Polio Vaccine Contamination Raises Cancer Concerns
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A review into contaminated polio vaccine has been ordered by Australia&#39;s Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott, after an investigation showed at least two batches were released for use after testing positive for contamination, according to a report in The
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People who have had kidney transplants face a big increase in risk for a variety of cancers, particularly those caused by a virus, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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A new vaccine protects nine out of ten women against cervical cancer linked to two strains of the deadly human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a study published Thursday.
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Texas became the first U.S. state  to require that all 11- and 12-year-old girls be vaccinated  against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually  transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer, the  governor's office said on Friday.
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The risk of polio vaccine causing the  disease has been eliminated in the United States because of a  switch to a vaccine containing an inactive form of the virus, a  government study said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Simian virus 40 (SV40), which  contaminated polio vaccine widely distributed between 1955 and  1962, does not seem to have increased the likelihood of an  exposed person developing the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma  (NHL), according to a report from the National Cancer  Institute.
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TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government has promised an inquiry into reports that the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories knowingly released batches of the polio vaccine contaminated with a virus linked to cancer.
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NEW YORK  - Exposure to polychlorinated   biphenyls (PCBs) -- chemicals widely used in industry --   apparently reduces children's immune response to vaccinations,   according to a report.
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WASHINGTON  - Years of clinical trials have yeilded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes colon and cervical cancer, researchers said.
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Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America&#39;s influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.
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Thousands of people are to be told they may have been exposed to vCJD through contaminated blood products.
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More than 8 million Sudanese children  will be vaccinated against polio, health officials said on  Monday, following the country's first case of the disease in  more than two years.
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People who have had kidney  transplants face a big increase in risk for a variety of  cancers, particularly those caused by a virus, according to a  study published on Tuesday.
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As lawmakers prepare to debate an override of the governor's order that schoolgirls be inoculated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, a group of legislators wants the state to produce a brochure about the vaccine.
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By David Klepper, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jan. 31--TOPEKA -- Kansas has joined the growing list of states considering a plan to require girls to be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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A 13-year-old boy is in intensive care  following a severe adverse reaction to a vaccination at school.
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Exposure to polychlorinated  biphenyls (PCBs) -- chemicals widely used in industry --  apparently reduces children's immune response to vaccinations,  according to a report.