MMR vaccine

Another study finds that despite rare adverse events, childhood vaccines are safe

Medicine kkrisberg | July 8, 2014

Vaccine safety is one of those topics that has become so tragically mired in misinformation and myth that there can never be enough supporting evidence. So, here’s some more. In a systematic review of the scientific literature on childhood immunizations that will be published in the August issue of Pediatrics, researchers found that vaccine-related adverse events are “extremely rare” and that — once again — the measles/mumps/rubella vaccine (MMR) is not associated with autism. Overall, the study found that while the risks associated with childhood vaccines are not zero, the evidence shows…