Clicks and flicks:the anti-vaccine movement has set up shop online

Clicks and flicks:the anti-vaccine movement has set up shop online

Facebook has agreed to ban adverts with anti-vaccination content while Instagram says it will also introduce controls. Yet the misinformation bubbles away.

  • byJoe Shute

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Parents take children in for measles shots after US county's school ban

Parents take children in for measles shots after US county's school ban

The emergency order against anyone under 18 who is not vaccinated is a bid to fight a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last autumn.

Measles warning for Jetstar and Virgin passengers to Sydney,Melbourne

Measles warning for Jetstar and Virgin passengers to Sydney,Melbourne

A person travelling from Phuket to Sydney,then on to Melbourne,and finally to Christchurch was diagnosed with the highly contagious disease.

  • byKate Aubusson
New York county bans unvaccinated minors in public as measles spreads

New York county bans unvaccinated minors in public as measles spreads

Rockland County's outbreak has most heavily affected Orthodox Jewish communities,in which vaccination rates tend to be lower.

Anti-vax football WAG Taylor Winterstein in purple powders scheme
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Anti-vax football WAG Taylor Winterstein in purple powders scheme

Taylor Winterstein says she is a"big believer that you do not need a qualification to know how to critically think for yourself".

  • byBianca Hall
Dear Pete Evans,please spare us the toxic advice. Yours,parents
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Dear Pete Evans,please spare us the toxic advice. Yours,parents

There is always the risk that some may not recognise celebrity brand-building for what it is,and could take the advice literally.

  • byWendy Tuohy
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'Questions that need to be asked':Pete Evans endorses anti-vaxxer

'Questions that need to be asked':Pete Evans endorses anti-vaxxer

The My Kitchen Rules host promoted a podcast endorsing the views of anti-vaccination campaigner Dr Sherri Tenpenny.

  • byMary Ward
Major study shows no link between measles vaccine and autism

Major study shows no link between measles vaccine and autism

A massive 11-year study by Danish researchers has found no link between the MMR vaccine and autism,further discrediting claims by anti-vaccination groups.

  • byStuart Layt
Queensland misses whooping cough,HPV and meningococcal vaccine goals

Queensland misses whooping cough,HPV and meningococcal vaccine goals

One in three Queensland kids missed free vaccinations provided through state schools last year.

  • byStuart Layt
More than 900 dead in Madagascar measles epidemic

More than 900 dead in Madagascar measles epidemic

Most of those who died were children,according to the World Health Organisation.

Anti-vaxxers are spreading conspiracy theories on Facebook

Anti-vaxxers are spreading conspiracy theories on Facebook

The rise of"anti-vaxx"Facebook groups is overlapping with a resurgence of measles,a disease that was declared"eliminated"in the US in 2000.

  • byTaylor Telford