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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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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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Vaccines in the News: Thimerosal
Media coverage about vaccines and VPDs |
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| American
Academy of Pediatrics |
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Facts
for Parents about Autism and Vaccine Safety
March 2008 |
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| Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Frequently Asked Questions About
Thimerosal (Ethylmercury)
CDC statement on thimerosal and
autism, includes references and related links |
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Infant
and Environmental Exposures to Thimerosal and Neuropsychological Outcomes at Ages 7 to 10 Years
Overview of CDC cohort study |
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Immunization Safety and Autism: Thimerosal and Autism Research Agenda
Table: CDC studies on vaccines and ASDs |
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Thimerosal: Timeline
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Omnibus
Autism Proceedings
Overview of proceedings, with links to related articles
and documents |
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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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| Food
and Drug Administration |
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Thimerosal
in Vaccines
Technical background on safety data,
includes tables listing historical data on vaccines and thimerosal content |
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Thimerosal in Vaccines: Questions and Answers
Q&As from the FDA |
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| FDA
response to thimerosal petition |
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| National
Institutes of Health |
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Thimerosal in Vaccines
NIAID fact sheet on thimerosal |
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| National
Network for Immunization Information |
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Immunization Science: Mercury in Vaccines
NNii's up-to-date information on immunization science |
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| Statistical
Assessment Service (STATS) at George Mason University |
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| What
Is the Difference Between Causation and Correlation? |
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| Vaccine
Education Center of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
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Hot Topics: Thimerosal
Provides an overview of the issues,
differences between methylmercury and thimerosal, and current research
findings on what does cause autism |
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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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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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| Institute for Vaccine Safety |
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| Table:
Thimerosal Content in Some US Licensed Vaccines |
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reviewed on February 25, 2011 |
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