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Severe Influenza Among Children and Young Adults with Neurologic and Neurodevelopmental Conditions — Ohio, 2011

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Children with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions are at increased risk for severe outcomes from influenza, including death. Those aren’t my words. They are the first sentence in a new report by the CDC: Severe Influenza Among Children and Young Adults with Neurologic and Neurodevelopmental Conditions — Ohio, 2011. Individuals with developmental disabilities are at a [...]

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Further results from the thimerosal-autism study

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

The recent study on thimerosal and autism was extensive. Much data and many results were included in two technical reports (nearly 400 pages total, volume 1 and volume 2). I haven’t had the time to read them thoroughly yet, but I did catch some interesting pieces of information. The authors give the ASD prevalence (cases/1000) [...]

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Thimerosal in vaccines did not cause an autism epidemic

Monday, September 13th, 2010

There have been two main theories linking vaccines to an “epidemic” of autism. Both theories have been studied. Both have been heard in the courts. Neither theory had a sound scientific basis and epidemiological data has shown that neither theories explained the increase in autism prevalence in the last 20 years. First it was proposed [...]

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New study: many vaccines at once OK for kids

Monday, May 24th, 2010

A new study from Pediatrics has come to the conclusion that: Timely vaccination during infancy has no adverse effect on neuropsychological outcomes 7 to 10 years later. These data may reassure parents who are concerned that children receive too many vaccines too soon Lead researcher Michael J. Smith said: Our study shows that there is [...]

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