Adverse Events

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Emelie is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she's often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and often misses school or having fun with friends. more...

John Stone covers the Leveson inquiry taking place in the UK over the conduct of the press and Rupert Murdoch’s News International media empire in Brian Deer's investigation into the MMR. Four family members of vaccine damaged children have had their evidence rejected. more...

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism Comments Marcella Piper-Terry, M.S., Founder of VaxTruth.Org writes how vaccines don't cause autism, however they cause all of the conditions that make up an autism diagnosis: "Okay. I give up. Vaccines do not cause autism. Autism is a behavioral diagnosis. In order to receive the diagnosis of “Autism” a child must exhibit a certain number of behaviors over a certain time frame. If he or she does not do so, the diagnosis of “autism” is not warranted. There is no blood test for “autism.” more...

The Institute of Medicine issued a significant report on Friday that claimed to review the adverse effects of vaccines. The old media predictably twisted the report into a complete lie and loudly declared that vaccines were once again proven completely safe! The presstitutes, it turns out, utterly failed to read the very report they claimed to be writing about, because if you read the IoM's report, it openly admits that MMR vaccines cause seizures, measles, skin reactions, loss of consciousness and many other problems. In fact, the report admits that all kinds of vaccines cause deadly side effects such as difficulty breathing. If you really want to know the truth about how dangerous vaccines really are, read my summary of the IoM's findings -- it will shock you that the old media (mainstream media) failed to report any of this: http://www.naturalnews.com/033447_Institute_of_Medicine_vaccines.html more...

Sandy Gottstein dissects an article in the New England Journal of Medicine attacking so-called "antivaccinationists". In her piece she picks apart the arguments about the whooping cough outbreaks, the dismissal of parents with valid vaccination safety concerns and the usual slam at Dr. Wakefield and misrepresentation of his Lancet paper. more...

In this 3rd installment, Dan Olmstead continues his discussion of the fraudulent journalism of Brian Deer, the BMJ and the Sunday Times more...

In this second installment, Dan Olmstead reveals the email conversation between Rosemary Kessick, the parent of a severely disabled child who regressed into severe autism after receiving the MMR vaccine. The emails discuss the interview by Brian Deer posing as a "Brian Lawrence" of Mrs. Kessick and the corresponding communication between Mrs. Kessick and the Sunday Times. more...

In this first of a 2-part series, Dan Olmstead investigates the fraudulent reporting practices of the Murdoch-owned Sunday Times. In particular he looks into the investigation tactics and reporting of Brian Deer regarding the Andrew Wakefield MMR controversy. more...

On June 26, 2011 testimony is presented about the dangers of childhood vaccinations given to the United States government by concern citizens. Parents are pushing for a "parent choice" option in addition to the current vaccination waivers. more...

Robert Schecter discusses infectious diseases in today's America. Robert analyzes the threat of these diseases in our past and in the present. What factors contribute to these diseases being dangerous or at a risk of death? According to Schecter: "Among the most sinister accomplices are poverty and inadequate nutrition." more...

Anne Dachel discusses 2 studies that indicate a link between autism and vaccines. "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American Academy of Pediatrics tend to dismiss research like this as “poorly designed.” more...

The British Medical Journal is not known as a publication that normally pushes boundaries. Indeed, by allowing the publication of Brian Deer’s series of articles vilifying and slandering Dr Andrew Wakefield by calling his work on links between MMR vaccines and autism fraudulent without also informing readers of their own very strong links with the [...] more...

From a file of 1127 children in whom signs of brain damage were reported after injections of vaccines containing pertussis antigen, the first 197 cases with good documentation of events were chosen for further study. From a mathematical model constructed from data in published reports, it is calculated that the frequency of convulsions appears to be higher by 2: 1 in vaccinated than in unvaccinated infants more...

Taking steps to care for vaccines' victims AS a baby, Jacob McCarthy swallowed a spoonful of vaccine given by his doctor to protect him from polio. Unfortunately the vaccine that was supposed to protect him from the potential harms of contracting polio gave him the very symptoms that it was meant to prevent including paralysis. more...