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| Immunization
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Clear Answers
& Smart Advice About Your Baby's Shots
Author: Ari Brown, MD, FAAP, is a practicing pediatrician in Austin, TX.
Dr. Ari Brown is an official spokesperson for the American Academy of
Pediatrics and trusted source for child health and development. |
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Evidence shows vaccines unrelated to autism
This piece summarizes scientific
evidence that refutes any vaccine/autism link and presents some of the
current thinking on the causes of autism |
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MMR
Vaccine Does Not Cause Autism: Examine the evidence
Summary of studies that refute any connection
between MMR and autism |
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Need help responding to vaccine-hesitant parents? Science-based
materials are available from these respected organizations.
This piece gives a list of science-based materials available to help in
responding to vaccine-hesitant parents |
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Personal belief exemptions for vaccination put people at risk. Examine
the evidence for yourself.
Evidence from the medical literature that personal belief exemptions
play a role in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks; includes
citations, summaries, key findings, and links to abstracts |
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Wakefield Saga: The truth behind the MMR scare
Read Deer's analyses as well as related news coverage & commentaries |
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| Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention |
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Vaccine Safety: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine (MMR)
Provides summary of MMR vaccine safety
research and links for additional information |
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CDC Transcript of Media Briefing: Science of vaccines and autism
March 6, 2008 |
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| American Academy
of Pediatrics |
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Sound Advice Audio Interviews
Collection of interviews with
pediatricians, researchers and other parents |
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Vaccine Studies: Examine the Evidence
List and links to articles that reject
link between vaccines and autism |
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Adhering to Vaccine Schedule Is Best Way to Protect Children from Disease
By Margaret Fisher, MD, FAAP and Joseph
Bocchini, Jr., MD, FAAP
Reprinted with Permission of AAP News |
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Facts for Parents about Autism and Vaccine Safety
Information to help parents and
caregivers better understand the issues |
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| Autism Science
Foundation |
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Autism and Vaccines
What parents need to know about this outdated hypothesis, includes supporting evidence and references |
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Making the CASE for Vaccines
Presentation describes 4-step
framework to help healthcare professionals present the science about
vaccine safety and autism |
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| Every
Child by Two (ECBT) |
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Video FAQs
In these short video clips, experts cover the following topics areas: Why
Vaccinate, Why Follow the Recommended Immunization Schedule, Vaccine
Testing, Ingredients & Safety, and Vaccines and Autism |
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| National Network
for Immunization Information |
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Immunization Science: MMR and Autism
NNii's up-to-date information on
immunization science |
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Vaccines and Autism
Summary of the robust evidence that
there is no link between measles vaccines or thimerosal-containing
vaccines and autism |
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| Vaccine Education
Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
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A Look at What Causes, and Doesn't Cause, Autism
Examination of the "Wakefield studies," studies showing that MMR vaccine
does not cause autism, as well as other causes of autism; includes
references |
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Vaccines and Autism: What you should know
Deals with three main concerns: the MMR
vaccine, thimerosal, and the idea that babies receive too many vaccines
too soon
Spanish-language version |
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Thimerosal: What you should know
Discusses thimerosal, different types
of mercury, evidence that mercury doesn't cause autism, and what is known
about the causes of autism
Spanish-language version |
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Too Many Vaccines? What you should know
Offers reassuring information about the
safety of multiple vaccinations
Spanish-language version |
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Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a
Cure
Author: Paul A. Offit, MD (Columbia
University Press, 2008: 328 pages) |
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Editorial: Death of an Autistic Child from Chelation Therapy
Author: Paul A. Offit, MD |
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Immunization
Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism
May 18, 2004 |
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