Credit to Author: Anna Merlan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:00:27 +0000
A new study found that 54 percent of anti-vaccine ads came from just two major anti-vax groups. Meanwhile, Facebook’s efforts to regulate “political” ads have led them to remove scientifically accurate, pro-vaccine posts.
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Credit to Author: Anna Merlan| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:21:36 +0000
Congressman Bill Posey interrupted a House Financial Services Committee hearing to press the Facebook CEO on how he would make the platform safe for anti-vaccine content.
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Credit to Author: Anna Merlan| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:27:26 +0000
Apropos of seemingly nothing, the once-respected environmental activist and Kennedy scion posted a long tribute to the father of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:18:38 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said it was taking necessary actions following a report by the Commission on Audit (COA)
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:18:14 +0000
WASHINGTON – To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block.
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Credit to Author: Shayla Love| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:13:01 +0000
Twitter joins Pinterest, Facebook, and YouTube in trying to filter out vaccine misinformation online. But will it be enough?
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:09:54 +0000
With the increasing number of cases of measles reported recently in Canada, the U.S. and the world, a heated discussion about vaccinations is front and centre on social media and in real life. Many who are unvaccinated are even lining up to get the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) shot to avoid getting the disease. Washington […]
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:54:01 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) conducted a vaccination drive for children and information and education campaign for parents in Baseco Compound over the weekend to help reduce the number of measles cases. PRC Chairman Sen. Richard J. Gordon on Monday said that a total of 1,307 children received anti-measles shots during the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 03:11:05 +0000
“Amid the outbreak of disease, deaths, obfuscation and lies, does Acosta have the moral conscience to hold herself accountable for her actions?”
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:32:30 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) declared measles outbreaks in four more regions—Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Western and Eastern Visayas
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