Trump’s latest executive order is set to lead to delayed vaccinations, falling coverage and a resurgence of diseases once brought under control.
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As childhood vaccination rates in Allegheny County decline, The Conversation asked experts why parents are opting out and how to protect vaccination policy.
The science is clear: no link exists between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism. What lingers is the harm caused when powerful voices spread misinformation.
Why falling vaccination rates put vulnerable children at risk.
A complex blend of personal, social and environmental factors fuels vaccine skepticism.
The measles vaccine may do more than we thought – and the growing number of outbreaks makes ensuring you’re protected ever more urgent.
The US eliminated measles in 2000, but the number of cases at home and abroad has experts worried.
Measles cases are rising in Australia and globally. Two paediatric infectious disease experts answer some key questions.
Even if we feel we have some understanding of science, few of us have the time or the capacity to verify every claim made by every so called ‘expert’.
Vaccine uptake is currently too low to prevent outbreaks of measles – a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus.
A medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.
Anti-vaccination sentiment can be seen as part of a larger societal trend towards individualism.
The resurgence of measles and whooping cough is troubling. The most effective way to prevent the return and spread of vaccine-preventable diseases is through vaccination and combating vaccine hesitancy.
Any upsurge in measles is of real concern, but in settings aggravated by poor living conditions and malnutrition, it can be disastrous. It can affect adults, but young children are at particular risk.
Herd immunity to measles is waning due to vaccine hesitancy over MMR. Adult MMR is one way to help get it back up again.
For more than a month, Samoa has been battling a measles outbreak of huge proportions. Things are very slowly starting to improve.
You no longer have to go to your GP to get your flu shot or catch up on vaccinations you missed earlier in life or have waning immunity to. But they’re unlikely to be free.
The growing number of cases of measles has many people asking: Am I safe? A vaccine expert provides some answers.
Precedents exist for making people have certain vaccines. Perhaps it’s time to extend this.
A bit of humility can go a long way.
Top contributors
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Officer, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of critical developmental psychology, The Open University
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Honorary Professor Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Univeristy of Sydney; Senior Researcher Sydney Institue for Infectious Disease, University of Sydney., University of Sydney
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Manager, Coverage, Evaluation & Surveillance, NCIRS; Conjoint Senior lecturer, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
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Michael J. Wise is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Paediatrics and vaccinologist, Royal Childrens Hospital, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Dean International, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins University
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Infectious Diseases Physician, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University and, The University of Queensland
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Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney