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Doctors Continue to Recommend HPV Vaccine Following Girl’s Death

August 19, 2014

Questions about the safety and effects of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine have been raised after a 12-year old Wisconsin girl was reported dead hours after receiving an injection. While the cause of the girl’s death is still unknown, her parents have pressed for further investigation and have publicly stated that…

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U.S. Government Agency Takes Down Spreadsheet Detailing Hospital Errors

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August 19, 2014

U.S. Government Agency Takes Down Spreadsheet Detailing Hospital Errors

As part of a controversial decision, the U.S. government decided to remove public access to a list of avoidable errors, called HACs (“hospital acquired conditions”), which previously had been accessible online to the general public. Errors on the list included surgeons leaving a foreign object in a patient’s body during…