Families want a shot of truth

Parents stand firm on claims children sickened by vaccines

BEIJING - A dozen families descended on a Xinhua News Agency bureau over the weekend, angered by an official's response to the vaccine scandal that has reportedly killed several children and sickened dozens of others.

The families had traveled from all parts of north Shanxi province to the provincial capital of Taiyuan. They denied a provincial health official's claims that they had been interviewed by the health bureau, which said only one child had suffered a vaccine-related reaction.