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David Kirby writes about how on Monday, one of the most important legal proceedings in American medical history will get underway at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington. Judges will listen to the hypothesis that mercury in vaccines and/or the live-virus measles-mumps-rubella shot caused read more »
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A leaked report by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, head of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University notes the incidence of autism was far higher than previously thought – as many as one in 58 children – with the MMR vaccine back in the dock as a possible culprit.

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It’s not actually that simple at all. The title of this internet newspaper article is “Government concedes vaccine-autism case” is somewhat misleading.

There are approximately 5000 cases before federal court in the states where cases of autism being caused by vaccinations are being con read more »
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Hannah Poling is a nine year old girl with mild to moderate symptoms of autism, which developed three months after she received vaccinations. The Department of Health and Human Services announced that her family will receive a settlement from the vaccine compensation fund. read more »
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Parents of autistic children want answers, and in an unprecedented move, federal health officials will be in Sacramento on Saturday to ask how they can help provide them.

At a daylong "town hall" meeting at the UC Davis Cancer Center, a wide range of autism stakeholders will brainstorm about t read more »
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The herd immunity concept is a mathematical theory that states that a vast majority of the community must be immunized to protect the entire community from disease. Both politicians and medical providers work hard to force vaccinations upon every man, woman, and child in the world.

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Dr. W. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, led the work and said, "Although in fact there was evidence that this vaccine was safe in the bulk of the population, it had not been previously assessed with respect to kids with autism and GI complaints. We are confiden read more »
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As found on consumer reports... Review of a new book, "Autism's False Prophets," retells the heated history of the Autism vaccine debate... studies continued to show no link, and with thimerosal...and Consumer Reports' medical advisers strongly recommend childhood vaccination. read more »
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This post is a day late but you can see who planned to attend this Washington briefing - found by Ginger Taylor of Adventures in Autism.

"WASHINGTON, DC Rep. Carolyn Maloney (R-NY) will sponsor a special briefing on the vaccine-autism debate on Wednesday, September 24 at 2:00 PM in Room 210 of read more »
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The widespread misconception that Hannah's case was "unique," and without any bearing on other autism cases, was promulgated by opinion leaders. But on Wednesday, a new chart-review study was published showing that "mitochondrial autism" is not rare at all. Kirby notes dysfunction detected up read more »
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