Baby Girls Die in India Two Days After Getting Measles-Rubella Vaccine
Eleven-month-old Astha Godange died at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Nagpur, India on Dec. 17, 2018, two days after being given the measles-rubella (MR) vaccine. The baby girl was vaccinated on Dec. 15, 2018 in a village in the Bhandara district. Within two hours, she reportedly vomited and “showed signs of poor health.”1 […]
FDA Approves 6 in 1 Combo Vaccine for Babies
Story Highlights On Dec. 21, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new combination hexavalent vaccine (Vaxelis) that includes antigens for six diseases to be given in three doses to infants and children between six weeks and four years of age. Manufacturers Sanofi Pasteur and Merck jointly developed Vaxelis, which combines diphtheria, […]
Scientists Conclude Pertussis Vaccine Causes Permanent Brain Damage
BACK TO THE FUTURE: Following is an article from TVR’s historical archives published in the Spring 1990 print edition on a scientific conference sponsored by the National Vaccine Information Center in 1989 evaluating serious complications of pertussis infection and whole cell pertussis vaccine in DPT. While in the US., the whole cell pertussis vaccine in DPT was […]
Could the Flu Shot Make You Depressed?
Did your doctor or friendly pharmacist tell you that the flu vaccine could put your mental health at risk? According to the latest research, the notoriously ineffective,1 2 3 illness-inducing,4 5 potentially paralytic,6 and even lethal7 8 flu vaccine has one more side effect to add to the list: depression. One would imagine that researchers […]
Vaccine for Bees Bypasses Lack of Antibodies
Story Highlights Bees and other pollinators face serious threats from disease, parasites, pesticides and habitat destruction, threatening the viability of crop farming worldwide, most well publicized by the critical danger posed to honeybees. Treatment of bee diseases has been hampered by the nature of the honeybee immune system: They do not produce targeted antibodies as […]
‘Incredible Hulk’ Actor Hospitalized After Getting Pneumococcal Shot
The star of the 1970s TV series “The Incredible Hulk,” Lou Ferrigno, was hospitalized on Dec. 12, 2018 after receiving the pneumococcal vaccine for pneumonia. The vaccination left Ferrigno with fluid in his right bicep.1 Mr. Ferrigno, 67, tweeted: Went in for a pneumonia shot and landed up here with fluid in my bicep. I’ll be […]