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Article: MEDICINE WOMEN SHOULD NOT FEAR RUBELLA VACCINE, STUDY SAYS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 20, 1997
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Concern that rubella vaccine may cause chronic joint or nerve problems in some women appears to be unfounded and shouldn't deter women from getting immunized as a way to prevent birth defects, authors of a new study say.
Rubella, also called German measles, is usually a mild disease that most people are immunized against as children. But it can cause birth defects such as hearing and heart trouble and cataracts in babies born to women who become ...