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How Safe Are New Vaccines For H1N1, HPV?
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| NPR |
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| August 25, 2009 |
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| "School officials in
Washington, D.C., are requiring all school girls 13 and older get vaccinated
for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to cervical cancer. And a
vaccine for the swine flu - also known as H1N1 virus - is expected to become
available later this fall. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks with Dr. Paul
Offit, Chief of Infectious Diseases at The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, about the safety of the new vaccines. Dr. Offit also has the
latest on plans to conduct a mass immunization for Swine flu – which is
expected to be a national program of historic proportions..." |
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U.S. Health Officials Back Safety of Merck Vaccine |
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| Reuters |
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| August 20, 2009 |
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| "U.S. health officials again backed on
Thursday the safety of Merck & Co Inc's vaccine to prevent infection by a
virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer. The Gardasil vaccine
'continues to be safe and effective, and its benefits continue to outweigh
its risks,' the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said in a statement. Gardasil protects against
infection with four strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), a common
sexually transmitted virus that causes genital warts and most cases of
cervical cancer..." |
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Study Weighs Risks of Vaccine for Cervical Cancer |
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New York Times |
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| August 18, 2009 |
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| "The new vaccine designed to protect
girls and young women from cervical cancer has a safety record that appears
to be in line with that of other vaccines, a government report has found.
Some serious complications occurred, including at least 20 deaths and two
cases of Lou Gehrig's disease, but they were not necessarily caused by the
vaccine, the study said..." |
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Tuberculosis: TB Vaccine Too Dangerous for Babies with AIDS Virus, Study
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| New York Times |
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| July 2, 2009 |
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| "The vaccine against tuberculosis that is
routinely given to 75 percent of the world's infants is too risky to give to
those born infected with the AIDS virus, says a new study published by the
World Health Organization. It recommended that vaccination be delayed until
babies can be tested. The Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, known as BCG,
protects children well against deadly tuberculous meningitis, though it does
less well against the lung form..." |
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FDA Strengthens Warnings on Gardasil |
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| Wall Street Journal |
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| June 10, 2009 |
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| "The Food and Drug Administration on
Wednesday strengthened warnings on Merck & Co.'s Gardasil vaccine about
fainting after receiving reports of 'traumatic injuries' among some
vaccine recipients. In a posting aimed at health-care professionals
posted on the agency's Web site, the FDA said all vaccine recipients
should remain seated or lying down and be closely observed for 15
minutes following vaccination, 'to prevent falls and injuries.' Gardasil
was approved in June 2006 and is designed to protect against four
strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, two of which account for
about 70% of cervical-cancer cases. It's recommended that girls ages 11
to 12 receive the vaccine in a three-dose series before they are
sexually active, and it coincides with recommendations on other
vaccines..." |
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Booster Shots: HPV may benefit older women |
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| Los Angeles Times |
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| June 1, 2009 |
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| "A vaccine to prevent infections of
four strains of human papilloma virus is available to girls ages 9 to
26. The 2006 approval of the vaccine was heralded because some strains
of HPV can cause cervical cancer. Studies have continued, however, on
whether the vaccine may be useful for other groups of people, such as
boys and older women. A study published today in the Lancet suggests
that women ages 25 to 45 not already infected with HPV may be protected
by the vaccine as well..." |
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Vaccine Study Backs Safety of Chemical |
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| Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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| January 26, 2009 |
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| "A new study of about 1,400 children
exposed to thimerosal in routine vaccinations during the 1990s adds
further evidence to the safety of the mercury-based preservative for
children. Brain-function tests of the children who received two
different levels of the preservative via routine inoculations revealed
only one case of autism 10 years later, and that was in the group that
received a lower level of thimerosal. The study, published in the
February issue of the journal Pediatrics, was funded by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention..." |
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| Kid Vaccines Okay for Kids at Risk for Allergies |
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| Reuters |
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| November 6, 2008 |
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| "In children at increased risk for developing allergies, common childhood immunizations do not increase the risk of more severe eczema or allergies, according to a study published in the journal Allergy. Infant vaccinations have been suggested as the cause of atopic disease. Atopy refers to the tendency to develop allergies, such as ‘atopic’ dermatitis, hay fever and asthma. Atopy occurs as a result of an excessive inflammatory response to everyday environmental substances, such as dust mites and grass pollen..." |
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| Multiple Vaccines not Cause of Ill Health |
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| United Press International (UK) |
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| July 1, 2008 |
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| "Multiple vaccinations have not been a cause of ill health in British military personnel deployed to Iraq, researchers at Kings College London say. Dominic Murphy and colleagues randomly selected 4,882 military personnel with a median age of 32 who had all been to Iraq since 2003. Before being sent to the war-torn Middle Eastern country, tetanus, typhoid and yellow fever vaccines were all routinely administered to military personnel..." |
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| How Safe Are Vaccines? |
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| Time Magazine |
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| May 21, 2008 |
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| "Life, if you're a bacterium or virus, boils down to this: finding a pristine human home to provide for your every need, from food and nutrients to shelter against biological storms. As a microbial drifter, you can literally travel the world, hopping from host to host when the opportunity presents itself or when conditions at your temporary residence start heading south. There's no worry about taking along life's necessities either—viruses in particular are adept at traveling light; incapable of reproducing on their own, they think nothing of co-opting the reproductive machinery of their cellular sponsors to help them spawn generation after generation of freeloading progeny...." |
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| Preemies at No Extra Risk When Immunized |
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| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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| May 5, 2008 |
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| "Premature infants do not face any increased risk from their first immunization, according to a study by researchers at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, published today in the May issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Co-author Nilima Karamchandani, chief of neonatology at West Penn, said the results affirm the AAP's long-standing recommendation that 2-month-old babies, no matter how early they are born, should receive their diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, or DTaP, vaccine..." |
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| Quarter of Kids Don't Meet Vaccine Schedule |
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| Reuters |
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| April 29, 2008 |
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| "More than a quarter of American children are not meeting the U.S. government's recommendations for childhood vaccinations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said on Tuesday. Their report went beyond the government's typical evaluation of whether children are getting the recommended number of doses of various vaccines and examined whether they were getting them at the right time..." |
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| Op-ed: CDC Aims to Appease Vaccine Critics |
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| Author: Arthur Allen |
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| Washington Independent |
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| April 14, 2008 |
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| "One autistic girl -- a 9 year old from Atlanta whose illness is linked to an underlying medical condition -- has suddenly shifted the debate on the possible link between vaccines and autism. It’s not that Hannah Poling’s case significantly alters the evidence. But it has introduced uncertainties that pose a logical stumbling block for officials defending vaccines. This has created a defensive posture in the Dept. of Health and Human Services, which was already struggling to maintain parental confidence in vaccination amid a number of small measles outbreaks around the country..." |
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| Public Forum to Address Safety Issues on Vaccines |
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| New York Times |
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| April 11, 2008 |
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| "In the midst of yet another controversy about whether vaccines cause autism, the federal government will hold its first ever public meeting on Friday to discuss a government wide research agenda to explore the safety of vaccines. The meeting is intended to help defuse years of criticism from vaccine skeptics that the government is hiding what it knows about vaccine safety or failing to investigate the issue diligently..." |
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