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In 1971, the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine became available and, in 1989, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians recommended children receive a second MMR dose. By 2000, annual recorded cases had ...
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# How safe is MMR vaccine? {#article-title-3} My duties as a general practitioner include immunising babies and small children against a range of common diseases. Recently, I have been increasingly uncomfortable when giving the combined mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. I find my...
By trying to effectively decouple cause and effect—claiming that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS, that measles isn’t caused by a virus and is instead a vitamin deficiency or caused by the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine itself—these movements discourage people from treating or trying to...
(e.g., a congenital rubella infection). The difference with vaccinations is that they are highly likely to cause each of them and more importantly, are something (almost) every child is exposed to. As a result, the most common trigger for autism is vaccination, but other things can also ...
Public Health Wales says the measles vaccine as part of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunisation is highly effective and safe. It is recommended one dose is given to children aged 13 months, and another at between 3 and 5 years old. ...
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Before the vaccine became available in the 1960s, measles was very common in childhood. About 48,000 Americans were hospitalized for it each year, and about 500, mostly children, would die. One dose of the MMR vaccine, which covers measles, mumps and rubella, is 93% effective against measl...