http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Diphtheria-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 05:28:54 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/ella-foundation-wins-100000-grant-to-develop-polio-vaccine-101194-1.htm Ella Foundation, the Hyderabad-based scientific research group, has received (Dollor) 100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a vaccine against polio. "Such a vaccine could carry the beneficial effects of an oral polio vaccine - namely safety, efficacy, ease of manufacture, distribution and administration along with the safety profile of an injectable polio vaccine by eliminating vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV)," said a statement from Ella Foundation. "Vaccines play ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/ella-foundation-wins-100000-grant-to-develop-polio-vaccine-101194-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/millions-to-observe-yogathon-to-mark-world-health-day-99799-1.htm Around 1.2 million people across India are expected to take part in 'Yogathon' Saturday performing 'Surya Namaskars' (Salutations to the Sun) to mark World Health Day. The 'yogathon' is being organized by the Bangalore-based Art of Living (AoL) founded by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. "This unique nation-wide initiative by The Art of Living, will see over 1.25 million people across 28 states, performing Surya Namaskars (Sun Salutations) on April 7, the World Health Day," AoL said in a statement here Friday....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/millions-to-observe-yogathon-to-mark-world-health-day-99799-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/world-health-day-2012-99763-1.htm b"If I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."/b These were the words of Eubie Blake, who died 5 days after his hundredth birthday. These words probably reflect the thoughts of a majority of the geriatric population.Life expectancy has increased in the past few years. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2050, 2 billion people, that is, 1 out of every 4 persons will be older than 60 years of age.Eighty percent among these will be living in ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/world-health-day-2012-99763-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Link-Between-MMR-Vaccine-and-Autism-89990-1.htm Extensive scientific research has found no connection between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. Fears about the MMR vaccine were sparked in 1998 by researcher Andrew Wakefield, M.D., in the British medical journal The Lancet. Dr. Wakefield's study was later found fraudulent by the British General Medical Council and the paper was retracted. Even so, suspicions about the vaccine -- as well as its additives such as thimerosal -- have persisted, gaining steam with the public ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Link-Between-MMR-Vaccine-and-Autism-89990-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2011-83287-1.htm ib"Antimicrobial Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow"/b/i bWorld Health Day/b is celebrated each year on 7supth/sup April to mark the founding ofb World Health Organization (WHO)/b. On this day, each year, it is customary for the WHO to identify a bkey health issue/b of global significance and kick start local, regional and international events linked to that issue, and to continue organizing these events through out the year. This year, 2011, the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2011-83287-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Lancets-Role-To-Discredit-MMR-Concerns-Slammed-79620-1.htm A series of denials and a failure to formally investigate allegations of misconduct in Andrew Wakefield's MMR research meant the public was misled for six years about the credibility of the 1998 Lancet paper by Wakefield and colleagues. Dr Fiona Godlee, BMJ Editor in Chief, says the UK has consistently failed to take research misconduct seriously. She calls on the UK government to establish mandatory oversight of clinical research integrity within the NHS, as happens for publicly funded research in the USA....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Lancets-Role-To-Discredit-MMR-Concerns-Slammed-79620-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/MMR-Doctor-Planned-to-Capitalize-on-Vaccine-Crisis-79305-1.htm Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced doctor who claimed a link between MMR and autism, planned secret businesses intended to make huge sums of money, in Britain and America, from his now-discredited allegations. The Wakefield scheme is exposed today in the second part of a BMJ series of special reports, "Secrets of the MMR scare", by investigative journalist Brian Deer. Last week we revealed the scientific fraud behind the appearance of a link between the vaccine and autism. Now Deer follows the money....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/MMR-Doctor-Planned-to-Capitalize-on-Vaccine-Crisis-79305-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/90000-Payout-for-MMR-Campaigner-from-Warrington-73348-1.htm Government compensation has been awarded to the mother of a teenager who suffered severe brain damage by the MMR vaccine. 18-year-old Robert Fletcher suffered an epileptic fit just 10 days after he received the vaccine. At that time he was 13 months old. Last week a medical assessment panel awarded 90,000 payout to his mother Jackie. "I feel vindicated by it because over the years I've been labelled anti-vaccine and a scaremonger and all sorts of things, when all I've been trying to do is highlight ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/90000-Payout-for-MMR-Campaigner-from-Warrington-73348-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Polio-Vaccine-Drive-in-Mumbai-Sees-60-Turnout-71537-1.htm For the first time, bivalent oral polio vaccine (BOPV) has been used in the Pulse Polio drive in Mumbai. This phase saw a good turnout with 60% of children under the age of 5 receiving a single drop of the BOPV instead of the usual two-drops. "Every Pulse Polio Drive, we used monovalent vaccine that fights either against the P1 strain or the P3 strain. But this year, the bivalent vaccine was sent to us, which protects the child from both the strains,' said Dr Mangala Gomare, who oversees the civic vaccination program....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Polio-Vaccine-Drive-in-Mumbai-Sees-60-Turnout-71537-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Doctor-Who-Suggested-Link-Between-MMR-Vaccinations-and-Autism-Struck-Off-Register-69282-1.htm Dr Andrew Wakefield, the first person to suggest a link between MMR vaccine and autism was struck off the medical register after the General Medical Council found him guilty of serious professional misconduct. In 1998, Dr Wakefield's controversial paper in The Lancet finding a purported link between MMR vaccines and increase of autism in kids caused a massive slump in vaccination rates leading to a consequent rise in measles. However the paper was later found to be erroneous. The GMC had ruled ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Doctor-Who-Suggested-Link-Between-MMR-Vaccinations-and-Autism-Struck-Off-Register-69282-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Delhiites-Walk-to-Spread-Health-Awareness-on-World-Health-Day-67434-1.htm Delhiites, young and old, participated in a health walk on Wednesday to spread public awareness on hygiene to avoid infections or epidemics during the Commonwealth Games and marked World Health Day. The event, titled 'Healthy Cities - Hygienic Habits' was organized by the Art of Living foundation, in association with the Delhi Medical Association. The health walk marks the beginning of a mass initiative, which would continue for over six months, leading up to the Commonwealth Games....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Delhiites-Walk-to-Spread-Health-Awareness-on-World-Health-Day-67434-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2010-Urbanism-and-Healthy-Living-67347-1.htm BIThe bedrock for economic growth and social progress is HEALTH and despite technological advancement in all fields, including the medical field, many areas of the world still reel under health disparities especially among rich and poor nations./I/BBRBRBWorld Health Day/B falls on B7th April, 2010/B. This day was instituted to remember and celebrate the founding of the BWorld Health Organization/B, which came into existence in B1948/B. Year after year, The WHO takes up ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2010-Urbanism-and-Healthy-Living-67347-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Decision-to-Implement-Hib-Vaccine-Influenced-by-Policies-of-Neighbouring-Nations-66506-1.htm A nation's eligibility for support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) and whether a country's neighbours used the Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccine (Hib) were significant influencing factors in the use of the vaccine in addition to its price. These are some new findings from scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings of the research have appeared in the March 16 edition of PLoS Medicine. Lead author, Jessica Shearer, a ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Decision-to-Implement-Hib-Vaccine-Influenced-by-Policies-of-Neighbouring-Nations-66506-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/MMR-Controversy-Doctor-Faces-Disqualification-By-Medical-Council-64320-1.htm Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who triggered panic waves across the UK over the MMR vaccine by linking it to autism, is now in danger of being struck off the medical register. The country's General Medical Council ruled Thursday that Dr.Wakefield had acted dishonestly and irresponsibly and provided misleading data in his study on the MMR vaccine that was published by the Lancet medical journal in 1998. A panel of three GPs and two lay members has sat for a total of 187 days since July 2007 when the hearing was first launched....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/MMR-Controversy-Doctor-Faces-Disqualification-By-Medical-Council-64320-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/MMR-Vaccine-Rates-Must-be-Improved-52626-1.htm Peter Black, the Welsh Liberal Democrat's health spokesman, has called for a massive drive to increase the rates of MMR vaccine in children in the country. Writing in a column on www.walesonline.co.uk, Mr Black says that World Health Organization's ambition to eradicate measles by 2010 has failed miserably. This is because of a study that claimed MMR vaccine is linked to autism. Even though subsequent studies have proved that there is no such link, public hysteria has not abated. "Parents considering ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/MMR-Vaccine-Rates-Must-be-Improved-52626-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Expert-Says-MMR-Jab-Must-be-Made-Compulsory-52373-1.htm Sir Sandy Macara, former chairman of the British Medical Association, is proposing that children must not be allowed to start school unless they have been vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella. This suggestion comes on the heels of reports that measles cases in the UK have soared alarmingly with 253 cases reported so far. Recently the Welsh health minister also expressed concern over these events and said she would consider making vaccination compulsory. "The suggestion is that we ought ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Expert-Says-MMR-Jab-Must-be-Made-Compulsory-52373-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2009-49617-1.htm World Health Organization (WHO) sponsors the BWorld Health Day/B celebration on April 7SUPth/SUP each year to turn global focus on health - related issues. WHO's theme for World Health day 2009 is B"Save Lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies."/B BRBRWhen natural disasters like tsunami, earthquakes, cyclones, tornadoes and floods strike, the affected population in the region rushes to health facilities for immediate medical help. Most often it happens that some of the health facilities ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2009-49617-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Experts-Advice-MMR-Shots-Following-Increase-in-Measles-Cases-44966-1.htm Experts in Halton have advised parents to ensure their children take the measles vaccination after parts of Cheshire witnessed a measles outbreak. Increase in the number of cases in the county has led specialists at NHS Halton and St Helens to issue a warning. As schoolchildren are the most vulnerable, due to close proximity with each other, those children who have not taken the jabs could contract the infection easily. Additional MMR shots will be provided by the Halton's School Health Nursing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Experts-Advice-MMR-Shots-Following-Increase-in-Measles-Cases-44966-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Link-Between-Autism-and-MMR-Vaccine-Study-41442-1.htm There is no evidence of a link between autism and the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, according to a new US study. Researchers hope the findings will help boost the rate of immunization against these illnesses amid some parental concerns about a potential link. The research published Wednesday in the online version of the journal Public Library of Science sought to test results of a 1998 study led by Dr Andrew Wakefield of the Royal Free Hospital in Britain which said there was a link between autism and this vaccine....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Link-Between-Autism-and-MMR-Vaccine-Study-41442-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Most-Mothers-Impeding-MMR-Vaccine-Administration-in-UK-40521-1.htm The autism link to MMR vaccine remains unsubstantiated, but most mothers in Britain continue to be skeptical about it. What they do not know is that by denying the vaccine to their kids, they are exposing them to the danger of developing measles. Measles can be a very serious disease if left untreated and the incidence of the disease in Britain is on the up because of lower vaccinations. In 1998 the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine was linked to autism and panic gripped mothers, who decided to forego that vaccine....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Most-Mothers-Impeding-MMR-Vaccine-Administration-in-UK-40521-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Fear-of-OPV-Causes-Thousands-in-Bhiwandi-to-Refuse-Polio-Vaccine-37130-1.htm Raj Gupta, barely 14 months old is receiving treatment for polio at the Indira Gandhi Memorial hospital, Bhiwandi. He is suffering from an attack of polio , the wild polio strain (P3). The state of Bhiwandi is home to large numbers of migrant populations. This is the second case of polio reported from Mumbai during this year. In the case of Raj, though the vaccine was administered in October 2007 in Bhiwandi, the boy did not get the regular immunization shot of the polio vaccine in Uttar Pradesh....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Fear-of-OPV-Causes-Thousands-in-Bhiwandi-to-Refuse-Polio-Vaccine-37130-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/UK-to-Give-41-Million-Dollars-to-Pakistan-on-World-Health-Day-35110-1.htm On the occasion of the World Health Day, the Department for International Development (DFID) in Britain has announced that it will be giving the Pakistan Government 41 million dollars for upgrading healthcare in that country. DFID officials said that the funding would be used to support the National Health Facility (30 million dollars) and the government's National Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) initiative (11 million dollars). The government estimated that these programmes could ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/UK-to-Give-41-Million-Dollars-to-Pakistan-on-World-Health-Day-35110-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-35082-1.htm H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"FONT size=2April 7, 2008/FONT/H2 PWorld Health Day, this year, embodies the theme,B 'Protect Health from Climatic Change'./B It marks the anniversary of the World Health Organization, commemorating its 60SUPth/SUP year of unflinching commitment to the establishment of global health. Each year, The World Health Day, seeks to attract worldwide attention on imminent public health challenges facing the world. Global warming and its causative factors is ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-35082-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Many-Children-Still-Susceptible-to-MMR-Infection-in-UK-33652-1.htm Not enough children are being immunised against measles, mumps and rubella to ensure adequate control of the diseases, finds a large study of children born 2000-2002 in the UK. Researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children found that 88.6% of children had been immunised with MMR by the age of three. 5.2% had received at least one of the single vaccines, and 6.1% were unimmunised. Of the 634 children who had received at least one single vaccine, just over half (52%) had received all three....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Many-Children-Still-Susceptible-to-MMR-Infection-in-UK-33652-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Link-Between-MMR-Jab-and-Autism-Spectrum-Disorders-32620-1.htm There is no evidence for a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) jab and autism, finds research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.MMR has been linked to the development of autism, following the publication in 1998 of research on 12 children, which has since been discredited. The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders ranges from 6 to 12 cases per 1000 children, depending on how the diagnostic criteria are applied. The findings are based on a community sample ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Link-Between-MMR-Jab-and-Autism-Spectrum-Disorders-32620-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Polio-Vaccine-Must-for-Sri-Lankans-Visiting-India-29567-1.htm Sri Lankan visitors to Indian have been told to take the polio vaccine to avoid carrying back home the polio virus that has affected 376 Indians this year alone. This advisory has been issued by Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India C. Romesh Jayasinghe following the increase of polio cases in Bihar which is a favoured destination for Sri Lankan tourists for its Buddhist heritage. "I have heard about it. Since there is a surge in polio cases in India in general and in Bodh Gaya in ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Polio-Vaccine-Must-for-Sri-Lankans-Visiting-India-29567-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Andhra-Pradesh-Houses-Almost-All-Of-Worlds-Diphtheria-Cases-29057-1.htm The shocking revelation that almost three-quarters of the world's diphtheria cases reside in Andhra Pradesh state of India has served as a shot in the arm for concerned officials. There are now desperate moves to immunize as many as 2,500 students of government schools in the city. The Directorate of Health in association with National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai, launched the drive. A pilot study in the twin cities will concentrate on the Old City. This is because 16 per cent ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Andhra-Pradesh-Houses-Almost-All-Of-Worlds-Diphtheria-Cases-29057-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2008-Theme-to-protect-Health-from-Climate-Change-28436-1.htm As the momentum for action on climate change continues to grow, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it will focus its World Health Day 2008 theme on "protecting health from climate change." The World Health Organization was born out of international commitment to build global security and peace. Sixty years later, that same sense of vulnerability and solidarity is bringing the global community together to address the growing threat of climate change to public health security....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Health-Day-2008-Theme-to-protect-Health-from-Climate-Change-28436-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Japan-Donates-Polio-Vaccine-Storage-Facility-to-Nigeria-27439-1.htm Japan has donated a cold room for storing polio vaccines to the government of the northern Nigerian state of Kano, the part of the world worst affected by the disease, diplomats said. This project aims to help eradicate the wild polio virus and to improve on disease prevention in Nigeria, Seisuke Narumiya, a Japanese embassy official said at a ceremony to inaugurate the cold room. The 5.2 million-dollar (3.6 million euro) cold room at the government-run Nassarawa general hospital in Kano city has the capacity to store 4....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Japan-Donates-Polio-Vaccine-Storage-Facility-to-Nigeria-27439-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Plugs-for-HIB-Vaccine-in-India-Critics-Say-It-is-Expensive-and-Unnecessary-26204-1.htm Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) is a type of bacteria responsible for a range of serious "invasive" diseases including meningitis with the potential brain damage and epiglottitis, a life-threatening disease. The epiglottis is the piece of cartilage at the back of the tongue that closes off the windpipe when swallowing. Without an epiglottis, food could enter the airways, and you would cough or choke after swallowing. Epiglottitis causes swelling of the epiglottis. Breathing problems increases rapidly as the epiglottis swells....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Plugs-for-HIB-Vaccine-in-India-Critics-Say-It-is-Expensive-and-Unnecessary-26204-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Invest-in-Health-Build-a-Safer-Future-World-Health-Day-19813-1.htm The 'World Health Day' is celebrated on the bi 7supth/sup of April /i/b every year. It is also the day, which marks the founding of the World Health Organization. The primary role of the World Health Day is to zero in on key health-related issues and to raise universal awareness. The theme for the year 2007 is ib 'international health security'/b/i, with a special focus on urging world governments, business sectors and other non- governmental organizations to 'invest in health and build a safer future'....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Invest-in-Health-Build-a-Safer-Future-World-Health-Day-19813-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=19540 In Scotland, number of children receiving MMR vaccine is improving but is still below the target. According to the statistics, 92.1% of two year olds are vaccinated in 2006 as against 89.9% of the same age group in 2005. As per health experts, 95% should be vaccinated to prevent the general public from measles, mumps and rubella. Though the ministers lauded the ascending trend in vaccination, the Scottish Conservatives urged the NHS to offer a single vaccine. Currently parents who are desirous ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=19540 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=19517 Not enough Scottish children are receiving MMR shots, say official figures. Statistics for 2006 show that only 92.1 per cent of two-year-olds were given the jab, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, as against the national target of 95 per cent. Yet, this is an increase from the previous year, when the figure was 89.9 per cent. MMR vaccines were introduced in 1988, but levels of uptake began to decline after 1998 when a controversial study linking the triple vaccine to autism began doing the rounds....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=19517 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16158 The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have taken a decision that all Haj Pilgrims from Afghanistan, India and Pakistan regardless of age and vaccination status should receive at least one dose of Oral Polio Vaccine prior to departure for Saudi Arabia. This decision was conveyed to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through Ministry of External Affairs on November 21, 2006. The Ministry of Health (and) Family Welfare has immediately asked all State Governments to make necessary ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16158 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=15664 Adoption of safe delivery practices resulted in Rajasthan's maternal mortality rate (MMR) dropping from 677 per 100,000 births in 1997 to 445, a decline of 34 percent, said Health Minister Digambar Singh. However, Rajasthan still lags far behind the national MMR average of 301, according to the report on 'Maternal Mortality in India: 1997-2003 - Trends, Causes and Risk Factors' released last week. National MMR has come down to 301 in 2002-03 from 398 in 1997-98 and 327 in 1999-01, union Health Secretary P....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=15664 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14676 MMR shots found itself in the eye of a storm in the latter part of the nineties, after it was linked to autism in some cases. Recent statistics enabled by the government show that parents have reconfirmed their faith in the MMR shots, and are well on their way to protect their children from Measles, Mumps and Rubella. The number of MMR vaccinations for children has shown a steady increase in the second consecutive year, recent figures show. Nearly 84% of two year olds had availed immunization in 2005-2006, up by 81% since 2004-2005....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14676 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13293 Researchers have explained that the killer disease of H.Influenza could be virtually abolished in Africa by routinely vaccinating the infants Hib vaccine. Scientists from the Oxford University have shown in their research that the routine vaccination of infants in Kenya against H. influenza Type b (Hib) significantly reduced invasive Hib disease to 88% below baseline. The researchers had published their findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on the 9th August Dr....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13293 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11817 Around 28 UK pediatricians and vaccination experts have written an open letter in the Scotsman newspaper saying that there would be 'more unnecessary deaths' over the rumors that MMR Vaccine was linked to autism. The letter adds that if immediate action were not taken, the UK could face a serious situation with outbreaks of measles, mumps and rubella. The letter also says that questions of "any association between MMR and autism" should be effectively dealt with urgently. "Years of low uptake ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11817 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11783 MMR vaccine has been shrouded in controversy. Now, Britain's reputed pediatricians, nearly 30 of them have called for an end to the raging debates over this vaccine. Infact they have issued a letter to the public that warns of a threat to young lives by forsaking the triple shots of MMR. They have appealed to the politicians, healthcare experts and the media to defuse the entire furore over the supposed link between MMR and autism, especially since there is enough proof to substantiate the safety of the vaccine....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11783 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11250 From the research results of Dr Andrew Wakefield, their seems to be a connection between triple measles, mumps and rubella jab and autism related bowel diseases - Lancet published in 1998 says. Thus Doctor's who has done a health scare over the MMR vaccinated children need to face a charge of professional misconduct for their act. A survey with British people revealed nearly 92% of children in the year 1995-96 and only 82% in the year 2002-03 were taken the vaccine under 2 years of age....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11250 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10976 Dr Andrew Wakefield, finds firstly that MMR vaccine was found to cause some autistic cases in children. Followed by him, others findings now supports it saying (measles has been found in the intestines of children with a form of autism). Dr Stephen Walker, of Wake Forest University Medical Centre in North Carolina, also finds a close relationship between autistic children with bowel disease and measles virus and has no verification to prove it. A London GP and childhood vaccination expert, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10976 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10752 According to the American study conducted by Arthur Krigsman, of New York University School of Medicine found that MMR vaccine has links to autism. MMR inoculation is given to young children to protect themselves against measles, mump and rubella. But recently there have been claims that the vaccine is linked to autism. After this there was sharp fall in the MMR vaccine uptake rate which has indirectly increased the prevelance of measles. Previously the same link was established by the studies conducted by Andrew Wakefield, gastroenterologist....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10752 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9293 Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) in Dublin reported that in the previous year 84% of 24-month-old children received the vaccination. Even Ireland has joined the list as it shows a very low take up of the MMR vaccination. Hence a high alert has been issued by the health officials after the death of a teenager from measles in Britain. Statistics show that the vaccination up take is considerably lower than the World Health Organization's recommendation of 95% coverage. This level has ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9293 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9070 The fall in number of children getting the MMR (combined Measles, Mumps (and) Rubella) vaccine by their parents has been blamed for the resurgence of measles that has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy. In the first three months of 2006 alone it is found that there are more people infected than the whole of 2005. At least 30 children have caught measles in a single outbreak in South Yorkshire. The teenager who died is Britain's first fatality in 14 years. The immunization rates had begun to fall ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9070 http://www.medindia.net/news/The-Face-Of-Indian-Health-Care-A-World-Health-Day-Evaluation-8991-1.htm Jan 2006, India: A 7-day old baby was charred to death due to a short circuit in a neonatal unit in Niloufer Hospital, robbing parents of their joy and hopes. The incubator in which the baby was kept caught fire. The parents blamed the doctors stating that the incident had happened due to negligence of the hospital staff while the health workers argued that four other babies in the unit were saved due to prompt action of the medical staff who switched off the power supply. The poor mother's cry ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/The-Face-Of-Indian-Health-Care-A-World-Health-Day-Evaluation-8991-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8525 National Health Service has conducted a study and found that the rates have increased among those who take the MMR vaccine. More parents are getting their children immunized with the three-in-one MMR jab in Scotland. But the rates are still well below the Scottish Executive's target level of 95% by the age of two. But there was a 0.7% increase in the rates of immunization. The drop was due to the vaccines association with the childhood autism disease. A small-scale study published in The ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8525 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8201 It is a must for every child to be vaccinated against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis. The fifth and last vaccine (DTaP) given to children causes a red splotch to develop on the area. This reaction can last a few days and the problem is that neither of two common drugs--ibuprofen (Advil) and acetaminophen (Tylenol)--help prevent this side effect. A Group Health Cooperative study appearing in the March issue of Paediatrics features this report. Lisa A. Jackson, MD, MPH, a senior investigator at ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8201 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7684 MMR Triple Vaccine has found prominence again, for the wrong reasons. Blaming the government of apathy over the MMR vaccine, Dr Peter Fletcher, who held the post of Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health, has accused the government of not examining the risks of MMR triple vaccine adequately, despite a lurking fear of autism, as a probable side effect. According to him, if this doubt is proved, it could turn out to be the worst disgrace in medical history. "Clinical and scientific ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7684 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6599 A combination vaccine for immunization against tetanus and diphtheria, Td-Vac priced at Rs. 7.50 has been launched by Serum Institute of India . The vaccine is aimed at combating the fatal tetanus and diphtheria (Td) in adolescents and adults. It is much different than the currently existing dual antigen vaccine used in children and would be used as an alternative to the TT (Tetanus vaccine), commonly administered following injury. The vaccine is regarded to be very cost effective as it ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6599 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6574 India's leading vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India has manufactured for the first time first indigenous Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) vaccines . The vaccine is called Td-Vac and will combat the deadly diphtheria and tetanus among both adolescents and adults. The new vaccine will replace the existing TT (Tetanus) vaccine, which is normally administered after an injury. Td-Vac is priced at Rs 7.50 whereas the TT vaccine costs Rs.6.50. Revenues of Rs 5-6 crore is expected at the end of one year....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6574