Blog: Vaccine information
- Flu Vaccines Offer No Benefit: Cochrane Review of Evidence
Oct 18, 2012
Tis the season for falling leaves, falling temperatures, and of course with cooler days and nights ahead comes coughing, sneezing and the like. It’s called flu season, and it can often times be packed with a punch. But, just because you may have a fever, headache, aches, pains, cough and a runny nose, how can you even be sure it’s the flu and warrants a vaccine? And just because obviously the majority of physicians would...Read More - Eye Infection, Facial Swelling, Breathing Problems After Flu Shot
Sep 17, 2011
During the 2000–2001 influenza immunization campaign, a newly identified oculo-respiratory syndrome (ORS) emerged in Canada as an adverse effect associated with one manufacturer’s influenza vaccine. This signal was detected within days of starting the immunization campaign—a credit to the sensitivity of vaccine adverse event surveillance in Canada. In part, rapid notification was related to the fact that health care workers were the first to be immunized. The original case definition for ORS specified bilateral conjunctivitis,...Read More - Additives used in vaccines
Jul 12, 2011
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), millions of doses of vaccines are administered to children in this country each year. Ensuring that those vaccines are potent, sterile and safe requires the addition of minute amounts of chemical additives. Chemicals are added to vaccines to inactivate a virus or bacteria and stabilize the vaccine, helping to preserve the vaccine and prevent it from losing its potency over time. The amount of chemical...Read More - New TB vaccine looks promising, if a timing issue can be worked out
Jun 30, 2011
In recent news, “A new vaccine designed to fight tuberculosis is less effective when given alongside shots for other diseases, a study has found, suggesting child immunization programs in developing countries may need a rethink,” states one article. The vaccine in question is a tuberculosis vaccine called MVA85A. New data from clinical trials of the vaccine in babies in Gambia showed it was safe, but the immune response it prompted was lower in babies who...Read More - Difference Between Immunization And Vaccination
Jun 29, 2011
Most people do not realize that when you receive a shot or a vaccine it does not mean you are immunized. Many people believe that once you are vaccinated you are completely protected. That belief is wrong. The use of the word “immunization” instead of “vaccination” is everywhere. Most importantly, news outlets tell the public that immunization is the same as vaccination. However, there is a large difference between the two. Vaccines contain a dead or live weakened...Read More - Making the grade: how vaccines are manufactured
Mar 24, 2011
From the groundbreaking science of Louis Pasteur in the mid-19th century came hope and help in the fight against infectious disease. Cholera, rabies, anthrax and smallpox–all diseases that are rare today, ravaged the world claiming life after life. The mystery surrounding their cause brought deep-thinking scientists to a determination to find a cause and bring about a cure. Facing years of ridicule and struggle, Pasteur successfully developed vaccinations by discovering that weakened viruses–or those that...Read More - Vaccine related nerve damage, a toxic reaction
Feb 3, 2011
Nearly every vaccine approved by the FDA as safe and effective contains at least one neurotoxin. A neurotoxin is a chemical that causes permanent damage to cells (neurons) and structures (receptors and mitochondria) of the brain when it enters the human body. Once enough damage occurs, the symptoms of chronic disease develop. Since the central nervous system controls every single function in the human body, this damage can take on the symptoms of almost any...Read More - Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine
Nov 13, 2010
Polysaccharide Vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria causes Pneumococcal disease, which can be spread to anyone, but people who are over the age of 65, or are very young, are more susceptible. People who smoke, have a weak immune system, or suffer other health problems are also more prone because their immune systems are too weak to protect them. The reason for the Vaccine Once the Pneumococcal disease enters the body, it can cause infections of the...Read More