Bill Gates, the philanthropist and Microsoft chairman, has signalled renewed support for the worlds leading multilateral health funding agency with an unusually-structured $750m donation to accelerate programmes to tackle lethal infectious diseases among the poor. The Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria will receive the money within five years, but with the option...
Let's face it: the only real justification for using vaccines to "immunize" ourselves against disease is derived from the natural fact that when challenged by infectious agents the humoral arm of our immune system launches a successful response capable of conferring lasting immunity. Were it not for the elegance, proficiency, and mostly asymptomatic success...
Swine flu pandemic of 2009: Killed 20,000 people worldwide A weather pattern cycle that leads to a drop in the sea surface temperature across the tropical Pacific Ocean, could be responsible for spreading deadly influenza. Scientists found that these La Nina events - when the sea temperature cools three to five celsius lower than normal -...
An article published by the American Medical Association’s Virtual Mentor journal advocates making participation in vaccine trials mandatory, arguing that people should be forced to take experimental shots in a similar vein to how jury service is compulsory. The article, written by Oxford University’s Susanne Sheehy and Joel Meyer, is entitled Should Participation in Vaccine...
Recently, the CDC, in coordination with HHS and state health departments, has been increasing the pressure on parents to vaccinate their children. In many cases, pressure has been brought on families with phone calls, school notes sent home and now it seems, knocking on your doors. In this video, Natomas, California school officials and...
