Posted by vaccinexchange on March 6, 2012 · 1 Comment
An article in the Wall Street Journal last week focused attention on the rising numbers of children with life-threatening allergies. The article cites alarming statistics: according to research published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, one in every 13 children in America has serious food allergies, with the number of children with … Read more
Category allergens, aluminum adjuvants, health policy, medical journals, scientific research, studies, vaccination schedule, Vaccine Injury, Vaccine Science, vaccines · Tagged with allergies, aluminum adjuvants, scientific studies, vaccine injury, vaccine policy, vaccine science
Posted by vaccinexchange on February 16, 2012 · 2 Comments
Last week’s news about the harassment of FDA scientists and doctors who informed Congress that the FDA was approving risky medical devices showed the lengths to which pharmaceutical industries are willing to go to protect their interests. Even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – an organization tasked with the protection of American consumers – … Read more
Category chronic fatigue syndrome, in the media, pharma, scientific research, studies, vaccine contamination, Vaccine Injury, Vaccine Science, vaccines · Tagged with chronic fatigue syndrome, Pharma, research and testing, scientific studies, vaccine injury, vaccine science
Posted by vaccinexchange on February 7, 2012 · 1 Comment
A short while ago, we blogged about a 2006 report in which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Science Board concluded that, among other things, “The FDA cannot fulfill its mission because its scientific base has eroded and its scientific organizational structure is weak.” The report further stated that the FDA’s “scientific workforce does not … Read more
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Posted by vaccinexchange on February 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The use of aluminum salts as antiperspirants has been linked to breast cancer for some time. This is hardly surprising, given that aluminum is a known toxic substance, and has been linked to adverse effects in vaccines. Now, a new study upholds the idea that your deodorant may not be as harmless as you think … Read more
Posted by vaccinexchange on January 25, 2012 · 1 Comment
A recent article at Slate.com suggests that search engines such as Google have a responsibility to police online content, specifically that which questions, among other things, vaccine effectiveness. In the author’s opinion, websites that suggest that vaccines may be less than 100% safe should be marked with a banner or some such thing that advises … Read more
Category authoritarianism, in the media, informed consent, polio, scientific research, vaccine choice · Tagged with authoritarianism, in the media, informed consent, vaccine choice, vaccine opinions, vaccine policy
Posted by vaccinexchange on January 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Scientists Under Attack is a documentary thriller about how corporations stop scientists across the world from preventing their real, scary findings. From the website: Árpád Pusztai and Ignacio Chapela have two things in common. They are distinguished scientists and their careers are in ruins. Both scientists choose to look at the phenomenon of genetic engineering. … Read more
Posted by vaccinexchange on January 10, 2012 · 1 Comment
As we explained in our last blog post, the medical profession has an ethical obligation to explain both the risks and the benefits of any drug to a patient so that the patient can make an informed decision about whether or not to follow the doctor’s recommendation. This is particularly true for vaccines, which are … Read more
Category drug trials, Gardasil, HPV, informed consent, medical journals, pharma, scientific research, studies, vaccine choice, Vaccine Injury, vaccine marketing, Vaccine Science, vaccines
Posted by vaccinexchange on January 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Any parent or physician can go look up any vaccine package insert on the internet and read how a vaccine is made, what the ingredients are, how the safety study was conducted, how long the subjects were followed after vaccination, and what parameters were being measured to determine efficacy and adverse reactions. That is why I … Read more
Category aluminum adjuvants, autoimmunity, drug research, herd immunity, in the media, neurological issues, NVIC, pharma, placebos, scientific research, studies, thimerosal, vaccination schedule, vaccine choice, vaccines
Posted by vaccinexchange on December 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We have been writing about the anthrax vaccine here at Vaccine Xchange for some time. It seems clear that Emergent BioSolutions, the maker of the only human anthrax vaccine (BioThrax) currently available in the US, is working to aggressively market the vaccine, including ensuring that its vaccine is authorized for use for use after inhaling … Read more
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Posted by vaccinexchange on November 29, 2011 · 1 Comment
During the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, CDC researchers presented results from two separate independent studies that both showed that children faced a significantly higher rate of pertussis (whooping cough) infection four or more years after their fifth and final vaccination (which these days usually occurs when the children are about … Read more
Category aluminum adjuvants, California, conferences, in the media, pertussis, scientific research, studies, Vaccine Science, vaccines · Tagged with infectious disease, pertussis, vaccine damage, vaccine injury, vaccine science