antivaxxers

More Signs RFK Jr. Wants to Be Your President in 2028

RFK Jr.'s super PAC could be laying the groundwork for MAHA in the White House, a recent report suggests.

Health Ed Cara Jul 17

RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Pushed to Ban Polio Vaccine, NYT Reveals

Aaron Siri has a long legal history of attacking vaccines, and he's now advising RFK Jr. on the future of the country's public health, a New York Times report reveals.

Health Ed Cara Dec 13

You Thought Anti-Vax Was Bad? These Are RFK Jr.’s Most Disturbing Beliefs About Health

The country's public health could soon be overseen by someone who has a history of expressing beliefs in chemtrails, antivaccination, and HIV denialism.

Health Ed Cara Nov 18

Facebook’s New Anti-Vaxx ‘Ban’ Has an Ad-Sized Loophole

As folks in the U.S. start to meander into flu season, Facebook decided that now’s the time to formally issue a “ban” on ads that discourage its users from getting vaccinated. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of preventive health behaviors,” the company said in a corporate blog post announcing the change. “While public…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky Oct 13

Top Pharmaceutical Giants Pledge to Stick to Science on Coronavirus Vaccine

Ever since the covid-19 pandemic made its way to the United States, the question of whether Americans would accept a potential vaccine has lingered over everything. First, there was the concern that the antivaxxer movement might dissuade people from taking a legitimate vaccine. More recently, the worry has been that President Trump would rush out…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 8

Boris Johnson Calls Anti-Vaxxers ‘Nuts’ as He Belatedly Implements UK Mask Mandate

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson—whose government is not exactly known for his successful handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic—said he thinks that anti-vaxxers are “nuts” threatening public health as a UK-wide mask mandate program goes into effect. Per the Guardian, while promoting flu shots at a surgical clinic in east London, Johnson told reporters, “There’s all…

Health Tom McKay Jul 24

New Poll About Vaccines Is a Huge Bummer

Many Americans have lost faith in the importance of vaccines over the past two decades, while more than half are unsure or wrongly believe that they can cause autism. At least, those are the somber conclusions of a new Gallup poll released Tuesday. Even worse is that parents of children under 18 have grown more…

Health Ed Cara Jan 14

Oh God, People Really Are Anti-Vaxxing Their Pets

A new report from the UK seems to confirm vets’ worst fears, suggesting that pet vaccination rates in the country have dropped off substantially in recent years. Veterinarians have been desperately reminding everyone that vaccines are safe and won’t give pets autism (seriously). But it wasn’t entirely clear if pet owners really were shying away…

Health Ed Cara Sep 5

The UK Just Lost Its Measles-Free Status, and the U.S. Could Be Next

Progress in fighting measles in Europe has taken a substantial step back. This week, the World Health Organization stripped the UK of its measles-free status, just two years after it commended the country for eradicating the virus locally. The UK’s fate could very well be a harbinger of what will happen to the United States…

Health Ed Cara Aug 20

Anti-Vaxxers Fail to Block New York Law Eliminating Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Requirements

A New York State Supreme Court Justice on Friday rejected a suit brought by 55 families attempting to block the state’s recently passed law “eliminating exemptions to school vaccination requirements on the basis of religious beliefs,” Ars Technica reported. New York is the state hardest hit this year by outbreaks of measles, which the Centers…

Health Tom McKay Jul 13

Public Health Experts Call for Aggressive, Global Push Against Antivaxxers

Public health experts are fed up with the anti-vaccination movement, which is most recently behind a surge of the completely preventable disease measles in the U.S. this year. So much so that a group of them has decided to issue a statement calling for institutions around the world—from search engines and social media outlets to…

Health Ed Cara Jul 2

Police Let Mom Keep Feeding Son Bleach After She Showed Them YouTube Videos, Doctor Approval

Search YouTube for “Miracle Mineral Solution” or “MMS” and you will find a trove of videos about how consuming bleach will treat various illnesses—acne, flu, malaria, HIV, hepatitis, cancer, and autism. But MMS is just chlorine dioxide—an industrial bleach. The Food and Drug Administration has warned that MMS “can cause serious harm to health” and…

Health Jennings Brown Jun 14

CDC Says Measles Cases in U.S. Have Now Reached Over 1,000 So Far in 2019

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that 1,001 cases of measles have been reported so far in the U.S. throughout 2019. That number is all but certain to continue climbing in the second half of the year. Last week, the CDC warned that U.S. measles cases had reached a 25-year high—with more…

Health Tom McKay Jun 6

This Dummy Got Chickenpox

See this dummy? Imagine him covered in scabby blisters. That’s probably what he looked like the last few days, as he was recently infected with chickenpox. He got the infection because he refused to get the chickenpox vaccinations. That’s particularly poetic because when the local health department banned him from attending school because he was…

Health Jennings Brown May 8

Trump’s Health Secretary Praises Trump for Opening Up ‘Debate’ on Vaccines That Is ‘Settled’ Now

The nation’s top health official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, praised his boss Donald Trump on Monday for supposedly contributing to some kind of scientific “debate” about whether vaccines cause autism (they do not) and that it is now “settled” and Trump deserves even more credit for changing his mind (literally the…

Health Tom McKay Apr 30

Avengers: Endgame, Dark Matter, and a Fake Bear Not Named Ron: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

It’s nearly May, and you know what that means: Game of Thrones will be ending, Divination Bot will soon return to haunt your sleep with machine-generated nightmares, and the weather will be much less depressing. But before you brush off April 2019 like all the other months you’ve left behind in your rush to the…

Tech News Tom McKay Apr 28

Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers: 2019 Is Already a Record-Breaking Year for Measles, CDC Says

Measles is having a big year: According to the Washington Post, the Centers for Disease Control has confirmed 695 reported cases of measles in 22 states across the U.S. so far in 2019. That’s the largest number on record since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. at the turn of the century. 2000 was…

Health Tom McKay Apr 25

Is It Illegal to Refuse to Vaccinate Your Kid In New York? This Court Says Yes

Amidst a major measles outbreak in New York and other areas across the country, five unnamed mothers sued New York City to bar the municipality from requiring people to have measles-mumps-rubella vaccination. But a Brooklyn judge has upheld the mandate. New York City is facing the largest measles outbreak since 1991. According to NYC Health,…

Health Jennings Brown Apr 19

Antivax Parents Sue Over Mandatory Vaccination Order in New York (Which Has a Major Measles Outbreak)

A group of five unnamed mothers are suing the city of New York, trying to get it to block a mandatory measles-mumps-rubella vaccination order city officials ordered earlier this month in specific ZIP codes in Brooklyn amid a major measles outbreak. The city health department said that it would enforce the order by checking vaccination…

Health Tom McKay Apr 17

Instagram Purges Its Platform of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

Following an investigative report by the Atlantic on the prevalence of misinformation on Instagram, the company appears to be scrubbing its platform of some popular anti-vaxxer content. In a sweeping report on misleading content and conspiracy theories at large on Instagram, the Atlantic reported Thursday that anti-vaxxer content was being surfaced on the platform through…

Social Media Catie Keck Mar 22

antivaxxers

More Signs RFK Jr. Wants to Be Your President in 2028

RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Pushed to Ban Polio Vaccine, NYT Reveals

You Thought Anti-Vax Was Bad? These Are RFK Jr.’s Most Disturbing Beliefs About Health

Facebook’s New Anti-Vaxx ‘Ban’ Has an Ad-Sized Loophole

Top Pharmaceutical Giants Pledge to Stick to Science on Coronavirus Vaccine

Boris Johnson Calls Anti-Vaxxers ‘Nuts’ as He Belatedly Implements UK Mask Mandate

New Poll About Vaccines Is a Huge Bummer

Oh God, People Really Are Anti-Vaxxing Their Pets

The UK Just Lost Its Measles-Free Status, and the U.S. Could Be Next

Anti-Vaxxers Fail to Block New York Law Eliminating Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Requirements

Public Health Experts Call for Aggressive, Global Push Against Antivaxxers

Police Let Mom Keep Feeding Son Bleach After She Showed Them YouTube Videos, Doctor Approval

CDC Says Measles Cases in U.S. Have Now Reached Over 1,000 So Far in 2019

This Dummy Got Chickenpox

Trump’s Health Secretary Praises Trump for Opening Up ‘Debate’ on Vaccines That Is ‘Settled’ Now

Avengers: Endgame, Dark Matter, and a Fake Bear Not Named Ron: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers: 2019 Is Already a Record-Breaking Year for Measles, CDC Says

Is It Illegal to Refuse to Vaccinate Your Kid In New York? This Court Says Yes

Antivax Parents Sue Over Mandatory Vaccination Order in New York (Which Has a Major Measles Outbreak)

Instagram Purges Its Platform of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

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