polio to help maintain polio-free status of Islamabad. Capital Development Authority (CDA) ...
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FATA to launch anti-polio drive October 15

Print. Email this Article. increase text size decrease text size. PESHAWAR – Pakistan on October 15 will start an anti-polio vaccination drive in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), excluding the North and South Waziristan agencies ...
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HPV Vaccine Generally Safe

Explain that a Kaiser Permanente study found that only fainting on the day of vaccination and skin infections within 14 days of vaccination were safety outcomes of interest following administration of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine ...
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No illness in NJ tied to meningitis outbreak

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — None of the 1,000 people in New Jersey given a steroid linked to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis has reported becoming ill, Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd said Friday. The outbreak has caused five deaths and dozens of ...
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Meningitis Outbreak: 5 Dead

Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Oct 5, 2012 by ABCNews. Some steroid shots contaminated with a fungus incite health scare. For more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/meningitis-outbreak-highlights-hazards-.
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Meningitis cases in US rise to 47; Minnesotans being evaluated

As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid shots for back pain now linked to the illnesses. Authorities took the step to help identify everyone ...
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Fungi linked to meningitis are widespread in environment but rarely make ...

Both were detected this week in patients with meningitis that occurred after a contaminated steroid was injected into the spinal column of some patients getting pain treatments. That provides a rapid way for fungus to cause a serious infection. It's ...
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Number of US meningitis cases rises to 50 in deadly outbreak

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The number of people stricken with a rare form of meningitis linked to steroid injections rose to 50 in seven U.S. states, authorities said on Friday, in a widening outbreak that has killed at least five people ...
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Whooping Cough Reported at Canyon Crest Academy and Sage Canyon

Two local students were diagnosed with whooping cough, also known as pertussis, the County Health and Human Services Agency reported Friday. Both students, a 15-year-old at Canyon Crest Academy in the San Dieguito Union High School District and a ...
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Canadian polio survivor to speak at sock it to polio fund-raiser

Rotary member and polio survivor Ramesh Ferris of Whitehorse, Yukon, will share his personal story and Rotary's fight to eradicate the crippling disease at the Sock It To Polio Fundraiser at Simms Millennium Park in Courtenay, October 6, (9-11: 30am).
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Provincial Task Force for Polio in KP to meet on Oct 10

polio drop2 400 PESHAWAR: The meeting of the Provincial Task is scheduled October 10 in the Governor House here to review the polio campaigns held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and to discuss preparations for the forthcoming NIDs in October.
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Business Recorder (blog)

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine contract, Afghan-Pakistan polio

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine contract, Afghan-Pakistan polio. Oct 5, 2012. BARDA extends Emergent's contract to develop new anthrax vaccine. The US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised a contract option ...
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CIDRAP

Anti-polio campaigners set to hire Afridi's services

PESHAWAR: Despite criticism by the national and international media and the cricket fans over the poor performance of cricketer Shahid Afridi during the recent ICC Twenty20, the anti-polio campaigners have again started focusing on Shahid Afridi to ...
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Tehama County Health Services: Fewer people eligible for public health vaccines

... Families insurance and children and adults with health savings accounts Children still qualify for low cost immunizations through Public Health if they are 18 years of age or younger and are Medi-Cal or Child Health & Disability Prevention (CHDP ...
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Central Coast News KION/KCBANew Flu Strains; CA Department of Health ...

Dr. Eileen Ymada, Public Health & Medical Officer for the Immunization Branch of the California Department of Public Health said "It's very important for everyone to get an annual influenza vaccine. The influenza viruses that circulate each year often ...
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Group Health Foundation offers free immunization clinic Saturday

Group Health Foundation has partnered with public health officials to offer a free immunization clinic from 9 a.m.-noon tomorrow, at Group Health Olympia Medical Center, 700 Lilly Road NE. Advertisement. The clinic has been set up to help spread ...
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Mexico orders HPV vaccinations for all 5th-grade girls, saying it will end ...

p><p> One million schoolgirls ages 11 or 12 will receive the HPV vaccination this week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said. Another 200,000 girls who aren’t in school also will be given the vaccine.</p><p> HPV is the world’s most ...
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Fraud growing in scientific research papers | Fox Rio 2 News RGV

Andrew Wakefield ... Casadevall and Caplan pointed to the 1998 study in Lancet by Andrew Wakefield temporarily linking childhood vaccines to autism — a ...
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Andrew Wakefield hoping to fill a shed - JABS Loonies

While Brian Deer is set to give a lecture in the Centennial Hall at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, explaining how Andrew Wakefield's fraud was ...
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Dr Andrew Wakefield Press Conference Covered by Local Media ...

Posted by AutismOne On October 5, 2012, 2:27 am. Dr. Andrew Wakefield held a press conference today, Oct. 4, in La Crosse, WI. Share this video. Share on FB ...
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MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism page 2

MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism page 2. privacy. Pages 1 2. ATS Members have flagged this thread 4 times ...
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6 Michigan fungal meningitis cases linked to pain injections

LANSING — Michigan health officials are reporting six cases of fungal meningitis linked to injections of a recalled back-pain medication. St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor spokesman Kevin DiCola says six cases are being treated at that hospital. In all ...
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Hundreds at risk from meningitis-tainted steroid

Hundreds of people may be at risk from meningitis-tainted steroid injections. The company that supplied the steroid is what is known as a compounding pharmacy. Associated Press. Correction: Clarification: RELATED. The FOLD · E-mail · Save/Share ...
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More meningitis cases reported in Tennessee

By MONA NAIR 6 News Reporter CROSSVILLE (WATE) – The fungal meningitis outbreak in Tennessee continues to spread, TDH reported four new cases on Friday. None of those cases are deadly, but state healthMore >>. Specialty Surgery Center in ...
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Metrolink celebrates a night to remember

The network's newest line, to Oldham Mumps, which opened in June this year, earned the coveted UK Project of the Year award. The significant work of Transport for Greater Manchester's Disability Design Reference Group (DDRG), which has helped to make ...
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Two Whooping Cough Cases Reported in District 158

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly infectious bacterial infection that is easily transmitted through coughing and sneezing and may last for several months, the district's website states. Although most people recover completely from ...
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Protect your family this winter with vaccinations

Terrible viruses, such as measles, have vaccines available, but have seen a continued rise in cases over recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Adults may take on a ... To help minimize the number of vaccine ...
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Finding vaccine truth: Crowds hear two takes on dismissed study

The Centers for Disease Control and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies reject any relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism. “I wish to make it clear now that there is no debate,” said Bernadette Taylor, associate professor of ...
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Flu shots available at area schools

Home · News; Article. Flu shots available at area schools; Vester said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) recommend everyone age six months and older receive the vaccine every year.
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Carlsbad schools providing flu vaccine for all students

Though it is difficult to predict what kind of flu season this year will bring, Tom Skinner of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta assures the public that there will be one. "We do know that we're going to have a flu season, and ...
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Japanese firm buys Montana pharmaceutical company for $60 million

Approval for the vaccine will be sought in the U.S., Europe and other countries based on where the illness is most prevalent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said norovirus infects 21 million people in the U.S. each year. Takeda, based ...
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Ministry discounts Immunisation Vaccines shortage

The Ministry of Health is calling for investigations into the alleged lack of immunisation vaccines at Wakiso district. And as some parents in the district claim their children failed to get immunised over lack of vaccines, the Ministry and the ...
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Do you need a Hepatitis B Vaccine?

In the following letter to the editor, an owner asks if getting a Hepatitis B vaccine is a practice all stylists should make routine. So, we put the question to a healthcare expert. Leslie Roste is a registered nurse and the national director of ...
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FG Releases 28m Oral Polio Vaccines For Immunisation Exercise

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency says the Federal Government has released 28 million Oral Polio Vaccines for immunisation exercise in polio high risk states. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Saadu Salahu, the Head, ...
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State cuts 'philosophical objections' from vaccine exemptions

"We became concerned that vaccine-preventable diseases are on the rise because of that. The new form specifically requires you to state your religious belief." According to data provided by the department, exemption rates in 2003 were about 3.2 percent ...
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