usatoday.com - 1/15/2009
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Rates of pneumococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes around the brain caused by bacteria, dropped 64% in children under age 2 from 1998-1999 to 2004-2005, according to a study in today's New England Journal of Medicine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the ...
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Prevnar vaccine study reveals a vaccine success story
Dr Gwenn Is In —
Just before turning off my computer last night, this story from USA Today flashed on the screen with the catchy headline: "Kids' vaccine slashes meningitis". ...
They Say: Meningitis Vaccine Actually Works
Strollerderby —
... someone can easily pick up their germs. The disease cycle doesn’t stop when you’re dealing with kids – it just gets passed over to Mom and Dad. But with immunized kids, researchers say they're able to create a "herd immunity." It doesn’t solve the autism debate or the superbug debate, but this is the kind of news that puts a little wind back into the sails of Moms like me who have vaccinated their kids. At least some of them are working. Image/Source: USA Today Related Posts:FDA Asked to Approve Gardasil for ...
Spankin' New Headlines
GoodyBlog —
... Thanks to the Prevnar vaccine, which was introduced in 2000, 64 percent fewer kids under age 2 now get meningitis. USA Today ...
They Say: Vaccines are Safe - Take That Jenny McCarthy
Strollerderby —
... that mercury poisoning causes autism) should have been at higher risk if the theories held true. "Put together with the evidence of all the other studies, this tells us
there is no reason to worry about the effect of thimerosal in
vaccines," said the new study's lead author, Dr. Alberto Tozzi of
Bambino Gesu Hospital in Rome. So, is it time those who don't vaccinate their kids stop looking cross-eyed at those of us who do? Image: USA Today Related Posts:They Say: Meningitis Vaccine ...
Researcher Fabricated Autism Link in Vaccine
Strollerderby —
... one case did medical records suggest
this was true, and in many of the cases medical concerns had been raised
before the children were vaccinated."
I feel for parents of autistic children who are searching for a reason.
Autism is very real and equally terrifying, but as a parent who has
vaccinated her child, I have always bristled at the inference that I am
a bad parent for making that choice - with so little evidence to
support their claims. Image: USA Today Related Posts: They Say: Vaccines are ...
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