Category Archives: Health care

The whole cell pertussis vaccine, media malpractice, and the long-term effects of avoiding difficult conversations

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 13, 2012

Category: Health care, Media, pertussis, Public health, The Panic Virus, Vaccine safety, Vaccines | Tagged Amanda Schaffer, Barbara Loe Fisher, DTaP, DTP, DTP: Vaccine Roulette, Lea Thompson, National Vaccine Information Center, New England Journal of Medicine, Slate | 17 Comments

New review of Andy Borowitz’s “An Unexpected Twist” at Download the Universe

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 23, 2012

Category: Book review, Health care | Tagged Andy Borowitz, Download the Universe, Kindle Singles, The Borowitz Report | Leave a comment

Apparently, Rob Schneider thinks ALL CAPS is a substitute for having a clue: A lower-cased, fact-based rebuttal

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 18, 2012

Category: Comments, Health care, Public health, Vaccine safety, Vaccines | Tagged Andrew Wakefield, celebrities, Louise Kuo Habakus, measles, quacks, Rob Schneider, The Huffington Post, Txchnologist, vaccines | 128 Comments

CDC issues official emergency health alert on measles (Plus: a success story in Ghana)

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 23, 2011

Category: Health care, Measles, Vaccines | Tagged CDC, Ghana, K.O. Antwi-Agyei, Pacific Health Summit, U.K. | 1 Comment

Parents and pediatricians: Do you think a pre-natal discussion about vaccines would help assuage fears?

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 11, 2011

Category: Autism, Health care, Public health, Vaccine safety, Vaccines | Tagged 9/11, Andrew Wakefield, California, Connecticut, Dublin, Ireland, measles, MMR, New York, ob-gyns, pediatricians, The Panic Virus, The Washington Post, truthers, whooping cough | 71 Comments