Read up on the science behind vaccines, and also the arguments made against them.
Most parents feel a regret when their baby stops breastfeeding, or moves from a bottle toa cup. Understandably, that feeling isn’t as pronounced when they toilet-train theirchild, and don’t have to deal with wipes, creams, squirming toddlers, or a dreaded diaperblowout. “Getting it right the first time” is the topic of a new Contemporary Pediatrics podcaston toilet training. For children who don’t easily take to the seat, training is often a struggle.Advice on the subject is as easy to come by as hiccup remedies, and unfortunately about aseffective. These links offer some scientific research, some old wives’ tales, and some dubiousclaims-in other words, the same mix parents get bombarded with.
The Allied Vaccine Group:
Autism And Vaccines Theory:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/iso/concerns/mmr_autism.htm .
Addresses the possible connectionbetween autism and vaccination.
CDC’s Vaccines And ImmunizationPage:
Designed to be the mostcomprehensive vaccine site on theInternet. This replaces CDC’s previousNational Immunization Project site at
Childhood Immunization SupportProgram:
Run by the American Academyof Pediatrics.
“Deadly Immunity”:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/7395411/deadly_immunity .
The 2005 Rolling Stone articleby Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. thatdrew prominence to the thimerosalautismtheory.
Every Child By Two:
Cofounded by former first ladyRosalynn Carter in 1991, to ensureall of the 11,000 babies born in theUS every year are fully immunizedby age two.
FluMist:
http://www.aviron.com/products/flumist/index.asp .
Sponsor: Aviron. Disease: Influenza.
Frequently Asked Questions AboutImmunization:
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/fact_myth_immunizations.html.
From KidsHealth.com, whoseinformation is reviewed by MDs.
Gardasil:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/iso/concerns/mmr_autism.htm .
Sponsor: Merck. Disease: HPV.
Immunization:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunization.html.
MedlinePlus’s page on immunization.
Immunization Action Committee:
In addition to the advocacy Web site,IAC publishes the periodicals NeedleTips, Vaccinate Adults, and VaccinateWomen.
Influenza Vaccine AvailabilityTracking System:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/16919.html .
Created to address the sadly regularflu shot shortages.
Study shows dengue vaccine is safe and effective
October 11th 2024Overall, 2 doses of TAK-003 successfully induced the production of neutralizing antibodies against all 4 dengue serotypes in at least 90% of adults, children, and adolescents, regardless of whether they were seronegative or seropositive at baseline.