Testimony of Chief Pediatrician to U.S. Senate (2019)
Testimony of Jonathan A. McCullers, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Pediatrician-in-Chief, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN before the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, entitled “Vaccines Save…
IOM Report on Adverse Effects of Vaccines
Landmark 2011 report created in response to Health Resources and Services Administration request to the IOM to review a list of adverse events associated with eight vaccines—varicella zoster, influenza (except 2009 H1N1), hepatitis B, HPV, MMR, hepatitis A, meningococcal, and…
Addressing Parents’ Concerns: Do Vaccines Contain Harmful Preservatives, Adjuvants, Additives, or Residuals?
Vaccines often contain preservatives, adjuvants, additives, or manufacturing residuals in addition to pathogen-specific immunogens. Some parents, alerted by stories in the news media or information contained on the World Wide Web, are concerned that some of the substances contained in…