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...widely used MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine has also been suspected of causing autism, yet there is no definitive scientific evidence to connect any vaccines to the still mysterious behavioral disorder. Indeed, doctors claim that the onset of autism often occurs in toddlers at the same time they are scheduled for shots and is likely to be entirely coincidental. A recent study in the journal Lancet found that in Britain rates of the disorder are similar among vaccinated and unvaccinated children...
...WORRY, BE SPOTLESS New findings indicate that women vaccinated against rubella, or German measles, commonly a cause of birth defects, do not, as previously suspected, have an increased risk of chronic arthritis...
Physicians use vaccines against viruses, such as the measles, polio, mumps, or rubella, against bacteria, such as typhoid and salmonella, and against bacterial toxins, such as pertussis, tetanus and diphtheria. Each type of antigen, however, requires its own strategy...
...offered the immunization clinic in an attempt to eradicate the immunization backlog on campus. The clinic offered measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus and diphtheria shots...
...state law was passed after a recent measles outbreak in college communities. Students innoculated before one year of age are not sufficiently immunized against measles, mumps and rubella, and are especially susceptible to them in the close interacting community found on college campuses, said Donna Campbell, a UHS nurse...