Dear VCC Members and Friends, Canadian babies are new test market for adjuvanted flu vaccine Increasingly parents are questioning whether it’s safe to inject their baby with as many as 7or 8 … [Read more...]
Flu Shot Unchanged, Program Expanded
October 2011 - The World Health Organization has recommended that, in the Northern Hemisphere, the 2011-12 influenza vaccine contain the same three viral strains as those used in 2010-11. If their … [Read more...]
FLUAD influenza vaccine for seniors
FLUAD was approved for use in those 65 years and older in June, 2011. Because it’s supplied already loaded into single-use syringes, it doesn’t contain the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal. But … [Read more...]
Swine Flu Vaccine – A Public Health Experiment
What do human brain and nerve tissues, Gulf War Syndrome, some health supplements and GlaxoSmithKline’s new swine flu vaccine adjuvant all have in common? The answer: squalene. Its presence in fatty … [Read more...]
A Glimpse into the Scary World of Vaccine Adjuvants
Adjuvants are formulated compounds, which when combined with vaccine antigens intensify the body’s immune response. They are used to elicit an early, high and long-lasting immune response. “The … [Read more...]