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Vermont Lawmakers Debate Letting Parents Say No To Vaccines For School

AP | DAVE GRAM | Posted 04.23.2012 | Home
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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- For Jennifer Stella, it's a question of informed consent. Her son had a seizure after getting childhood vaccinations and her daught...

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On Surviving Childhood

Monica Gallagher Sakala | Posted 04.28.2012 | DC
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Monica Gallagher Sakala

It is outrageous to me that Somali women accept that their baby could die at anytime, yet educated American parents willingly put their own children's lives in danger based on Internet rumors.

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I Really Want to Know: What Can I Do for Parents Who Are Afraid of Vaccines?

Claire McCarthy, M.D. | Posted 04.23.2012 | Parents
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Claire McCarthy, M.D.

What if lots of infants get sick, spreading it through the daycare? What if some die? It is totally possible, in fact, with the way cases are increasing in the U.S., I worry that it's not just possible but probable that we are going to have an outbreak like this.

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