Boost vaccine safety Aug 12, 2008
Some government officials are, ironically, fueling public distrust of immunizations by failing to acknowledge much less address emerging vaccine safety issues ... Yet, amazingly, just last month the Federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee refused to mention vaccine safety in its strategic plan ... A loud wake-up call from a beautiful little redheaded girl from Georgia has provided policy-makers with a historic opportunity to tackle critical issues of vaccine safety. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Anthrax Vaccine Safety Complaints Part Of Ivins Case Aug 6, 2008
This undated photo provided by the Frederick News Post shows Dr. Bruce E. Ivins, a biodefense researcher at Fort Detrick, Md. (AP Photo/Frederick News Post / August 1, 2008). (FOX61, CT)
Experts to Discuss One Puzzling Autism Case, as a Second Case Has Arisen Jun 28, 2008
To a large extent, the judgment of the meeting organizers was to have the experts in these conditions which are not vaccine safety experts to have most of the agenda. Dr. Iskander said the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Network of the disease agency reviewed the medical records related to the Colorado and Georgia cases, searched for similar reports and asked vaccine manufacturers if they knew of similar cases. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
HPV vaccination sparks vaccine safety debate Apr 1, 2007
Last Updated: Mar 30th, 2007. Subscribe to FCN E-List Enter email address. (FinalCall.com)
Vaccination Battle Looms Jan 28, 2007
Speaker after speaker said studies of vaccine safety are weak or flawed, that children already get too many vaccines without any testing of how they might interact, and that the state should either scrap its proposal or delay action until results of a big federal study comparing the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated children are complete. Others urged that the state allow parents to opt out for "philosophical reasons.Many speakers identified themselves as parents of "vaccine-damaged... (The Trentonian, NJ)
Timely Vaccination Dips as Mom's Education Rises Jan 19, 2007
It's also possible, according to Kronenfeld, that college-educated women are more likely to have read articles questioning vaccine safety or at least heard about such controversies. However, she said, that's impossible to determine since the survey did not ask mothers about their attitudes toward immunizations. (MEDLINEplus)
Vaccination Fear Causes Measles Spate Aug 3, 2006
The parents of most of the children who got sick said they had refused measles vaccination for their children because of fears about vaccine safety ... Parents Cite Vaccine Safety Fears CDC researchers interviewed church members who had declined vaccinations for their children. (CBS News)
Measles a U.S. threat Aug 3, 2006
Family members interviewed by CDC epidemiologists said they didn't have their children immunized because of concerns about vaccine safety. They cited fears that the vaccine could cause autism and worries about the possible effects of the vaccine preservative thimerosal, and they said they'd prefer their children to acquire immunity through exposure to the virus. (USA Today -- News)
Scrapping of mercury jab welcomed Apr 23, 2006
Last Updated: Saturday, 7 August, 2004, 15:11 GMT 16:11 UK. The whooping cough vaccine contains mercury. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
