Day: April 3, 2019

On World Autism Awareness Day, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored in his message on Tuesday, the importance of technology which helps people living with autism “achieve their full potential”. Source: Strengthen inclusion, participation of people with autism to ‘achieve their full potential’ says UN chief  | UN News

We need to protect the most vulnerable: babies, people with cancer, transplant recipients, and children for whom the vaccine does not confer immunity. Source: The Real Victims of Anti-Vaxxer Fake Medical Exemptions | Opinion

A neighborhood letter is making its way around Imgur after it called out an anti-vaxxer mom from Wisconsin for not vaccinating her child and putting others at risk. Source: Neighborhood Letter Shames Anti-Vaxxer Mom | CafeMom

A group titled 'Concerned Moms of Wisconsin' passed out letters in their neighborhood outing an anti-vaxxer and warned other residents to 'use caution' when associating with her and her family. Source: Wisconsin moms wage war on anti-vaxxer neighbor by passing out letters about her to the community  | Daily Mail Online

The measles outbreaks have highlighted the importance of immunization, but states have been mostly reactive in their vaccination policies. Source: Measles outbreaks: Anti-vaxxers prompt states to be reactive

Parents have a right to say "no" to vaccines for their children. Source: Editorial: New York spot on for anti-vaxxers | Editorial | pantagraph.com

How can we hope to have any impact on the world if the knowledge we acquire on how to solve some of the most pressing issues, such as infectious diseases and global warming, is routinely ignored? Source: When knowledge isn’t power | The Princetonian