Professor Mark Alfano has spent the last few years studying pro and anti-vaccination accounts on Twitter. His findings are depressing.
A global coalition of healthcare leaders this week called on internet giants like Google and Facebook to censor bogus anti-vaccination claims in a bid to help combat the growing spread of vaccine misinformation.
Amid vocal opposition from vaccine sceptics and advocates for religious freedom,a US state this week removed long-standing exemptions to vaccination.
Anti-vaccination fervour has taken off around the globe,with dire consequences for public health. Ground zero for this kind of thinking in Australia is Mullumbimby.
Uneducated people on social media continue to jeopardize vaccination targets.
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Worldwide there is an alarming spike in measles. What is measles,actually? Are you immune? Can you catch it twice?
Anthony Mundine has admitted he was"too fired up"when he encouraged parents not to vaccinate their kids.
The city's compulsory vaccination order in four Brooklyn postcodes is by far the toughest action to date as the disease's tally grows across US.
Unvaccinated travellers who risk spreading measles through the Australian community will be the target of a new federal government education campaign.
Internet companies are trying to contain vaccine-related misinformation they have long helped spread. So far,their efforts at quarantine are falling short.