Topic: Measles

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2010-02-02 15:41:15

LONDON (Reuters) - The Lancet medical journal formally retracted a paper on Tuesday that caused a 12-year international battle over links between the three-in-one childhood MMR vaccine and autism. The paper, published in 1998 and written by British doctor Andrew Wakefield, suggested the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot might be linked to autism and bowel disease. His assertion, since ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-04 15:37:38

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. 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 children, proposed that there was a link between the vaccine and ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-03 17:42:38

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. About 164,000 died from measles in 2008 down from 733,000 in 2000, according to the U.S.-based Measles Initiative, which groups ...

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consumeraffairs.com | 2009-10-09 16:02:36
Conclusion follows review of published research

Some reassuring news for people concerned about a possible link between autism and childhood vaccinations. 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. Researchers explored vaccination history, vaccine safety monitoring systems in the U.S., and ...

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Vaccines and autism

Windsor Star, Canada | 2010-02-09 03:21:51

The press coverage of Dr. Wakefield's controversial research paper: fact or fiction?

Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska | 2010-02-08 19:56:06

Medical journal retracts autism paper

National Post, Canada | 2010-02-08 19:03:56

Medical Journal Retracts Autism-Vaccine Link Study

ABC 7 Washington (WJLA) | 2010-02-08 18:04:57

UK medical journal retracts flawed vaccine study

ABC 7 Washington (WJLA) | 2010-02-08 17:38:25

Lancet Retracts Study Linking Vaccines to Autism

TreeHugger | 2010-02-04 12:04:38

Vaccines Still Don't Cause Autism [Science]

Gawker | 2010-02-03 12:28:27

The Debate Over Vaccines And Autism

CBS4 Denver Video | 2010-02-03 09:54:48

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