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...popular but still unsubstantiated theory blames autism on the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, which is typically given to children at around 15 months (see box). But there are many other conceivable culprits. Researchers at the University of California at Davis have just launched a major epidemiological study that will test the tissues of both autistic and nonautistic children for residues of not only mercury but also PCBs, benzene and other heavy metals. The premise is that some children may be genetically more susceptible than others to damage by these agents, and so the study will also measure...
...BRITAIN Another Health Scare The government faced a public health crisis as an outbreak of measles in south London indicated that parents were not having their children inoculated with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. A controversial 1998 study linked the vaccine with autism, though more recent research disputes this. Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson said that giving in to demands for a single measles jab, now in short supply, would be playing "Russian roulette" with children's health. Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused to say whether his own son has had the combined inoculation...
...since the days of George Washington, when Edward Jenner first scraped the scabs from milkmaids infected with cowpox to inoculate people against smallpox. By the end of the 20th century, vaccines had conquered many of man's most dreaded plagues, eliminating smallpox and all but wiping out mumps, measles, rubella, whooping cough, diphtheria and polio, at least in the developed world. Vaccines had done their work so well, in fact, that in the context of 21st century medicine, with its smart drugs and high-tech interventions, they seemed almost quaint and out of date, a kind of biomedical backwater...
VACCINES CLEARED Two of the most common childhood vaccines cause no long-lasting harm, even in kids who experience rare seizures after immunization. The biggest-ever study of side effects from the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (DTP) vaccines concludes fears of autism and developmental problems are unfounded...
...Sure. But these theories are being taken seriously by parents and politicians. In Europe such claims have led to significantly lower vaccination rates--and new outbreaks of measles and diphtheria. British medical authorities warn that measles could become epidemic if rates of three-in-one MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) shots continue to fall...