Vaccine Misinformation

Anti-vaccine activists have spread misinformation about vaccines to promote an agenda. Snopes fact-checks their claims and common anti-vaccine tropes.

Did the FBI Raid the CDC for Data on Vaccines and Autism?

24 January 2017

A known hoax purveyor spread false claims that the FBI "raided" the CDC in the...

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Was the Raggedy Ann Doll Modeled After a Child Killed by a Vaccine?

11 January 2017

Raggedy Ann's creator filed patents for the doll several months before his daughter fell ill...

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Wisconsin Girl Dies as a Result of Receiving Gardasil HPV Vaccine

5 August 2016

An online article claiming that a 12-year-old girl in Waukesha, Wisconsin, died as a result...

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American Immunity to the Zika Virus

25 May 2016

A false — and dangerous — claim that Americans are immune to the Zika virus...

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Girl receiving vaccine for cervical cancer

Is Autism Now Disclosed as a DTaP Vaccine Side Effect?

22 March 2016

Autism has not just been listed as a known side effect of the DTaP vaccine;...

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