State public health officials are contacting airline passengers after a woman with measles traveled through three airports earlier this week, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday.
A woman may have exposed thousands to measles by flying home from Europe through 3 U.S. airports. Ryan Smith reports.
Andrew Wakefield answers charges that his study linking autism to vaccines is fraudulent.
Evidence disputing any link between autism and vaccines has been gathering for a decade. The anti-vaccine movement's lynchpin, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, has been shown to be nothing more than a grifter in a lab coat, with the prestigious British Medical Journal calling his work "an elaborate fraud."
The medical journal that published a now-retracted paper linking childhood vaccines to autism conducted only a cursory investigation into complaints about the research when they emerged, another British journal reported Tuesday.
The author of a now-retracted study linking autism to childhood vaccines expected a related medical test to rack up sales of up to $43 million a year, a British medical journal reported Tuesday.
Journalist Brian Deer says Andrew Wakefield's autism study was a fraud and that he should face criminal charges.
The controversy over the existence of a link between autism and vaccines is not likely to end, even after the only study to imply such a link has been discredited, retracted and called an "elaborate fraud."
A now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines was an "elaborate fraud" that has done long-lasting damage to public health, a leading medical publication reported Wednesday.
Report: A now-retracted study linking autism to childhood vaccines was an "elaborate fraud" creating lasting damage.
In March, CNN's Don Lemon spoke with Dr. Robert Geller about a court ruling that said vaccines aren't linked to autism.
On playgrounds and at playdates, it's hard to have a conversation about childhood immunizations without the word autism popping up. In fact, a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics showed that one in four parents is concerned that vaccines can cause autism.
The Lancet is retracting a study that linked vaccines and autism. Elizabeth Cohen reports.
The doctor who sparked fears that a childhood vaccine was linked to autism has been barred from practicing medicine after his study was discredited, Britain's General Medical Council announced Monday.
The medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday retracted a controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism.
Twenty-two people, mainly children below the age of 5, have died of measles in Zimbabwe, the country's state media reported.
Parents who bring their kids to Dr. G. Andrew McIntosh for the chicken pox vaccine are out of luck.
CNN's Campbell Brown weighs in on childhood vaccinations and autism.
A special court's Thursday ruling that no proven link exists between autism and certain early childhood vaccines seems to have done little to change the sometimes-passionate opinion fueling the debate.
I knew I was stepping into the middle of a huge controversy when Thursday night, I urged all parents to vaccinate their children.
What I am about to say, I know, is controversial. And I know that a lot of people are going to disagree with me. But as a mother, with a second child on the way, I believe this is vital to the safety of our children and must be said.
CNN's Campbell Brown encourages parents to get their kids vaccinated after a court said they're not to blame for autism.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a court ruling that finds no link between vaccines and autism.
A special court ruled Thursday that evidence presented in three cases by parents of children with autism did not prove a link between autism and certain early childhood vaccines.
At 13, Michelle Cedillo can't speak, wears a diaper and requires round-the-clock monitoring in case she has a seizure. While her peers go to school or the mall or spend time with friends, the Yuma, Arizona, teenager remains at home, where she entertains herself with picture books and "Sesame Street" and "Blue's Clues" DVDs.
When Katie Shutters's 13-month-old daughter, Averie, was born, she followed the recommended vaccine schedule for two months. Then she did some research and decided to hold off on additional shots until Averie turned 9 months old. "I liked the idea of my breast milk giving her the immunities she needs and allowing her body to work for her instead of some medicine," says the stay-at-home mom from Indianapolis, Indiana. "She isn't in daycare, and we don't travel overseas. I had concerns about injecting her for no reason."
The Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine causes neither autism nor gastrointestinal disorders, a study reported Wednesday, disputing a theory that has persisted for a decade.
A new study finds no link between the measles vaccine and Autism. Elizabeth Cohen discusses the findings on CNN.
A woman whose child carried the virus back from Europe urges education about vaccination
Parents are opting out of shots for their kids. What the science says about the risks--and what you should do
Sixty-four cases of measles have been diagnosed in the United States this year, the most in seven years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health officials blame a spike of reported U.S. measles cases on importation and lack of vaccinations.
The CDC is citing a lack of vaccinations for a measles outbreak this year. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases
so far this year, the worst in six years, health officials said
Thursday
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for six months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia, al-Sadr's office in Baghdad said Friday.
A new study shows that immunizations have prevented a record number of deaths in the U.S. So, what's the fuss over vaccines?
The number of people who died worldwide from measles has fallen 60 percent since 1999, a decrease being called an incredible achievement in global public health.
Federal health officials said Friday they are looking into whether air travel is spreading mumps through the Midwest.
Chiron Corp. said Thursday that is recalling its Morupar vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella.
President Bush, in a speech Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health, said the United States must be prepared to detect bird flu outbreaks anywhere in the world, stockpile vaccines and anti-viral drugs and be ready to respond at the federal, state and local levels in the event a pandemic reaches the United States.
Researchers with Merck & Co. report they have been successful at blocking viruses that cause cervical cancer and lesions that become cancerous. About 20 million Americans are living with the virus.
The EPA said Wednesday that initial findings from New Orleans floodwater sampling indicate high levels of E. coli and coliform bacteria as well as lead.
U.S. federal disease experts have called for adoptions of children from one Chinese orphanage to be suspended because of a measles outbreak.
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