A recent British study, the largest of its kind, has reported that there it has found no evidence of a connection between the vaccine for Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) and autism.
This comes after a huge debate that was sparked off back in 1987 after a doctor suggested that the MMR vaccine caused autism. As […]
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported the highest level of measles in England and Wales since records started in 1995.
They recorded 971 cases of measles in 2007, compared with 740 cases in 2006 – that’s a 30% jump.
The HPA’s report went on to say that most of the outbreaks were amongst communities where ‘vaccine […]
Measles, also known as rubeola, is an infectious viral disease that primarily affects the a respiratory system and mostly occurs in winter and spring. The most common symptoms of measles include fever, a hacking cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis, and a spreading rash, some of which last about 2 weeks. In most cases, measles […]