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Search results for "vaccine" ...
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When Immunity Fails: Whooping Cough Epidemic
KPBS and the Watchdog Institute investigated the whooping cough outbreak of 2010 that sickened thousands of people across the country and killed 23. This investigation contributed to the launch of new studies on the disease.
Tags: whooping cough; immunization; sickness; babies; vaccination; pertussis
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Conscientious Objector: School Vaccination Investigation
A large number of parents are refusing to get their kids vaccinated for some of the most deadly diseases. State health experts didn’t know of the serve problem until the numbers told them. The numbers revealed that a “71% spike in the number of conscientious objections in the past five years”. This has left the administrative and parents asking questions that don’t have answers.
Tags: immunization records; school district; health; public; vaccine; wellness; swine flu; H1N1; outbreak
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Colorado Humane Society
"Using informed sources and dozens of hours of hidden camera investigating, the 7 News investigative team uncovered fraud, mismanagement, a lack of fiscal accountability, a failure to follow sate laws and inadequate and improper care" of animals at the Colorado Humane Society.
Tags: animal cruelty; humane society; fraud; state government; whistleblower; hidden camera; euthanasia; cat; dog; pet; donations; federal regulations; vaccines
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Combating Autism From Within
This series shows both sides of the vaccine debate concerning mercury's possible role in causing autism. Also, the stories touch on conflicts of interest with drug companies paying and conducting studies with government support, which may prevent users from knowing the truth.
Tags: autism; vaccine; mercury; drug companies; government support;
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Pandemic
This investigation examined the outbreak of avian flu in Vietnam and surveyed Canadian and World Health Organization preparations for a bird flu pandemic. The story used hidden cameras to expose the Vietnamese government's failure to end unsanitary methods of slaughtering birds; this failure keeps alive the world's most significant "hot zone" for bird flu.
Tags: disease; WHO; Vietnam; bird flu; avian flu; influenza; H5N1; pandemic; outbreak; public health; vaccine; Canada
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An Anthrax Dilemma
This investigation examined several aspects of the military's anthrax vaccination program and found that the military was not completely honest about the health and safety ramifications of the inoculations. For instance, the military did not report more than 20,000 hospitalizations that were caused by vaccinations. Nor did the military report deaths that followed the vaccinations.
Tags: anthrax; disease; military; vaccination; inoculation; federal government; hospitals; doctors; Lou Gehrig's Disease; veterans
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How federal agencies and their officials, responsible for public welfare and safety, willfully and repeatedly fail to protect the health of armed service members, nuclear workers, and ultimately the public interest
Military and nuclear workers risk their lives everyday working on major health projects aimed at benefitting the public. What this investigation uncovers is the fact that, after these workers become seriously injured from their exposure to hazardous materials, they are often left without government healthcare.
Tags: hazardous materials; military; nuclear workers; anthrax vaccine; healthcare
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Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic -- A Medical Controversy
Kirby investigates whether the mercury-based preservative thimerosal, which was used in an increasing number of childhood vaccines in the 1990s, led to the large number of cases of autism, ADD, ADHD and other childhood disorders that were reported in the United States during the same period.
Tags: public health; pharmaceutical; Thimerosal; FDA; vaccine; autism; ADD; ADHD; CDC; medical; neurological; mercury; Homeland Security; neurotoxin
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FDA: A Question of Safety
This investigative series exposed serious FDA lapses in protecting the public. The series shows, "..a dysfunctional FDA which moves to silence and intimidate its own medical officers who bring to light serious risks; an agency which often, paradoxically, executes its role as public protector by shielding information from doctors and patients."
Tags: Food and Drug Administration; heart attack; heart disease; Vioxx; Serzone; Crestor; vaccinations; FOIA
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Missouri Chicken Pox Vaccine
This reporter working closely with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules checks out why there is opposition to a law making Chicken Pox vaccines mandatory. According to this story, this issue is being debated in other states such as Illinois since some medical professionals are against the inoculations.
Tags: Chicken Pox vaccines; vaccination; inoculation; Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; JCAR; Illinois; medical professionals; immunization