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Coming on the heels of controversial news about the erroneous link between autism and vaccinations, Colorado child health advocates are kicking off a statewide campaign to promote immunization as the most “safe and effective way to prevent childhood illness”. [+] more

(CNN) - A now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines is an "elaborate fraud," according to a medical journal - a charge the physician behind the study vigorously denies. But what are the implications of this fraudulent study? Why are the number of autism cases still rising? Kiran Chetry talks with Alison Singer, Founder and President of the Autism Science Foundation, and Dr. Bradley Peterson, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. [+] more

Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who launched -- in firebomb fashion -- the allegation that childhood vaccines increase the risk of autism was excoriated again this week, and by now the story is in the details. [+] more

Vaccines are one of the most controversial topics among parents these days, with a growing number questioning whether to give their kids recommended shots. Yet much of the anxiety about vaccines is based on myths and fear, rather than facts, say pediatrician Paul Offit and journalist Seth Mnookin, the authors of two new books that aim to clear up the confusion. [+] more