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Vaccines

Cracking the Autism Riddle: "Vaccine Theory" Fades as a New Idea Emerges

Harvey Karp | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism Debate, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Vaccines, Children, Personal Health, Childrens' Vaccines, Childrens Health, Vaccine, Parenting, Family, Living News
Harvey Karp

This is the first post in a series of three about autism and vaccines. If a foreign government were suspected of doing something that caused brain pr...

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Vaccines Save Lives: Here's Proof

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Health, Meningitis, Death, Vaccines, Health, Wellness, Living News
Sarah Lovinger

With all the controversy surrounding childhood vaccination, it is important to note that this vaccine may just save your child's life. I know my child will be in line for her meningitis vaccine when she reaches the appropriate age.

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Top US Panel: Some Vaccine-Autism Research is "Appropriate," "Worthwhile" and "Warranted"

David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Nvac, Asd, Vaccine Schedule, Autism, Thimerosal, Vaccine Injury, Vaccines, Mitochondria, Living News
David Kirby

This week, the Federal Government's leading immunization advisory panel unanimously approved a sweeping list of vaccine safety research recommendations, several that are linked to the vaccine-autism debate.

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Ten Lessons Learned from the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Outbreak

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Trust for America's Health, H1n1, Swine Flu, Vaccines, Bioshield, Politics News
Jeffrey Levi

We are significantly more prepared to respond to a pandemic now than we were a few short years ago, but there are still major gaps in our core public health capabilities that must be addressed.

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Should a Former Playboy Model Trump an Experienced Health Care Expert? You Decide

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Jenny McCarthy, Mmr, Autism, Children's Health, Herd Immunity, Vaccines, Vaccinations, Autism Vaccines, Health, Living News
Sarah Lovinger

I am an internist, and I know many important things about vaccinations, but the bottom line is they save lives. And there's no evidence that they cause autism.

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Discover Magazine Ignores Much of Vaccine-Autism Story

David Kirby | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: CDC. NVAC, Hhs, Autism Vaccines, Discover Magazine, Nvpo, Vaccines, Autism, Living News
David Kirby

The following letter was sent to the editors at Discover Magazine last week, regarding a recent article on vaccines and autism. The magazine claimed t...

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Conducting Autism Research Like It's 1994

Kim Stagliano | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Denial, Dr-Paul-Offit, Autism, American-Academy-of-Pediatrics, Research, Money, Vaccines, Living News
Kim Stagliano

The Autism Science Foundation: Their mission? To boldly go back to exactly what they were doing before doctors and researchers and even some uppity folks at Autism Speaks started asking pesky questions about vaccines.

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The Judgment on Vaccines Is In???

Jim Carrey | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Jim Carrey, Jim Carey, Jim Carrey Huffington Post, Jenny McCarthy Autism, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Childrens' Vaccines, Vaccine Court, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Vaccinations, Jim Carrey Autism, Vaccines, Living News
Jim Carrey

Can we afford to ignore vaccines as a possible cause of rising numbers of children with Autism, when they are one of the fastest growing elements in our children's environment?

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Vaccine Denial = Scientific Illiteracy

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, David Kirby, Vaccines, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Thimerosal, Andrew Wakefield, Autism Vaccines, Living News
Jacob Dickerman

It doesn't matter what the science says, because these people don't care about science. Their argument is purely ideological, and does not belong in any discussion of scientific, medical, or political policy.

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Autism, Love, and Revolution

Amanda Copeland | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, Entertainment, Living-With-Autism, Film, Children's Health, Vaccines, Living News
Amanda Copeland

My mission is to bring relief to world today beset with autism, an epidemic that has steadily and sharply risen in numbers since its inception, and has never plateaued.

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NIH Agency Head: Vaccine-Autism Research is "Legitimate"

David Kirby | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Nih, Dr. Duane Alexander, Hannah Poling, Autism, Thimerosal, Hhs, Iacc, Geraldine Dawson, Vaccines, Autism Speaks, Nichd, Living News
David Kirby

A major health official within the United States Government today endorsed more research into possible links between vaccination and autism, saying that such studies are "legitimate."

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Vaccine Court: Autism Debate Continues

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Living With Autism, Autism Thimerosal, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Children's Health, Children With Autism, Bailey Banks, Vaccines, Living News
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby

We would love nothing more than to reassure parents that the nation's current vaccine program is 100% safe for all kids, and that zero credible evidence links vaccines with autism. But that simply isn't true.

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"There Is No Proof that Cigarettes Cause Cancer"

Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 03.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Conflict of Interest, Autism, Cancer, Cigarettes, Proof, Vaccines, Health, Living News
Jay Gordon, MD

It took fifty years before the courts finally acknowledged that cigarette smoking causes cancer. Let's hope it doesn't take another fifty years to convince the government and the public that vaccines can cause autism.

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Passing on the Pacifier

Heather Cabot | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Paci, The Well Mom, Heather Cabot, Well Mom, Binky, Pacifier, Parenting Tips, Children, Raising Children, Parenting, Babies, Mothering Advice, Mothers, Vaccines, Kids, Mothering, Doctors, Moms, Parenting Advice, Parents, Living News
Heather Cabot

I was the one who wasn't ready to let Paci go. Finally reaching the milestone felt really big. It was something so mundane and yet, it weighed on me.

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One More Link in the Mercury-High Fructose Corn Syrup Chain: Autism

Paula Crossfield | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Cdc, Mercury, Food Safety, Thimerosal, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Fda, Mercury Poisoning, Robert F. Kennedy, Vaccines, Simsonwood, Health, Children's Health, High Fructose Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup Murcury, Green News
Paula Crossfield

There has been a previous association made between diet and autistic functionality -- and specifically high fructose corn syrup been singled out as a cause for worsening the disorder.

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Autism, Vaccines and the CDC: The Wrong Side of History

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cdc, Autism Cdc Mercury, Children, Kids, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Combating Autism Act, Vaccine, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Children's Health, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, Vaccines, Politics News
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby

Being opposed to vaccine-autism research puts one outside of the "mainstream," a charge which is an ugly lie perpetrated by vaccine industry allies and their blind supporters.

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Senator Gillibrand: Supporter of Vaccine-Autism Research

David Kirby | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Autism, Kirsten Gillibrand, Vaccines, Kristen Gillibrand, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate, Gillibrand Autism, Politics News
David Kirby

The presumptive Senator is sure to join the growing chorus of voices in the US Senate -- and well beyond -- in calling for more Federal funding for scientific studies into vaccines and autism.

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President Obama's Monumental Shutting Down of Disturbing CIA Activities

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Biotechnology, Md Andersen, Black Budget, Medical Center, Gulf War, Cia, Funnels, President Obama, Black Sites, Private Foundations, Gulf War Syndrome, Vaccines, Politics News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This country was saying and supposedly standing for one thing and then, via these CIA-backed activities, doing the opposite of what a democratic United States stands for.

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Don't Risk Going Unvaccinated

Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Sickness, Measles, World, Children, Multiple Sclerosis, United States, Dehydration, Death, Vaccines, Polio, Us Measles Cases Rising, Pneumonia, Chemotherapy, Us Measles Cases, Health, Disease, Romania, Asthma, Autism, Epidemic, Vaccine, Cancer, Autism Vaccines, Diabetes, Children's Health, Allergies, Living News
Paul A. Offit, MD

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.

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UC Davis Study Authors: Autism is Environmental (Can We Move On Now?)

David Kirby | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Thimerosal, Autism, UC Davis, Mind Institute, Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

I have always said that all environmental factors should be considered in at least some subgroups of autism. This position has been met with considerable ridicule.

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Top Federal Autism Panel Votes For Millions in Vaccine Research

David Kirby | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Mmr, Autism Speaks, Thimerosal, Autism, Iacc, Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

The Inter-Agency Autism Coordinating Committee has voted to recommend earmarking millions of dollars in research funds to study the possible role of vaccines in the causation of autism.

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US News -- Slow Down Vaccines for Some Kids?

David Kirby | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Vaccine Scedule, Cdc, Health, Fauci, Hannah Poling, Autism, Nih, Bernadine Healy, US News, Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

For more than a year now, in my talks, slide presentations, and interviews, I have been discussing the possibility that there may be a subset of genet...

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New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise In Protecting Children In Africa

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Malaria, Vaccine, Malaria Vaccine, Fighting Malaria, Africa, Vaccines, World News

NEW YORK — A vaccine that may become the world's first to prevent malaria shows promise in protecting African children, researchers said Monday,...

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The Pentagon -- A Voice of Reason on Vaccines and Autism?

David Kirby | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Chelation, Autism, Pentagon, Autism Vaccines, Dod, Vaccines, Dtap, Living News
David Kirby

Autism and the military have a deep history together. Children of service members are reportedly almost twice as likely to have autism (1-in-88) than those in the general population (1-in-150).

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DOD and CDC: Our Study Suggests a Possible Link Between Multiple Vaccines and Injury

David Kirby | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Autism, Military, Paul Offit, Dod, Vaccines, Vhcn, Living News
David Kirby

The DOD and the CDC and get their message straight. If they want to convince parents that multiple vaccines might be risky for some soldiers but safe for all little kids, well, good luck.

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