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2. MMR vaccine - Wikipedia

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   The MMR vaccine is a vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles), abbreviated as MMR. [6] The first dose is generally given to children around 9 months to 15 months of age, with a second dose at 15 months to 6 years of age, with at least four weeks between the doses. [7] [8] [9] After two doses, 97% of people are protected ...

3. MMR vaccine and autism - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Claims of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism have been extensively investigated and found to be false. [1] The link was first suggested in the early 1990s and came to public notice largely as a result of the 1998 Lancet MMR autism fraud, characterised as "perhaps the most damaging medical hoax of the last 100 years". [2]

4. Childhood immunizations in the United States - Wikipedia

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   MMR Vaccine. For this there are two different vaccines, the MMR and the MMRV. The MMR protects against measles, mumps and rubella and is given in 2 doses between 12 and 15 months of age. The MMRV protects against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella. Some side effects of the MMR vaccine are. fever (1 in 6) mild rash (1 in 20)

5. MMRV vaccine - Wikipedia

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   The MMRV vaccine combines the attenuated virus MMR ( measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine with the addition of the varicella ( chickenpox) vaccine. The MMRV vaccine is typically given to children between one and two years of age. Several companies supply MMRV vaccines.

6. Maurice Hilleman - Wikipedia

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   Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal (1997) Prince Mahidol Award (2002) Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity.

7. Andrew Wakefield - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Andrew Jeremy Wakefield (born 3 September 1956) [3] [4] [a] is a British fraudster, discredited academic, anti-vaccine activist, and former physician. He was struck off the medical register for his involvement in The Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that fraudulently claimed a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR ...

8. Lancet MMR autism fraud - Wikipedia

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   The Lancet MMR autism fraud centered on the publication in February 1998 of a fraudulent research paper titled "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children" in The Lancet. [1] The paper, authored by now discredited and deregistered Andrew Wakefield, and twelve coauthors, falsely ...

9. Single measles jab can be ineffective in Caesarean children ...

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   It comes as the most recent data covering October to December last year shows just 89.1% of children in the UK have had the first dose of their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine by the age ...