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Thirteen Year Old Dies Five Days After HPV Vaccine

A thirteen year old fell ill just hours after receiving a second dose of HPV vaccine at school and died five days later. Shazel Zaman started suffering with a severe headache, vomiting and dizziness a few days after having the cervical cancer vaccine and her symptoms became so bad a few days later that her family took her to hospital. Shazel’s family claims that a doctor dismissed that her condition was linked to the HPV vaccine jab saying she “came across as a lazy child” and diagnosed her illness as a stomach bug before sending her home.

The FDA’s War on E-Cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration has finalized its plan to bring electronic cigarettes under its authority. Among other changes—such as a ban on sales to minors, a step that some states haven’t yet taken on their own—this means that nearly every e-cigarette product will need to go through the FDA approval process. Each flavor and device will require a separate application, and each application will cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to complete.

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