Sixty-four cases of measels in the U.S., all but one in unvaccinated patients

Darkfrog submitted, created time 8 months 3 days (www.nytimes.com)

Measels is on the rise in the U.S. There have been sixty-four cases this year alone. Only one of these patients can be shown to have had the vaccine. There have been no fatalities so far.

Sixteen of these children are from families who declined vaccination for religious or other resasons, including fear of autism

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Infant study casts doubt on vaccine-autism link

Sue Wu submitted, created time 11 months 1 week (www.reuters.com)

The mercury in a vaccine preservative is pumped out of a baby's body too quickly for it to do any damage, researchers reported on Wednesday in a study they say should further absolve shots of causing autism.

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