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A University of Kentucky psychiatrist is encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) now that scientists have found no connection between the vaccine and autism. "I really want the word out there that vaccines do not cause autism," Dr. Paul Glaser, right, told the Lexington Herald-Leader's Mary Meehan.
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Vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella doesn't cause autism, so get your children immunized, UK doctor says
A University of Kentucky psychiatrist is encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) now that scientists have found no connection between the vaccine and autism. "I really want the word out there that vaccines do not cause autism," Dr. Paul Glaser, right, told the Lexington Herald-Leader's Mary Meehan. Glaser's message comes after the British Medical Journal published a report debunking Dr. Andrew Wakefield's 12-year-old assertion of a link between vaccinations and autism. Investigators found that Wakefield "misrepresented or altered the medical histories of all 12 of the patients whose cases formed the basis of the 1998 study," Meehan reports. Wakefield's assertions led to a substantial decrease in the number of children who got the MMR shot. In the United Kingdom, vaccination rates decreased to below 80 percent from 92 percent.
The first dose of the MMR vaccine is generally given to children when they are toddlers. The second dose is administered before children start kindergarten. (Read more)
- It's Time To Get School-age Children Vaccinated; State Requirements Are In Place For Kindergartners And Rising Sixth Graders
An editorial in the Bowling Green Daily News about the importance of getting your child vaccinated before school starts is applicable to all communities in Kentucky. Health.comState law requires children to be vaccinated upon entering kindergarten, with...
- At Least 14 Counties Had Vaccination Rates In 2011-12 Below Level Experts Say Is Needed To Protect Kindergartners From Measles
As concern about the spread of measles from lack of vaccination grows, many Kentucky counties probably have vaccination rates below the minimum that experts say is needed to create "herd immunity" and prevent spread of the highly contagious disease among...
- Belief In Bogus Studies And Stories Undermines Use Of Vaccines That Have Been Proven Safe, Resulting In Spread Of Diseases
UPDATE: Jan. 16, 2014 4:50 Kentucky has not had any reports of measles in the past three years. It has had two cases of mumps in 2013 and two cases of mumps in 2014. Kentucky continues to have a large number of pertussis, or whooping cough,...
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- New Immunization Rules For Children Take Effect July 1
Starting July 1, Kentucky will have new immunization requirements for infants, toddlers and schoolchildren, including age-appropriate pneumonia vaccine for children up to 5 years of age and meningitis vaccine for entry to the sixth grade. Additional...