Sarah Boseley charts the downfall of the consultant whose report led to a drop in MMR uptake and divided medical opinion
• Datablog: what's happened to MMR vaccinations - and how do we compare to the rest of the world?
• MMR doctor 'failed to act in interests of children'It all began with a paper published in the prestigious Lancet medical journal in February 1998.
The paper caused a massive slump in the numbers of children being vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella and the repercussions are still with us now – MMR uptake has never totally recovered.
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Source: theguardian.com