Vaccines

No Link Found Between Vaccines and Autism

By on January 16, 2005

There is no link between autism and immunizations, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Over the past two decades there have been suggestions about a possible connection between increasing rates of autism and immunization.

However, this study found no such link and suggests that the increase in autism may be due to a number of factors. These include improved awareness about...

MMR report ‘not denial of autism link’

By on October 13, 2004

The Guardian reports:

Serious questions were raised last night over the scientific evidence used by the government to reject claims of a link between the MMR vaccine and regressive autism in children.

A US paediatrician, Dr F Edward Yazbak, told The Observer that a study of more than 500,000 Danish children, regarded as the definitive analysis of the vaccine, should not be interpreted as ruling out a link between the jab and an increase in...

Studies say no link between autism and vaccines

By on September 9, 2004

Thimerosal, the preservative formerly used in vaccines, and autism are not linked, according to three new studies.
It's been controversial for years, this theory that vaccines containing thimerosal could cause neurological and psychological problems like autism. Many studies have discounted this link, but many parents have not been convinced.
In 2001, thimerosal was removed from all routinely recommended childhood vaccines as a...