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Measles outbreaks may be linked to vaccine fears

August 22, 2008

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Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday.

Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled by unfounded fears that vaccines may cause autism. The number of cases is still small, just 131, but that’s only for the first seven months of the year. There were only 42 cases for all of last year.

"We’re seeing a lot more spread. That is concerning to us," said Dr. Jane Seward, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read the complete article at CNN.com/health…

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  1. jan August 23, 2008 @ 9:00 am

    Sorry I find it difficult to swallow news from the
    MAIN STREAM MEDIA
    CNN
    FDA
    AMA reporting
    ALL DRUGS AND METHODS
    OF HEALING WONDERFUL AND SAFE
    Trust ‘THEM” ????
    Sadly I do not…
    You may of course!???

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