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Vaccination and Autism
Are the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine safe for children to receive?
Some suggesting that it may increase the risk of autism. New research say there is no risk.
The alarm was first raised in 1995 by parents whose children had been developing normally - and achieving all the normal development milestones of speech, eye contact and social interaction - and who had then succumbed to autism shortly after MMR vaccination.
Autism generally appears during the first three years of life, a period in which children are subject to numerous vaccinations. Could this be one of these curious "risks"?
Hepatitis B and Vaccine
Hepatitis B is a bloodborne disease transmitted by direct contact with blood or body fluids that contain the virus, sexual contact with an infected person, use of contaminated needles, or birth of an infant to an infected mother.
There is plenty of reports of adverse reactions associated with hepatitis B vaccine, or to multiple vaccinations including hepatitis B. About one-third of the reactions were serious enough to result in an emergency room visit or hospitalisation.
Vaccine and pregnancy
Some of the flu vaccines contain mercury. Two groups are vulnerable to methyl mercury: The fetus and pregnant women. Premature babies are more vulnerable because they tend to be very small and their brain is not as developed as a full term baby". Be careful!
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