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Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the figure at the center of the controversy over the MMR vaccine and autism, was a “man in a hurry,” according to Professor John Walker-Smith in a hearing before the General Medical Council (GMC). The hearing is about “alleged irregularities in research methods.” Dr. Wakefield was the primary author of the 1998 […]
A 17-year-old from West Yorkshire is the first person to die of measles in the UK in two years. He was admitted to a hospital in April with pneumonia, which he got after getting measles. More in today’s Telegraph, which notes that MMR vaccination coverage has been “sub-optimal” in the UK for the past ten […]
A new study in the Archives of Disease in Childhood suggests that autistic children do not appear to have proteins leaking into their intestinal systems and causing damage, today’s BBC News reports. Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and the University of Edinburgh found that autistic children did not have […]
12 cases of measles have been reported in the San Diego area, all in children who were not vaccinated due to their being too young, or due to their parents choosing not to vaccinate them. A story last week in the San Diego Union-Tribune noted that more and more parents have been exercising their right […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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