June, 2014

Dose 6 Dose 7 Dose 8 Dose 9 Dose 10… I guarantee GrandMa did not have a chart like this.

  • The drug lobby vs. Hobby Lobby: Pharma lobbyists and the contraception mandate (Washington Examiner 6/30/2014)
  • Is the Institute of Medicine (“IOM”) ‘Above the Law’?  (medpagetoday.com article 6/27/2014)
  • Pregnancy Vaccines, Are they Safe? Everyone got one in this clever new study (JAMA)In this study, Dr Munoz reported serving as a speaker for Sanofi
    Pasteur; serving as a consultant for Novartis,
    GlaxoSmithKline, and Novavax; and conducting
    clinical trials sponsored by Hoffmann-LaRoche,
    GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, and Gilead Sciences.
    Dr Swamy reported receiving consulting and
    lecturing fees, grant support for vaccine-related
    studies, and payment for advisory board service,
    lectures, and development of educational
    presentations from GlaxoSmithKline; and receiving
    grant funding from GlaxoSmithKline specific to
    influenza vaccine and human papillomavirus
    infection. Dr Walter reported serving as a
    consultant and advisor for Merck; serving as a
    speaker for Sanofi Pasteur; and conducting clinical
    trials sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis,
    and Pfizer. Dr Englund reported receiving
    research support from Novartis, Gilead, Chimerix,
    and Roche; serving as a consultant for
    GlaxoSmithKline in 2012-2013; serving on a
    GlaxoSmithKline data and safety monitoring board
    in 2012-13; and receiving travel expenses from
    Abbvie (part of Abbot) in 2013. Dr Edwards
    reported serving as consultant for and receiving
    grants from Novartis Vaccines. Dr Healy reported
    conducting trials with grants from Sanofi Pasteur
    and Novartis and serving as advisor for Novartis
    Vaccines. Dr Baker reported serving as consultant
    and advisory board member to Novartis Vaccines
    and as an advisory board member for Pfizer Inc.
  • Public Attitudes Toward Science in 2014 ~45% think the risk may outweigh the benefit (Report)..
  • The $1 bn Novartis and Medicago facilities were built in partnerships with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority – See more at: (PDF) http://www.ncbiotech.org/article/novartis-nc-vaccine-site-gets-fda-ok/15586
  • University of Milan Study: “possible causal relationship between a previous hexavalent vaccination and the sudden infant death” – Current Medicinal Chemistry http://www.eurekaselect.com/115921/article
  • Contamination of live attenuated vaccines with an infectious feline endogenous retrovirus (RD-114 virus) – Archives of Virology 2014  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00705-013-1809-1#page-1
  • Study: Flu vaccine caused seizures in up to 1 in 143 kids under age 5 yrs. during 2010 – CIDRAP, June 11, 2014 http://bit.ly/1mJvW3S
  • Study: Risk of seizures after MMRV combo vaccine was twice as high as with MMR+V – Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 9, 2014 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2014/06/09/cmaj.140078