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The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society recently issued a position statement that “opposes any legislation or regulation that would allow children to be exempted from mandatory immunizations based simply on their parents, or, in the case of adolescents, their own secular personal beliefs.” [+] more

Three new studies conclude that autism disorders are genetically very complex, not caused by one or two gene defects. The potential changes in DNA may produce what are essentially different forms of autism. [+] more

Vaccines—often lauded as one of the greatest public health interventions—are losing public confidence. Some vaccine experts have referred to this decline in confidence as a crisis. We discuss some of the characteristics of the changing global environment that are contributing to increased public questioning of vaccines, and outline some of the specific determinants of public trust. [+] more

More progress has been made in vaccine pricing in the past 10 days than in the past decade. On Monday, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck announced their decision to slash the prices they charge the world's poorest countries for rotavirus vaccines by up to 68 percent. This decision marks the first major shift in vaccine pricing since the birth of the GAVI Alliance -- a public-private partnership working to improve access to immunization in developing countries -- in 2000. [+] more