Controversies (Pediatrics)
Infant HBV Vaccination Debated in Congressional Hearing
Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 23rd, 1999
With little scientific evidence to back them, these groups warn that the vaccine should not be given routinely to infants because, they claim, it increases the risk of multiple sclerosis, sudden infant death syndrome, autism, diabetes, and a host of autoimmune diseases, according to a report in the July 7, 1999 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The lobby is pushing to rescind requirements in 42 states that hepatitis B immunization be given to children before they can enter grade school. Their most effective tool in alerting parents to the fact...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (1999-08-23)
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