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• Should schoolgirls be vaccinated against cancer virus?

  Published: October 2, 2007, 4:46 pm

  Tags: Health, Cancer, Child Health, Hpv Vaccine, Human Papillomavirus, Vaccination

  The routine vaccination of children against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) - the first adolescent vaccine against a sexually transmitted infection - will be discussed at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham today (1515hrs, Tuesday 2 October).

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• Pneumonia Patients receiving pneumococcal vaccine have lower rate of death

  Published: October 9, 2007, 8:05 am

  Tags: Health, Pneumococcal Diseases, Pneumonia, Vaccination

  Among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, those who had previously received the pneumococcal vaccine had a lower risk of death and admission to the intensive care unit than patients who were not vaccinated, according to a report in the Oct. 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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• Nigeria battling spread of vaccine-sourced polio

  Published: October 11, 2007, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Health, Polio, Polio Vaccination

  The World Health Organisation says northern Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of vaccine-derived polio. It says 69 children have caught the paralysing disease from others who had already been immunised.

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• Internists endorse 2007-08 adult immunization schedule

  Published: October 18, 2007, 3:46 pm

  Tags: Health, Immunization, Vaccination

  The American College of Physicians (ACP), with membership of 124,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students, endorses the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) adult immunization schedule for 2007-2008 and publishes the recommendations on the Web site of its flagship journal, Annals of Internal

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• Will you get the flu shot this year?

  Published: October 23, 2007, 3:42 am

  Tags: Autism, Breastfeeding, Cold, Daycare, Flu, Flu Shot, Flushot, Mr Pickles, Mr Pickles, New York, New Yorkers, Newyork, Newyorkers, Obgyn, Shot, Six Month Old, Sixmonthold, Vaccination, Vaccine

  to get his latest round of vaccinations and when the nurse offered to give the baby a flu shot at the same time my husband didn't think twice about it. Well, he did when he realized our six month old son then got five shots! Poor thing! He handled it pretty well though. I was actually sort of annoyed when my husband told me this though--I

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• The Flu, Your Health and the Importance of Vaccination

  Published: November 13, 2007, 10:04 am

  Tags: Flu, Flu Season, Flu Shot, Flumist, Health, Influenza, Vaccination, Vaccine Efficacy

  "The flu season runs from November to April, with read more

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• STEP HIV vaccine study to be unblinded

  Published: November 14, 2007, 2:46 am

  Tags: Health, Hiv, Hiv Vaccination, Hiv Vaccine

  Merck & Co., Inc. and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) today announced that study volunteers in the STEP study of Merck's HIV vaccine (V520) will be told whether they received vaccine or placebo, and all study volunteers will be encouraged to continue to return to their study sites on a regular basis for ongoing risk reduction counseling and

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• Study hopes to find causes of autism

  Published: December 1, 2007, 1:54 pm

  Tags: Autism, Children, Environmental, Genetic, Genetic Susceptibility, Harmful Substances, Health, Raising Children, Vaccination

  Researchers are launching the largest-ever U.S. study aimed at solving one of the most perplexing mysteries of modern times: the cause of autism. The incurable disorder now strikes nearly one in 150 American children and shows no sign of letting up.   California...read more

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• YouTube videos spread vaccination misinformation

  Published: December 6, 2007, 11:01 am

  Tags: Childhood Ilnesses, Childhood Vaccinations, Childhoodilnesses, Childhoodvaccinations, Doctor, Immunizations, Youtube Vaccination, Youtubevaccination

  their views on childhood vaccinations. University of Toronto researchers looked at 153 vaccine-related video posts on YouTube and found that while users post both positive and negative views, the ones that get the most attention are the negative ones. And according to researcher Jennifer Keelan, those videos "often contradicted the

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• Guest Post: Getting Kids to Eat Healthy Foods

  Published: February 4, 2008, 7:54 pm

  Tags: Autism, Healthy Recipes For Kids, Child Nutrition, Healthy Kids, Vaccines, Aap, Ireland, Irishblogs, Internet, Vaccination, Healthy Eating, Kids

  to achieve. Of...Dangerous vaccination and autism opinion from Blogcrumbs  Jazz BiscuitThe links between vaccines and autism is real  BlogcrumbsSee 0 more posts on this topic: Between Vaccines, Autism, Blogcrumbs, Links Between, WorkvaccineKeywords: between vaccines, autism, vaccines, blogcrumbs, links between, health,

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• Should The HPV Vaccine Be Mandated?

  Published: February 7, 2008, 9:22 am

  Tags: Vanderbilt, Mandatory Vaccination, Hpv Vaccine, Linda Macdonald Glenn

  We've discussed the HPV vaccine and why we think it should (or should not) be a mandatory vaccination - for both women and men (an argument we were making long before last week's study showed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Embracing the HPV Vaccine -- Warts and All?

  Published: February 24, 2008, 7:13 pm

  Tags: Boys, Cervical Cancer, Genital Warts, Merck And Co, Mandatory Vaccination, Girls, Hpv Vaccine, Gardasil

  We've posted before here and here about the HPV vaccine and debated whether or not it should be 'mandated' for girls; today in the NY Times an article in the Fashion and Style section (??) asks... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Embracing the HPV Vaccine -- Warts and All?

  Published: February 24, 2008, 7:13 pm

  Tags: Boys, Cervical Cancer, Genital Warts, Merck And Co, Mandatory Vaccination, Girls, Hpv Vaccine, Gardasil

  We've posted before here and here about the HPV vaccine and debated whether or not it should be 'mandated' for girls; today in the NY Times an article in the Fashion and Style section (??) asks... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Senator John McCain and healthcare: Way off-base on vaccines, mercury and autism

  Published: March 6, 2008, 5:12 pm

  Tags: Fda, Vaccines And Immunizations, World Health Organization, Autism, Immunizations, Mercury, Themerosal, Vaccination, Vaccine, Vaccines, Thimerosal, Vaccinations

  Senator John McCain's recent comments providing support to the incorrect notion that childhood vaccines might be associated with autism are not just wrong, but completely irresponsible. Such pandering should be left to political issues and not to medical ones. The facts are these: Mercury (from the preservative thimerosal) was removed from

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• Flu vaccines can reduce respiratory problems by up to 3/4

  Published: April 15, 2008, 10:32 am

  Tags: Health, Breathing Problems, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Flu Vaccination, Lung Disease

  Annual flu vaccinations are highly effective at preventing acute respiratory illness and making sure that existing breathing problems don't get any worse, according to research published in the April issue of IJCP, the UK-based International Journal of Clinical Practice.

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