Monday, January 20, 2014

Informed Consent and Vaccines

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By Dorit Reiss The process of informed consent is more regulated for vaccines than for most medical treatments or drugs. Still...
Friday, January 3, 2014

How Anti-Vaxxers will Help the Pro-Vax Movement in 2014

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For anti-science movements, such as the anti-vaccine movement, conspiracy theories are lifeblood. In fact, many of these movements would no...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Mandatory Flu Vaccination: In My House It's the Law

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Today marks the last day of National Influenza Vaccination Week , and in keeping with my standard M.O., I've waited until the very las...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

In the Media, A Bad Day for Vaccines

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By Karen Ernst I write this at the end of a bad day in the media for vaccines. It’s not that there was bad news about vaccines; it’s that...

The Costs of the Fight Against the HPV Vaccine

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By Dorit Reiss This post stems from an HPV thread on the Katie Couric show . When I joined it, was a series of heart-rending stories ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

We Need You Today: Speak Up Against Anti-Vaccine Activists Trying to Dismantle VICP

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The voices of pro-vaccine advocates need to be heard today!   Anti-vaccine groups have convinced the Congressional Oversight Committee t...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Science Illiteracy in the Daily Paper

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As a former journalist, I find myself embarrassed by my profession more and more these days--and more and more grateful for the handful of n...