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Category Archives: Politics

Michelle Bachmann: Public health spokeswoman, Rick Perry strategist, partisan peace-maker

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 14, 2011
Category: Politics, Public health, Vaccines | Tagged Erick Erickson, Fox News, Gardasil, Greta Van Susteren, HPV, Kirsten Powers, Merck, Michael Specter, Michelle Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Mother Jones, NBC, New Yorker, RedState, Rick Perry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rolling Stone, Rush Limbaugh, Salon.com, The Daily Beast, The Today Show, Time, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Will Bachmann’s anti-vaccine pandering fall flat? The changing political landscape for proponents of pediatric and public health

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 13, 2011
Category: Politics, Public health, Vaccines | Tagged Andrew Wakefield, Autism Science Foundations, Barack Obama, Bill Nelson, carbon dioxide, Democrats, Evan Siegfried, Gerald Ford, GRASP, Hillary Clinton, HPV, Jimmy Carter, John McCain, measles, Michelle Bachmann, pertussis, PKIDS, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rudy Guiliani, swine flu, Tampa, Texas, The Today Show | 2 Comments
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