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Vax ≠ Sickness Do recommended childhood vaccinations increase the risk of ear infections in those they're intended to protect? No, that's not true: Infectious disease experts told Lead Stories that vaccinations, such as those for diseases like influenza and pneumococcal ...

I am passionate about scientific integrity and accurate science communication. I have a PhD in Biochemistry and have taught at the college level for almost 25 years. Currently, at Fort Lewis College, I am teaching a National Institutes of Health-based ...

RSV introduced into population by polio vaccines; now Pfizer’s RSV vaccines risk harming, killing people The dreaded "new" disease known as RSV, short for respiratory syncytial virus, is the target of Pfizer's new RSV vaccine, called "Abrysvo" – but are ...

The UK was once so good at dealing with measles that in 2017 and 2021 the World Health Organization declared that we had successfully attained “elimination status” for the disease, meaning that not one endemic case had been detected in ...

It has been known for a long time that polio vaccines contained a monkey virus called the coryza virus, which was later renamed respiratory syncytial virus (“RSV”). In humans, RSV causes mild, cold-like symptoms but may be severe in a ...

People have short memories about the MMR scare 23 January, 2024 Here’s a little game you can pay on Twitter/X. When something bad happens, dig up something that your political opponents once said and blame it on them. For example, ...

Yes, COVID-19 rates continue to rise. Again, not much more to write about that. It has been said ad nauseam. The anti-vaccination sentiment that has increased following the pandemic has affected public and personal health. It has decreased routine use ...

Vaccination rates for measles among children at at record lows, CDC saysAt least 15 cases have been reported since the start of 2024 plus 41 last year READ MORE: Four states now reporting measles cases as Philly offers free shotsBy ...

Subscribe for free to the America First Report newsletter. (Off-Guardian)—Measles outbreaks hit the headlines in the both the US and UK this week. The UK is allegedly in the middle of a serious measles outbreak centred on Birmingham. The BBC ...

In 2019, it was measles. In 2022, it was polio.Now, it's whooping cough.One by one, diseases thought to be dormant or largely eliminated thanks to vaccination have reappeared.That's no magic trick. It's the result of an ongoing campaign by those ...

Perhaps the only American rooting for the seemingly inevitable Trump-Biden rematch is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The former Democrat has made a big deal of casting his independent presidential campaign as a populist revolt against entrenched interests, including the billionaire ...

A recent research paper found that hospitalization rates were over 80 percent for RSV and only 30 percent for omicron and the flu.A research paper published on Dec. 26 found that hospitalization rates were significantly higher for children who tested ...

One of the oldest antivax deflections in response to accusations of being antivaccine is a rejoinder of the form “I’m not antivaccine; I’m pro-safe vaccine” or “I’m not antivax; I’m a vaccine safety advocate.” Whatever the exact variation of this ...

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. found himself in the hot seat on Friday when he spoke with CNN’s Kasie Hunt about his stance on vaccines. Hunt began questioned Kennedy, laying out his background. “You have gained notoriety for your ...

MEL K (HOST): I’m very excited today. My guest is a first-time guest, but he has been an author and a researcher and a speaker for a very long time. He’s involved with the Children’s Health Defense and RFK Jr ...

The Studies the CDC Refuses to Do This book is based on over one hundred studies in the peer-reviewed literature that consider vaccinated versus unvaccinated populations. Each study is analyzed, and health differences among infants, children, and adults who have ...

"Medical Freedom" crusaders are trying to end vaccination requirements for schoolchildren. Places where they succeed, epidemiologists warn, will, for starters, become overrun with measles, a disease that was virtually eliminated thanks to vaccines.Measles used to kill up to 500 people ...

Credit: Ben Konkol/Kelso Harper/Scientific AmericanFewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame?Full TranscriptTanya Lewis: Hi, this is Your Health, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast ...

In a Facebook group for parents, a mother asks for advice following the recent rise in measles cases.She’s received a letter from the NHS asking her to take her young daughter for the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps ...

Ireland plans to ‘eliminate’ cervical cancer by 2040 according to new targets announced by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly this week.Elimination means fewer than four cases per 100,000 women and require a 10% increase in vaccination rates for girls up to ...