12 Year Study Confirms Measles Vaccines Are Safe
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 14:50
in Health & Medicine
A 12-year study of two measles-containing vaccines has found that seven main adverse outcomes were unlikely after either vaccine.The study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center included children ages 12 to 23 months from January 2000 through June 2012 who received measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) or separately administered, same-day measles-mumps-rubella and varicella (MMR + V) vaccines. A total of 123,200 MMRV doses and 584,987 MMR + V doses were evaluated. read more