Barbara Docherty writes in Sunday News about the highly dangerous disease meningitis, how to spot the symptoms, and what the […]
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Manawatu Standard: The best shot at protection
Janine Rankin writes in the Manawatu Standard about the gardasil vaccine, which health experts are urging young women to use […]
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Janine Rankin writes in the Manawatu Standard about the importance of detection and prevention of cervical cancer. New Zealand’s ability […]
Continue readingFlu jab for kids halted in Australia pending investigation
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer today told doctors in Australia to stop giving the seasonal flu vaccine to children under the […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Clean streams, factory farming and Gardasil
Black spots in clean streams report The fact that the disappointing results outlined in the Clean Streams Accord report were […]
Continue readingVaccine safety experts blast media reporting on Gardasil
Several recent media reports have questioned the safety record of Gardasil, the human papiloma virus (HPV) vaccine offered free-of-charge to […]
Continue readingManawatu Standard: Prevention a great policy
Janine Rankin of the Manawatu Standard reports on the start of efforts to immunise those most at risk from swine […]
Continue reading3 News: Claims MMR vaccine linked to autism retracted – Video
3 News covers the formal retraction by prestigious journal The Lancet of Andrew Wakefield’s controversial paper claiming a link between […]
Continue readingWakefield paper retracted by The Lancet
Prestigious medical journal The Lancet has formally retracted the paper in which Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind claims that the […]
Continue readingAusSMC: Experts on first results of swine flu vaccine trial
From the AusSMC: Preliminary results from the first study of CSL’s pandemic H1N1 vaccine show an immune response in adults […]
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