Political transition and mass misinformation campaigns have contributed to growing polio rates. Source: In Pakistan, polio makes a comeback amid vaccine boycotts | Health | Al Jazeera
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Instead, the coalition organized one statewide virtual event on Dec. 13 to celebrate the importance of vaccinations. Source: Immunize Nevada cancels events following anti-vaxxer harassment
The first rigorously controlled study of a 2016 California law that aimed to increase childhood vaccination rates by eliminating nonmedical exemptions has found the law worked as intended, although the researchers noted a small increase in the number of medical exemptions. The study provides definitive evidence on the success of the California law, as policymakers […]
A fundamental distrust of the current healthcare system in America is embodied by the anti-vax movement, a kind of new-age rebellion. Source: Anti-Vaccination: The New Epidemic – MIR
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the new Government will press ahead with a national scheme to send text message notifications to families. Source: Parents are to receive a text alert when their children are due to be vaccinated | Daily Mail Online
Samoa has passed a law to make childhood vaccinations compulsory as the Pacific nation continues efforts to contain a devastating measles outbreak that by Thursday had killed 77 people, most of them infants. Source: Samoa law embeds compulsory measles shots | Daily times
Queensland Health admits it has failed to do enough to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation in the wake of outbreaks of measles at home and overseas. Source: ‘Science isn’t enough’: Queensland Health admits vaccine info ‘failure’
