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MMR
IN-DEPTH: Government Ad Showing Children Pleading With Parents for Vaccines Is ‘Exploitative’ and Could Break the Law: Campaigners
Campaign criticised for not providing information on potential side-effects with claims it could be in breach of advertising regulations protecting children.
Young Adults Of ‘Wakefield Cohort’ Urged to Get MMR Jabs After Measles Outbreak
The Lancet paper linking jabs to autism in 1998 had a lasting effect on take-up, with health authorities declaring a national incident despite no deaths so far.
CDC: Childhood Vaccine Exemptions Hit Highest Level Ever in US
A larger number of schoolchildren were exempted from vaccines this year, the CDC found.
Unvaccinated Pupils Could Face 21-day Isolation Over Measles Fear
Measles activities have increased globally since 2022, but the UK’s official guidance updated in 2019 doesn’t target asymptomatic unvaccinated children.
To Fear or Not to Fear? That Is the Measles Question
Almost everyone in the United States gets vaccinated against measles, and nearly every measles outbreak starts with an imported case, says a CDC expert.
