Enter the New year
I have several experiences in the last month that I have to share! I sit on a patient engagement group with a lead GP and members of the PCT who are illuminated with the idea that patients should be...
View ArticleSamson & Goliath
Nicola Adolphe, Arnica member and researcher, had 45 minutes with Stephen O’Brien, International Development Minister in December. She was presenting data from the The Spirit Level which looked at...
View ArticleDear ED, The Today Program @ BBC…
POLIO ERADICATION STORY There is a very different side of this news item that mainstream UK news is not mentioning, and I would like to know why? New Delhi, Jan. 15: “India’s health ministry,...
View ArticleOFCOM complaint re ITV Tonight Programme 12th April
The way that non vaccinating parents were wrongly accused made the viewer believe that child death from disease (in this case a baby from whooping cough) was because of non vaccinated children. Friends...
View ArticleCampaign for vaccination freedon of choice in Greece
In Greece, all vaccines on the National Immunisation Programme (including Hep B and chickenpox!) are compulsory for admission to school (school is compulsory as well by the way!). The only exemption is...
View ArticleDr Halvorsen on the flu jab for children
Children to be given yearly flu jabs to prevent flu in older people… The UK government has announced that all children in England and Wales aged between 2 and 17 years of age are to be offered yearly...
View ArticleGARDASIL: Safe, necessary & effective?
Gardasil is a new vaccine in the UK given to all 12 year old girls. One of the lead researchers for the Merck drug has been speaking out about its risks, benefits and aggressive marketing and is...
View ArticleBBC misses another Child protection issue
A man in a white coat, smiles, offers an injection to an infant who is alone. “Innoculation is the perfect Medication” he tells the child after dancing and singing with a syringe. The nurse tells the...
View ArticleWHO Immunisation week
Prevent. Protect. Immunize… …but please don’t forget to tell us about the side effects! European Vaccine Groupscounter European Immunization Week (EIW) 22–27 April 2013 Recent Prescribing guidelines...
View ArticleSTOP THE SICKNESS & DIARRHOEA (ROTAVIRUS) VACCINE
Katy Redford-Traynor has started a petition to stop the introduction of Rotarix being added to the childhood vaccine schedule, namely on grounds that: Rotavirus is not a life-threatening illness yet...
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