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iPhone app lets doctors track vaccine refusals - The lead developer at the University of Iowa says concerns about privacy are misplaced.

Scientists develop new tool to fight anti-vaccine rumours

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Parents have no 'right' to homeschool their kids, says Justice Department

Monitoring system to globally track false social media claims on dangers of vaccines - SPURIOUS and unscientific claims about the dangers of vaccines can now be tracked as soon as they appear on social media around the world.

At least half of all parents tried over shaken baby syndrome have been wrongly convicted, expert warns

Many vets sickened by animals they treat - ALMOST one in two vets contract infections from animals they treat because of bad hygiene practices, a study has found.

Telegraph (Australia): Cracking down on non-vaxing parents

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NSW midwives misled by textbook direction to anti-vaccination website, AVN

Australian Telegraph newspaper endorses medical child abuse: Unvaccinated children should be raised as outcasts

Marian Greene & Britt Fiste: ‘Gardasil – The Harm, Injury and Insult’ on Holy Hormones Honey! May 13

Germs Are Our Friends - Memo by Gary Krasner, May 2013 Coalition For Informed Choice (pdf)

Hepatitis Infection Rate Declines

WHO: Additional coronavirus case confirmed in France

Preclinical Study Shows Heroin Vaccine Blocks Relapse

Bowel Risk Low with Rotavirus Vaccine

NanoPass Technologies Supports a CDC-Sponsored Phase 3 Study of Polio Vaccine in Infants as Part of its Global Health Initiative

Swansea measles: Drop in MMR clinic attendance sparks concern - Health officials looking to control the Swansea measles epidemic have expressed concern at a fall in numbers attending the latest MMR clinics.

CDC issues travel advisory following measles infections

Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child’s risk for bipolar disorder - NIH-funded study adds to evidence of overlap with Schizophrenia

Inoculating Against Vaccine Fears?

Childhood Vaccinations Hoax – Not Effective and at Worst, Harmful

Scientists make novel discoveries concerning current vaccine against whooping cough

Children in danger as vaccines run out

HPV-related cancers rose before vaccines hit market

Qld scientists develop test for new bird flu strain - Queensland scientists have developed a test for the new bird flu strain H7N9.

DPHSS Gets Donation of 1,700 Flu Vaccines from DoD

MIT Study Identifies Flu Viruses Circulating in Pigs, Birds that Could Pose Risk to Humans

Susie O'Brien: A pox on those who oppose vaccinations

A Vaccine for Lyme Disease?

What do members of the NSW Parliament know about the AVN?

UPDATE MEASLES UK 2013 – Health Officials in Tail-Spin Over Vastly Hyped Claims of Welsh Measles Epidemic – BBC Removes False Claims from Website

Norwin High School stu+dents to miss prom over chickenpox vaccination (video)

Jersey moves to prevent measles outbreak (video)

Needle in a bicep: Are you vaccinated? - Daily Herald

Cervical Cancer Vaccines will Be Available for $4.50 in Poor Nations

VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE FIGHTING HEROIN ADDICTION - Scripps scientists see ‘dramatic’ results, but tests have been only on rats so far

Experts offer dim view of potential vaccine response to H7N9

US researchers develop new tool in HIV vaccine fight

The Next Contagion: Closer Than You Think

Groups take next H7N9 vaccine step amid questions about summer spread

Count of suspected coronavirus cases in France reaches 3

NEWS SCAN: Continued flu ebb, anthrax vaccine trial, malaria-immune mosquitoes

Host DNA released in response to aluminum adjuvant enhances MHC class II-mediated antigen presentation and prolongs CD4 T-cell interactions with dendritic cells

Ceasing transport of live birds may be key to preventing spread of H7N9 infection in humans

EMA Seeks to Revise Some Phthalate Limits in Excipients - The EMA may recommend new daily exposure limits for some phthalates as animal data have shown they can cause negative reproductive and development effects, according to a new draft guideline .

Infectious diseases kill 1,260 in China in April

Mercury’s Role in the Hormone Imbalance Epidemic

Humane Association offer discounted vaccinations

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SDCL researchers to use BioMark equipment to test for infectious diseases

Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Pediatrics Volume 59, Issue 05: Update on Infectious Diseases

Fired Exec Claims CRO Violated Privacy Practices In Hiring by Ed Silverman - Pharmalot

Jacob Barnett, 14-Year-Old With Asperger's Syndrome, May Be Smarter Than Einstein

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Angola: Polio Immunization Campaign to Reach Two Million Children. 10 May 2013. Luanda — Two million children under five years of age will be immunized ...
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Progress for Sustainable Immunization Financing | Sabin

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The vaccine is available by appointment at the Health Department's four county health centers through a grant from the Kentucky Department for Public Health. Adults age 19 and older in high-risk groups are targeted for vaccination and include: men and ...
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Plan to curtail rise of measles

Experts attribute the rise to a number of children who missed out on vaccination in the late 1990s and early 2000s when concern over a discredited link between autism and the vaccine was widespread. Dr Mike Lilley, of the Public Health Centre, said: ...
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Somalia records its first wild polio case since 2007

It is Somalia's first case caused by wild polio virus since March 2007. Polio immunization campaigns have not occurred in some central and southern parts of the strife-torn nation since 2009. Beginning 14 May, the country plans to vaccinate 350,000 ...
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Nature.com (blog)

Vaccine remains best Hendra virus defence

“Vaccination is the single most effective way to reduce the risk of Hendra virus infection in horses and Biosecurity Queensland encourages horse owners to have their horses vaccinated. “However horse owners shouldn't become complacent, even after ...
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Vaccination against polio continues this week

Luanda - The vaccination of children under five years, in Luanda, will continue until next weekend, in order cover all the little ones, it was learned, Monday. Speaking to ANGOP, the provincial director of health, Rosa Bessa, the recommended number (1 ...
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Bowel Risk Low with Rotavirus Vaccine - MedPage Today

The risk of intussusception from rotavirus vaccination is less than one in 100,000, researchers reported. Analysis of a large database of reported cases found a "persistent clustering" of intussusception 3 to 6 days after the first dose of the ...
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GAVI Alliance Announces Agreement With HPV Vaccine Providers ...

With the agreement in place, GAVI will begin working with its partners to implement its HPV Vaccine Programme. Starting this month, the program will support ...
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Cutting HPV Vaccine Prices For The World's Poor - The Daily Beast

Companies that make the cervical cancer vaccine are pushing to immunizie 30 million girls in developing countries.
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Two pharmaceutical giants — Merck and GlaxoSmithKline — have announced that they will drop their prices for HPV vaccines that help protect against cervical ...
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Rotary Club holds Pedal for Polio on Rec Trail

The bike ride along the Recreation Trail was a fund-raiser, which contributed to efforts to eliminate polio worldwide. The ride began at the trail head, located on the west side of Oskaloosa. The trail head project, spearheaded by Oskaloosa Rotary Club ...
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WHO Investigates Possible Polio Case in Somalia

Since 2009, polio vaccination activities have decreased in several areas of Somalia. If this recent suspected case is confirmed, children from large swaths of Somalia may be highly vulnerable to an outbreak. A vaccination campaign for more than 350,000 ...
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Taliban renounces war on anti-polio workers

Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria are the three remaining countries in the world where polio remains a serious threat, but efforts to eradicate the disease have been sabotaged by the Taliban and other Islamic militants who have assassinated ...
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NanoPass Technologies Ltd. ("NanoPass"), a pioneer in intradermal (into-the-skin or ID) vaccine delivery solutions, is collaborating with the US Center of Disease Control and prevention (CDC) in conducting a large phase 3 trial of polio vaccine in ...
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The first vaccination: May 14, 1796

The young boy does get sick, but within a week or so, he recovers. Then, on July 1, Jenner takes the next critical step—he applies actual smallpox matter to an incision on Phipps. The boy suffers no ill effects and Jenner believes he may have found a ...
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Dedication to vaccination research helps wipe out diseases

Professor Robert Booy, head of the clinical research team at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, decided to dedicate his research career to the devastating disease after seeing it first hand as an intern. "I saw three cases ...
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Over 80 children are given jabs against measles

MORE than 80 children who missed out on measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations are now protected against the diseases after attending an immunisation clinic on Saturday. The Health department invited the parents of more than 500 children aged ...
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Jersey Evening Post

Doctors in Argentina Sound the Alert on Vaccine Sceptics

Russ said that in industrialised countries, immunisation coverage is in decline as the culture of vaccination weakens, creating a risk of re-emergence of diseases that have already been controlled, like measles. “Fortunately, in Argentina, the anti ...
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NSW Health Department reveals schools and centres don't have immunisation ...

The program, called The School Enrolment Immunisation Tool Kit, looked at Auburn, which has 30 childcare centres and 15 schools, and discovered schools were relying on incomplete information. "It's important for parents and schools to check if children ...
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HPV vaccine costs 'too high' for developing countries

Pharmaceutical companies Merck and GlaxoSmithKline have negotiated a rate of $4.50 per dose to supply HPV vaccines to developing countries, a cost described by campaigners as "unjustifiably high". Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) said the Gavi Alliance, ...
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Dedication to vaccination research helps wipe out diseases

The bacteria caused life-threatening meningitis, pneumonia and a fatal choking condition called epiglottitis. Before the introduction of the vaccine there were about 700 cases a year, killing an estimated 25 children. Join our #NoJabNoPlay campaign and ...
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New global surveillance tool detectsmonitors public concerns about vaccines in ...

The application could help public health officials respond more quickly and effectively to a loss of public confidence in vaccines before it results in vaccination refusals and disease outbreaks, according to an Article published Online First in The ...
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Crackpot crusaders putting our kids at risk

McCarthy was instrumental in bringing the fringe anti-vaccine movement into the mainstream with an Oprah Winfrey interview in 2007 devoted to her kooky theories linking vaccines with autism. McCarthy's harrowing tale of her healthy son being struck ...
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Health Department Offers Shingles Vaccine Free of Charge

Shingles is a painful skin rash, often with blisters, that is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who has had chickenpox can develop shingles because the virus remains in the nerve cells of the body after chickenpox goes away and ...
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Swansea measles: Drop in MMR clinic attendance sparks concern

Health officials looking to control the Swansea measles epidemic have expressed concern at a fall in numbers attending the latest MMR clinics. Drop-in clinics have been held for more than a month but only 381 vaccinations were given last weekend.
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BBC News

Polish Study: Neurologic Adverse Events Following Vaccination

Washington Post profiles Sharyl Attkisson of CBS and her gutsy coverage from Fast and Furious to Benghazi to yes, vaccines. Second to last paragraph: "Some of Attkisson's most controversial reporting hasn't been about politics at all. She has been widely.
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FDA to take Decision on Gardasil as Anal Cancer Vaccine

FDA to take Decision on Gardasil as Anal Cancer Vaccine Gardasil is approved as a vaccine for the prevention of cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancer as well as precancerous lesions among females aged between nine and 26 years. It has been approved for ...
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'No New Case of Polio in Niger'

Minna — Executive Director of the Niger State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NSPHCDA) Dr. Aliyu Mohammed has described the claim of the emergence of a new case of wild polio virus in the state as untrue. He said the discovery of a new case ...
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iPhone app lets doctors track vaccine refusals

“Vaccine Refused,” an app developed at the University of Iowa, is the latest public health tool from a group that has drawn national attention for its efforts to track diseases through social media and search engines. By seeking to collect more ...
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Calendar of compulsory vaccinations: Do we need one more to be added to the ...

The state finances vaccinations against ten infectious diseases. This is a social minimum for all countries. Advanced countries, though, have a way bigger list of compulsory vaccinations. The US, for example, vaccinates against 16 infectious diseases ...
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Online watch for vaccine myths

The development, featured in an article published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, comes as WA infectious disease and vaccination experts prepare to host a free seminar to inform parents of immunisation facts. Research author Heidi Larson, from the ...
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Software monitors vaccination sentiment

In a report published in The Lancet Infectious Disease, researchers tracked over 10,000 articles published in 144 countries that discussed the topic of vaccination. The study was conducted between May 2011 and April 2012, surveying attitudes toward ...
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DPHSS Gets Donation of 1700 Flu Vaccines from DoD

Guam - The Department of Public Health and Social Services has received over 1,700 doses of influenza (flu) vaccine from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) who is donating excess influenza vaccines to its pacific island partners through the U.S ...
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Children in danger as vaccines run outPublish Date: May 13, 2013

All these facts have been shared in the community of experts that support the strengthening of immunisation systems in Uganda. The World Health Organisation, UNICEF and GAVI have been trying to solve this vaccine supply chain management nightmare in ...
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GPs to lead catch-up campaign offering meningitis booster vaccination to ...

A letter from NHS England and Public Health England chiefs on changes to the MenC schedule states: 'From mid-August 2014, there will be a catch-up programme of limited duration – possibly up to five years – to offer the vaccine to first-time university ...
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Measuring vaccine confidence online: new tool used to analyse public concerns

Characteristics of the report are identified including the vaccine, disease, date and location, before being forward to analysts. If a negative report is categorised it as “high alert,” the information could then be forwarded to the Ministry of Health ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

British parents queue up to vaccinate kids after measles outbreak

Health officials unequivocally attribute the outbreak to a now widely discredited study by Andrew Wakefield published in 1998 linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) triple vaccine to autism -- the legacy of which is now emerging as unvaccinated ...
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Dr Andrew Wakefield demolishes the accusation that the Welsh (UK ...

Excellent presentation of the fact surrounding the MMR vaccination. Every parent who is being ...
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Irish team in whooping cough breakthrough

Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. It is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which can make it difficult to breathe. After a bout of coughing, someone with pertussis ...
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FDA committee considers Gardasil for anal cancer

If the indication is approved before the February 2011 meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, ACIP might revisit its previous recommendation against routine HPV vaccination for boys and ...
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Measuring vaccine confidence online: new tool used to analyse public concerns

The research, released Online First in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Monday, found there were 10,380 reports on vaccines between May 2011 and April 2012. Nearly 70 per cent of the reports were positive or neutral towards vaccination, while just ...
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Princeton meningitis case confirmed posit...

In a follow up to a report last week, Princeton University has announced that a student that was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis last Tuesday, has been confirmed to have an infection with Neisseria meningitidis group B, according to a University ...
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Measuring vaccine confidence online: new tool used to analyse public concerns

Researchers have been monitoring 144 countries using the tool, in the hope public health officials can respond quickly to a loss of confidence in vaccines before vaccination refusal and disease outbreak occur. The research, released Online First in The ...
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West Michigan child with measles causes scare

(AP) - Dozens of people in Michigan and plane passengers from several states have been contacted after health officials learned they may have been exposed to measles through an 8-month-old from the Battle Creek area. MLive.com reports Friday that ...
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Rabies vaccine clinic planned Saturday at Berlin fire station

Mahoning County District Board of Health is offering a rabies vaccination clinic, in partnership with veterinarian Dr. Lisa Kurtz and East Park Veterinary Clinic in Columbiana, for dogs, cats, and ferrets from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Berlin ...
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Fresh advice on use of Hendra vaccine

“When the vaccine was first made available late last year there were strict requirements on the timing of the second vaccination. Further research means that the second dose can now be administered anytime between three to six weeks after the first dose.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) - Sydney Morning Herald

The HPV vaccine Gardasil, given in schools as part of the National Immunisation Program, protects against infection with the HPV types that cause 70 per cent of cervical cancers, 90 per cent of HPV-related cancers in males and 90 per cent of genital warts.
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Sydney Morning Herald

Lyme Disease Vaccine Headed for Advanced Clinical Trials - iTechPost

In the research published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, investigators led by P. Noel Barrett, PhD, of Baxter Biomedical Research Centre, and co-authors show that the vaccine generated enough antibodies against the pathogen in the phase 1/2 ...
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iTech Post

60 Minutes Recap 5/12/13: Gates to Reduce Polio Incidence

Charlie Rose interviews Gates, who retired from Microsoft five years ago to devote the next 20 years to fighting the world's diseases like polio and malaria. Gates shows Rose a mosquito zapper that kills a malaria mosquito in mid-flight and a thermos ...
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Vaccines: New Surveillance Tool Detects Public Concerns - Medscape

A new global media surveillance tool detects and monitors public concerns about vaccines in real time, according to a study published online May 13 in the Lancet Infectious Diseases. By allowing public health officials to respond faster and more ...
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There is an evidence that a fear of a link between vaccines and autism, stoked by press coverage, caused some parents to either delay vaccinations for their ...
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A sure-shot for adult health

The Association of Physicians of India has embarked on an exercise to draw up a fresh set of adult immunisation guidelines. The agenda is now to specify what vaccines are important for adults to take, when to take them, and weigh in the risks against ...
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Florida fights stucco-eating African snails

Aside from destroying plants and buildings, they can also be carriers of a type of meningitis. Trevor Smith, an entomologist, is leading the eradication effort for Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. He spoke with the Los Angeles ...
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No end in sight for measles

No end in sight for measles. Staff Report LAHORE: At least 79 new cases of measles have been registered at various hospitals across the provincial metropolis, raising the number of patients to four thousand here on Sunday. Sources said that 30 new ...
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Anti-measles drive achieves 90% of target

ALLAHABAD: Health department till Sunday covered 90% of the target fixed for anti-measles vaccination programme. At the start of the programme, the department had fixed the target of immunizing 11 lakh kids against the measles. The measles catch up ...
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County quarantines measles patients

The Orange County Health Department is offering the two-part MMR vaccination to any resident older than 12 months. The shots are given at least three months apart and are required when most children register for kindergarten. Residents can call the ...
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Oregon lawmakers wade into vaccination debate

"People who choose not to vaccinate according to the CDC (recommendations) are really making a thoughtful, careful decision," she said. Still, Margulis said she thinks the legislation is a good idea because parents should be as informed as possible ...
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Inoculating Against Vaccine Fears? - MedPage Today

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Polio Vaccination Concludes Successfully in all States

Khartoum - The campaign targeting the vaccination of 6 million children under the age of 5 against Polio and vitamin A deficiency has been concluded in all Sudanese states. Reports from different Sudanese states indicate a high execution rate for the ...
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Time to end polio - The Age

Although the last case in Australia was in 2007 and despite immunisation against polio being included in the combination vaccines recommended and funded for all babies, he says we are not immune as the disease can be easily spread by plane travel and ...
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The Age

Doctors in Argentina Sound the Alert on Vaccine Sceptics

"Vaccines have saved as many lives as clean water. Risking not giving shots is like playing Russian roulette," Dr. Carlota Russ, secretary of the Argentine Paediatric Society's Committee on Infectious Diseases, told IPS. Russ said that in ...
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IMMUNIZATION UPDATE | Lincoln Pediatric Associates in Lincoln, RI

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Stevenage man's hairathon to mark daughter's battle with meningitis

Gavin Kelso began growing his hair and a beard in February and has now had it all shaved off, almost 10 years to the day since his daughter Iona was taken to hospital with pneumococcal meningitis – a life-threatening disease which affects brain function.
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