Vaccinations in Poland

[Bonobo]

Measles vaccine does not increase risk of autism in children, reveals Polish study
10. lutego 2010 03:06

As a pivotal paper linking childhood vaccinations to autism is discredited, a new study finds no evidence that the measles vaccine—given alone or as part of a combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine—increases the risk of autism in children. The study appears in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (www.pidj.com), published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

The early online publication appears in the wake of the recent announcement that the editors of The Lancet had retracted a controversial 1998 article suggesting that vaccines contributed to autism risk. That paper—which alarmed parents worldwide and led to sharp drops in measles and MMR vaccination rates in some places—has since been debunked amidst allegations of ethical and scientific misconduct.

Autism Risk Isn't Higher after Measles Vaccination, Polish Data Show
In the new study, a team led by Dorota Mrożek-Budzyn, Ph.D., of Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, in Krakow, Poland, compared 96 Polish children with autism to a carefully matched set of 192 children without autism. Statistical techniques were used to look for any relationship between measles vaccination and the development of autism.

The results showed no evidence that children receiving measles vaccine—alone or as part of the MMR vaccine—were more likely to develop autism. This was so after adjustment for known risk factors for autism, including the mother's age and education, length of gestation, medications during pregnancy, and the child's condition after birth.

Vaccinated children were actually less likely to develop autism—especially those receiving the MMR vaccine. The researchers suspect this may reflect some other unmeasured factor affecting the children's health status. "For example," they write, "healthcare workers or parents may have noticed signs of developmental delay or disease before the actual autism diagnosis and for this reason have avoided vaccination."

Further Evidence for Vaccine Safety, as Flawed Research is Withdrawn
The new Polish study will appear in print in the May issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal but was posted online early at www.pidj.com after the Lancet retraction was announced. The retracted study, led by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, purported to show evidence of "developmental regression" in children shortly after they received the MMR vaccine. Subsequent studies have provided little or no support for the hypothesis that MMR vaccine increases autism risk. The retraction follows allegations of ethical and scientific misconduct by Dr. Wakefield.

In Poland, the MMR vaccine has replaced the measles-only vaccine gradually over the past decade, providing a unique opportunity to compare their effects. Vaccination rates in Poland have remained high, in contrast to other countries—including the United States and Britain—where a decline in the number of children vaccinated has been followed by measles outbreaks. Based on the new results, "both vaccines are characterized by a similar level of safety with respect to the risk of autism in children," Dr. Mrożek-Budzyn and colleagues conclude.

SOURCE The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

www.news-medical.net/news/20100210/Measles-vaccine-does-not-increase-risk-of-autism-in-children-reveals-Polish-study.aspx

[Bonobo]

Poles' reluctance towards flu shots takes toll on economy
29.10.2015 10:56
No more than three to five percent of citizens opt for vaccines against influenza each year.
Photo: Flickr.com/Lance McCordPhoto: Flickr.com/Lance McCord
As a result of the unabated disease, the direct costs incurred by the Polish economy equal PLN 43.5 million (over EUR 10 million), consulting firm EY reveals.
The expenditures include medication, hospitalisation and diagnostics, daily Gazeta Wyborcza indicates.
However, if incidence is up, the costs skyrocket to PLN 730 million (EUR 170 million).
The outlays are higher still, and reaching billions of złotys, if we factor in external costs, such as absence from work, the paper adds.
Some three million Poles have been contracting flu annually since 2013, marking the highest morbidity in the country in 20 years. (aba/rk)

Source: Gazeta Wyborcza
- See more at: www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/226762,Poles-reluctance-towards-flu-shots-takes-toll-on-economy#sthash.xXJjw2bm.dpuf

[Bonobo]

It`s the first such a case in Poland. Even foreign media wrote about it - mostly American.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/poland-seeking-parents-and-their-newborn-after-they-fled/2017/09/19/4e9648e2-9d3c-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089_story.html?utm_term=.80dbaf1c0298

On Tuesday the higher branch of the court revoked the previous ruling about the limitation of parents` rights. So, they declared they would come out of their hiding place.
Now they are sueing the hospital for an attempt to harm the newborn with dangerous medications.

[Bonobo]

In the public eye - Minister of Health and Senate leader are injecting each other with flu vaccines to promote healthy style of life. Both are doctors by profession.

[Bonobo]

Pro and anti-vaccination campaigns clash with each other. It seems anti-side is more active.

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