Baby Girl in India Dies Day After Getting the Pentavalent Vaccine
A four-and-a-half-month girl died in India on June 15, 2019 a day after she was given the “five-in-one” pentavalent vaccine (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type B) at a rural child care center in the village of Kudluru, India.1 2 Soon after she was vaccinated, the baby developed a fever. When the […]
Infant Boy in India Falls Unconscious and Dies After Vaccination
A one-month-old boy died in Telangana, India on May 11, 2019 shortly after being vaccinated at a rural child care center in the town of Kamareddy. The child’s parents said that the baby became unconscious after receiving the vaccine and they subsequently took him to a private nursing home where physicians there declared him dead […]
Another MMR Failure With Mumps Outbreak in Florida
An outbreak of mumps in 12 fully vaccinated students attending University of Florida, Gainesville campus had county health officials scratching their heads at the end of May. According to one media report, an Alachua County Health Department spokesperson said, “These things do happen. It’s a phenomenon that’s not completely understood,” and reassured students and the […]
Measles Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Following is a short summary of a longer special report “What Is Going On With Measles? The Science and Politics of Eradicating Measles” that can be read on NVIC’s website here. This year, the fear mongering about measles has reached epidemic proportions in America. A day doesn’t go by without media outlets publishing angry articles […]
Children in Two States Get Vaccine Strain Measles from MMR Vaccine
Media sources in Michigan reported in April 2019 that two children in the state who were believed to have measles turned out not to have disease, after all. Genotype lab testing of the measles virus identified in the children’s blood was conducted and it was found to match the attenuated (weakened) vaccine strain measles virus […]
MMR Vaccine Offered to Fans at Indianapolis 500 Race
Fans attending the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 car race in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 26, 2019 were offered the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine at the track’s medical center.1 Prior to the start of the race, which was attended by more than 250,000 people, IndyCar medical director Geoffery Billows, MD of Indiana […]