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Vaccines given a clean bill of health

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Report finds 'very little evidence' of serious harm from vaccines.

Vaccines are largely safe, and do not cause autism or diabetes, the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) said in a report issued today. This conclusion followed a review of more than 1,000 published research studies.

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Check Hayden, E. Vaccines given a clean bill of health. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.505

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