Monthly Archives: October 2010

Professor Doherty, a Nobel prize winning scientist and vaccine expert, believes that it is important for scientists such as himself to avoid any conflict of interest when advising industry and the public. In a recent article in The Australian he stressed that he did not have any links … Continue reading →

After the presentation by Pierre Fourier, where he highlighted the hurdles facing the vaccine industry, which I have mentioned above, an attendee asked the direct question as to how he thinks the anti-vaccination movement can be addressed. Surprisingly, he admitted that … Continue reading →

A recent study by Anna Kata examined the role of the internet as a tool for disseminating misinformation and found that if the word “vaccination” was applied to the Google search engine 71% of the sites would be classified as … Continue reading →

The internet is quickly becoming the primary source of information on any subject these days, including individual’s health. In the US an estimated 75-80% of internet users obtain information regarding health issues online. In 2006, 16% of internet users searched … Continue reading →

Well I am back, at last, from my trip to the east coast of America. The purpose of this travel was to attend The BioProcess International Conference held in Providence, Rhode Island. Of particular relevance to my vaccination blog was the conference stream … Continue reading →