Why Nurses are Silently Speaking Out Against Vaccines
“Ask your doctor.” This is a popular catch phrase; one that is heard on TV, read in the news, and seen on billboards across the country. You also may use it when that weird co-worker shares a little too much information about his.. er, personal problem. Seriously dude, just ask your doctor. The phrase has become engrained into our minds mostly through the marketing genius of pharmaceutical companies. Just about every drug advertisement we see on TV or hear on the radio ends with it.
Shots in the Dark
A Dozen Boys in England Collapse After Receiving Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine
Public health officials in the United Kingdom launched a brief investigation of incident involving about a dozen boys at a secondary school in Northampton, England who collapsed on January 26, 2016 after receiving a routine series of meningococcal quadrivalent vaccines (bacteria types A, C, W135 and Y) for meningitis. The boys are 10th grade students at the Northampton School for Boys. According to an article by The Daily Mail, the mother…
The Fear of a Simple Fever
If your child has a low fever, do you race to the medicine cabinet and reach for acetominophen (Tylenol) or another antipyretic (fever medicine) to lower your child’s body temperature as soon as possible? Do you call the pediatrician right away? While this is no doubt a natural reaction from parents concerned about their child’s illness, is your child’s fever always a cause…
Study Linking Gardasil to Behavioral Abnormalities Pulled from Vaccine Journal
A peer-reviewed article published online on January 9, 2016 in the journal Vaccine regarding a study linking the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) Gardasil to behavioral abnormalities has been removed by the publication’s editor, Gregory Poland, MD of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, who is Founder and Co-Director of The Vaccine Research Group at Mayo Clinic and Founder and President of the Edward Jenner Society.
WHO Wants to Market Vaccines Like Burgers and Soda
On August 18, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a press release from Geneva, Switzerland titled “Vaccine hesitancy: A growing challenge for immunization programmes.” The focus of the release was to highlight views expressed by public health officials in special edition of the journal Vaccine, which was “guest-edited” and published by the WHO.