Another study finds no MMR-autism link

2010-02-23T01:40:09Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study provides further evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of autism.</p><p>Concerns that the MMR shot could cause autism were first raised a decade ago by British physician Andrew Wakefield, who, based on a study of 12...

Measles deaths drop by 78 pct but resurgence feared

2010-02-23T21:20:31Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Global deaths from measles fell by 78 percent between 2000 and 2008 thanks largely to mass childhood vaccination campaigns, but experts say death rates may rise again if complacency allows immunization efforts to lag.</p><p>About 164,000 died from measles in 2008 down from 733,000 in 2000, according to the U.S.-based Measles Initiative, which groups...

No Scientific Link Found Between Childhood Vaccines And Autism

2010-02-24T20:51:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Conclusion follows review of published research</div><div><p>Some reassuring news for people concerned about a possible link between autism and childhood vaccinations.</p><p>An article published recently in the Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing says there is no convincing scientific evidence supporting a relationship between vaccines and autism. </p><p>Re...

Inhaled measles vaccine closer to reality

2010-02-25T16:02:20Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The first dry powder inhalable measles vaccine will soon be ready for testing in humans, researchers announced at the 238th meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, DC.</p><p>Dr.

Vaccine scare threatens health in Ukraine

2010-03-03T22:38:18Z

<div><p>A widespread scare about vaccine side effects in Ukraine has led to a sharp drop in immunizations that could result in disease outbreaks spreading beyond the former Soviet republic, international and local health officials say.</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of fearful Ukrainians have refused vaccines for diseases such as diphtheria, mumps, polio, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, whooping cough a...

Jump in measles cases

2010-03-02T06:12:47Z

<div><p>Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking criticism of parents who did not vaccinate their children.</p><p>Confirmed cases of the disease increased from 990 in 2007 to 1,348 last year, data from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.&lt...

Parents criticised after jump in measles cases

2010-03-02T06:12:51Z

<div><p>Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking harsh criticism of parents who fail to vaccinate their children.</p><p>Confirmed cases of the disease increased from 990 in 2007 to 1,348 last year, data from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.&...

Measles eradication target under doubt

2010-03-03T00:41:31Z

<div><p>Cases of measles have risen sharply in parts of Europe, including Britain frustrating the global drive to eradicate the disease by 2010, a medical journal reported on Wednesday.</p><p>A study conducted by The Lancet said that in 2006-7 most of the 12,000 cases in Europe were foun...

Measles eradication drive under doubt

2010-03-03T00:42:14Z

<div><p>Cases of measles have risen sharply in parts of Europe, including Britain frustrating the global drive to eradicate the disease by 2010, a medical journal reported on Wednesday </p><p>A study conducted by The Lancet said that in 2006-7 most of the 12,000 cases in Europe were foun...

A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines

2010-03-05T12:27:15Z

Vaccines have contributed to a significant reduction in many childhood diseases, such as diphtheria, polio, measles, and whooping cough. It is now rare for American children to experience the devastating effects of these illnesses. Infant deaths due to childhood diseases have nearly disappeared in the United States and other countries with high vaccination coverage. But the germs that cause vaccine-preventable diseases and death still ...

Measles Virus Protein Induces Paget's Disease-Like Bone in Mice

2010-03-05T12:00:14Z

Measles Virus Protein Induces Paget's Disease-Like Bone in Mice . Scientists funded in part by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases have demonstrated that mouse cells genetically altered with the measles virus nucleocapsid protein (MVNP) bear similarities to those cells found in people wit...

A Limited Measles Outbreak in U.S.-Born Children Living in a Military Community in Germany after Vaccine Refusal and Other Vaccination Delays

2010-02-28T14:28:52Z

<div><p>INTRODUCTION</p><p>Measles is a highly infectious, acute viral illness, characterized by fever, rash, cough, conjunctivitis, and coryza, and can lead to pneumonia and death. With the advent of the vaccine era, the incidence of measles in the United States decreased from ~500,000 per year to 66 in 2005.1 Although measles is a vaccine-preventable disease, outbreaks can occur de...

Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism

2010-02-28T16:17:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Yet another study aims to debunk lingering fear of link between measles vaccine and autism</div><div><p>New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children left unvaccinated.</p><p>Years of research with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, better known as MMR, have concluded that ...

Measles Outbreaks Highlight Importance of Immunization

2010-02-28T17:25:38Z

<div id="subtitle">131 children affected by outbreak so far in 2008</div><div><p> National immunization rates have remained at record high levels, rising in the past year to 77.4 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Immunization Survey. </p><p>Despite this...

Study finds no link between autism, MMR vaccine

2010-02-28T17:53:27Z

<div><p>A new study carried out in the United States found no evidence of a link between autism and the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.</p><p>Researchers hope the findings will help boost the rate of immunization against these illnesses amid some parental concerns about a potential link.</p><p>The research published Wednesday in the online ver...

Measles outbreak in Salzburg spreads; some 180 cases reported

2010-03-04T01:18:31Z

<div><p>A measles outbreak in and around the Austrian city of Salzburg has spread to about 180 people, most of them schoolchildren, authorities said Thursday.</p><p>"There is no need to panic," Health Minister Andrea Kdolsky said in a statement. But she and Salzburg Gov. G...

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