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Anti-Vaccine Activist Shoves California Lawmaker (Video)

An anti-vaccine activist has been cited in the assault of a California lawmaker who was...

Did the Government Censor an Expert Witness Who Changed His View on Vaccines?

A deep dive into some misleading statements contained in a recent “Full Measure” segment produced...

Pinterest Removes Three Prominent “Natural Health” Pages for Peddling Health Misinformation

“It is our policy to remove anti-vaccination advice and other health misinformation from our platform,”...

Was a Healthy Nine-Year-Old Girl Paralyzed by a Flu Shot?

The story of a heartbreaking illness following a routine flu shot has been used to...

Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?

In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of...

Did Sweden Ban Mandatory Vaccinations for Children in 2017?

Spurious blogs and "alternative health" purveyors tried to misrepresent the country's already-voluntary vaccination program.

Did Pfizer’s Vice President ‘Blow the Whistle’ on Gardasil?

A disreputable web site falsely claimed that the "vice president of Pfizer" said a vaccine...

Did the Flu Shot Cause This Year’s Flu Epidemic?

This claim is based on the incorrect interpretation of single quote from one nurse in...

Did a CDC Doctor Say the Flu Shot Is Causing a Deadly Outbreak?

A disreputable web site used an unsourced and fabricated quote to link deaths from the...

Does a Viral Video of Mercury and Aluminum Mixing Suggest That Vaccines Are Unsafe?

A science experiment on YouTube was co-opted by anti-vaccine activists to make scientifically illiterate innuendos...

Are People in Brooklyn Refusing to Vaccinate Their Pets Over Autism Fears?

This viral story has its origins in a neighborhood paper, but it is based entirely...

Does the Gardasil Vaccine Come With Crippling Side Effects?

A prominent anti-vaccine web site has promoted heartbreaking stories of illnesses and deaths which they...