26 h. ago Florida surgeon general says he didn’t study whether ending vaccine mandate would increase diseases

Joseph Ladapo has compared vaccinations to government-imposed ‘slavery’

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63 h. ago Florida surgeon general Ladapo's vaccine mandates opposition goes against medical mainstream

Dr_ Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian-born physician with impeccable U_S_ medical credentials, says that requiring vaccinations for diseases like measles, polio and chickenpox amounts to government-imposed “slavery.”

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5 d. ago DeSantis to make Florida first state to end all vaccine mandates for schools

Florida surgeon general equating vaccine mandates to ‘slavery’ while announcing the new policy push

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1 week ago Shingles vaccine may lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds

Vaccination has increasingly been seen as an effective measure for the prevention, not only of specific infections, but of cardiovascular disease

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1 week ago Vaccine against shingles could slash heart attack risk by a fifth, study shows

The vaccine used against shingles can reduce a person's chances of suffering a heart attack by fifth, according to a global review, amid growing evidence that jabs can help people with cardiovascular disease

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3 w. ago US medical journal rejects call from RFK Jr to retract vaccine study

Health secretary claimed that study, showing safety of aluminum ingredients in vaccines to be safe, was flawedAn influential US medical journal is rejecting a call from the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal’s editor told Reuters.Kennedy has long promoted doubts about vaccines’ safety and efficacy, and as health secretary has upended the federal government’s process for recommending immunization. A recent media report said he has been considering whether to initiate a review of shots that contain aluminum, which he says are linked to autoimmune diseases and allergies. Continue reading...

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