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In May, Instagram announced it would automatically block hashtag searches that generate anti-vaccination misinformation, but anti-vaxxers have since found loopholes to continue disseminating the content. Anti-vaxxers have been using symbols to replace words or accent marks in their hashtags in …
Read MorePresident Donald Trump has expressed anti-vaccine views since 2007, when he told a reporter that he believes vaccines can cause autism in young children. It’s not immediately clear, however, how Trump developed this position, which stems from a discredited study published in 1998 and retracted in …
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By Michael Gerson, Volunteers in the New Zealand city of Rotorua are in the process of sending two dozen handcrafted, infant-size coffins to the Pacific island of Samoa, which is currently in the midst of a deadly measles outbreak. The coffins are gifts to Samoan families who can’t afford them but …
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In March 2019, a teenager from Ohio, Ethan Lindenberger, sat before a Senate Committee in Washington. Wearing glasses, a suit and tie, his hair carefully combed to the side, he described how his mother refused to vaccinate him. Her beliefs, which he began challenging aged 13, were reinforced by …
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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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