Vaccine Boom, Population Bust
Study queries the link between HPV vaccine and soaring infertility A plague is spreading silently across the globe. The young generation in America, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, Australia—in virtually every western country—is afflicted by rapidly increasing rates of infertility. This spring, the United States reported its lowest birth rate in 30 years, despite an economic […]
Vaccine for Acne Targets Bacteria in the Skin’s Microbiome
Story Highlights Current acne treatments such as antibiotics, birth control pills, etc., have largely proven to be ineffective. A proposed vaccine to treat acne targets toxins secreted by a specific bacteria, P.acnes, which lives on the skin and is a part of the skin’s natural mircobiome. Concerns have been raised regarding the vaccine because of […]
UK Health Officials Hide Results of Major Vaccine Trials
Public Health England (PHE), an agency within the United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care, has failed to publish the results of three major clinical trials evaluating childhood vaccines, according to British newspaper The Telegraph. The failure “breached the law” by neglecting to add the results of the trials to the EU Clinical Trials Register […]
Drug Companies Pay FDA and NIH to Fast Track and Market Vaccines
When it comes to cozy business relationships between government and industry, there is nothing like the lucrative one that Congress has encouraged federal health agencies to create with the drug and vaccine industry. One hand washes the other. Have you ever wondered how some new drugs and vaccines vault to the front of the line […]
FluMist Vaccine Approved by CDC Without Proof It Works
Story Highlights The CDC recommended against using the live nasal spray FluMist vaccine for the previous two “flu seasons” due to its ineffectiveness against the H1N1 strain. The CDC has done an about-face for the 2018-2019 “flu season” and is back to recommending FluMist again. The CDC’s new recommendation to use FluMist is not backed […]
Merck Sued Over Zostavax-Related Injury
Story Highlights A woman in Wisconsin is suing Merck & Co., claiming the company’s shingles vaccine Zostavax caused her to develop herpes zoster (shingles) instead of protecting her from it. Live virus vaccines have the potential for causing vaccine strain infections of the diseases they are supposed to prevent, and Merck is currently facing 60 […]