Unintended Consequences: Dirty Genes in Vaccines
What happens when our government regulatory agencies tasked with protecting the public’s health fails to disclose the risks known by the industry? In the case of viruses and DNA in vaccines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has internally noted1 that “small amounts of residual cell substrate DNA unavoidably occur in all viral vaccines […]
FDA Licenses Dengvaxia Vaccine After Students Die in Philippines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 1, 2019 its licensing approval of Sanofi Pasteur’s Dengvaxia vaccine, which was designed to prevent a mosquito borne viral infection known as dengue fever.1 Symptoms of dengue range from mild (or none at all) to high fever along with headache, body pain, nausea, vomiting and […]
Hundreds of Children in Pakistan Hospitalized After Getting Oral Polio Vaccine
Hundreds of children in Peshawar, Pakistan were taken to hospitals suffering from nausea and vomiting after receiving the live attenuated oral polio vaccine (OPV) on Apr. 22, 2019. The vaccinations were part of a nationwide anti-polio campaign. The incident sparked an attack against a local health facility in Peshawar by angry parents. It also led […]
Effectiveness of Measles Vaccine Questioned in South Sudan
Story Highlights Children who have received MMR vaccinations are contracting measles, and parents and health care workers in South Sudan have raised questions regarding the effectiveness of the measles vaccine since vaccinated children are contracting the disease. Severe acute malnourishment (SAM) is common among children in war-torn South Sudan, which compromises their immune systems. Although […]
Do Vaccines Often Cause Serious Side Effects?
A new poll by the European Commission’s (EC) Special Eurobarometer on Vaccines found that 48 percent of European surveyed believe that vaccines often produce serious side effects, compared with 41 percent who don’t. The face-to-face poll of 27,524 respondents was conducted by European market research firm Kantar between Mar. 15 and Mar. 29, 2019 at […]
Vaccines Marketed by Stoking Fear of Disease
Story Highlights The marketing of vaccines is one of the most aggressive public health policies today. The most common marketing strategy used by stakeholders to promote vaccines is to create a culture that fears disease. Fear-based marketing generates vaccine demand and calls into question ethical standards in journalism. One of the most visible and aggressive […]