1. Cancer vaccines can cause an advanced tumor to shrink while patients with a poor prognosis can remain in remission. 2. Parents demanded the single jabs because of fears that the combined vaccine could cause autism and bowel disease. 3. Although there is no conclusive evidence that the vaccine causes the bowel condition, CDC officials said the data are strongly suggestive. 4. An FDA spokeswoman said the agency wanted to be sure that the vaccine caused no significant adverse effects. 5. A live-virus vaccine can cause AIDS in newborns, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reported at a Washington conference on vaccine development earlier this month. 6. But he said there was no evidence that any vaccine could cause autism or diabetes. 7. Current service members, however, told the panel that many troops are afraid the vaccine will cause unknown long-term health effects and some have refused to take it. 8. Dead virus vaccine causes fewer cases of polio. 9. Groups worried that vaccines cause such problems, however, said more study was needed. 10. He said he read on the Internet that the vaccine could cause sterility. |