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By Michael McCarthy on September 15th, 2009
FDA approves vaccine for H1N1 “swine” flu
Distribution of the vaccines should begin within the next four weeks, the FDA says.
Category: Vaccines
By U.S. FDA on September 05th, 2009
A parent’s guide to kids’ vaccines – from the FDA
In its “Parent’s Guide to Kids’ Vaccines” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration addresses many questions parents have about the vaccines that are recommended for their children and provides a list of these vaccines, their purpose and common side effects.
By admin on July 21st, 2009
Health stories in the news – July 21
Continuous chemotherapy for some cancers?
New York Times reporter Andrew Pollack writes that some doctors and pharmaceutical companies are advocating treating patients with cancer continuously.
“That would be a departure from the common practice of stopping treatment when the cancer is under control and resuming it only if the cancer worsens,” Pollack writes.
Some doctors say such ”maintenance [...]
By admin on April 20th, 2009
Funds going to look into autism-vaccine link wasted, says new autism advocacy group
It’s time to stop spending money looking for a link between vaccines and autism, says a co-founder of a new autism advocacy group called the Autism Science Foundation.
Many parents remain unnecessarily concerned that vaccines cause autism despite the results of a large number of studies that have found no evidence of such a link, said [...]
By admin on April 09th, 2009
Vaccines: not just for kids
Each year 50,000 Americans die from a vaccine-preventable infections, and almost all of them—95%—are adults.
Influenza, for example, causes an average of 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. every year, but less than half of the adults for whom the vaccine is recommended get the shot.
Pneunococcal infections, when can cause lung, blood stream and [...]
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