By Dr. Jeff Ptak The prevention of disease seems to be of major concern to many people these days. The public is beginning to exercise to prevent heart problems and cut down on cholesterol to prevent cardiovascular disease. They are quitting their smoking habits to prevent cancer, and on and on. Prevention of disease, however,

From the American Journal of Epidemiology comes a report of an outbreak of “Aseptic Meningitis associated with Mass Vaccination with a Urabe-containing Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine.” According to the report, a mass immunization campaign using the MMR vaccine in a city in Brazil, had resulted in an outbreak of aseptic meningitis following the mass campaign. The report

The June/July issue of Offspring features an article on vaccination titled: “Who’s Calling the Shots?” Offspring is a new parenting publication owned by Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal. The whole article is not available online but a link is provided below to the portion that is available. From the article: “When Brenda Anderson,