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First cases in two years confirmed in Scotland.(measles)(Brief Article)
2002 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health officials confirmed the first cases of measles in Scotland in two years, as new figures revealed a decline in the number of children being given a vaccine against the illness.
Dr. Mac Armstrong, Scotland's chief medical officer, warned of a possible outbreak of measles, mumps or rubella if parents did not use the MMR inoculation.
Prime Minister Tony Blair's government has struggled to convince British parents that the MMR vaccine - in use in some 90 countries - is safe following a 1998 report which suggested its use was linked to a perceived increase in the incidence of autism. Many parents in England, especially London, have blocked their children from using the vaccine, too.
A report last year from the U.S. independent Institute of Medicine said many other studies on MMR and autism, a severe neurological disorder, find no association.
"The allegations made against it have not been proved. In those circumstances, we continue to endorse and recommend it to children as the best defense against these three very important and terrible diseases," Armstrong said.
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