Canadian doctors are now saying that Toronto can be added to the list of areas with confirmed cases of AFM (acute flaccid myelitis), the polio-like illness that sometimes results in paralysis. So far, 22 U.S. states…
Parents in Boulder, Colorado are throwing “chicken pox parties” as a way to create natural immunity to the illness. The parties are so popular in the area that organizers have had to stave off some…
Researchers from the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital conducted a study on “parental attitudes towards the flu shot.” What they found, unsurprisingly, is that a whole lot of parents do not trust the flu shot….
A paralyzing condition being called a “polio-like illness” by the media is spreading at an uncomfortable pace throughout the United States. NBC News claims that 26 states are reporting a potential 87 new cases of the…
Polio. It’s been all over the news lately. So what gives? There is supposedly a new illness spreading throughout the United States that mimics polio. Texas, Iowa, and Michigan are just two states seeing the…
The time to usher out the HPV vaccine as a “teen vaccine” is now. This after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcement proclaiming that the HPV vaccine is now approved for adults. Officially, the…
With flu hysteria, season nearly in full swing, offices and schools and pharmacies are beginning to massively push for people to get their annual flu shot. This in spite of less than stellar numbers regarding…
The rotavirus vaccine is one of the most popular immunizations on the schedule. While it is mostly an understated part of the vaccine process, some parents in New Zealand are raising awareness for the vaccine’s…
The CDC claims that 80,000 people died from the flu, or complications of flu, last year. This number is the highest number in over four decades. Dr. Robert Redfield, director of CDC, made the big…
A child’s death is being linked by some to an HPV vaccine he received shortly before he suffered from a brain swelling condition. Christopher Eugene Brunch played contact sports, such as football, something that some…