Monday, January 28, 2013

England: 10-16 fold increased risk of narcolepsy within 6 months of Pandemrix jab/ BBC

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Thanks for telling us, BBC .  But this is no surprise.  You should be investigating why England denied having an increase in cases earlier. ...
Friday, January 25, 2013

CDC's flu stats for this week/ CDC

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From CDC's Fluview :
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I suggested it earlier, and now we know: Adults also got narcolepsy/ YLE

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You read it here 3 days ago.  Just because Pandemrix caused a 700%-1300% increase in narcolepsy cases in children did not mean that cases o...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

800 Children Affected: Evidence grows for narcolepsy link to GSK swine flu shot / Reuters

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An estimated 30-60 lives may have been saved in Sweden due to use of Pandemrix , but more than 200 Swedish children developed narco...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Flu vaccine attitudes abroad differ from U.S. / CNN

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Finally, a major US network, CNN , tells the truth about flu vaccine policy: The flu hasn't hit Europe as hard as it ha...

Flu cases keep dropping as predicted/ CDC

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from CDC's FluView
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Pedi Anthrax Trial: Experts Shade their Derrieres

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You have to give credit to the two federal advisory committees tasked with advising the government on a trial of anthrax vaccine in childr...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Health Care and Profits, a Poor Mix / NY Times

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An excellent piece discusses how turning over aspects of healthcare to private industry led to greater costs without accompanying benefits...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Possibility of scarcity spurs purchases of guns and flu shots

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Today's NY Times' front page says, " Sales of Guns Soar in U.S. as Nation Weighs Tougher Limits.   The Times' Quotation o...
Friday, January 11, 2013

CDC Stats Indicate Flu Winding Down

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CDC posts its latest stats for flu on Fridays.  See how, despite the pandemonium over flu, things are improving, and it looks like this seas...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

What Does State of Emergency mean?

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What exactly is a "state of emergency" ? According to Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), state dec...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Flu Emergency? Go to CDC's flu stats website

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CDC's weekly flu data  with tables and graphs is here.  This flu season looks ho-hum, occurring earlier than usual but following a stand...

State of Emergency: 700 flu cases in Boston this season and 4 elderly deaths/ NY Daily News

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Puh-Leeze.  A State of Emergency ?  I'd laugh except declaring an emergency gives states new political powers.   Powers designed by CDC ...

Flu Vaccine/ UpToDate

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From UpToDate, the highly regarded online textbook of medicine, on flu vaccine: It has been difficult to demonstrate an improvement in sur...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

MISUNDERESTIMATED: Anthrax Vaccine's New Label Misses Most Adverse Events

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The May 2012 updated anthrax vaccine package insert (a.k.a. label) provides cause for concern.  Would you give this vaccine to your dog, le...