By Christine Vara Amid a serious pertussis epidemic in the state of California, an investigative think tank called the Watchdog Institute recently reported that vaccine refusals are on the rise. Th
By Christine Vara Despite the fact that vaccines have eradicated smallpox, eliminated polio in the US and significantly reduced the number of deaths from diseases like measles, people are still dying
By Christine Vara NBC News Chief Medical Editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, appeared this morning on NBC’s Today Show to discuss the current “comeback” of whooping cough. As California
By Christine Vara There are times when I feel so fortunate to live in this country. Then there are days when I wonder what some Americans are thinking. Yesterday, the vaccine related news gave me
Real Guys Immunize Youtube Real Guys Immunize By Christine Vara So often media messages regarding children’s health are directed towards women – or more appropriately “moms”. In emphasiz
By Christine Vara Yesterday, I read an LA Times article, written by Pamela Nguyen, a resident physician in pediatrics at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital. Sadly, the article confirmed w
By Christine Vara Yesterday morning on the Today Show, Matt Lauer interviewed Dr. Wakefield whose study, published in 1998, sparked a catastrophic collision of the scientific world of vaccines and aut
By Alison Singer President, Autism Science Foundation I highly recommend PBS’s “The Vaccine War” which first aired on April 27 on PBS, and which will be replayed several times this
By Alison Singer President, Autism Science Foundation This week, the British General Medical Council (GMC) ruled that Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who first proposed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism
By Amy Pisani Definitely take a minute to read this excellent piece in Forbes magazine from Robert Nelson, the father of an autistic child and a venture capitalist. Recently, Forbes has been running e