Vaccine Safety: Examine the Evidence ​​​â

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Vaccine Safety: Examine the Evidence

​​​​The safety an​d effectiveness of vaccines​ are under constant study. Because vaccines are designed to be given routinely during well-child care visits, they must be extraordinarily safe.

Safety testing begins as soon as a new vaccine is contemplated, continues until it is licensed, and is monitored indefinitely after licensure.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) works closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make recommendations for vaccine use.

Over the past decade, questions have been raised regarding a relationship between autism and vaccines. Along with general safety concerns, parents have wondered about:

•Too many vaccines overwhelming the immune system


•The measles, mumps, rubella combination vaccine (MMR)


•The preservative thimerosal, which was never present in MMR but was present in several vaccines used in the 1990s—it has since been removed from all routinely used childhood vaccines with the exception of flu.


Research has been conducted on all of these topics, and the studies continue to find vaccines to be a safe and effective way to prevent serious disease.

This article lists those studies and provides links to the publications to allow parents—and all those who administer or recommend vaccines—to read the evidence for themselves.

These studies do not show any link between autism and MMR vaccine, thimerosal, multiple vaccines given at once, fevers or seizures. Note: This is not an exhaustive list—vaccine safety studies are constantly being conducted and published and may not be reflected here.

Please examine the evidence for yourself. If you have any questions, speak with your pediatrician.

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safet...dence.aspx

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