Pediatricians Group Urges Removing Bumpers to Prevent Crib Deaths
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome still takes an estimated 2,300 lives a year, but these tragedies have fallen dramatically since 1992, when the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that all babies be...
View ArticleEarly Results Show Promise for Malaria Vaccine
In a potential breakthrough in fighting malaria, an experimental vaccine has been shown to safely protect large numbers of children against the disease, one of the world’s most devastating scourges....
View ArticleProdded by Pandemics, Scientists Push to Develop Universal Flu Vaccine
To fend off the flu, many people every autumn head off to the doctor or pharmacy for a vaccination. The trouble is, as the Los Angeles Times reports, influenza is a wily opponent — the strain posing...
View ArticleU.S. Advisory Panel Urges Controversial HPV Vaccine for Boys, Young Men
An influential U.S. advisory panel is urging that boys and young men be vaccinated against HPV, a controversial recommendation that would expand the use of an immunization intended to prevent cancers...
View ArticleGovernment Pushes Smallpox Drug Deal Despite Doubts About Need
Smallpox was eradicated worldwide by 1978. If a rogue regime ever acquired the virus and tried using it in a bioterrorism attack, Americans would be protected by the nation’s $1 billion stockpile of...
View ArticleChina’s Plans for Vaccine Exports Raise Hopes and Fears
Chinese vaccine makers are gearing up to boost their exports over the next few years. The move is raising hopes that lower-cost immunizations will become available for the world’s poor — as well as...
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Global Treaty to Curb Mercury–Except When It Comes to Children’s Vaccines
Delivering vaccines in Chittagong, Bangladesh.(United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF]) Mercury is notorious for damaging the developing brains and nervous systems of babies and children. Concern about...
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For a More Nuanced Discussion of Vaccine Safety
iStock Photo Federal health officials have worked overtime to assure the public that vaccines are safe, and barely acknowledge any exceptions. But there are exceptions, as our family knows well. In...
View ArticleProdded by Pandemics, Scientists Push to Develop Universal Flu Vaccine
To fend off the flu, many people every autumn head off to the doctor or pharmacy for a vaccination. The trouble is, as the Los Angeles Times reports, influenza is a wily opponent — the strain posing...
View ArticleU.S. Advisory Panel Urges Controversial HPV Vaccine for Boys, Young Men
An influential U.S. advisory panel is urging that boys and young men be vaccinated against HPV, a controversial recommendation that would expand the use of an immunization intended to prevent cancers...
View ArticleGovernment Pushes Smallpox Drug Deal Despite Doubts About Need
Smallpox was eradicated worldwide by 1978. If a rogue regime ever acquired the virus and tried using it in a bioterrorism attack, Americans would be protected by the nation’s $1 billion stockpile of...
View ArticleChina’s Plans for Vaccine Exports Raise Hopes and Fears
Chinese vaccine makers are gearing up to boost their exports over the next few years. The move is raising hopes that lower-cost immunizations will become available for the world’s poor — as well as...
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Global Treaty to Curb Mercury–Except When It Comes to Children’s Vaccines
Delivering vaccines in Chittagong, Bangladesh.(United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF]) Mercury is notorious for damaging the developing brains and nervous systems of babies and children. Concern about...
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For a More Nuanced Discussion of Vaccine Safety
iStock Photo Federal health officials have worked overtime to assure the public that vaccines are safe, and barely acknowledge any exceptions. But there are exceptions, as our family knows well. In...
View ArticleProdded by Pandemics, Scientists Push to Develop Universal Flu Vaccine
To fend off the flu, many people every autumn head off to the doctor or pharmacy for a vaccination. The trouble is, as the Los Angeles Times reports, influenza is a wily opponent — the strain posing...
View ArticleU.S. Advisory Panel Urges Controversial HPV Vaccine for Boys, Young Men
An influential U.S. advisory panel is urging that boys and young men be vaccinated against HPV, a controversial recommendation that would expand the use of an immunization intended to prevent cancers...
View ArticleGovernment Pushes Smallpox Drug Deal Despite Doubts About Need
Smallpox was eradicated worldwide by 1978. If a rogue regime ever acquired the virus and tried using it in a bioterrorism attack, Americans would be protected by the nation’s $1 billion stockpile of...
View ArticleChina’s Plans for Vaccine Exports Raise Hopes and Fears
Chinese vaccine makers are gearing up to boost their exports over the next few years. The move is raising hopes that lower-cost immunizations will become available for the world’s poor — as well as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Global Treaty to Curb Mercury–Except When It Comes to Children’s Vaccines
Delivering vaccines in Chittagong, Bangladesh.(United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF]) Mercury is notorious for damaging the developing brains and nervous systems of babies and children. Concern about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For a More Nuanced Discussion of Vaccine Safety
iStock Photo Federal health officials have worked overtime to assure the public that vaccines are safe, and barely acknowledge any exceptions. But there are exceptions, as our family knows well. In...
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