Tag Archive for 'Measles'

National Infant Immunization Week

Published on April 29, 2010 in Parenting, Prevention and Vaccine. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

This is national infant immunization week. Many, including myself,  view immunizations as one of the greatest advances in medicine as they have clearly saved countless lives from diseases such as pertussis, measles, and haemophilus. Vaccination is the single most important thing I do on a day-to-day basis to prevent illness and protect children.

Our State, like many others, finds itself facing a rising number of school-aged children whose parents are choosing not to immunize their child and Continue reading ‘National Infant Immunization Week’

Autism and MMR

Published on February 4, 2010 in Prevention and Vaccine. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

I came across this in the last day and found it quite interesting. The whole article that started the autism and MMR fears was just retracted from the Lancet this week. In a nutshell the study was flawed and unethical.

Associated Press

UK medical journal retracts flawed vaccine study

Tue Feb 2, 10:56 am ET

LONDON – A major British medical journal on Tuesday retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease.

The retraction by The Lancet comes a day after a competing medical journal, BMJ, issued an embargoed commentary calling for The Lancet to formally retract the study. The commentary was to have been published on Wednesday. Continue reading ‘Autism and MMR’