Vaccine on Shine

New E. Coli Vaccine For Cows: A Band-Aid Solution?

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Friday's New York Times reported on a new vaccine that is being given to cows to reduce the amount of E. coli bacteria in the American food supply.

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Flu vaccine no more dangerous than a can of tuna

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by Robert Greene, M.D. Amongst all of the alarm about whether or not to get the flu vaccine, I think it’s important to keep matters in their proper perspective. Influenza (“seasonal flu”) is a serious infection that results in about 36,000 deaths per year in the USA alone. The new variant,…

H1N1 and Pregnant Women: How Scary is it Really?

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You can’t turn on your computer, television or radio these days without hearing about the H1N1 flu virus. It’s the number one news headline and perfect fodder for keeping 24-hour news coverage burning; and for good reason. The flu is scary stuff. With words like pandemic and state of…

Why I feel duped by the anti-vaccine movement

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I have a 3-year-old daughter and a kid on the way. So I am fully aware of the vaccine debate. And by now, I’ve been conditioned to believe that my thinking on vaccines should always be, "Question everything." But having just read the

The swine flu shot and my kids

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I'm still undecided about getting my kids vaccinated against the Swine Flu, but as I was scheduling my daughter's annual physical the other day, I decided to ask the nurse what our pediatrician's office…