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10/18/2015 / By Carol Young

Polio vaccine kills boy after infecting him with the same deadly disease it’s supposed to prevent

As World Health Officials continue to try to eradicate polio, they’ve encountered a caveat that has lead to death rather than immunization from the disease: Vaccinations kill just as easily as wild polio virus infections do. A sad story from Laos this week: An 8-year-old boy died of polio, but his infection did not stem from natural […]

10/09/2015 / By Carol Young

Nurse caught REUSING a syringe while giving flu shots, potentially exposing patients to hepatitis and HIV

Dozens of people are now being tested for HIV and hepatitis after a negligent nurse was caught reusing the same syringe to administer flu shots to patients. In Princeton, New Jersey, employees at Otsuka Pharmaceutical received the vaccinations in their office and are now being warned that they may have been exposed to a serious […]

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