California declared a pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic this week. The California Department of Public Health reports 910 confirmed cases, including the death of [...]

PBS presented an unbalanced view of vaccines which cheated the viewers out of an opportunity for education and information.

Dr. Jay’s interview on vaccines on Cookiemag.com. “Why do you advocate staggering vaccines? Why is there so much controversy specifically about the MMR vaccine? “

By ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. In June 2000, a group of top government scientists and health officials gathered for a meeting at the [...]

I remember sitting in my new pediatrician’s office, when I eight months pregnant, discussing what his views were on well child visits.  As [...]

Meningitis is also one of the best headline-grabbing diseases. The new (January 2001) recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics to vaccinate all [...]

There seems to be a great deal of confusion about vaccinations and the requirements for school entrance. Actually, this is very simple: Many states’ laws require that children receive the recommended immunizations prior to school entry or that parents sign a waiver stating that all or some of the vaccines have not been given because of medical, personal or religious reasons.

If I were to be invited to participate in a consultation about public health or global vaccine policy, I would readily state that [...]

I am very much opposed to the routine vaccination schedule in the U.S. There are too many vaccines given too early in a [...]

“I no longer give or recommend the MMR vaccine.  I think that the risks exceed the benefits.  Obviously, discuss this with your doctor [...]

The best option at the present time might be to stop all vaccines if you understand and agree with the statistical risks involved [...]

Editor@People.com Your article (“Desperate Measures” People, 9/27/04) mentions that the flu shot contains about the same amount of mercury as 2.5 ounces of [...]

I am a pediatrician in private practice and am therefore consulted about one child at a time rather than about the effects of [...]

Based on the findings of Britain’s General Medical Council, the journal had no choice but to retract the twelve-year-old research and I agree with their retraction.

We’re a month into the school year and it’s the time of year when it seems our kids are spending more days sick than well.