Is there a link between vaccination and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
Despite extensive studies, there is no evidence that vaccination causes SIDS (cot death). Deaths do occasionally occur shortly after vaccination but the relationship is simply a chance association, since SIDS tends to happen in babies of 2 to 6 months of age whether they are vaccinated or not. Many studies have conclusively shown that SIDS is not caused by immunisation. In addition, some studies have found a lower rate of SIDS in immunised children.
