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Magazines

1.http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/11/vaccinating-school-kids-can-protect-the-whole-herd-of-community-members/

The findings come at a time when vaccine phobia is one of our largest public health concerns, with many parents worrying that immunizing kids can lead to adverse side affects. A recent survey revealed that one in four U.S. parents think that vaccines might cause autism, probably due in part to a 1998 paper published in the journal The Lancet that wrongly linked autism to vaccines–that paper has since been refuted, and fully retracted by the journal.

2. http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-05/timely-vaccinations-among-low-income-children-class-disparities-remain

A new study examining the results of the U.S. National Immunization Survey carried out between 1995 and 2007 showed "significant disparities in timely vaccination coverage... between low- and high-income children for all childhood vaccines and nearly every birth cohort born between 1994 and 2004." A low-income household is defined as having an annual income of 133 percent or less of the federal poverty level, and the survey involved 232,318 children in that bracket. These children were compared with children in high-income households (defined as have 400 percent or more of the federal poverty level), who were tracked between 1994 and 2004.

3. http://www.redbookmag.com/kids-family/advice/do-vaccines-cause-autism

If there is a connection between vaccines and autism, top health experts, including those from the CDC and the independent nonprofit Institute of Medicine, say they haven't found it. Their stance is based on at least 10 large-scale scientific studies. "Parents need to know that the world's brightest scientists have concluded that there is no association between vaccines and autism," says CDC director Julie Gerberding, M.D.
But many parents and advocates don't accept the government's reassurances. Theresa Wrangham, president of the Coalition for SafeMinds, an organization that raises awareness of the risks of mercury exposure, says that the studies often cited by the government are poorly designed or otherwise flawed and are marked by conflicts of interest. (In some cases, for instance, the study authors had ties to the vaccine industry.)

4. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/child_2-10yrs.htm

While vaccine-preventable childhood diseases are at near record or record low levels in the United States, that does not mean these diseases have disappeared. Many of the viruses and bacteria are still circulating in this country or are only a plane ride away. That’s why it’s important that children, especially infants and young children, receive recommended immunizations on time.

5. http://www.usnews.com/health/blogs/on-parenting/2010/03/10/vaccines-and-children-what-the-hutterites-can-teach-us-about-altruism

More and more parents are refusing to get their children vaccinated because they think that the shots aren't adequately tested or could cause autism. But when parents refuse vaccines over concerns about their own children, they may put the health of all children at risk. Putting it another way, having your kids immunized against infectious disease can be considered an altruistic act.
That's the message in a new study on how "herd immunity" combats infectious disease. It's a notion that's been around for centuries: When enough people in a population are vaccinated, disease can't spread, even if some people (such as those who, because of suppressed immune systems or other health problems, can't get the shots) aren't. About 75 to 95 percent of a group needs to be vaccinated for herd immunity to work; the proportion varies depending on how efficiently a given bug spreads. An 85 percent immunization rate halts polio, while more than 90 percent of a group needs to be vaccinated to derail pertussis. Rates of pertussis, measles, and mumps have been increasing in the past few years as more and more parents refuse vaccines.

Newspapers

1. http://blogs.indystar.com/expresso/archives/2008/12/the-case-for-va.html

Some people think it's irresponsible to promote the anti-vaccination side. Two letters to the editor, in response to Saturday's story, advocated vaccinations, one from a physician and the other from a mother who's child is deaf because he contracted spinal meningitis before he was old enough to be vaccinated (the age requirement later was lowered).

2. http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-vaccinations-ess.html

Vaccinations are among the most important health advances in history.
Death rates for 13 diseases that can be prevented by childhood vaccinations were at all-time lows in the United States in 2007.
Rumors persist that some immunizations, or the vaccine preservative thimerosal, cause autism.

3. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-ap-us-med-autism-ruling,0,7096585.story

The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.

4. http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14633677?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com

Only one state appeals court, the Georgia Supreme Court, has ruled that families can sue in a vaccine case. The vaccine industry has fiercely opposed the Georgia ruling in the case of Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari. They claim their son suffered neurological damage after receiving vaccine booster shots made by pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline that contained the preservative thimerosal.

5. http://detnews.com/article/20090409/OPINION03/904090395/Facing-vaccination-decision--parents-have-lots-to-consider

To vaccinate or not vaccinate; that is the question. This is a debate that rages in many homes and pediatrician offices. It's a controversial topic with a host of different voices weighing in on the issue. At present, although there is no known cause of autism, both The American Academy of Pediatricians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have officially stated there is no medical evidence of any correlation between autism and vaccines. Pediatricians at many local hospitals also strongly recommend vaccinations and maintain there is far greater harm to children in avoiding vaccinations altogether.