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VACCINES The Wall Street Journal: Defying CDC, Pediatricians Recommend All Kids Get Vaccinations Against 18 Diseases The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children be vaccinated against 18 diseases, more than the U.S. government directs after it overhauled its schedule. The doctors group, which released its recommendations Monday, kept its guidance largely unchanged from its previous version from last year. The group said it doesn’t endorse the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood-vaccine schedule. The agency now recommends all children get vaccinated against 11 diseases. (Petersen, 1/26) https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/defying-cdc-pediatricians-recommend-all-kids-get-vaccinations-against-18-diseases-b50f2549?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-__ERSrqB8w1qk2mI9hnuV3zVmeu2h0nhNAKbKPCAOYQ77xK6uS_uOnJh9UwnkOEq8cApiN4W9HIjOswiD_7fHiYfdlnA&_hsmi=400350224&utm_content=400350224&utm_source=hs_email CIDRAP: No Link Found Between Routine Childhood Vaccines, Aluminum Adjuvants, And Epilepsy Risk Routine childhood vaccinations, nor the aluminum used as vaccine adjuvants, are not associated with an increased risk of epilepsy in young children, according to a new case-control study published this week in The Journal of Pediatrics. The study, led by a team from the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute in Marshfield, Wisconsin, examined whether being up to date on recommended vaccines or having higher cumulative exposure to vaccine-related aluminum was linked to the development of epilepsy in children under age four. (Bergeson, 1/23) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/no-link-found-between-routine-childhood-vaccines-aluminum-adjuvants-and-epilepsy?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--c-otA3pflVK3sDLUhWW3A0atYTxAxBpcnCqC2aEOt3wdPuIopCNbm83UMWpaoMDLMEdUkzwdj5k7sEQ_fR_ejZTrqpQ&_hsmi=400350224&utm_content=400350224&utm_source=hs_email AP: Small Pox Eradication Pioneer Dr. William Foege Dies Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity’s greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died. Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according to the Task Force for Global Health, which he co-founded. The 6-foot-7 inch Foege literally stood out in the field of public health. A whip-smart medical doctor with a calm demeanor, he had a canny knack for beating back infectious diseases. (Stobbe, 1/25) https://apnews.com/article/william-foege-smallpox-cdc-73770ffe382e48829a87fee0b364a3d1?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9yCXdaPdVubVTKcRfu895UAwHzdiRmwwHDKYM8TU98MIQKawfAWGDbvSJbwtqI4IRDYtoLiPSSOh1hPgie_WgM9u3Ohw&_hsmi=400350224&utm_content=400350224&utm_source=hs_email