World’s First Malaria Vaccine Approved

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 25, 2015 After 28 years of development, European regulators have given the green light to the world’s first malaria vaccine. The disease killed an estimated 584,000 people in 2013, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mandatory Vaccination Bill for Public Schools Passes California Assembly

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 26, 2015 The state of California has approved one of the toughest vaccination laws in the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Science in an Age of Opinion

By John K. White, Counterpunch Mar 11, 2015 In the media at large, the validity of vaccines, global warming and other scientific findings are being overturned without giving thought to the politics of the sources or the bias of the audience. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

GOP Regulations

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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

Anti-Vaxxer

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Feb 9, 2015 Dig deeper

ISIS Vaccine

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‘Left, Right & Center’: The Politics of Vaccines, Unrest in the Ukraine

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 7, 2015 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the loss of public trust in government reflected in the widespread response to the measles outbreak, the 2 million jobs added over the last three months and, as the leaders of Germany and France prepare to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the prospects for progress on Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mothers for Drunk Driving

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Christie Vaccine

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