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Death toll linked to Gardasil vaccine rises

World Net Daily (CA)

June 30, 2008

Anaphylactic shock, foaming at mouth, grand mal convulsion, coma and now paralyzed are a few of the startling descriptions included in a new federal report describing the complications from Merck Co.'s Gardasil.

The document was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by Judicial Watch, a Washington group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, and it has details of 10 deaths just since September.

Infants caught whooping cough from nurse

MSNBC

by Reuters

June 05, 2008

Public health officials investigating a 2004 outbreak of whooping cough, or pertussis, among newborns in Texas identified the source as a health-care worker where the babies were born.

During that time she directly cared for 113 infants, including the 11 who came down with whooping cough. All the babies recovered after treatment. The health-care worker in this case had been fully immunized against pertussis during childhood.

State faces new sore point over immunizing sect children

Houston Chronicle

by Terri Langford and Lisa Sandberg

May 28, 2008

A state requirement that children in foster care be inoculated against disease has prompted another round of headaches for lawyers who represent 464 children taken from a polygamist ranch last month.

Most children are immunized against diseases including chicken pox, polio, measles and smallpox before they start school. But many, if not most of the children of the Yearning For Zion ranch, have not been immunized. All are homeschooled on the 1,700-acre ranch north of Eldorado.

Fear of OPV Causes Thousands in Bhiwandi to Refuse Polio Vaccine

Med India

May 24, 2008

Raj Gupta, barely 14 months old is receiving treatment for polio at the Indira Gandhi Memorial hospital, Bhiwandi. He is suffering from an attack of polio, the wild polio strain (P3).

The state of Bhiwandi is home to large numbers of migrant populations. This is the second case of polio reported from Mumbai during this year. Nearly 1500 families in Bhiwandi have not responded positively to the efforts of health workers to administer the oral polio vaccine.

Vaccine, autism link explored

The Detroit News

by Jennifer Chambers

May 23, 2008

Heidi and Doug Scheer's decision to stop vaccinating their three children has been met with alarm and skepticism by outsiders. The couple said their choice to refuse additional childhood immunizations has also brought them a sense of relief and, unexpecte

The issue of whether childhood vaccinations are linked to autism has sparked a fierce national debate between parents of autistic children who offer endless anecdotal evidence and the scientific and medical communities that say current data does not support a connection.

Organizers of a national march taking place June 4 in Washington, D.C., are pushing for Congress to re-enact legislation that would eliminate mercury and other toxins from vaccines and study the prevalence of autism in vaccinated versus nonvaccinated children.

Shingles Vaccine Available

KWTX News

May 23, 2008

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) almost one out of three people in America will develop shingles during their lifetime.

The disease poses a greater risk to people over age 60. Individuals who should not get the vaccine include those who have had a life-threatening allergic reaction to gelatin, the antibiotic neomycin, or any other component of shingles vaccine.

How Safe Are Vaccines?

Time

by Alice Park

May 21, 2008

Parents worried that vaccines trigger autism are increasingly declining the shots for their kids.

Spurred by claims that vaccinations can be linked to autism, increasing numbers of parents are raising questions about whether vaccines, far from panaceas, are actually harmful to children.

Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link

New York Times

by Gardiner Harris

May 13, 2008

The United States Court of Federal Claims is considering whether the government should pay millions of dollars to the parents of some 4,800 autistic children.

Every major study and scientific organization to examine the issue has found no link between vaccination and autism, but the parents and their advocates have persisted. The claims are being heard in a special court set up by Congress 20 years ago when a series of scares nearly crippled the vaccine industry. The hearing is expected to last two to three weeks, and a decision is not expected until next year.

Vaccine-Autism Question Divides Parents, Scientists

Mercola

by Dr. Joseph Mercola

April 25, 2008

13-year old Michelle Cedillo is at the center of a court case pitting thousands of families of children with autism against the medical establishment.

While a number of prestigious medical institutions say there is no link between vaccines and autism, the families believe vaccines caused their children's autism, and have taken their case to court.

'Bob the Builder' helps families keep kids healthy with immunizations - Las Cruces Sun-News

Las Cruces Sun-News

by Chris J. Minnick

April 09, 2008

The New Mexico Department of Health and several community partners are holding an immunization event called Snow Day Movie Mania on Monday.

The free movie event and immunization clinic are in celebration of National Infant Immunization Week, which is April 19-26 this year. The event is being sponsored by the Dona Ana County Immunization Coalition, Allen Theatres, Las Companeras, First Step Pediatric Center and Memorial Medical Center.

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