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Report Warns Energy Drinks Can Be Dangerous for Kids

Popular energy drinks made with caffeine can be dangerous for children and teens, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics, which says young people shouldn't consume the beverages. The report found that kids with diabetes, mood disorders and heart, kidney or liver diseases could suffer from heart palpitations,...

Study: Spacing Babies Close May Raise Autism Risk

CHICAGO -- Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children. Children born less than two years after their siblings were considerably more likely to have an autism diagnosis compared to those born after at least...

Opinion: Autism Fraud Just the Tip of the Iceberg

"A deliberate fraud." That's what the British Medical Journal, one of the world's most prestigious periodicals, has written of the study that kicked off the current anti-vaccine movement. It's "clear evidence of falsification of data should now close the door on this damaging vaccine scare," it said in a heavily documented...

Autism Activists Defend Embattled Dr. Wakefield

Despite a new report that a 1998 study linking childhood vaccines to autism was based on "bogus data," many autism activists are standing by their man -- the disgraced doctor who led the research. Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor, and his colleagues scared parents worldwide and spurred an anti-vaccine backlash in a...

Dr. Andrew Wakefield Falsified Study Linking Vaccines to Autism, Journal Says

An editorial in the British Medical Journal puts forth evidence that a now-discredited study linking autism and common childhood vaccines relied on falsified evidence to make its central claim. "Clear evidence of falsification of data should now close the door on this damaging vaccine scare," the editors of the journal...

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A Winning Game Plan for the Decade of Vaccines

This week in Geneva, health ministers from governments around the world will meet at the 65th World Health Assembly (WHA) for their annual meeting to discuss health issues that affect everyone everywhere.

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In Haiti: Rebuilding a Healthier Future With Vaccines

On a recent Sunday in Port-au-Prince, a man in a bright yellow T-shirt and aviator sunglasses wielded a megaphone, calling out directions to long lines of determined mothers and their children waiting in the hot sun. In post-earthquake Haiti -- where signs of the devastation still linger two years on -- the women weren't...

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05/22/12 A Winning Game Plan for the Decade of Vaccines Source: The Huffington Post This week in Geneva, health ministers from governments around the world will meet at the 65th World Health Assembly (WHA) for their annual meeting to discuss health issues that affect everyone everywhere.
05/15/12 In Haiti: Rebuilding a Healthier Future With Vaccines Source: The Huffington Post On a recent Sunday in Port-au-Prince, a man in a bright yellow T-shirt and aviator sunglasses wielded a megaphone, calling out directions to long lines of determined mothers and their children waiting in the hot sun. In post-earthquake Haiti -- where signs of the devastation still linger two years on -- the women weren't lined up waiting for food or to seek more permanent shelter than the camps where hundreds of thousands of people still live.
05/14/12 Shot@Life: Amanda Peet, United Nations Foundation Team... Source: The Huffington Post NEW YORK--At a small gathering in Times Square today, actor Amanda Peet teamed up with the United Nations Foundation* to launch a vaccination public service announcement.
05/14/12 'Vaccine Fatigue' Blamed For Under 2s' Lack Of Flu Shot Source: The Huffington Post Ontario's universal flu shot program isn't making much progress with the under-two crowd, a new study suggests.
05/12/12 Four Preventable Diseases G8 Leaders Should Keep in... Source: The Huffington Post This piece is part of a series of blogs by leading NGOs to call attention to a range of issues that should be raised at the G8 summit at Camp David in rural Maryland from May 18-19.