54 Percent of Children Suffer Disabilities Caused by Vaccination
Vaccine choice is a fundamental human right. American children are experiencing an epidemic of poor health, with 54% of our children suffering a chronic illness or neuro-developmental disability. Nearly 9 million children have skin allergies. Eight million have respiratory allergies. Seven million have asthma. Five million have a learning disability. One in 400 is diabetic. […]
Study: World Vaccine Market Will Be Worth $45.1 Billion by 2022
A new market study by Kalorama Information, LLC of Rockville, MD estimates the value of the world vaccine market at $27.6 billion in 2015—up 11% from $24.7 billion in 2014 and 14% from $23.6 billion in 2013, reports Genetic Engineering Biotechnology News (GEN). According to the study, the market is projected to grow to $45.1 billion by 2022, owing to the continued…
The Cost of America’s Childhood Asthma Epidemic
Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. The prevalence of chronic diseases among children continue to rise1 with asthma being one of the most common chronic disorders in childhood affecting an estimated 7.1 million children under 18 years of age, of which 4.1 million suffered from an asthma attack or an episode in 2011. Asthma is a chronic…
Gardasil-Injured Teen in Ireland Gets No Help from Country’s Public Health Service
The newspaper Irish Mirror last month reported the case of 16-year old Rebecca Hollidge of Carrick-on-Shannon in Leitrim County, Ireland, who suffered severe side effects after receiving all three doses of the Gardasil human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine during 2013-2014.1 The vaccine is produced by Merck and Co. of Kenilworth, NJ. The newspaper Irish Mirror last month…
Unraveling the Mystery of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
There are five main causes for infant mortality: birth defects, maternal health complications, unintentional injuries, preterm-related causes of death, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). It is particularly with SIDS, however, that many questions persist and remain unanswered. SIDS is defined as “infant deaths that cannot be explained after a thorough case investigation, including a…
So What About the Other Pregnant Honduran Woman Who Didn’t Have Zika?
A 31-year old pregnant woman from Honduras arrives in the United States for a vacation and a month later gives birth by cesarian section to a premature baby diagnosed with severe microcephaly. The birth occurs at the Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. The woman tests positive for the Zika virus. Naturally, this quickly becomes a headline news story covered by nearly every major newspaper, magazine, news wire service, and…