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Study Fails To Clear MMR/Autism Link

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National Vaccine Information Center
by Barbara Loe Fisher
www.vaccineawakening.blogspot.com
www.NVIC.org
www.StandUpBeCounted.org
September 5, 2008
As the latest study attempting to disprove a link between vaccination and autism demonstrates: if you really don’t want to know the answer, just ask part of the question. When medical researchers take a reductionist approach to investigating vaccine risks, the public can always count on spin […]

New book aims to provide vaccine answers: AMNews Interviews Martin Myers, M.D.

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by Susan J. Landers
American Medical News
July 7, 2008
http:// www.ama- assn.org/amednews/2008/07/07/hlsa0707.htm
Washington — Vaccines have long been considered one of public health’s greatest and most life-saving achievements, yet they continue to spark controversy. In recent weeks, protesters in Washington, D.C., claimed that childhood vaccines are unsafe, while in Albany, N.Y., others rallied against a mandatory vaccine bill […]

Vaccine Debate: Are We Hurting Our Kids?

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Pocono Record
June 2, 2008
by Melanie Van Derveer
http://www.pocon orecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20080602/NEWS/806020315
“I have four children and never vaccinated any of them,” East Stroudsburg resident Susan Spannagel said. “I come from a holistic family. My father was a chiropractor and my family always had a natural approach to health.”
Parents have a choice regarding vaccinations and many are […]

A No-Brainer: Obey the M.D. With the Needle or My Conscience?

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NVIC Vaccine E-Newsletter
June 11, 20008
by Barbara Loe Fisher
ww w.vaccineawakening.blogspot.com
www.NVIC.org
I know and respect a number of enlightened medical doctors working with Moms and Dads as equal partners in making health care decisions for children, which may include making informed vaccination choices that do not necessarily conform with government policy. I also admire responsible, insightful […]

Showing the Patient the Door, Permanently

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New York Times
June 10, 2008
by Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
http://www.nytimes.com/20 08/06/10/health/views/10case.html? partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
It wasn’t the boy I had a problem with. It was his mother.
We had met a few months earlier, when I gave her 14-year-old son a diagnosis of mild asthma. I didn’t mind her tough questions, but her tone of voice put me […]

Faith Lets Some Kids Skip Shots

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The Washington Post
June 10, 2008
by Sandra G. Boodman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603770_pf. html
In public health circles they are known as “exempters” — parents who for reasons of faith or philosophy choose not to immunize their children against diseases such as measles and whooping cough. Some exempters claim that childhood vaccines contain unnatural or harmful ingredients; others say […]

Parents Rally in Albany Against Forced Vaccination

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National Vaccine Information Center
Barbara Loe Fisher
June 9, 2008
Parents will rally in Albany, NY on Tuesday, June 10, to protest a vaccine bill
(AB10942) that would mandate the 69 doses of 16 vaccines the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends for all children through age 18 plus would automatically mandate all new vaccines federal officials recommend in […]

A Day of Remembrance: Vaccine Injured March on Capitol Hill

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by Barbara Loe Fisher
They came by the thousands from all over the America. On June 4, 2008, mothers and fathers with vaccine injured autistic children marched down the middle of Independence Avenue and rallied at the foot of the nation’s Capitol. Some parents walked with, held or pushed their children in strollers while others, whose […]

NVIC Launches “Stand Up Be Counted Campaign”

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To Protect Voluntary Vaccination Decisions in America
Washington, D.C. - The oldest and largest consumer organization dedicated to preventing vaccine injuries and deaths, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), announced today that it will launch a national public education campaign to protect the legal right to make informed, voluntary decisions about vaccination in America. […]

Autism theory gains support

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Conceding a rare vaccine tie.
By Marie McCullough
Staff Writer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
May. 29, 2008
For a decade, the government, public- health experts and medical groups have said there is no credible scientific evidence - none - that vaccines cause autism.
Then came Hannah Poling, a 9-year-old from Athens, Ga. A federal program created to compensate vaccine-injury victims conceded […]