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• They Say: Meningitis Vaccine Actually Works

  We hear a lot of bad news these days about vaccines. Aack, autism. Aaack, superbugs. Finally, some good news: the meningitis vaccine is working. Read More... Posted Jan 16 2009, 08:24 AM by JeanneSager with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: autism, vaccinations, immunizations, sick kids, vaccines, Prevnar, vaccine, Jeanne Sager, they say, superbugs, immunize, sick adults, meningitis, vaccine debate

• Vaccine Contributes to Superbug Ear Infections

  Of those millions of shots jabbed into your squealing infant’s chubby thigh, Prevnar was likely one of them. The vaccine prevents pneumonia, meningitis and some kinds of ear infections in children. Now Prevnar is being blamed for a new superbug virus found in nine Rochester, N.Y., children whose ear infections have so far resisted all other drugs approved for treatment. The shot, which came out in 2000 and was originally formulated to prevent seven of the 90 virus strains that cause ear infections, has been so successful in its fight that it has lost some of its effectiveness. Strains that hadn’t before been covered have started to flourish. Read More... Posted Sep 18 2007, 09:10 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: vaccinations, ear infections, vaccines, Superbug, Prevnar