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Childhood Vaccination Rates Remain High Despite Worries

Posted on September 04, 2008

Despite the hullabaloo over certain alleged vaccination risks, the rate of young children getting their shots has remained high and largely unchanged over the past several years. Some parents and others have suggested that vaccines may be linked to autism. But public health officials and professional societies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics point to numerous studies that have found no such link, and say parents risk their children s health by skipping vaccinations. The vaccine skeptics have received widespread media attention, but almost all children are still getting at ...

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