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Mexico halts vaccines after 2 babies die, 29 sickened from bad vaccines in south Mexico
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141091186
May 12, 2015, 02:24 AM
2 babies die, 29 sickened from bad vaccines in south Mexico
Source: AP
Mexico's public health system has suspended infant vaccines and mounted an investigation after two babies died and 29 were sickened in an impoverished community in southern Mexico.
Six of the 29 babies are in grave condition after receiving vaccinations for tuberculosis, rotovirus and Hepatitis B, which are generally administered between 0 and 6 months, according to a national schedule. The cause of the adverse reactions is not known, the Mexican Institute for Social Security said Sunday.
The institute said it stopped vaccines nationwide on Saturday as a precaution.
The Rev. Marcelo Perez, a Roman Catholic priest, told The Associated Press that families of the babies said they became sick within hours. The adverse reactions started Friday and the babies were being treated in a hospital in Simojovel, Chiapas, where 93 percent of the people live in poverty, 69 percent in extreme poverty, according to government statistics.
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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/2-babies-die-29-sickened-from-bad-vaccines-in-6254645.php
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Story was published by AP on May 10:
http://news.yahoo.com/2-babies-die-29-sickened-bad-vaccines-south-001219314.html
May 12, 2015, 02:24 AM
2 babies die, 29 sickened from bad vaccines in south Mexico
Source: AP
Mexico's public health system has suspended infant vaccines and mounted an investigation after two babies died and 29 were sickened in an impoverished community in southern Mexico.
Six of the 29 babies are in grave condition after receiving vaccinations for tuberculosis, rotovirus and Hepatitis B, which are generally administered between 0 and 6 months, according to a national schedule. The cause of the adverse reactions is not known, the Mexican Institute for Social Security said Sunday.
The institute said it stopped vaccines nationwide on Saturday as a precaution.
The Rev. Marcelo Perez, a Roman Catholic priest, told The Associated Press that families of the babies said they became sick within hours. The adverse reactions started Friday and the babies were being treated in a hospital in Simojovel, Chiapas, where 93 percent of the people live in poverty, 69 percent in extreme poverty, according to government statistics.
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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/2-babies-die-29-sickened-from-bad-vaccines-in-6254645.php
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1. Locking thread
Story was published by AP on May 10:
http://news.yahoo.com/2-babies-die-29-sickened-bad-vaccines-south-001219314.html
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