Swine Flu Vaccine in the News
ecochildsplay.com 7/30/2009 — A few weeks ago, I wrote on Non-Toxic Kids about the roll out of a swine flu vaccine for this fall. I realized then I needed to learn a great deal more about this virus and the vaccine. As a teacher, I will be in direct contact with hundreds of kid and could bring this virus into my home. But I ...

H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine? No thanks.
webfloss.com 9/12/2009 — I’m not getting the Swine Flu vaccine because I am a healthy adult. And even if I was a health-care worker, pregnant, a parent of a child under 6 months old or had underlying medical conditions, including diabetes, asthma, and chronic lung disease or heart disease — I’m still ...

One Shot for Swine Flu Vaccine Instead of Two
ecochildsplay.com 9/12/2009 — Surprising news from the New York Times today . Clinical trials of the H1N1 vaccine are showing protection at just one dose. Since news of the vaccine has come out in the last several months , it has been thought that 2 shots would be needed. As a result, the vaccine will be available to ...

What Pregnancy Plus Swine Flu Looks Like
blogs.babble.com 10/24/2009 — I’m having a hard time figuring out why perfectly pro-vaccines people are shunning the swine flu shot. Even if you’re very confident you won’t get it, even if you’re confident that if you do get it you won’t die from it, ...

The Swine Flu Vaccine and Your Family
ecochildsplay.com 8/24/2009 — Like most families, you’re probably being bombarded by the media regarding swine flu: precautions, symptoms, and the availability of the shot. First, you need to know this: most widely available doses of the swine flu vaccine will contain thimerosal , a mercury-laden preservative that ...

Schools May Get First Swine Flu Vaccine
blogs.babble.com 6/17/2009 — Your kids may be the first to get vaccinated against the deadly swine flu. But would you let them get the shot at school?

One Shot for Swine Flu Vaccine Instead of Two (for adults)
ecochildsplay.com 9/12/2009 — (edited 9/12/09 with new information) Surprising news from the New York Times today . Clinical trials of the H1N1 vaccine are showing protection at just one dose for adults. According the the AP, results for children on this are still not available. Since news of the vaccine has come out in ...

Washington Post Reports: Swine Flu Vaccine will have Thimerosal
non-toxickids.net 8/2/2009 — I've been offline enjoying some long sought after sunny days. There haven't been many this summer in Vermont, so it has been nice to just get outside, all day, with my girls. So I missed this story that many of the Swine Flu Vaccines that will be available this fall will contain thimerosal.  ...

Swine Flu Vaccine Linked to Paralysis
ecobabyz.blogspot.com 9/4/2009 — With forced vaccination looming on the horizon for Massachusetts, it is no wonder many are concerned. A warning letter about the swine flu vaccine was leaked to the DailyMail. Written by Professor Elizabeth Miller, head of the Health Protection Agency's Immunization Department, it reveals that ...

I’m scared to vaccinate my kids for swine flu
blogs.babycenter.com 10/5/2009 — So the federal government has begun an unprecedented, intense and, no doubt, frenzied hunt for side effects associated with the swine flu vaccine, according to this Associated Press article (via MSNBC). Many of the nation’s top scientists from ...

Swine flu vaccine: Pregnant women to the head of the line — Booster Shots 7/28/2009
Pregnant women are likely to be among the first groups recommended to receive the vaccine for the new H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, because of their unusually high risk of dying from an infection. Of the 266 U.S. ...

Quiver in fear, swine flu: Killer sleeves are out to get you — Booster Shots 7/29/2009
Worried about your kids catching swine flu? A group of "mompreneurs" -- what a word, what a word -- have stepped up to the plate to help, a publicist has informed us. Three mothers have independently come up with cutesy-named and ...

Swine flu: Watch out for those plush toys — Booster Shots 7/30/2009
Recommendations for preventing swine-flu transmission often take on strange forms, but one of the strangest is a new recommendation from British health authorities  to remove teddy bears and other soft toys from nurseries. The Times of ...

Swine flu: Pregnant women not getting Tamiflu — Booster Shots 7/30/2009
Pregnant women should be receiving the antiviral drug Tamiflu at the first sign of symptoms of influenza, but many physicians are delaying treatment because of long-held prejudices about using any drugs during pregnancy, researchers from the Centers ...

Use of alternative health practitioners falls — Booster Shots 7/30/2009
A national survey reflecting consumers' use of alternative and complementary medicine (CAM) shows that the use of self-care therapies has increased and that the use of CAM healthcare professionals has decreased. Additionally, certain practices ...