Dr Nigel Higson, a Sussex GP and member of the Primary Care Virology Group, said that while the incidence of severe egg allergy was "miniscule", moving away from egg-based vaccines was a good idea.

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The learning process of autonomic expert systems is similar to how a child learns by observing its parents or how the human immune systems learn to fight infections based on vaccines and medication.

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The ruling came from a panel of "special masters" who began hearing three test cases in 2007 involving children with autism -- a disorder that their parents contend was triggered by the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella combined with vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative.

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"These vaccines now have been used in a significant number of countries ... and based on this experience, in which millions of people have now received vaccine, we in fact see that these vaccines are very safe, " he said.

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Doctors have to spend more time educating parents about the tremendous benefit of vaccines, about the very strong evidence (based on tens of millions of doses) for vaccine safety, and about the frightening consequences of infection with meningitis, hepatitis, measles, polio, and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

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The vaccines are in very early stages of development and are based on strains of influenza that have emerged in recent years but have not sparked major outbreaks.

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It can also be prevented by vaccines like the one manufactured by BioPort, a privately held company based in Lansing, Mich.

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More distantly, about 20 HIV vaccines are currently in clinical trials, according to the New York-based AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).

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