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The MMR vaccine is a mixture of three live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella. It is generally administered to children around the age of one year, with a booster dose before starting school . In the United States, the vaccine was licensed in 1963 and the booster began in the mid 1990s. It is widely used around the world; since introduction of its...


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I am planning to delay mmr vaccine for my baby until she turns at least...

Urban myth - MMR and autism. New studies proved that.

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If the MMR vaccine has never contained mercury, why is it called the autism vaccine?...
Is there something else in it that has been linked to autism? I heard...

Many people desperately want to believe the MMR vaccine causes autism because scientists don't know yet what causes autism, but the parents of autistic children desperately want answers, which is...

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    We are doing a delayed vax schedule for my son. I am dreading the MMR vaccine as it scares me I want to know is: When do you give the MMR vaccine? I want to wait until he's at least 3-but is 2

    Sep 26, 2008

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    vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella). Apparently they are saying that autism is on the rise and there might I know my son is reaching the age that he would normally get that vaccine and I don't know if I should

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