Open Directory - Society: Issues: Health: Vaccination
See also: - Research from the University of Florida shows that many senior citizens in America are not immune to tetanus, suggesting that they are failing to comply with immunization guidelines recommending tetanus boosters at 10-year intervals throughout adult life. - Aims to help the public make informed and intelligent decisions about childhood and adult vaccines. - The vaccines collection covers topics such as vaccination against hepatitis, smallpox, varicella, and influenza. - Video/DVD called "Vaccination: The Hidden Truth," seminars, articles, and links. - Dedicated to providing information on vaccinations not often made available to the public. - (VAERS)- From the CDC and FDA. A mechanism by which vaccine adverse events may be reported, analyzed, made available to the public, and for disseminating vaccine safety-related information. - Provides data that suggests vaccines may cause diabetes, asthma, allergies, autoimmune diseases, cancers, and Gulf War Syndrome. - A collection of links and articles on all issues surrounding vaccinations. - Information for health-care workers giving vaccinations as well as for concerned parents. - Discusses potential complications from Hepatitis B vaccines. Also includes an essay on the use of immunotherapy in cancer treatment. - Explains what's in human and pet vaccines. - The chickenpox vaccine may have an unintended consequence -- putting adults at higher risk for shingles, a related illness. NPR speaks with Yale University professor Sydney Spiesel about the chickenpox virus and the risks of the vaccine. [3:39 streaming audio broadcast] (March 20, 2006) - Points out that "the VAERS database is highly unreliable. The reason is that anyone can submit a report to it, and no one actually verifies the accuracy of the report." (February 01, 2006) - New York Times article discusses concerns that local public health departments will need to cut back on their normal work in order to implement the U.S. government's smallpox vaccination plan. [Requires free registration.] (January 05, 2002)
