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No paracetamol after jabs, study advises
(BBC 16/10/2009)
Giving paracetamol to babies after vaccinations as a precaution against fever may lower the effectiveness of the immunisation, say researchers. A trial of 450 infants having vaccines found that paracetamol doses over the next 24 hours did indeed reduce fever. However, the Czech researchers also found a significantly lower vaccine response with the painkiller. A UK doctor said the Lancet study backed advice not to use medicines in children without good cause.
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Inflamed passions
(BBC 06/10/2009)
When the Princess of Wales put forward her children for inoculation, the procedure quickly caught on. The year was 1721, and her offspring received an early and sometimes fatal prophylaxis against smallpox - in which the pus from someone with the disease was smeared into a wound of the uninfected. By the end of that century a country doctor invented a method using lymph from an infected cow instead, providing the same level of protection- and the word vaccination - from vacca for cow - was born.
Prickly skin patch could spell the end for jabs, say researchers
(The Scotsman 20/08/2009)
A NEW prickly skin patch that delivers medicine painlessly could consign hypodermic needles to history. The "microneedle" patches have the potential to replace traditional jabs and make the treatment of diseases such as diabetes safer, more effective, and less painful, say scientists. They could also radically change the treatment of eye disorders that currently require unpleasant injections. Each patch carries an array of tiny needles equivalent to the width of a few strands of hair.
Drug enhances power of vaccines
(BBC 26/06/2009)
A common immunosuppressive drug may have the ability to boost the power of vaccines, research suggests. Rapamycin is commonly give to transplant patients to stop their bodies rejecting donor organs. In tests on mice and monkeys, scientists found it enhanced the response of their immune system to experimental vaccines.
GP surgeries audit raises vaccine fears
(The Scotsman 24/05/2009)
A SAFETY audit of every GP surgery in Scotland has revealed that hundreds of family doctors have wrongly stored vaccines used to protect children and adults against life-threatening diseases, raising fears about the effectiveness of some jabs. The study states that 148 surgeries failed to keep to the vaccine makers' storage guidelines and says that "inappropriate vaccine storage is very serious and has the potential to present a public heath problem".
Vaccines have saved 'vast armies' of people
(BBC 18/03/2009)
One of the arguments given by those who feel uncomfortable about vaccinations is that they are "unnatural", but expert Professor Adam Finn argues that they are in fact a very natural idea.
Somali children to benefit from health package
(World health - EU Monitor 24/12/2008)
More than one million children in Somalia will benefit from a health package funded by the international community. The country is plagued by limited social services, poor health infrastructure and a volatile security situation. The children will undergo immunisation against measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and polio.
Call for vaccine opt-out penalty
(BBC 11/05/2008)
Tough sanctions are being proposed for parents who refuse routine vaccinations, such as MMR.
Jab urged after diphtheria death
(BBC 08/05/2008)
Infectious disease experts have warned parents to check their children are vaccinated after suspected death from diphtheria.
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