Measles in the Wind

Steve Sack / The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Minn. May 6, 2019 Dig deeper

Anti-Vaxxers Are Just as Bad as Climate Deniers

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 19, 2019 Ignorance on this key health issue isn’t just dangerous—it can be fatal. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

N.Y. County Bans Unvaccinated Kids in Public as Measles Spreads

MARY ESCH / The Associated Press Mar 26, 2019 The drastic move, believed to be unprecedented in the U.S., is an "attention grab" to get parents to see the seriousness of the outbreak. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Officials Urge Vaccinations Amid Northwest Measles Outbreak

GILLIAN FLACCUS / The Associated Press Jan 28, 2019 The outbreak has sickened 35 people, mostly children under 10, in Oregon and Washington since Jan. 1, with 11 more cases suspected. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

John Oliver Has a Message for Vaccine Skeptics, Including President Trump (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2017 The "Last Week Tonight" host debunks the myth that vaccinations pose a threat to the children who receive them. The "Last Week Tonight" host debunks the myth that vaccinations pose a threat to the children who receive them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Landmark Bill for Mandatory Childhood Vaccinations

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 30, 2015 The new law will require one of the strictest vaccination regimes in the country, and California is now one of only three states that does not permit nonmedical exemptions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Major Study Finds No Link Between Feared Vaccine and Autism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 22, 2015 A major study published in one of the world’s leading medical journals has concluded that there is no link between the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination and autism in children. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Bush Epidemic

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Feb 20, 2015 Dig deeper

GOP Regulations

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Feb 11, 2015 Dig deeper

Penn & Teller Use Bowling Pins to Show Why You Should Vaccinate Your Kids

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 11, 2015 "Even if vaccination did cause autism, which it fucking doesn't," shouts Penn Jillette, the more verbal half of the entertainment duo Penn & Teller, "anti-vaccination would still be bullshit." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Playing Politics With Measles — That’s Pretty Sick

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 10, 2015 Scientific evidence be damned: Some Republican presidential candidates are trying to turn the outbreak into votes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Small Diseased World

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Feb 10, 2015 Dig deeper