“Top Doc in Plea Over MMR Jab”

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Dr. Mac Armstrong, the chief medical officer for Scotland, is calling on parents to have their children vaccinated with the combination measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Armstrong noted, “The annual uptake for MMR appears to be stabilizing at 87.5 percent, compared with 87.7 percent for 2001-02, but it concerns me that the quarterly uptake is at the lowest level since the end of 2000.” The government's target MMR uptake rate is 95 percent, but many parents are opting for individual shots, concerned over purported links between the triple shot and autism.

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