Rubella

Research on fetal tissue is not new. In the 1960s, fetal cells were extracted from two aborted babies and they are still being propagated in cell culture. They are used today to produce vaccines for hepatitis A, rubella, chickenpox and shingles (Holt). Fetal tissue was also used to create vaccines for the poliovirus. Today, these vaccines are estimated to save 550,000 lives worldwide every year (Storrs). Stem cell research has led to much more than vaccines. They…

To me, life begins at validity and not at conception. I am a Christian and a science student and I support abortion. My support for abortion stems out of many reasons which include individual’s right, especially women’s moral right. In addition, it preserves the woman’s life in case the woman’s life is in jeopardy. Also, abortion prevents severely malformed babies from being born and suffer. Abortion is vital for gender equality and population control. Abortion helps science to research…

This fear is one of the major reasons of why some parents prevent their children from being vaccinated. In 1988, The Lancet, a respected medical journal, published a paper specifying a link between the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine and autism. However, after further research by other doctors, the paper was retracted. Despite this, many people today still believe that the MMR vaccine causes autism, positing that the mercury-containing compound thimerosal, a preservative…

“Childhood vaccines are one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. Indeed, parents … no longer have to worry about their child’s death or disability from whooping cough, polio … or a host of other infections” (Emanuel). In the last decade, childhood vaccinations have been subjected to controversy, but when in reality vaccines have been saving millions of children from hospitalizations and premature death. Parental figures should give physicians or other medical professionals the consent to…

Ordinarily I would have probably have a hard time deciding which case study did the most harm however, clearly after reading each case in my mind there was only one choice. Stanford Prison Study: While the Stanford prison study is shocking and the treatment of the young men appalling, this case study only had 24 participants and only touched a handful of people. While I do believe there is evidence that some of the participants had some lasting affects, in my mind the MMR study was clearly the…

This health policy attempts to reduce the number of adverse birth outcomes caused by a dearth of preconception care. The evidence-based interventions suggested in the policy are primarily focused on education and testing. Attainable education-based interventions include a focus on nutrition related to folic acid and iron intake, avoidance of environmental hazards such as pesticides, lead, and methyl mercury in fish, and family planning initiatives including birth spacing and contraceptive…

Ever since the invention of the smallpox vaccine, more than 200 years ago, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the ethics, effectiveness, and safety of vaccinations. Over the past few years, it has been widely debated whether laws should be introduced that make some or all vaccines mandatory for children. Personally, I am a strong supporter of creating such laws as those who choose not to vaccinate their children put them, and others, at risk for deadly diseases. The four-way test…

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Vaccines are important for the health for all. In this essay I will explain why all children should be vaccinated to prevent deadly health and developmental risks. Children are less likely to be exposed to deadly diseases. Although vaccines have a bad reputation, there is evidence showing that vaccines help more than they harm. Children aren’t as likely to be exposed to deadly diseases. This is evident by the diseases including whooping cough, measles, polio, mumps, tetanus and many others…

(Ohan 2015). It is now all under the umbrella of Autism. Another theory is that new technology and better-trained specialists identify more cases than have been identified in the past. Another less supported theory suggests that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is causing an increase of autism. The vaccine contains Mercury that could be a potential factor in the onset of the disorder (Brown 2005). The CDC also published the statistic that autism spectrum disorder is almost 5 times more…