Author Archive for John B. Dunn, MD, MPH, Co-chairman, Immunization Population Management Team, Pediatrics and Preventive Care, Group Health Cooperative, Affiliate Investigator, Group Health Research Institute

Parents’ concern about the safety of the immunizations given to their children has been rising steadily for the past decade-and-more. Although immunization against selected infectious diseases has long been an important element of health care for children – and has, in fact, truly changed the face of illness-in-childhood in sweeping ways – there is a growing concern among some parents that the risks associated with immunization may exceed their substantial benefits. Continue reading ‘IOM report confirms immunizations are safe’