A nationwide cohort study of all children born in Denmark to Danish-born mothers between 1999 through 2010 concluded that the mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) vaccine does not increase the risk of autism, does not trigger autism in susceptible children, and is not associated with clustering of autism cases following vaccination. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine. The hypothesized link between measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism continues to cause concern and challenge vaccine uptake....
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Measles: Why it’s so deadly, and why vaccination is so vital
On the darkest day of 2018, the winter solstice, we at the Center for Vaccine Research at the University of Pittsburgh tweeted, with despair, a report in the Guardian that measles cases in Europe reached the highest number in 20 years. A sign at a clinic in Vancouver, Washington on Jan. 25, 2019 asks unvaccinated...
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Nanoparticles and Microneedles for Painless Vaccinations
At Leiden University in The Netherlands, research is being done on making vaccinations easier and more effective. Currently, needles are commonly used and no one, particularly children, is happy about that. Microneedles patches have been developed in the past, but while they’re effective in some applications, they suffer from many limitations. At Leiden University one...
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Don’t become a flu statistic. Get vaccinated
Already, one unvaccinated child in Florida has died from flu, the officials warned. Not many cases have been reported so far, so it’s too soon to know if this year’s strains will be as severe as last season’s, said Lynnette Brammer, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (HealthDay)—With flu season imminent, U.S. health officials...
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Most people don’t benefit from vaccination, but we still need it to prevent infections
A recent article in The Conversation questioned whether we should all get flu vaccinations, given 99 people would have to go through vaccination for one case of flu to be prevented. Everyone has to be vaccinated for immunisation programs to work. But this position ignores the purpose of immunisation programs: whole populations of people need...