Officials Work To Quell Vaccine Safety Concerns

CDC officials are working to reassure the public that childhood vaccines are safe following news that federal health officials acknowledged a connection between a child's autism and a series of vaccines she received as a toddler. Experts maintain that the child's case is unique and that a rare condition led to the child's autism.

• "CDC Scrambles To Reassure on Vaccine Safety" (Desmon, Baltimore Sun, 3/7).