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• Adult Immunization Schedule

  Adult Immunization Schedule  In October 2008, ACIP approved the Adult Immunization Schedule for 2009. No new vaccines were added to the schedule; however, several indications were added to the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine footnote, clarificati...

• VACCINE COURT REJECTS AUTISM CLAIMS

  Vaccine Court Rejects Autism ClaimsThe federal "vaccine court" has rejected claims that either the measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine or thimerosal in vaccines caused children's autism.The ruling is a major setback for the more than 5,000 cases in which ...

• COMBINATION VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR INFANTS

  Combination Vaccine Is Safe and Effective for InfantsA combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and flu, which is routinely used in Canadian children, has been shown to be immunogenic and well tolerated in a U.S. study.In the Janu...

• Drugs used babies are risky...

  Drugs used in medicines for babies are risky: UK expertSource:  www.indianexpress.comLondon: An Indian-origin expert at the University of Leicester has led a major study that shows that infants given liquid medicines are exposed to risk from the chemical...

• Drinking in pregnancy's initial stage 'causes' premature birth

  Drinking in pregnancy's initial stage 'causes' premature birthSource:  www.indianexpress.comLondon: Moms-to-be, beware of drinks! A new study has found that drinking as little as five goblets of wine a week in the first three months of pregnancy can sign...

• Kids of pregnant smokers 'likely to be aggressive

  Kids of pregnant smokers 'likely to be aggressive  Source:  www.indianexpress.comWashington: Pregnant women who smoke risk delivering aggressive kids, according to a new Canada-Netherlands study. Aggressive offspring were characterized by their mothers ...

• Couple flee with baby to avoid vaccination

  Couple flee with baby to avoid vaccination The family, including the boy's mother who was diagnosed with hepatitis B several years ago, went on the run after a court ordered them to vaccinate the newborn against the disease that can lead to liver can...

• Baby boy dies after DPT vaccination

  Baby boy dies after DPT vaccination The boy, Savara Praveen, died at his home in Savara Jhoudupally of the Maoist-infested Meliaput mandal, about 175 km from the district headquarters, on the Orissa border. The infant was among 15 others who were giv...

• Baby dies three days after vaccination

  Baby dies three days after vaccinationKULITHALAI: A four-month-old male baby died near here on Saturday three days after vaccination for DPT and Hepatitis B. While parents alleged that vaccination was the cause of death, officials from the Department of H...