anti-vaccine

Did the Government Censor an Expert Witness Who Changed His View on Vaccines?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 21, 2019

A deep dive into some misleading statements contained in a recent “Full Measure” segment produce ...

Pinterest Removes Three Prominent "Natural Health" Pages for Peddling Health Misinformation

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Dec. 18, 2018

“It is our policy to remove anti-vaccination advice and other health misinformation from our pla ...

Was a Healthy Nine-Year-Old Girl Paralyzed by a Flu Shot?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Oct. 26, 2018

The story of a heartbreaking illness following a routine flu shot has been used to scare people ...

Did a Harvard Study Prove That "Unvaccinated Children Pose No Risk" to Other Kids?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Aug. 14, 2018

A deceptive and factually challenged blog post on an anti-vaccine website is not a “Harvard stud ...

Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?

Written by: Dan Evon

June 13, 2018

In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of vaccina ...

Did Sweden Ban Mandatory Vaccinations for Children in 2017?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

March 12, 2018

Spurious blogs and "alternative health" purveyors tried to misrepresent the country's already-vo ...

Did Pfizer's Vice President 'Blow the Whistle' on Gardasil?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 1, 2018

A disreputable web site falsely claimed that the "vice president of Pfizer" said a vaccine for h ...

Did a CDC Doctor Say the Flu Shot Is Causing a Deadly Outbreak?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Jan. 17, 2018

A disreputable web site used an unsourced and fabricated quote to link deaths from the flu epide ...

Less Effective Flu Shots 'Prove' You Shouldn't Get Them at All?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 15, 2018

Dubious websites are attempting to use a season in which the influenza vaccine is less effective ...

Does a Viral Video of Mercury and Aluminum Mixing Suggest That Vaccines Are Unsafe?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Sept. 7, 2017

A science experiment on YouTube was co-opted by anti-vaccine activists to make scientifically il ...

Are People in Brooklyn Refusing to Vaccinate Their Pets Over Autism Fears?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Aug. 2, 2017

This viral story has its origins in a neighborhood paper, but it is based entirely on the vague ...

Does the Gardasil Vaccine Come With Crippling Side Effects?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

June 8, 2017

A prominent anti-vaccine web site has promoted heartbreaking stories of illnesses and deaths whi ...

Would Breaking a Vaccine Vial Necessitate Evacuating a Building?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

May 15, 2017

This claim, made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is a solid illustration of why scale and context matt ...

Vaccine Opponents: Sesame Street's Autistic Character is Pharmaceutical Propaganda

Written by: Kim LaCapria

April 20, 2017

The introduction of Julia, an autistic Sesame Street character, drew claims by vaccine opponents ...

Was the Raggedy Ann Doll Modeled After a Child Killed by a Vaccine?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Jan. 11, 2017

Raggedy Ann's creator filed patents for the doll several months before his daughter fell ill and ...

Study Alleging a Connection Between Vaccines and Autism 'Unpublished' By Journal

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Nov. 29, 2016

The study, published in a controversial journal, was removed after widespread criticism of its m ...

Should You Avoid Getting a Flu Shot?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Oct. 8, 2016

It’s flu season, and that means a whole new wave of recycled anti-vaccine fearmongering.