Blog: Measles mumps and rubella
- MMR Vaccinations in Samoa Stop When Two Babies Die After Receiving it
Jul 20, 2018
The government of Samoa has stopped providing a vaccine designed to protect children against measles, mumps, and rubella. The vaccine is known as the MMR vaccination. This action was initiated after two babies died minutes after they were given the MMR vaccination. It is considered a routine vaccination. A governmental investigation was launched. It was also discovered one of the two children who died were given the MMR vaccination without the consent of the parents...Read More - Merck Sued By Former Employees Claiming Vaccine Effectiveness Fraud
Jul 18, 2012
Merck, the sole manufacturer licensed by the Food and Drug Administration to sell the mumps vaccine in the United States, is being sued by former employees for allegedly deliberately falsifying mumps vaccine efficacy studies, according to recently unsealed court documents. According to the documents, the case focuses on Merck’s efforts for more than a decade to defraud the United States by selling a mumps vaccine that is mislabeled, misbranded, adulterated and falsely certified as having an inflated efficacy rate...Read More - MMR Vaccine Recall After Accidental Release
Jul 7, 2012
How does something get shipped out without first having been approved to do so at a large manufacturing company? Who knows, but this is what apparently recently happed at Merck & Co Inc. As per the Food and Drug Administration website, Merck & Co Inc. is voluntarily recalling a batch of vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella after it accidentally shipped doses to its U.S. customers before internal company approval for market release, U.S. health...Read More - Vaccines Linked To Rare Blood Disorder ITP
Jan 12, 2012
For a long time there has been a question regarding the safety of childhood vaccinations. Parents have been concerned over suspected links between vaccinations and multiple ailments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration takes the position that while vaccinations may induce adverse reactions in some patients, they are safe and effective for the vast majority of children. A less widely known adverse reaction to vaccines is the development of a blood condition called ITP. ITP (idiopathic...Read More - Contraindications and precautions of the MMR vaccine
Aug 25, 2011
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, all infants 12 months of age or older and susceptible adults who do not have documented evidence of measles immunity, such as a blood test showing the presence of measles antibody or proof of receiving 2 doses of measles vaccine, are recommended to receive the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)vaccine. The National Network for Immunization Information website states, “Immunity against measles is particularly important for adults at...Read More