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Autism Vox

April 23rd, 2008

The Case of Hannah Poling Again

According to an April 22nd Scientific American piece about the case of Hannah Poling—the 9-year-old Georgia girl whose “pre-existing mitochondrial disorder…. was ‘aggravated’ by her shots” according to a concession by the federal government and who was awarded a settlement:
“….. scientifically, from the documents presented in the vaccine court, the Polings did not make a […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 42 comments

March 8th, 2008

This Week’s Top Posts

If you can remember back to before Thursday when Hannah Poling’s parents had their news conference and before every other autism news headline seemed to blare (not entirely accurately) “Government concedes vaccines linked to girl’s autism,” a few other things were being talked about this week: Senator John McCain’s misguided statements about “evidence” linking vaccines […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 1 comment

March 7th, 2008

About This Autism Debate

In the wake of the concession by the government in the case of a 9 year old girl whose underlying, rare mitochondrial disorder was “aggravated” by vaccines, CBS News has reposted an article that was originally published last June, Autism: Why The Debate Rages by investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.
Attkisson offers seven reasons as to why—-as […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 34 comments

March 6th, 2008

What the Government Said and What It Didn’t

Be wary of the headlines. (And please read this reader’s description of the actual front page of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.)
The government has not conceded that vaccines cause autism “even after a Georgia girl won federal compensation in a case arguing a vaccine led to her brain damage”: Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. […]

By Kristina Chew, PhD -- 16 comments

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