Anti-vaccination sentiment is leading to disastrous consequences, not only in the U.S. but European countries, particularly Italy. A philosopher of science suggests how best to use facts to fight it.
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A bit of humility can go a long way.
Effective communication strategies will be crucial if scientists want to counter the worrying anti-vaccination trend.
A measles outbreak is causing major concern in a Washington county where only 22 percent of children are vaccinated against the disease. A vaccine expert explains the risks.
Recent measles outbreaks show the dangers of not vaccinating – and the importance of vaccination. Is there a way to accommodate those religiously opposed to vaccination and minimize other exemptions?
Vaccination rates for children in some parts of California are down, despite a law that narrowed exemptions. Here’s a look at why people refuse to listen to evidence when it comes to the flu vaccine.
Billboards spreading misinformation on the risks of vaccination have popped up around American cities. A bioethicist explains why decisions not to vaccinate children are indefensible.
In 18 states, parents can choose to exempt their children from vaccines for nonmedical ‘philosophical’ or ‘personal belief’ reasons.
Pregnant women often get medical information from social media and websites, many of which contain misleading and false information about vaccination. Could OB-GYNs help educate them better?
Vaccines have long been considered safe, but many people still believe they are not. A new study shows that people who think they know more than medical experts are more likely to believe that vaccine are not safe.
It’s time to stop confusing sterile debates and pseudoscience with the healthy controversies that nourish scientific progress.
Australian parents who visit complementary health practitioners are less likely to vaccinate their kids. But could these practitioners be best placed to educate sceptical parents about vaccination?
Anti-vaxxer movement is often portrayed as a powerful force. They are anything but.
People universally believe scientists’ solar eclipse calendars, but vaccine warnings or climate predictions are forms of science that strangely do not enjoy equivalent acceptance.
In an era when opinion often trumps evidence in public health issues, it’s time to support and invest in evidence-based medicine to protect the public from dangerous, poorly informed beliefs.
Documentaries are vital vehicles for explaining the world.
Some people have objected to childhood vaccination since it was introduced in the late 1700s. And their reasons sound remarkably familiar to those of anti-vaxxers today.
A push for all unvaccinated kids to be excluded from day care is coercive, punishes families and has no evidence to back it. Here’s what we can do instead to boost vaccination rates.
Speaking on the ABC program Insiders, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson suggested there are tests available to see if children will have an adverse reaction to vaccinations. We asked three experts.
Reassuring people “not to worry” about public health issues like vaccination or fluoridated water doesn’t work. Nor does telling people “don’t panic”. So, what does?
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Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Managment, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, Labour studies, Brock University
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Professor and Director, Edward R. Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research, Washington State University
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Associate Professor in Social Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate Professor, University of Oxford
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Doctoral Student, Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, University of Oxford
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, health communication, Washington State University
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Director of Research and Policy at The Dor Foundation and Associate Professor of Politics at Deakin University, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Disability Studies, Georgetown University
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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins University