Philippines becomes first Asian country to approve sale of dengue vaccine Dengvaxia

NewsBy MPA AdminDecember 26, 2015

26 December 2015 December 23, 2015 Philippines became the first Asian country to approve the sale of the world’s first ever dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in the country. The Dengvaxia vaccine has been manufactured by French pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur. It has been designed to protect people in the 9-45 age groups from all four subtypes…

Anti-Vaccination Websites Use ‘Distorted’ Science, Researchers Find

NewsBy MPA AdminNovember 5, 2015Leave a comment

5 November 2015 Many websites that promote unscientific views about vaccinations use pseudoscience and misinformation to spread the idea that vaccines are dangerous, according to a new study. For example, of the nearly 500 anti-vaccination websites examined in the study, nearly two-thirds claimed that vaccines cause autism, the researchers found. However, multiple studies have shown…