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What ingredients and additives are found in vaccines?
Aside from antigens, ingredient components of vaccines include adjuvants, which are added to enhance the immune system response;...
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Vaccine Injury Blog
Legal Disclaimer: This blog is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure a disease. Nor is it intended as medical advice. The reader is responsible for their decisions and their health.
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Does my child really need vaccines for diseases that are no longer around?
Every parent wants to do what is best for their child. Everyone knows about the importance of car seats, baby gates and other ways to...
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Which vaccines are recommended for adults?
Vaccines have eliminated the disease smallpox from the planet completely. Vaccines have eliminated measles from most developed...
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Severity and History of Influenza
Influenza, or the flu, is a highly-contagious viral disease that kills more people every year in the United States alone than any other...
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Anaphylaxis is an Extremely Rare Reaction to a Vaccine
We are sometimes asked if vaccines can cause an anaphylactic reaction. You may recognize this medical term used in association with...
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Are there any downsides to vaccines?
Smallpox would have killed approximately 5 million people worldwide each and every year. Vaccines, however, have eradicated that disease....
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The Pros and Cons of HPV vaccines
The main "pro" of HPV vaccines is that, if they are administered early enough, they can prevent many of the negative outcomes of HPV...
Glen Sturtevant
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How Long Does a Tetanus Shot Last?
Tetanus is a condition of the nervous system caused by exposure to certain bacteria commonly found in everyday substances like soil and...
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HPV and the HPV vaccine
The CDC recommends giving the HPV vaccine to boys and girls at around 11 or 12 years of age. If you have a child who is approaching that...
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What Are the Potential Side Effects of the Flu Vaccine?
Flu vaccines have been around for more than 50 years and have been given to hundreds and hundreds of millions of people without incident....
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What is the Safety Testing Process for Vaccines?
Before you ever receive a vaccine from your doctor, the vaccine must first be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...
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2018 Back-To-School Vaccinations
The new school year is once again arriving, and it is important to make sure that your school age children are current on their...
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What is Herd Immunity from Vaccine
The term herd immunity (or “herd effect”) is often used to describe a reduction in incidences and outbreaks of a particular infectious...
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Potential for Some Injuries from the Covid-19 Vaccine
The New England Journal of Medicine published an important piece this week on the rare, albeit real, potential for some injuries from the...
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Reaction to Gardasil (HPV) Vaccine
According to the CDC, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) causes over 10,000 cancers per year in both men and women in the United States....
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Is the Shingles Vaccine Covered by the NVICP?
Shingles is an inflammation of the nerves caused by a dormant chickenpox infection, and typically appears in adults over 50. There are...
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How to report a Vaccine Injury to VAERS
VAERS is the national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. The FDA recommends reporting any adverse event that happens after getting a...
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Vaccines and Transverse Myelitis
In another blog post, linked here, I explained that vaccines can indeed cause transverse myelitis in rare cases. Medical literature...
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Is the MMR Vaccine Safe for My Child?
Generally speaking, the MMR vaccine is safe for children. And being protected against measles, mumps, and rubella (which before the...
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Can I sue if I've been injured by a vaccine?
Several deadly diseases have been completely eradicated in the United States because of widespread vaccination. However, widespread...
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Multiple Sclerosis and Vaccines
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, the exact cause or causes of which are still largely unknown. The question of whether...
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Do Vaccines Cause Transverse Myelitis?
The short answer is yes, in rare cases vaccines can cause transverse myelitis. Transverse myelitis is an auto-immune disorder that can be...
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What if I have suffered an injury from the shingles vaccine?
Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Its symptoms are a painful rash that can burn and blister. In some people,...
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Vaccine-Caused Encephalopathy and Encephalitis (but not Autism)
A Historic Vaccine-Injury Case About a decade ago, the family of 9-year-old Hannah Poling pursued a claim through the Vaccine Injury...
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