Dengue Fever Vaccine Causing Panic, Political Strife in Philippines

A faulty dengue fever vaccine has set off mass panic over immunization shots and a political storm in the Philippines following the deaths of three children. The dengue fever vaccine Dengvaxia poses health risks to more than 700,000 schoolchildren who were inoculated, the Philippine House of Representatives public affairs bureau said Monday as it opened hearings on the issue.   The mosquito-borne disease has killed three children despite use of the vaccine, which the government...

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