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VOTE: Bolton is on top of immunising its youngsters - The Bolton News 9th September 2009
MORE children are being immunised against measles, mum-ps and rubella in Bolton than in most parts of the country.
New figures show that 92 per cent of youngsters in the town received the vaccine before their second birthday — the national average is 85 per cent.
Fears of mumps outbreak as 20,000 children wait for jab - Daily Mail 1st February 2009
Thousands of children are being left unprotected against mumps because of a chronic shortage of the vaccine against the disease.
A Mail on Sunday investigation has found that about 20,000 children whose parents refused to give them the controversial triple MMR jab are waiting to receive a single mumps vaccine.
Direct Health 2000, which has 16 clinics across the UK, has a waiting list of 16,000 for the single jab.
New appeal to parents over MMR vaccinations - Carlisle News & Star 28th January 2009
NHS Cumbria clinicians are reminding parents of the importance of the MMR vaccine.
A study released by The Lancet last week found that there 12,132 cases of measles in Europe in the last two years. These cases were mostly found in the UK, Romania, Italy, Switzerland and Germany, in patients who had never had the vaccine, or had not completed the full course.
Charity chief quits over autism row - The Observer 25th January 2009
A senior executive of the world's largest autism charity has resigned in a dispute about whether vaccinations could be a cause of the developmental disorder that affects an estimated one in 100 children.
Alison Singer says that numerous scientific studies have disproved the link first suggested more than a decade ago and that Autism Speaks, a US-based organisation committed to funding further research, needs to "move on".
Don't be immune to advice - Carlisle News & Star 7th January 2009
WITH recent outbreaks of measles recorded across the region, health chiefs are urging parents to protect their children with the MMR vaccine. CLAIRE HIGH reports
Single vaccine 'safety' warnings - BBC Health News 29th October 2008
UK researchers have raised concerns over the monitoring of the safety of single measles and rubella vaccines.
It comes after an unexpectedly high number of cases of anaphylactic shock after single vaccines given at private clinics in south west England.
Measles cases rise as MMR vaccination rate stalls - The Times 25th September 2008
The number of measles cases is set to exceed 1,000 for the first time in decades as vaccination rates for the MMR jab have stalled.
One in four children in England is still not receiving the suggested two doses of MMR – which guards against measles, mumps and rubella – meaning that coverage is significantly lower than that needed to prevent a measles epidemic, the latest figures show.
Measles timebomb... just 49% of children have MMR - Daily Mail 24th September 2008
Less than half of London's five-year-olds have been vaccinated against measles amid warnings of an epidemic in the capital, it emerged today.\n\nThe revelation raises fears of further outbreaks in the city as children start the school year with no protection against the disease.
MMR vaccine uptake rise 'stalls' - BBC Health News 24th September 2008
The rise in the uptake of the MMR jab has stalled at a level where a measles epidemic is still possible, NHS figures for England show.
NHS Information Centre data revealed 85% of children in England had had the triple jab by aged two in 2007-8 - the same as the year before.
No link between MMR and autism say doctors after recreating controversial study - Daily Mail 4th September 2008
A fresh study has ruled out a link between the MMR vaccine and autism.
Scientists said they hoped their findings - which contradict an identical British study ten years ago - would encourage parents to immunise their children.
Fears over the combined measles, mumps and rubella jab have contributed to the highest numbers of measles cases seen in Britain and the U.S. and parts of Europe in many years.
Measles vaccine plan - Carlisle News & Star 14th August 2008
THIRTY-FIVE cases of measles were recorded across Cumbria and Lancashire during the first six months of 2008.
It is part of a wider national problem which has prompted a major Government push to ensure all children are vaccinated against the disease.
Measles warning - Carlisle News & Star 14th August 2008
PARENTS in Cumbria are being urged to protect their children against measles in the wake of a national rise in the number of confirmed cases of the disease.
Estimates suggest that a measles epidemic in Britain could result in 30,000 cases or in a worst c
Peter Wilby: The media's addiction to controversy can seriously damage your health - The Guardian 13th August 2008
Unfounded newspaper campaigns on MMR may have left fewer children vaccinated. And now a measles epidemic looms
The anti-MMR mothers who are putting us all in danger - Daily Mail 11th August 2008
Measles can be a very serious - even fatal - disease, and it's on the rise as a result of lower uptake of the MMR vaccine. As the Government launches a campaign to encourage parents to give their children the jab, novelist Jonathan Myerson launches a hig
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