Sunday, October 19, 2008

Research and Vaccinations

In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health asked the Institute of Medicine to put together a research team to find the outcomes of vaccinations. As of today, the Center of Disease Control (CDC) still do research studies to find the effects of vaccinations to make sure that no further effects are popping up that they do not know about. The most popular side effects that the public are interested in are autism, ADHD, and other neurological delays such as speech delays caused by vaccinations. Researchers have not found a direct correlation between autism and childhood vaccinations.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/faq_vaccines.htm
http://marloelaine.com/2006/08/05/childhood-immunizations-and-autism/

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Today's environment, steroid in the animals, polution etc. all have a large effect on children getting austism, adhd etc. Americans are always trying to lay blame on something else. We need to keep researching to make sure what the causes are, but we also need to learn to be responsible for ourselves and our families.

Anonymous said...

The benefits of vaccines seem to far outweigh the risks that we've seen as the risks seem to be very marginal. It's a really controversial topic, though, with all the media coverage lately, especially with Autistic children. But, even so, as of right now.. I just don't think that it would be safe to not get our children vaccinated. Just my personal opinion. Great article!

Anonymous said...

That is interesting that there has not been a direct link found between Autism and Childhood vaccinations. Maybe if people knew this instead of listing to celebrities they would get their children vaccinated and save them from getting sick. Very informative, everyone should read this blog to get solid information about childhood vaccinations.