MMR vaccine
MMR vaccine
Doctors reject calls for enforced pre-school immunisation
DOCTORS have rejected calls for UK children to be fully immunised before they are allowed to start school.
Doctor behind MMR vaccine scare was 'dishonest'and 'irresponsible'
A "DISHONEST" doctor at the centre of the MMR row will be struck off the medical register, the General Medical Council has ruled.
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Article that sparked MMR jab fears is retracted
AN EMINENT medical journal that published a controversial research paper sparking concerns over a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism retracted the article from the public record today.
Establishment betrayed its agenda with MMR vaccine
LAST week's condemnation of Dr Andrew Wakefield, the physician whose research suggested a link between the MMR vaccine and autism in children, by the General Medical Council was the climax of 12 years of medical controversy. A GMC panel that investigated his case denounced Wakefield as having brought the medical profession "into disrepute".
Doctor in MMR scare 'abused trust' of families
THE doctor who sparked the MMR scare "showed a callous disregard" for the suffering of children and "abused his position of trust", a disciplinary panel has ruled.
Rise in mumps cases blamed on youngsters missing out on MMR jabs
CASES of mumps in Scotland have increased by almost 50 per cent in the past year, figures revealed yesterday.
Parents are robbed of choice over MMR jab
PARENTS will have no choice but to give their children the MMR jab after the world's only single mumps vaccine manufacturer stopped production, it was revealed yesterday.
MMR jabs 'not to blame for autism'
NEW research into rates of autism in adults has dispelled any links between the condition and the MMR jab.
Children without MMR jab 'should be banned from school'
CHILDREN should be banned from school unless they can prove they have had the MMR vaccine, according to a public health expert.
Doctor in MMR storm tells conduct panel he had little ethics experience
The doctor who sparked the MMR controversy had a limited experience of the medical ethics surrounding paediatrics, a disciplinary hearing into his conduct heard yesterday.
MMR doctor denies child experiments
THE doctor who controversially linked childhood vaccinations with autism has denied submitting young children to painful tests just to prove his theories.
Burning issues: Has the MMR row altered doctors' views towards autism?
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Scotland failing to hit child MMR immunisation targets
SCOTLAND is still failing to meet global targets for child MMR immunisation, new figures revealed yesterday.
Study finds 'no evidence of MMR jab link to autism'
A NEW study has found no evidence to support the theory that the MMR vaccination damages the intestine and in turn causes autism.
Vulnerable children 'recruited by MMR row medics'
DOCTORS working on the research programme which sparked the MMR controversy recruited vulnerable children directly from their GPs for unnecessary invasive testing, a hearing was told yesterday.
Tribunal told of 'invasive' MMR tests
VULNERABLE children were subjected to "inappropriate and invasive" tests by doctors in breach of "fundamental rules in medicine", a hearing was told yesterday.
Doctor at centre of MMR controversy 'paid children at son's party £5 for blood samples'
THE doctor who sparked the MMR controversy paid children £5 to take their blood samples at his son's birthday party, a disciplinary panel heard yesterday.
MMR debate reawakened
IN THE first half of 2006, there were 449 cases of measles in the UK, the biggest outbreak for over 20 years. One reason for this jump in the incidence of measles is the unwillingness of some parents to have their children vaccinated with MMR, a combined protection against measles, mumps and rubella that was introduced in 1988 to replace single vaccines for each disease.
Doctors' leaders unite to rebut MMR fears
BRITAIN'S leading scientific and medical institutions today joined in support of the MMR vaccine as the doctor who sparked controversy over the jab faced disciplinary action.
Number of children given MMR jab misses targets
NOT enough children are being given the MMR vaccine in Scotland, according to latest figures.
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