Open Letter to Legislators On Proposed Vaccine Exemption Bills
It is often stated that those who choose not to vaccinate their children for reasons of conscience endanger the rest of the public, and this is the rationale behind most of the legislation to end vaccine exemptions currently being considered by federal and state legislators country-wide. You should be aware that the nature of protection afforded by many modern vaccines…
The Vaccine Compensation Act | Leigh O’Dell
Why I Chose Not to Vaccinate My Son
Parents know best when it comes to THEIR child. Like most parents, when I had to learn to parent my son on the fly. It’s what we do. I didn’t really know what I thought about vaccinations when, at 2 months, my son had his first set of them. After all, I was vaccinated and didn’t seem to come out any worse for wear. I had also been on a bit of a “health kick” in my later 20s…
The 21st Century Cures Act | Barbara Loe Fisher
NVIC: 21st Century Cures Act Will Lower FDA Drug Licensing Standards
The non-profit National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) says the proposed 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 6) will endanger the public health by lowering scientific and informed consent standards used by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to license experimental biological products (vaccines), drugs and medical devices in order to expedite delivery to the U.S. market.
Sanofi Nears Launch of World’s First Dengue Vaccine
After 20 years of research and development on a vaccine against the mosquito-borne viral disease known as dengue, pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur SA of France has now produced a vaccine it believes will be both effective and extremely profitable, according to The Financial Times. In a recent article, the newspaper quoted Sanofi Pasteur’s chief executive, Olivier Charmeil, as saying, “The dengue vaccine will be in the high end of profitability among our vaccines.”
