Issues about safety

Issues about vaccine safety:

HOW THE FDA WORKS TO ENSURE VACCINE SAFETY

VAERS - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)

Epidemiology study finds no vaccine/IDDM connection

AIDS
HIV and Polio Vaccine
    Independent laboratory tests have found no evidence to support the theory
     that an early version of the polio vaccine tested in the 1950s inadvertantly
     triggered the AIDs epidemic.
NO AIDS RISK FROM POLIO VACCINES
     Examines evidence refuting an AIDS/vaccine connection.
POLIO VACCINE & AIDS
     Examines whether the emergence of AIDS was associated with
     the polio vaccines of the 1950s.
AIDS virus came from chimps
    CNN news story

DTP and MMR Vaccines
MMR and Autistic spectrum disorder:
   latest conference report: "evidence does not support the hypothesis that MMR
   vaccine causes autism or associated disorders or IBD" - J. of Pediatrics
Acellular pertussis vaccine safety reconfirmed
     - Pediatrics
Pertussis vaccination and wheezing illnesses
     No evidence that pertussis immunization increases wheezing
           * * Major New Study in BMJ * *
DPT immunisation protects against SIDS
    DPT decreases risk of SIDS

Autism and Vaccines

No risk of Guillain-Barre after MMR
   J. of Pediatrics

MMR does not increase risk of IBD
   New study in Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

MMR - Autism: latest IOM report
   "evidence favors rejection of a
    causal relationship".

No evidence for measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine-associated inflammatory bowel disease or autism in a 14-year prospective study
     This Finnish study found no data showing an association
      between MMR vaccine and developmental disorders or
      inflammatory bowel disease.
MMR, Autism and Irritable Bowel Disease(IBD)
       New study shows no association between MMR
      and autism or Crohn's disease. Review from New South Wales.

No evidence to support an association between measles, measles vaccination and Crohn's disease
      Three letters in the British Medical Journal

GENERAL
Are Vaccines Safe
    Addresses many misconceptions and myths from
    the anti-vaccine movement
What Parents Need to Know About Vaccination
     From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Epidemiology study finds no vaccine/IDDM connection
     Review of international studies finds no connection

HEPATITIS B VACCINE
Diabetes and Vaccines
     No evidence for any increased risk of diabetes associated
     with childhood vaccines

Safety of hepatitis B vaccination programmes
     There is no evidence whatsoever of a link between
     hepatitis B virus infection and CNS demyelinating
     disorders including multiple sclerosis.

Hib
No association between type 1 diabetes and Hib vaccination (BMJ study)

SV40 VIRUS
Oral Polio Vaccine Testing for SV40
     Steps used to ensure no SV40 contamination occurs.
SV40: evidence of natural presence in the environment
     FDA presentation showing people were infected with SV40
     before polio vaccines were introduced.
SV40 virus and polio vaccine (JAMA)
     Major study in JAMA on the lack of a connection between
     SV40 and cancer.
Simian Virus 40 (SV40), a Possible Human Polyomavirus
     (Workshop Held at NIH

"STEALTH" VIRUS
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV): What is it?
     CMV is a very common type of herpes virus. Over half
     of adults have it. It is transmitted in saliva, blood,
     urine, semen. Most people have it by age 3. It causes
     infection in immuno-compromised individuals.

How vaccines are tested for "contamination."
     A review of the testing procedures and standards
     used to verify vaccine purity.

Cytomegaloviruses of animals and humans
     are not infectious across species.
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