Vaccine

Scientific Link To Autism Identified

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


After careful review of countless scientific studies, The Center's Life Sciences group was able to formulate a scientifically verifiable model for the...

Colorado Inmates Getting H1N1 Vaccine As Thousands Of Coloradans Wait

The Denver Channel | Dayle Cedars | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver


People all over Colorado are desperately waiting to get the H1N1 vaccine before they or their children gets sick. While many are finding it hard to g...

Are We in a National Emergency Hoax?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

If H1N1 is a national emergency and an informed hospital health care worker I overhead talking today is right, that most of the flu we're now seeing is H1N1, then what is going on?

Whose Decision Is It, Anyway?

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Dr. Sherri Tenpenny

When it comes to medical decisions involving children, physicians are charged with ensuring the medical standard of care, even over the objections of their parents.

Swine Flu Vaccine Delivery Falls Short; Less Than Half Of Expected Doses Have Been Delivered

Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY and JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Living


Less than half of the swine-flu vaccine expected to be shipped to doctors, hospitals and clinics in the U.S. this month has been shipped so far. The d...

A Guide For The Perplexed On Vaccinations: What The Coffee Jitters Tell Us

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living


Alison Rose Levy

For those perplexed by the vaccine debate, here's a brief guide to a basic issue underlying this long-standing controversy: biological individuality. If properly understood, it can reconcile two opposing views.

Nurses Threaten To Strike Over Swine Flu

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


LOS ANGELES — A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness....

Swine Flu Shots Revive a Debate About Vaccines

nytimes.com | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


People who do not believe in vaccinating children have never had much sway over Leslie Wygant Arndt. She has studied the vaccine debate, she said, and...

Hardin Jail Deal Delayed Over Controversy With Mysterious Company

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home


HARDIN, Mont. — Plans for a California company to take over this city's empty jail were put on hold Monday, following last week's revelations th...

American Police Force And Hardin: Mysterious Security Firm Gets Control Of Empty Montana Jail

TPMMuckraker | Justin Elliott | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home


A shadowy private security company that has no known clients but claims to have helped foreign governments combat terrorism and will protect anything ...

The Hysteria Factor: Obama and the Swine Flu

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Mike Papantonio

Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.

Germs Don't Care If You Are Legal Or Not

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.

Autism and Toxins

Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living


Jay Gordon, MD

The facile dismissal of those of us calling for safer vaccinations and scrutiny of the current vaccine schedule is not scientifically based and polarizes the discussion.

Cracking the Autism Riddle: "Vaccine Theory" Fades as a New Idea Emerges

Harvey Karp | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


Harvey Karp

This is the first post in a series of three about autism and vaccines. If a foreign government were suspected of doing something that caused brain pr...

The Swine Flu Response

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Jeffrey Levi

Our public health system has been under-funded for decades and there are many existing gaps that leave us vulnerable, particularly if the swine flu becomes more severe and lethal.

Autism and Hope, South of the Border

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living


Chantal Sicile-Kira

In Mexico, "hope" is not a word usually associated with autism, as there is very little on offer for children who have autism.

Court Says Vaccine Not To Blame For Autism

AP | KEVIN FREKING and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 03.15.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — Vaccines aren't to blame for autism, a special federal court declared Thursday in a blow to thousands of families hoping to win com...

On Vaccinations: Consider the Source and Follow the Money

Deirdre Imus | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living


Deirdre Imus

A vaccine profiteer personified (he is now a multimillionaire from his partnership with Merck) Dr. Offit continues to make intellectually and factually dishonest remarks regarding vaccine safety.

Autism, Vaccines and the CDC: The Wrong Side of History

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby

Being opposed to vaccine-autism research puts one outside of the "mainstream," a charge which is an ugly lie perpetrated by vaccine industry allies and their blind supporters.

Don't Risk Going Unvaccinated

Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living


Paul A. Offit, MD

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.

New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise In Protecting Children In Africa

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


NEW YORK — A vaccine that may become the world's first to prevent malaria shows promise in protecting African children, researchers said Monday,...

To the Presidential Candidates....Debate This!

Deirdre Imus | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics


Deirdre Imus

No question, the energy and economic crisis affect us all. But noticeably absent from the primaries and now the presidential debates have been any discussions about America's children.

Is Autism an "American Disease?" Somali Immigrants Reportedly Have High Rates

David Kirby | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living


David Kirby

An unusually large proportion of Somali children in Minnesota have autism. Why? There's likely a genetic connection, but other factors might be at play, including a lack of vitamin D from sunlight, or, yes, vaccinations.

Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?

David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living


David Kirby

After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder, the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.