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Nutrition, sanitation, and clean water are vital, but vaccines are also essential. Combined, they prevent millions of deaths and improve health.
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Nutrition, sanitation, and clean water are vital, but vaccines are also essential. Combined, they prevent millions of deaths and improve health.
People with cancer should get the annual inactive flu shot. The nasal mist vaccine contains a live weakened virus and is not recommended for them.
Claims that COVID vaccines cause cancer via SV40 DNA are false; SV40 promoter genes used in mRNA vaccines do not contain cancer-causing sequences and are removed during production.
Claims that COVID vaccines contain harmful DNA linked to cancer are unfounded; studies show no increased cancer risk, and any detected DNA is due to improper handling and not present in effective doses.
For people with cancer, inactivated flu shots are crucial and safe; live-virus nasal mist should be avoided, the American Cancer Society says.
An environmental lawyer casts doubt on the HPV vaccine’s cancer prevention, but data show it reduces cervical cancer incidence by about 90% in vaccinated women.
A viral video falsely claims the Gates Foundation’s HPV vaccine program in India caused harm, despite evidence showing the deaths were unrelated to the vaccine.
There is no evidence that COVID vaccines cause cancer, and the claim that they contain the SV40 virus is unsupported by scientific evidence.
The claim that COVID vaccines cause “turbo” testicular cancer is baseless, lacking evidence or a plausible mechanism.
A study found that HPV vaccination has significantly reduced cervical cancer rates in England, nearly eliminating it in women born since 1995.