News: Number of vaccines not linked to autism

According to an article by NPR, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is out to reassure parents that getting a lot of vaccines as a young child does not increase the child's risk for developing any of the autism spectrum disorders. The study also finds that the vaccines used today actually have fewer ingredients that have been known to cause reactions.

To view the entire article, please visit: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/29/175626824/the-number-of-early-childhood-vaccines-not-linked-to-autism

Autism/vaccine link now considered fraud

According to a story on NPR, the study that first linked autism to vaccines in 1998 included research that was faked. The story indicates, "A new examination found... that Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about patients in their study."

To read the entire story, go to: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=132691269

Autism and vaccines

According to an article posted yesterday at Medical News Today, a new study has found no link between autism and the use of thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative used in a number of vaccines. The findings, from an article published in the medical journal Pediatrics, were that thimerosal in vaccines "does not increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)" and, in fact found that the children in the study who were already on the spectrum had less exposure to thimerosal than the children without ASDs.

Read the entire article from Medical News Today at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/201047.php