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Vaccine timetable for children is safe, US experts say | Essentials

Vaccine timetable for children is safe, US experts say

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The current U.S. guideline for immunizing children against polio, whooping cough, measles and other infectious diseases is safe, but should still be monitored, federal health advisers said on Wednesday. In what they called the most comprehensive review to date, scientists at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) said there is no evidence that giving children vaccines according to the recommended timetable causes other problems such as autism or asthma. IOM, part of the National Academies, a federally-charted group of scientific advisers to the government, said it hopes the findings would reassure parents, doctors and others, but it recommends that the research continue. Requested by U.S. health officials, the year-long review of existing research underscores the lingering concerns some people have about the vaccines, especially the many shots babies and toddlers receive. The findings come as the nation wrestles with various outbreaks, including an influenza epidemic.

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