Category Archives: Public health

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

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

Category: Comments, Health care, Public health, Vaccine safety, Vaccines | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 128 Comments

Bob Sears: Bald-faced liar, devious dissembler, or both?

Category: Public health, Quacks, Vaccines | Tagged , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Autism roundtable, part 2

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Autism roundtable, Part I: Angry parents, disability rights, and living in a neurotypical world

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Has the Huffington Post embraced science & closed the door on anti-vaccine quackery?

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“The risk that watching ABC News will cause your head to explode can’t be ruled out.”

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

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

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Running the numbers: US vaccination rates up ever so slightly; New Jersey way below national average

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