The Latest Breaking News from Andrew Wakefield

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is alarmed by the UK’s growing measles outbreak, citing social media misinformation and widespread distrust of experts for falling MMR vaccination rates

Public health officials say a measles crisis has long been brewing in Minnesota

Cutting off grants for international collaborators, punishing universities and freezing their money has all created a situation of uncertainty. One researcher tells Eric Garcia ‘makes you feel like you're losing your mind’

A child's death from measles has sparked urgent calls from British public health officials to get children vaccinated, as the UK faces an onslaught of misinformation on social media, much of it from the United States.

In a world where misinformation spreads faster than ever, some public statements that were later proven false still linger on the internet like digital ghosts. These declarations, often made by influential figures or widely shared through media outlets, have long been debunked—yet remain untouched and available to mislead new audiences.…

A major Danish study is the latest to confirm the benefits of routine childhood immunisations.

Nearly 30 years after Andrew Wakefield’s discredited study linking the MMR vaccine and autism, we badly need an injection of rationality

Vicky Pebsworth has spent decades saying vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection refuted by years of research

A US panel’s decision not to recommend the preservative thiomersal won’t affect vaccine availability in Australia, say experts. But it will stoke dangerous anti-vax sentiment