Two Infants in Samoa Die After Getting the MMR Vaccine
Samoan government health officials have issued a recall of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine after two infants, a girl and a boy, died on July 6, 2018 just hours after being given the combination vaccine at Safotu Hospital on the island of f Savai’i in Samoa. 1 2 3 4 Testing is underway by the […]
Two Infants and a Toddler in India Die Shortly After Vaccinations
Three children ranging from ages two months to three and a half years recently died in India following vaccinations. The first child, two-month-old Sharika Sharma, died on June 10, 2018, the morning after she was administered the second round of vaccinations under the Indian government routine vaccination program at the Community Health Center (CHC) in […]
Dengvaxia Vaccine Raises Risk of Severe Dengue Infection
In late-2017, vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur announced that its dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, could possibly lead to more severe cases of dengue fever in some people. Studies revealed that giving the vaccine to people who had never contracted the disease leaves them vulnerable to a severe reaction if they subsequently contract the disease. This announcement came after 700,000 children were already given the vaccine in the Philippines. According to Sanofi, those at risk were those who had never been previously infected with the dengue virus.
Three Children in India Die After JE, Measles and DPT Vaccinations
Three toddlers in the village of Loinga in the district of Palamu (Jharkhand state), India died on the morning of Apr. 8, 2018, just hours after receiving multiple vaccines the previous day. The children—Aryan Kumar, Sanju Kumari and Ujjawal Kumar—were all between one and half to two years old and had been given booster…
Whooping Cough Outbreaks Continue Nationwide Due to Failed Pertussis Vaccine
Once blamed on unvaccinated children, few today deny the fact that fully vaccinated children are spreading whooping cough as outbreaks continue across the U.S. One of the latest outbreaks has occurred in North Carolina, where Carteret County health officials have warned parents to be on the lookout for whooping cough. Kim Davis, the Nursing Director for the Carteret County Health Department, was interviewed by WITN and readily…
Three Infants in Pakistan Die After Receiving Polio Vaccine
Three infants, ages one month to one year old, are reported to have died in Shaheen Muslim Town in Peshwar, Pakistan after receiving the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). Family members said that the health of the children gradually deteriorated after being injected with the vaccine. News reports state that five other children…
