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MMR Vaccine Controversy

The MMR vaccine has been wrongly linked to autism, but epidemiological research has consistently shown no association between the vaccine and autism

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Jan 12, 2026
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is the mmr vaccine safe

The weight of decades of research and surveillance concludes that the MMR vaccine is safe for the vast majority of recipients and prevents serious, sometimes fatal, diseases—measles, mumps and rubella...

Jan 16, 2026
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What rare adverse events have been causally linked to MMR and how frequently do they occur?

The MMR vaccine has a well-established safety profile: common reactions are mild and transient (fever, rash, injection-site pain), while a small set of rare serious events have been causally linked to...

Jan 9, 2026

Without raw patient data no verification of drug or vaccine efficacy is possible

Raw patient-level data are indispensable for the fullest, independent verification of a drug or vaccine’s efficacy because they allow reanalysis, subgroup exploration, and detection of anomalies that ...

Jan 8, 2026

What did the BMJ and Brian Deer specifically document about Wakefield’s patient records and financial ties?

The BMJ, via a multi-part investigation by Brian Deer, documented that the 1998 Lancet paper by Andrew Wakefield misrepresented the medical histories of all 12 children in the study and that Wakefield...

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