World Autism Awareness 1993 Vaccine update: japan bans mmr

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01 December 1993

The mumps portion of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine could bring

on mumps, which could be transmitted to other children.

A two year old Japanese girl developed mumps shortly after being

given the MMR vaccine. Nineteen days later, her nine year old sister

developed mumps; the strain of the virus isolated in her was found to

be identical to that contained in the vaccine. Japanese researchers

reporting in The Lancet (7 August 1993) point to numerous other

studies showing that the vaccine can bring on mumps.

This evidence was one reason for the Japanese Ministry of Health and

Welfare's decision last April to discontinue the use of measles,

mumps and rubella vaccine.

British families whose children were allegedly damaged by the

whooping cough vaccine are seeking compensation in a new court case.

Jack Rabinowicz, chairman of the legal aid steering committee on

whooping cough vaccine, characterized the cases, brought by 15

children, as " strong " .

The new court case follows in the successful wake of the Irish case

of Best who was awarded £2.75 million in damages this year

when judges ruled that he had been damaged by the combined

diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus vaccine and that manufacturer

Wellcome had not performed all necessary safety tests.

Intradermal or intramuscular hepatitis B vaccine may cause

eosinophilia (increase in while blood cells, or leukocytes, which

left untreated could result in inflammation of the sac around the

heart or the brain, pooling of fluid, enlarged liver or breathing

failure).

Japanese researchers from Kyushu University report on two cases of

patients developing the disease after HB vaccination.