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NVIC claims “intimidation” and “censorship” over Delta videos

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is angry with the American Academy of Pediatrics. It is very hard not to follow up a sentence like that with “so, what else is new?” The AAP promotes vaccines and vaccine safety. NVIC, not so much. What caused the present altercation? Both organizations were invited to place advertisements/information [...]

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Blocking immunisation

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The rise of a public anti-vaccine movement in the US is partly to blame for blocking effective immunisations according to the AAP today. A story on WebMD says that the …rise of a public anti-vaccination movement that uses the Internet as well as standard media outlets to promote its position, which is “wholly unsupported by [...]

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Parental Vaccine Safety Concerns in 2009

Monday, March 1st, 2010

A paper in today’s issue of pediatrics looks at vaccine safety concerns amongst parents. The paper Parental Vaccine Safety Concerns in 2009 by Gary L. Freed, Sarah J. Clark, Amy T. Butchart, Dianne C. Singer, and Matthew M. Davis. All of the University of Michigan. the abstract states: OBJECTIVE: Vaccine safety concerns can diminish parents’ [...]

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AAP launches HealthyChildren.Org

Friday, December 11th, 2009

The American Academy of Pediatrics has a new website with medical information: HealthyChildren.org. The site includes a compilation of many AAP articles on various health topics. AutismNewsBeat has blogged it as AAP launches Healthychildren.org. US News and World Report has an article about the new site, including comments about using the search engine to find [...]

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