Vaccines have dramatically reduced illnesses and deaths due to infectious diseases over the past century. However, no pharmaceutical product is completely without risk and some people have experienced health problems associated with immunization.
Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality, a new report from the Institute of Medicine, presents a comprehensive synthesis of the scientific evidence about the potential risks of eight vaccines covered by the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
The report identifies some risks that are linked to vaccines as well as some effects that are not caused by immunizations.
Advance copies will be available to reporters only beginning at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 24. The report is embargoed and not for public release before 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 25. Journalists may join a one-hour telephone press conference at 11 a.m. EDT to discuss the report with members of the authoring committee. Committee members will also discuss their findings and take questions from all interested individuals during a one-hour public webcast beginning at 1 p.m. EDT, available through a link at http://www.iom.edu/vaccineadverseeffects.
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