Thirty leading pediatricians and childhood vaccination experts wrote an open letter pleading that misgivings about the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine could lead to lives lost. They insist that the MMR vaccine is proven safe by science.

The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was associated to autism in a Lancet paper in 1998.The paper has since been discredited, but nonetheless, immunization rates have dropped recently in the U.K

Experts say that the number of measles cases in the UK has reached a record-breaking high in 20 years.

It is estimated that Surrey and Sussex could have up to 156 cases and South Yorkshire up to 180. Last year's number was just 77 cases across England and Wales

According to the World Health Organization, at least 18 earthquake survivors in Indonesia have died to tetanus.

Indonesian health workers and aide workers from the United Nations agency have began conducting vaccination campaigns against tetanus and the measles in the region

The General Medical Council has charged Andrew Wakefield with serious professional misconduct on his research that suggests a link between Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus (MMR) and autism.

Calling it an "inadequately founded" research, Dr. Wakefield's initial Lancet paper has since been disowned by the journal

Indonesian authorities began a major immunization campaign to vaccinate earthquake survivors on Wednesday after many complained aid had not arrived in their settlements.

According to government officials, health care workers would vaccinate more 130,000 children against measles. Another 1.3 million people would receive tetanus vaccines weeks after an earthquake that killed close to 6000 people in the country devastated their villages