A new study shows that one in four parents believes some vaccines can trigger autism.

The study is based on a survey of more than 1,500 parents that was conducted last year. About 12 percent of parents said they had refused to allow their children to receive a vaccine that a doctor recommended. 

Those parents tended to shy away from four vaccines: 

• Human papillomavirus vaccine, because of concerns about side effects
• Vaccine for meningococcal diseases, because of the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome, an immune system disorder
• The shot for measles, mumps and rubella, because of potential autism risk
• Chickenpox vaccine

Source: Mercola.com

Spanish health authorities have withdrawn tens of thousands of doses of Gardasil, a vaccine against the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), after two teenagers who received the shots were hospitalized.

The two girls were vaccinated last week as part of a vast government program targeting adolescents. A batch of nearly 76,000 doses of the vaccine has been withdrawn from the market.

The vaccine has been available since 2006.

Dr. Nicole Sundene writes an article on the Kitchen Table Medicine blog about the Cervical cancer vaccin.

"I'm sorry but as a doctor with a special interest in women's health issues, I am going to have to call balderdash on the Gardasil vaccine.

Gardasil=Garbage

Perhaps we should just refer to it from this point on as Garbagesil.

Why in the world did Merck make a vaccine for an already preventable disease? Cervical cancer is preventable through yearly pap smears, healthy diet, and healthy lifestyle.

Why isn't Merck focusing their time, resources, and research on diseases that we desperately need vaccines for such as HIV and hepatitis C?"

Independent health researcher Grace Filby, who won a Churchill Fellowship for her research into phage therapy, is calling on the government for more research into the possible side-effects of the HPV vaccine that is currently being given to teenage girls.

Filby believes that not enough is known about the effects of the vaccine on children with pre-existing medical conditions and weakened immune systems. She says, "We simply do not know whether the vaccine interacts with other medication or medical conditions, and the manufacturers have not studied it yet. This could be a very valid reason why some families and schools might hesitate or opt out."

She has this week written to UK education ministers and health officials calling for urgent small-scale independent studies that would highlight any health problems stemming from vaccinations already carried out.

Read the original article in Mercola.com