Vaccine Safety
It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe - Luc Montagnier
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Vaccinations: Still Amazing After All These Years
Medically speaking, the good old days aren’t something a physician gets sentimental about, unless there’s a soft spot in his or her heart for the Middle Ages when small pox wiped out most of Western Europe; or the nineteenth century, when typhoid had its way with millions of children; or after World War I when influenza practically killed more people than the war itself. And let’s not forget the 1950’s when parents were paralyzed with fear about their kids ending up in an iron lung from polio. These were terrible diseases we’ve conquered thanks to vaccines.…
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Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible side effects) that occur after the administration of US licensed vaccines.
Just How Safe Are Vaccines? Here Are the Numbers
For each approved vaccine, researchers have determined that the benefits outweigh the risks.
Let’s tell one and all that – Vaccines are safe!
In many parts of the world, diseases such as – measles, diphtheria, hepatitis, mumps, pertussis and others are on the rise. The situation is alarming not only in still developing countries like India but in many developed countries of the Europe, United Kingdom and even the United States. The sad part is that these diseases can be easily prevented by taking timely vaccines, provided by the government, absolutely free of cost.
China’s Latest Consumer Scandal: Unsafe Vaccines
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for a government investigation into “the entire process chain of all vaccine production and sales,” after a drug company allegedly sold more than 250,000 doses that failed to meet safety standards.
Jill Stein Thinks There Are 'Real Questions' About Vaccine Safety, in Case You Were Voting Green
Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presidential candidate and also an actual medical doctor, doesn’t appear to be anti-vaccination. But she’s sort of anti-vaxxer adjacent, giving a series of mealy statements to the Washington Post and in a Reddit AMA about whether vaccines are safe.
Study Finds No Vaccine Link to Guillain-Barré
Concerns about a connection between flu vaccines and the neurological disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome have been widely publicized since a small but significant association was found after the 1976 swine flu epidemic.
Vaccines Are Crucial And Safe. So Why Are Parents Still Questioning Them?
If ever there was an idea that doctors, researchers and public health experts are in agreement upon, it’s that vaccines are safe and strongly recommended.
Vaccinations: Still Amazing After All These Years
Medically speaking, the good old days aren't something a physician gets sentimental about, unless there's a soft spot in his or her heart for the Middle Ages when small pox wiped out most of Western Europe; or the nineteenth century, when typhoid had its way with millions of children; or after World War I when influenza practically killed more people than the war itself.
Institute for Vaccine Safety
Our mission is to provide an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to help guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines. The institute’s goal is to work toward preventing disease using the safest vaccines possible.
National Vaccine Information Center
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is dedicated to the prevention of vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and to defending the informed consent ethic in medicine. As an independent clearinghouse for information on diseases and vaccines, NVIC does not advocate for or against the use of vaccines. We support the availability of all preventive health care options, including vaccines, and the right of consumers to make educated, voluntary health care choices.
Vaccine Safety Website
This site is dedicated to the promotion of safer immunization practices through the application of scientific principles to vaccine research.
VaccineInformation.org
The most common side effects are mild. On the other hand, many vaccine-preventable disease symptoms can be serious, or even deadly. Even though many of these diseases are rare in this country, they still occur around the world and can be brought into the United States, putting unvaccinated children at risk.
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