Parents follow pediatrician advice on administering MMR vaccinations Apr 7, 2008
After two years, the U.S. numbers of unvaccinated children then declined and did not rebound when the MMR-autism link started to receive widespread coverage in the mainstream press, suggesting a limited influence of news media on MMR immunization rates in the U.S. ... National rates of MMR immunization in Britain fell from 92 percent to 73 percent following publication, resulting in measles outbreaks and the first measles death in the U.K. in more than a decade ... According to the data, nearly... (EurekAlert!)
Vaccine-Autism Fear Fallout Hits U.K. Kids Mar 1, 2008
What they found was that in 1995, 92 percent of U.K. children had received their MMR immunization on schedule, but this number dropped sharply to 79 percent in 2003 following a 1998 report in the journal Lancet that linked the vaccine to autism ... 6 percent of U.K. children had received their MMR immunizations. (ABC News)
Govt move to tackle rubella measles outbreak Jan 15, 2008
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Marion Unit Two releases details for start of school year Aug 3, 2007
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* CDC confirms first indigenous mumps case for this year May 30, 2007
The MMR immunization is important to prevent an epidemic similar to the most recent measles outbreak in Japan's Kanto region, he added. Mumps is an acute viral infection transmissible through saliva and is prevalent during winter and spring, the CDC said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)