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Volume 358:2089-2091 May 15, 2008 Number 20 Next

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On April 11, 2008, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee took an unusual step: in the name of transparency, trust, and collaboration, it asked members of the public to help set its vaccine-safety research agenda for the next 5 years. Several parents, given this opportunity, expressed concern that vaccines might cause autism — a fear that had recently been fueled by extensive media coverage of a press conference involving a 9-year-old girl named Hannah Poling.

When she was 19 months old, Hannah, the daughter of Jon and Terry Poling, received five vaccines — diphtheria–tetanus–acellular pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), measles–mumps–rubella . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Offit is chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine — both in Philadelphia.

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Vaccines and Autism Revisited
Poling J. S., Offit P. A.
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N Engl J Med 2008; 359:655-656, Aug 7, 2008. Correspondence

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Brumback, R. A. (2008). The Appalling Poling Saga. J Child Neurol 23: 1090-1091  
• Poling, J. S., Offit, P. A. (2008). Vaccines and Autism Revisited. NEJM 359: 655-656 [Full Text]