Two Infants and a Toddler in India Die Shortly After Vaccinations
Three children ranging from ages two months to three and a half years recently died in India following vaccinations. The first child, two-month-old Sharika Sharma, died on June 10, 2018, the morning after she was administered the second round of vaccinations under the Indian government routine vaccination program at the Community Health Center (CHC) in […]
Zero Tolerance Vaccine Laws in America: Will You Defend Vaccine Freedom? | Barbara Loe Fisher
Every July Americans celebrate the day in 1776 when we declared our independence from a monarchy and began to create a Constitutional Democratic Republic to secure liberty and justice for all. Today, we are witnessing the erosion of core values that our constitutional democracy was founded upon. One example is a public campaign led by […]
Is Recent MMR Vaccine Campaign Linked to Reported Measles Outbreak in Ukraine?
In recent years there has been a shortage of measles vaccines in Ukraine. Vaccination rates had dropped to 31% in 2016 and were the lowest in Europe and, yet, there were hardly any cases of measles. In 2017, sufficient vaccines became available for a ‘catch-up campaign’ and 90% of the children in Ukraine received the MMR. […]
Smallpox-like Disease Spreading in Africa
There is a growing epidemic of monkeypox—a close cousin to smallpox—in Africa during the past two years. More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed among people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2016, followed by 88 confirmed cases in the Republic of the Congo, over 80 cases in Nigeria, 19 […]
Children in Italy Now Can Attend School Without Proof of Vaccination
Families who marched in the streets for “Libera” (Freedom) last year, which helped elect a new government in Italy this year, were recently reassured by a top government official that parents will be not be forced to give their children vaccines as a condition of attending school.1 On July 5, 2018, Italy’s new health minister […]
Dengvaxia Vaccine Raises Risk of Severe Dengue Infection
In late-2017, vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur announced that its dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, could possibly lead to more severe cases of dengue fever in some people. Studies revealed that giving the vaccine to people who had never contracted the disease leaves them vulnerable to a severe reaction if they subsequently contract the disease. This announcement came after 700,000 children were already given the vaccine in the Philippines. According to Sanofi, those at risk were those who had never been previously infected with the dengue virus.