Public health scholars worry that the resurgence of measles may signal a coming wave of other vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Most states require childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps, tetanus, rubella, chickenpox and whooping cough.
The health secretary has made many inaccurate statements about vaccines. But the science is clear that vaccines have dramatically reduced childhood illness, disability and death.
Even if we feel we have some understanding of science, few of us have the time or the capacity to verify every claim made by every so called ‘expert’.
Brazilian disinformation experts Ergon Cugler and Igor Sacramento talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
A medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.
Not for the first time the US government has harmed public health in developing countries with covert ops.
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Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor of Health Studies, University of Richmond
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Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University
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Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Pediatrics, Michigan State University
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Endowed Professor of Health Policy and Associate Dean, George Washington University
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Researcher in Public Health, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Mestre em Administração Pública e Governo, e pesquisador para a estratégia nacional contra a desinformação, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
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Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, King's College London
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz