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The anti-vaccination (“anti-vax”) movement is a global phenomenon that has received a great deal of press, but how much do we really know about it? How do educated adults come to turn against medicines that have been saving literally millions of lives since the early days of smallpox inoculations? …
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An NHS doctor who is prominent in the anti-vaccine movement has told followers how to forge their children’s medical records to trick schools into thinking they have been inoculated, The Times can reveal. Jayne Donegan, a GP based in London, regularly hosts paid events for parents and gives …
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Measles outbreaks are no longer reserved to limited areas, but have become a nationwide problem. So what’s next? Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FAAP, professor of pediatrics and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, addressed this in a session …
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In an effort to prevent future measles outbreaks, California passed a law Monday restricting many of the medical exemptions parents in the state currently use to avoid vaccinating their children when enrolling them in public schools. The law was met with immediate protests from anti-vaccination …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it no longer considers measles to be eradicated in the UK. Albania, the Czech Republic, and Greece have also lost their measles-free status. It is a coincidence that the news broke the day after Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, provoked …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it no longer considers measles to be eradicated in the UK. Albania, the Czech Republic, and Greece have also lost their measles-free status. It is a coincidence that the news broke the day after Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, provoked …
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About Spotlight Spotlight illuminates the newsmakers and behind-the-scenes players who shape health care in California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Amid the contentious dispute over immunization requirements for children, …
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Contemporary Pediatrics asked pediatric infectious diseases experts how community pediatricians can talk with families who are firmly against vaccinating their children or hesitant to do so. Here’s what they said. Pediatricians are wrestling with how they should deal with a growing antivaccination …
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By Lena H. Sun and Amy Brittain, Yana Paskova For The Washington Post “They should be allowed to have the measles if they want the measles,” Del Bigtree told reporters outside an anti-vaccine forum in Brooklyn earlier this month geared to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. A wealthy Manhattan …
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Russian Twitter trolls have attempted to fuel the anti-vaccination debate in the U.S., posting about the issue far more than the average Twitter user last year, a study out of George Washington University has found. The “sophisticated” bots shared opinions from both sides of the anti-vaxxer debate, …
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