Litigation, Regulation, and Education — Protecting the Public's Health through Childhood Immunization
Author(s) -
Ross D. Silverman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmp0901598
Subject(s) - medicine , measles , vaccination , rubella , immunization , autism , mmr vaccine , public health , immunology , family medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , immune system , nursing
Recently, three special masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued carefully reasoned, strongly worded opinions rejecting claims that medical and scientific evidence could demonstrate causal links between vaccination and chronic health conditions. Ross Silverman writes that many challenges for the U.S. childhood immunization program remain to be addressed.
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