We're told that the influenza virus rapidly changes to work around the immunity that its host develops. If that's the case, why do the most up-to-date flu vaccines only cover last year's strain of the flu? More and more concerned citizens and medical professionals are...
What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed
When it comes to fighting cancer, medical researchers are always looking to create new vaccines. This is especially true of cervical cancer, which takes thousands of women's lives annually. As a result, drug manufacturer Merck has been conducting clinical trials of an...
Bartaco Hepatitis A Class Action Lawsuit Filed
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Bar Taco Port Chester, LLC. This is a company that owns Bartaco, a restaurant in Yonkers. The restaurant is being sued because they exposed people to Hepatitis A. Crystal Lopez was one of the thousands of people who ate at...
GlaxoSmithKline’s Shingles Vaccine Gets Approval in Canada
GlaxoSmithKline announced on Friday that Canadian health officials have approved their promising new shingles vaccine for public distribution. The recombinant zoster vaccine, now available to senior Canadians as Shingrix, has been approved to prevent herpes zoster...
Multifocal Acquired Demyelinating Sensory and Motor Neuropathy (Lewis-Sumner Syndrome)
Lewis-Sumner syndrome is a rare nerve disorder which mainly affects the arms and hands. The medical term for this syndrome is multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy (MADSAM). Although the exact cause is unknown, it is not present at...
6 Things To Know About Needle Injection Shoulder Injuries
It is normal to experience temporary shoulder pain after getting a vaccination. However, when this pain lasts longer than a few days, it is always a cause for concern. When this occurs, it is known as Shoulder Injury-Related to Vaccine Administration, or known as...
Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Reported after Flu, Tetanus Vaccines
Multifocal motor neuropathy, also known as MMN, is a rare nerve disorder which mainly affects the lower arms and hands, and in some cases, the muscles of the legs. The cause of MMN is not exactly clear, but the current thinking is that the disease is caused by an...
12 Year Old Left Bedridden in Hospital After Given Gardasil Vaccine
Mia Blesky, a 12-year-old girl who loved to sing and dance, is now paralyzed from the neck down. According to Mia's family, she experienced an allergic reaction after receiving the HPV vaccine. However, doctors disagree with Mia and her family. These doctors claim her...
Vaccines – Three Potentially Dangerous Vaccine Ingredients You Must Know
Vaccines work because they contain certain molecules from the disease causing organism (the pathogen) which are then injected into the body to trigger an immune response. These molecules are known as the antigen and are the major active ingredient in a vaccine. In...
HPV Deaths Hidden by Bad Science
Medical Researchers Caught Manipulating Data Medical researchers have accused drug regulators and manufacturers of concealing the real dangers of the HPV vaccine. Many girls have suffered life-threatening injuries as the result of the vaccine. The HPV vaccine has also...
What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome or GBS?
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a condition where the body attacks itself (autoimmune). In GBS the immune system attacks the body’s own nerves. Essentially the immune system begins to treat the nerves as if they were a virus or bacterium and tries to destroy them. Nerves...
How To Report A Vaccine Injury
Can vaccines be harmful? The only way to answer this question starts when people report their vaccine injury to the government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS. VAERS is program developed by the CDC and the FDA to track vaccine related injuries. If...