Polio 2010
Over the next few weeks, Inside Vaccines will be taking a closer look at Poliomyelitis infections, exploring aspects of the history of poliomyelitis; describing environmental factors that increase the...
View ArticlePolio and Acute Flaccid Paralysis
In post one of this series on polio, a term was introduced: “Acute Flaccid Paralysis”. [1] Acute Flaccid Paralysis is a term which applies to the exact clinical symptoms you would expect to see from...
View ArticlePolio and Sanitation
KHAGARIA: On the sandy banks of Kosi river in north Bihar, a quiet crowd of several hundred people is waiting in the sizzling morning sun. A speck appears in the pale blue summer sky, rapidly growing...
View ArticleA Pox on the Taxpayer
A handful of countries recommend the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine for all children and an even smaller group have a chickenpox booster on the schedule. The US leads the pack of countries with a 2...
View ArticlePolio: Causes and Effects, Part I
We saw in our first [1] blog on polio that infection with this virus was common, but paralytic polio was rare. In our second [2] article we reviewed the history of polio and the significant number of...
View ArticlePolio: Causes and Effects Part II
Cut a hole in the immune system? During the first half of the 20th century, every parent and child feared the word “polio”. In an epidemic, it attacked male and female, black and white, from rural...
View ArticleTuberculosis Vaccine Use Based on “Blind Faith”
UK is planning to introduce the BCG vaccine for all newborns in London because of a resurgence of the disease. The article states: Health experts believe the threshold at which routine immunisation is...
View ArticleLessons from H1N1: How Partial Immunity Can Kill You
We are now in the thick of the influenza season, and it is a true shame that the emphasis on vaccines against the flu has drowned out any mainstream discussion much less headlines for an important...
View ArticleReview: The average cost of measles cases and adverse events following...
One of our readers posted a comment asking us: “Can you tease out some facts in this study?” We think we could probably write several papers discussing the issues surrounding this study:...
View ArticleWhooping Cough – Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
According to the CDC (2002) However, since the early 1980s, reported pertussis incidence has increased cyclically with peaks occurring every 3–4 years. And yet whooping cough increases are being...
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