Anti-vaccination crisis
Bill Gates: Anti-vaccine attitudes in rich countries makes herd immunity for measles impossible
Gates said that vaccine hesitancy had at least not spread to lower-income countries, where measles can be much deadlier than in richer countries due to malnutrition and healthcare gaps.
Trump order reduces US vaccine schedule, seeks to split MMR shot, cites autism diagnoses
US CDC will not publish report showing COVID vaccine effectiveness
Michigan announces measles outbreak after three linked cases reported
Why is the US lagging in its vaccination efforts?
Shots are reaching nursing home residents at an even slower pace than others first in line, even though they are most at risk of dying of the virus.
Obama, Bush, Clinton volunteer to get COVID-19 vaccine on camera
About six in 10 (58%) United States citizens would agree to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
The anti-vaccine movement promotes child neglect and abuse
Antisemitism rising in anti-vaxxer movement, UK study finds
The study analyzed 27 of the leading anti-vaccination groups present on Facebook and Twitter, with 79% of them having content that was deemed antisemitic.
Two babies hospitalized with rare meningitis after parents refuse vaccine
"What we went through was hell, one of the worst things I went through in my life: to know that my daughter was in danger of dying," the father of one of the babies told Channel 12.
No coronavirus vaccine can inoculate against anti-vaxxers
As the world ails, the movement against vaccinations is alive and well.
New Technion study identifies factors used when trusting vaccine info
The World Health Organization considers vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance or outright refusal to use vaccines despite how readily available they are – as one of the top 10 global health threats.
U.S. records no new measles cases for first week since outbreak began
The current outbreak of measles is the worst to hit the country since 1992.
El Al flight attendant dies after contracting measles on flight
Tests revealed that she had been vaccinated with only one shot against measles instead of the recommended two vaccines, media reports say.
Germany makes measles vaccine compulsory for all children
Cases of measles in the past few years have tripled in Germany, with almost 1000 cases and one child dying in 2017 alone.