The CDC this week recommended a new vaccine schedule with several vaccines removed from the recommended schedule. The CDC recommends continuing the current schedule for the following vaccines:   DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) Hib (haemophilus influenzae type B) Polio Prevnar (pneumococcal vaccine) MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) Varicella (chicken pox) HPV (one dose instead of two doses was recommended) The following vaccines were recommended only for high-risk c

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism By: Joe Lee, MD / Medical Director of the Grayson County Health Department Vaccines have played a significant role in improving our nation’s health and have undergone rigorous study. This is especially true since the article by Dr. Andrew Wakefield was published in 1998 in The Lancet, a respected British medical journal, linking the MMR vaccine to autism. This article, which Robert Kennedy, Jr often referred to in his eight years as Chairman of th

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