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The online fundraising platform GoFundMe said Friday they were banning any campaigns created on their website that promoted “misinformation” about vaccines. “Campaigns raising money to promote misinformation about vaccines violate GoFundMe’s terms of service and will be removed from the ...

The online fundraising platform GoFundMe said Friday they were banning any campaigns created on their website that promoted “misinformation” about vaccines. “Campaigns raising money to promote misinformation about vaccines violate GoFundMe’s terms of service and will be removed from the ...

For Christine Vigeant, being an anti-vaxxer was bigger than just the vaccine decision. And changing her mind was bigger than just one conversation. When Vigeant was pregnant with her daughter, she had an idea of the kind of mother she ...

Here’s what to know about current vaccine myths. Share on PinterestMeasles outbreaks have affected multiple U.S. communities in recent years. Getty images With more than 100 confirmed cases of measles in the United States already this year, vaccines are once ...

Under fire for serving up anti-vaccine propaganda, Facebook announced today that it will remove groups and pages that share anti-vaccine misinformation from its recommendations. The company also pledged that it will stop allowing advertisers to target people who Facebook’s advertising ...

Look up vaccinations on Facebook, as Representative Adam Schiff did last week, and the results will show a rich supply of anti-vaccination posts, pages, and groups. Such propaganda appears to be flourishing online, drawing the uninitiated into a tangled web ...

Look up vaccinations on Facebook, as Representative Adam Schiff did last week, and the results will show a rich supply of anti-vaccination posts, pages, and groups. Such propaganda appears to be flourishing online, drawing the uninitiated into a tangled web ...

According to the World Health Organisation, in 2018 there was a 30% increase in the number of reported measles cases worldwide. The organisation also recently named “vaccine hesitancy” as one of the top global threats of 2019. This alarming rise ...

An 18-year-old Ohio teen has defied his anti-vax parents by taking his health into his own hands and getting himself vaccinated. Ethan Lindenberger shared his experience on Reddit, saying his parents “think vaccines are some kind of government scheme. It’s ...

PARIS — France is losing the fight against anti-vaccine campaigners online. On Facebook, a testimonial clip from an anti-vaccine mother has racked up 1.3 million views and thousands of shares. On YouTube, where the video has been taken down, a ...

Are 35,000 Gulf War Soldiers Dead Due to Anthrax Vaccinations? | Snopes.com A government report from 2008 states that 35,000 veterans of the first Gulf War died as a direct result of adverse effects from an Anthrax vaccine they were ...

Was the Raggedy Ann Doll Modeled After a Child Killed by a Vaccine? | Snopes.com Raggedy Ann dolls were created by a grief-stricken father who lost his daughter to a vaccine-related illness, and who wished to broadcast the risks of ...

Image copyright PA This spring saw the first death from measles in the United States in 12 years. Measles infections there are at their highest since the disease was supposedly eradicated. The reason for this is that the number of ...