A critical look at vaccination - The benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta and the World Health Organisation (WHO). How true is this statement really? Should parents be concerned about side effects such as encephalitis and autism? Two types of vaccines.  In order to understand the effects and side effects of vaccines, we need to understand that there are two main types of vaccines, namely live “attenuated” vaccines and killed vaccines.

A link between thimerosal and the brain: Can vaccines affect central nervous system function? - Molecular Psychiatry via www.eurekalert.org

Acellular pertussis---Dr. K. Gaublomme

Advocate for vaccines, but not for candidates

Angry doctors left in the dark over five-in-one jab - Family doctors have condemned the way the government handled the introduction of the controversial new five-in-one vaccination, with many saying they learned of the move through the media.

Anti-vaccine activists get jabbed by Michael Fumento

Are childhood vacines still needed? - "For decades, doctors have urged parents to have their children vaccinated, a practice that has helpedquell or eliminate some of the most deadly communicable diseases," by Dennis Thompson

Are Vaccines Causing More Disease Than They Are Curing? 1999 by Alan Cantwell, Jr., M.D.

Are We Kidding Ourselves? By Lendon H.Smith, M.D.

Are Vaccines To Blame For New Autism Cases? - Federal health experts say that over 80 percent of the nation’s toddlers are getting vaccinated on time. But as the rate reaches record levels, a debate over vaccination and autism is heating up. Recently, parents of autistic children staged a gathering in Washington D.C., and Robert Kennedy Jr. has since gotten involved.  “These are people who have been through hell, literally,” Kennedy says Now, Kennedy and the parents have joined forces to push for a public health campaign. They say something in vaccines is triggering autism and ADD epidemics. “The science connecting brain damage to Thimerosal is absolutely overwhelming,” Kennedy says.  Thimerosal is a preservative that contains mercury. It is often used in vaccines. Critics say that when the government added more childhood vaccines in the 1990s, it created unsafe levels of mercury for children. At that same time, the number of autism cases skyrocketed. By Kim Mulvihill, M.D.

Attempt to ban thimerosal revived / But California's passage of vaccine law lessens urgency. - Two Missouri state senators have pre-filed bills in a second attempt to ban a mercury-based preservative in childhood vaccines.  But one of the sponsors now thinks the Missouri bill may not be necessary. California beat us to it, said Sen. Norma Champion by Kathleen O'Dell

As a GP I gave kids the MMR jab. Now I wouldn't give it to my own----Dr Richard Halvorsen

Attorney disbarred by STEVE LIEBERMAN

AUTISM by Dr Viera Scheibner and Bronwyn Hancock BSc.

AUTISM AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER IN VACCINATED CHILDREN by: Megson, Mary Norfleet, MD

Autism and Mercury - Psychology Today

Autism And Vaccines - In Medical Matters, passionate voices spoke on the subject of autism in Washington D.C.  Wednesday, hundreds of people who maintain there is a link between autism and childhood vaccinations held a rally on Capitol Hill, asking congress to outlaw the use of mercury in childhood vaccines.  The rally came one day after the nation's leading medical organizations reported they have found no link between autism and childhood vaccines.  Got Milk? The milk industry is trying to sell milk the same way soda companies sell their products.  A test run in 300 schools found that when milk is made available in new flavors with eye-catching packaging, kids respond and are drinking up to 34% more milk. Nutritionists say it’s a good thing.
Autism and Vaccinations - a series of articles from the University of Sunderland Autism - Cut The Crap - In their public statements, officials within the FDA and CDC, are always claiming that researchers and scientists who conduct studies, not funded by drug companies or the government, are making unfounded claims about a link between thimerosal-laced vaccines and autism, and other neurological disorders, which they claim could lead to reduced vaccine coverage, resulting in preventable outbreaks of disease affecting the entire planet. I say cut the crap.   By Evelyn Pringle

Autism Debate Underscores Research Difficulty, Cost Of Disproving Bad Science by Helen Branswell for the Canadian Press

Autism down: Some credit mercury removal - In what may be a bellwether for autism rates nationwide, the number of new cases of autism in California has fallen for the first time in more than 10 years, according to new data compiled by the state Department of Developmental Services. The total number of autistic children receiving special education services from the state continues to grow-- bringing the current total to 28,046-- but the rate of increase peaked in 2002 and has dropped slightly since then. California has the best reporting system for autism in the United States because it guarantees special education services for autistic children. Because of its tracking system, the state is generally considered a predictor of what is to come for the rest of the country. Experts said, however, that they don't know what's causing the numbers to drop.

Autism, Encephalitis, & Vaccination by Dr. Koren

Autism: experts weigh possible vaccines link by Datamonitor

Autism in a needle

Autism: Is there a vaccine connection? Part 1.  Vaccination after delivery---F. Edward Yazbak, M.D., FAAP

Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection? Part II. Vaccination around Pregnancy--F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P

Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection?: Part 3.  Vaccination Around Pregnancy, The Sequel-----F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P

Autism-Mercury Debate to Bring 700 Attendees Together for 'Power ... - National Autism Association Will Join in Push to Remove Mercury in Medicinal Products, Acknowledgement of Mass Poisoning.  A large turn-out is expected in DC on July 20 for the 'Power of Truth' rally. Over 700 supporters have registered to attend the event, which will mark the first comprehensive unified effort to push for the removal of mercury from all medicinal products, including domestic vaccines and those currently exported to third-world countries. The National Autism Association (NAA), a 501c3 non-profit organization that advocates for children's rights and provides financial aid to affected families, is one of eleven national orgs to support the joint effort. Executive Director Jo Pike says her organization will also be there to spread awareness about numerous peer-reviewed studies that have shown a link between mercury and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. "Our children will never receive the care they need unless our government health agencies admit what's happened," says Pike.

Autism: new risk in NHS vaccine by the Scotsman News

AUTISM RESEARCH REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Vol. 12, No.1, 1998 EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK  Bernard Rimland. Ph.D.  ----Vaccinations: The Overlooked Factors

Autism 99: A National Emergency by F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP

Autism, 2000: A Tragedy by F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP

Autism: Is there a vaccine connection? Part 1.  Vaccination after delivery---F. Edward Yazbak, M.D., FAAP
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/yazbak.html

Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection? Part II. Vaccination around Pregnancy--F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P

Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection?: Part 3.  Vaccination Around Pregnancy, The Sequel-----F.E. Yazbak, M.D., F.A.A.P

Autism activists stage rally demonstrating concerns over childhood ... - Autism activists staged a rally on Capitol Hill Wednesday to demonstrate their concerns over childhood vaccines. Those taking part in the rally charge that the government has covered up evidence linking Thimerosal - a preservative once used in vaccines to autism. Activists want Congress to force the removal of mercury ingredients from all vaccines. The FDA banned Thimerosal in vaccines six years ago but it still shows up in trace amounts. The Centers for Disease Control and other medical experts say the vaccines are safe. Several studies have found no evidence the vaccines cause Autism.

Autism leaves parents feeling 'helpless' / LOUISVILLE MOTHER SAYS SHE GROPES FOR ANSWERS - Betsy and David Gibbs first heard Boyd Haley speak at an autism conference in California a few years ago. "He spoke about the toxicity of mercury and thimerosal, and this very technical speech had about 700 mothers and fathers completely enthralled," Betsy Gibbs said. "He's a brilliant man, and he has the science to back everything up."  The Gibbses, who live in Louisville, have three children. The youngest, Elizabeth, 12, is autistic

AUTISM-MERCURY LINK APPEARS TO BE ESTABLISHED, attempted cover up by the U.S. Government is suspected - As many as 300,000 children are currently diagnosed with Autism in the U.S. and in Europe. A new book titled, MERCURY: THE WINGED MESSENGER, begins to explain why this international atrocity happened and the role that the Government has played in this developing tragedy by PRNews / Press Release

Autism Study finds no links to Autism by Kay Lazar

AUTISM-MERCURY POISONING...IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. NEW BOOK TITLED, MERCURY: THE WINGED MESENGER, explains the facts that surround this international tragedy - The U.S. Government has denied the link between Autism and Mercury Poisoning however, current research and the C.D.C. report that was intentionally buried and marked "Do Not Copy or Release" says otherwise. Concerned parents are outraged by PRweb - Press Release

Autism: the mercury trail - Powerful evidence points to a preservative in vaccines as the likely culprit, writes Margaret Cook - The classic juvenile tactic to get out of a scrape is to deny it vehemently, even if that means claiming black is white. Curiously, governments adopt the same technique, reinforcing their indignant denials with name-calling.

AUTISM - U.S. GOVERNMENT VACCINE INJURY COURT UNCONSTITUTIONAL ....Illegal Statute Exposed......Thousands of Vaccine Injured Children Are Without Legal Rights. Autism is affecting hundreds of thousands of children. Thimerosal (a mercury compound) was intentionally injected into children via baby vaccines in order to increase pharmaceutical profits by way of reducing packaging costs. The U.S. Government has an illegal (3) year statute of limitations provision within the vaccine injury court that will dismiss injury cases filed by parents seeking relief for their vaccine injured children by PRWeb

Authors of MMR study retract findings - The Herald, UK

Authors reject interpretation linking autism and MMR vaccine by Susan Meyer

BABY VACCINE AUTISM FEAR - Babies are reportedly to stop being given a vaccine containing mercury amid fears of a link to autism," by Sky News UK

Ban on mercury in vaccines gets push - "Supporters of a bill that would ban a mercury-based preservative from vaccines for children and pregnant women in California are making a last-minute push to get the measure passed before lawmakers go home Aug. 31," by Sandy Kleffman

Be Truthful About Vaccines Or Keep Away From My Children - "OK, I thought I would be able to write something calm and balanced, drawing on both sides of the arguments for and against childhood vaccinations. But I’m so furious at being LIED to time after time by the government that nothing very calm comes to mind. I made sure my children’s vaccinations did not include the mercury- based preservative thiomersal, despite assurance from the Glasgow public health doctor himself, on the phone, that it was "perfectly safe" by Carmen Reid - Opinion

Bid to stem new vaccine safety fears - Executive takes action to prevent the hysteria seen in MMR debate by Liam McDougall, Health Correspondent

Britain - where medics still inject mercury into babies by the Scotsman News

Boycott of Five's MMR drama by Sarah Boseley, health editor

California bans mercury in vaccines - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Tuesday that will ban mercury in vaccines for young children and pregnant women by Bob Miller

Call to postpone Washington hearing on vaccine-autism link by Contra Costa Times

Calls to axe TV drama on MMR by Matt Wells and Sarah Bosely Doctors say Channel Five film is inaccurate and could cost lives of children, but programme-makers stand firm

Campaigners Demand Reassurances over New 'Five-in-One' Vaccine - "Politicians and health campaigners tonight warned the Government that it risks a repeat of the MMR controversy unless more reassurances are given about the safety of a new five-in-one immunisation jab for babies," by Devile Dean - UK

Can Autism (And Other Vaccination Disorders) Be Cured? Tedd Koren's July 2001 newsletter.

Can mercury in jabs double the risk of autism? Hitting the Headlines archive, 19 November 2003.

CDC begins tests on students, teachers exposed to mercury - Reno Gazette-Journal

CDC again disputes vaccine-autism link - The government assembled some leading scientists Tuesday to try again to lay to rest public suspicions that a mercury-based preservative once used in childhood vaccines causes autism. A day before parents who blame the chemical were to complain to Congress, federal health officials stressed that the only childhood vaccines that still contain the preservative are some, but not all, flu shots -- and that there's no credible evidence that it caused the brain disorder anyway.

CDC Knew of Potential Link between Vaccines, Autism by First Coast News

CDC Scandal Emerges -- Study Attempts Cover Up of Autism-Mercury Link - Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D., Asks CDC for Investigation by Steve Wilson

CDC Study Raises Level of Suspicion By Kelly Patricia O Meara

Channel Defends MMR Jab Drama By Jo Revill for The Observer

Childhood vaccines victims of own success - For decades, doctors have urged parents to have their children vaccinated, a practice that has helped quell or eliminate some of the most deadly communicable diseases. But about 15 percent of adults do not believe vaccines are necessary to prevent certain diseases. And a persistent rumor linking vaccination with autism has led some parents to keep their children from being immunized," by Dennis Thompson

Clean up vaccines, mercury foes urge State Senate considers bill calling for nation's first ban on preservative by Kathleen O'Dell

Cod Liver Oil to Heal Autism (Vaccinations) - ..."When these children get the MMR vaccine, their vitamin A stores are depleted and they cannot compensate for blocked pathways. Lack of vitamin A, which has been called “the anti-infective agent,” leaves them immunosuppressed. They lack cell-mediated immunity. T cell activation, important for long term immune memory, requires 14-hydroxy retro-retinol. On cod liver oil, the only natural source of this natural substance, the children get well. The parasympathetic nervous system is blocked by the second G protein defect," by Chris Gupta

Commentary: How do we protect our children from mercury in vaccines?  -  I held my son and cried when he received his first vaccinations. But my tears weren't over his pain. Instead, I was thinking, "What if vaccines really do cause autism?" Most parents fall into two camps when it comes to the complex issue of childhood immunizations.  One group has no idea a controversy is raging over the mercury-based preservative thimerosal still found in some vaccines. They dutifully give their babies 21 jabs in the first 18 months of life. Others have heard just enough to be terrified.  By Julie Deardorff

'COMPREHENSIVE' MMR study finds no link with autism - The most comprehensive study into the MMR vaccine has found no evidence that it is linked with the development of autism in children by  Jeremy Laurance

Controversial Vaccine Measure Introduced in Senate

Controversial MMR and autism study retracted - The Lancet via New Scientist

Correction -- National Autism Association - In the news release, Vaccine Makers Will Get Liability Protection if CDC Prevails, Says National Autism Association (NAA), issued earlier today by the National Autism Association over PR Newswire, we are advised by the association that the seventh paragraph, first sentence, should read "NAA will hold a joint press conference with five other organizations representing the vaccine-injured at 9 a.m. on August 23rd outside the main Institute of Medicine (IOM) entrance, 500 5th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C." rather than "in the main hall of the National Academies of Sciences in D.C." as originally issued.
Additionally, a link to the IOM agenda was omitted from the earlier transmission: http://www.iom.edu/subpage.asp?id=21741 by National Autism Association - Press Release

Debate on autism link to vaccines fired up again - In a relatively unusual event, federal health officials called a news conference this week in an attempt to affirm the safety of vaccines. This came among the growing concern of some parents who allege that vaccines can cause autism. A rally by autism activists is planned this week in front of the U.S. Capitol on to emphasize their belief that the government has concealed evidence linking autism to a mercury-based product once used in vaccines. The activists will also demand more research into what they consider is the growing problem of autism. Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said at the news conference, that there has been renewed interest in the issue of vaccine safety, particularly on whether the preservative thimerosal, may be linked to the occurrence of autism in children. Unfortunately, autism is often diagnosed between the ages of about 18 months and four years, which is about the time that toddlers and young children are getting their vaccinations.  By NewsMedical.net

Doctors in MMR scare face public inquiry - The General Medical Council (GMC) is to hold a public inquiry into the conduct of Andrew Wakefield and two other doctors who triggered a scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine by claiming to have found a possible link with autism, writes Brian Deer. After a year-long investigation by The Sunday Times, the doctors’ disciplinary body has ruled that allegations facing Wakefield and the others, if proved, would raise issues about their registration and fitness to continue to practise medicine by the Sunday Times - Britain

Doctors' Fury At MMR Drama 'Errors', Reports TV Channel to Regulators By Stephen Naysmith, Science Correspondent for the Sunday Herald

Does tetanus play a role in autism?

Dose of precaution - Nick Harris jokes that his mom has printed out the entire Internet in her mission to understand the neurological disorder that causes the Hamilton teen to, in his words, ''float through my day." The teen's daily struggles are so intense that Harris, 14, withdrew from school last winter to be privately tutored.  He has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism that Harris's mother, Suzanne Messina, believes was triggered by thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative once commonly used in childhood vaccines and now the center of a national debate. Messina is so passionate about the issue that she has started a statewide coalition to ban mercury from vaccines in Massachusetts. The preservative has been removed from most shots given to children since 2001. However, state Representative Bradford Hill of Ipswich recently filed legislation calling for a total prohibition, inspired, he said, by Messina's campaign. Similar legislation is pending in a number of other states, including Delaware, Illinois, and New York.  By Kay Lazar

Dr. Monica Martin Goble: Feared autism-vaccine link isn't proven - Let's direct energy to real mercury threat from plants True, true and unrelated. That seems to fit the proposed autism-vaccine link when one examines the data. Yes, reported rates of autism have increased since the late 1980s. Yes, that was when thimerosal, a mercury-based derivative used as a preservative, first appeared in childhood vaccinations. But there are no reliable data to prove a cause-and-effect relationship. To link the two as cause-and-effect is not warranted and is misleading at best. Somehow the lay public continues to hear the message that vaccines might be causing autism. Community Advisory Board member Dan Gould's July 1 column, "Americans need to look deeper into autism surge," perpetuates this groundless fear.

Dr. Salisbury: You Are Wrong On Every Point!------- F. E. Yazbak, MD, FAAP

Drug company fights to keep toxin in vaccines - "The UK announced Saturday they will remove the mercury preservative Thimerosal from their vaccines. The news comes days after an LA Times article reported that Aventis-Pasteur, a pharmaceutical giant, is pushing to keep the toxin in U.S. vaccines," Pharmaceutical News

DTP vaccines: alum deemed to be safe

Early media coverage of the autism-vaccine connection

Editor in the Eye of the Storm - Review - 2004

Editorial: Connect the dots/What's shaping mercury rules? - Star Tribune

Ely Lilly, Zypraxia, & the Bush family: by Bruce E. Levine, PhD, a psychologist and author of "Commonsense Rebellion: Taking Back Your Life from Drugs, Shrinks, Corporations and a World Gone Crazy " (New York-London: Continuum, 2003).

Exceptions to school shots rules debated By Andy Kanengiser