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What Are the Potential Side Effects of the Flu Vaccine?

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What Are the Potential Side Effects of the Flu Vaccine?

Flu vaccines have been around for more than 50 years and have been given to hundreds and hundreds of millions of people without incident....

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What is the Safety Testing Process for Vaccines?

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What is the Safety Testing Process for Vaccines?

Before you ever receive a vaccine from your doctor, the vaccine must first be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...

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2018 Back-To-School Vaccinations

The new school year is once again arriving, and it is important to make sure that your school age children are current on their...

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What is Herd Immunity from Vaccine

The term herd immunity (or “herd effect”) is often used to describe a reduction in incidences and outbreaks of a particular infectious...

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Potential for Some Injuries from the Covid-19 Vaccine

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Potential for Some Injuries from the Covid-19 Vaccine

The New England Journal of Medicine published an important piece this week on the rare, albeit real, potential for some injuries from the...

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Reaction to Gardasil (HPV) Vaccine

According to the CDC, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) causes over 10,000 cancers per year in both men and women in the United States....

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Is the Shingles Vaccine Covered by the NVICP?

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Is the Shingles Vaccine Covered by the NVICP?

Shingles is an inflammation of the nerves caused by a dormant chickenpox infection, and typically appears in adults over 50. There are...

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How to report a Vaccine Injury to VAERS

VAERS is the national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. The FDA recommends reporting any adverse event that happens after getting a...

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Vaccines and Transverse Myelitis

In another blog post, linked here, I explained that vaccines can indeed cause transverse myelitis in rare cases. Medical literature...

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Is the MMR Vaccine Safe for My Child?

Generally speaking, the MMR vaccine is safe for children. And being protected against measles, mumps, and rubella (which before the...

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Can I sue if I've been injured by a vaccine?

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Can I sue if I've been injured by a vaccine?

Several deadly diseases have been completely eradicated in the United States because of widespread vaccination. However, widespread...

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Multiple Sclerosis and Vaccines

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, the exact cause or causes of which are still largely unknown. The question of whether...

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Do Vaccines Cause Transverse Myelitis?

The short answer is yes, in rare cases vaccines can cause transverse myelitis. Transverse myelitis is an auto-immune disorder that can be...

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What if I have suffered an injury from the shingles vaccine?

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What if I have suffered an injury from the shingles vaccine?

Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Its symptoms are a painful rash that can burn and blister. In some people,...

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Vaccine-Caused Encephalopathy and Encephalitis (but not Autism)

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Vaccine-Caused Encephalopathy and Encephalitis (but not Autism)

A Historic Vaccine-Injury Case About a decade ago, the family of 9-year-old Hannah Poling pursued a claim through the Vaccine Injury...

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Lingering Pain After Flu Shot

As we are nearing the end of the 2017-2018 flu season, or at least survived the peak, we are finding that this record-breaking flu season...

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Billions Paid to Vaccine Injury Victims

It was a simple act that our vaccine injury client, Ron Flood, had done quite possibly thousands of times before: opening the...

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The Future of the Flu Shot

Reports this year about the flu vaccine’s effectiveness have varied widely. Some reports have suggested it may be effective only 10% of...

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What Causes Injury From a Flu Shot?

As of March 2017, SIRVA injuries resulting from the flu vaccine became classified as table injuries under the National Vaccine Injury...

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Vaccine Table Change Extends Time to Seek Compensation

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Vaccine Table Change Extends Time to Seek Compensation

Like other types of legal actions, vaccine injury claims must be brought within a certain amount of time. The time limit is usually set...

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Symptoms of Brachial Neuritis (Parsonage-Turner Syndrome) from Tetanus Vaccines (DTaP)

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Symptoms of Brachial Neuritis (Parsonage-Turner Syndrome) from Tetanus Vaccines (DTaP)

One of the shoulder and arm injuries our clients often suffer from is called Brachial Neuritis. It is also sometimes called...

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Glen Sturtevant

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Why Does My Arm Hurt After a Shot?

Lots of people report soreness and discomfort after getting a vaccination, like the flu shot. Most people also have experienced the...

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Glen Sturtevant

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Possible Injuries Caused by Vaccines

Nearly all medications involve risks to the patient, and vaccines are no different. But the risk of injury due to a vaccine is...

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Glen Sturtevant

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Avoid Getting the Flu with These Tips

In the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter months. Influenza activity often begins to increase in...

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