Mocking conspiracy theories is tempting but it doesn’t work. To change minds you must challenge
Andrew Wakefield
Goop’s ‘misleading claims’ mean people are wasting money and taking risks
Worst affected part of the State is the greater Dublin area, which accounted for 1,126 cases so far this year
Vaccinated children could suffer serious illness from mumps, says Kate O’Connell
Current outbreaks of mumps and measles may be partially due to vaccination controversies
Reported mumps cases have risen in the Republic this year
In the cot was an eight-year-old boy: he could not swallow and was almost completely blind
It’s not surprising to see Goop’s anti-science, anti-fact garbage exposed for what it is
Ivan Oransky shines light on papers pulled for mistakes, miscalculation, fakery or fraud
Poor uptake of the MMR vaccine following a health scare in the 1990s coupled with an increase in the number of non-EU nationals living here has led to a higher incidence of susceptible women
The State remains below the threshold where 95 per cent of the population are immune to measles, mumps and rubella
Political and media support for false claims condemns young people to preventable deaths
Opinion: Misinformation about autism leaves many at risk from ‘purveyors of snake oil’
Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell had thought ‘witch doctors had gone out with the Dark Ages’ as struck-off doctor Andrew Wakefield plans visit
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