The Impact of Vaccination on the Immature Human Immune System
Little is known about how vaccination affects the developing fetus and, yet, maternal vaccination with influenza and Tdap vaccines is recommended by federal health officials and medical trade organizations representing doctors administering vaccines to pregnant women. A recent study purporting to demonstrate that vaccination during pregnancy is perfectly safe…
Chiropractic Treatment in Veterinary Medicine
Chiropractic has been recognized as an alternative and integrative approach to health in humans for more than 100 years, ever since D.D. Palmer proclaimed that “good health can be sustained naturally, without drugs or surgery, through chiropractic care.” Although chiropractic adjustments began to be given to animals at about the same time as humans, today…
Flu Shots Rarely Work for People Over Age 65
For the 2014-2015 “flu season,” the reported effectiveness of the annual flu shot was only 14% in those over age 50. It has been long recognized that elderly people do not respond well to vaccination as a whole and that their immune responses to annual influenza vaccinations are especially weak. The elderly are at higher risk for serious complications from infections…
How Doctors Talk to Patients Impacts HPV Vaccination Rates
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in the United States continues to remain low in comparison to other adolescent vaccinations—approximately 38% of adolescent girls and 14% of adolescent boys complete the entire three-doses of HPV vaccine. As identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a key strategy in increasing HPV…
Leaky Vaccines: More Than a Farmer’s Nightmare?
Here’s the quote, as provided to The Washington Post: “To me, it doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t use imperfect vaccines,” says Andrew Read, Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology and Eberly Professor in Biotechnology at Penn State University, “Let’s say we become certain that a malarial vaccine is going to drive the evolution of more dangerous malarial…
Rabies Vaccine Delivered Via “Woodland Drops”
Anyone who has encountered a rabid animal or has seen the film “Old Yeller” for that matter knows that rabies is a serious, often deadly infection to avoid, whether in the wild or in our own pets. Though many veterinarians believe that rabies vaccines in general offer a lifetime of protection for pets and do not need to be repeated, the rabies vaccine is one that is encouraged…