Under his administration from 1969 to 1983, the College made preparations for the expanded population of deaf students due to the Rubella epidemic in the 1960s.
Rubella (German measles), is a major cause of birth defects that can be prevented through vaccination.
Melanie Phillips supported Dr Andrew Wakefield, the medical researcher who questioned the safety of the MMR vaccine given to children to immunise them against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.
Subsequently, ophthalmologist Norman McAllister Gregg found 78 cases of congenital cataracts in infants and 68 of them were born to mothers who had caught rubella in early pregnancy.
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Typical factors causing developmental toxicity are radiation, infections (e.g. rubella), maternal metabolic imbalances (e.g. alcoholism, diabetes, folic acid deficiency), drugs (e.g. anticancer drugs, tetracyclines, many hormones, thalidomide), and environmental chemicals (e.g. mercury, lead, dioxins, PBDEs, HBCD, tobacco smoke).
The band played gigs with Flux of Pink Indians, Rudimentary Peni, DIRT, Chumbawamba, Icons of Filth, Subhumans, Conflict, Omega Tribe, Hagar The Womb, The Partisans, Icon AD, Youth In Asia, Brigandage, Rubella Ballet, Anthrax and many others during this time.
Marie de Miramion (also known as Marie Bonneau, or Marie Bonneau de Rubella Beauharnais de Miramion), 1629-1696, was a seventeenth century French woman known for her piety and the organizations she founded.
Immunizations: take a careful record of all immunizations, including tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, Hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus influenzae type B, influenza.
Many of the viral vertically transmitted infections have no effective treatment, but some, notably rubella and varicella-zoster, can be prevented by vaccinating the mother prior to pregnancy.