Andrew Wakefield
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After a surge of measles outbreaks in the EU, Sarah Boseley looks back at how confidence in the MMR vaccine was dented by one doctor’s discredited campaign against it. Plus: Sonia Sodha on how to improve the British honours systemPodcast
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Instead of embracing the possibilities of neurodiversity, far-right voices are again painting autism as a devastating curse, says the writer Karl Knights
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Exclusive: the ‘cure’ involves detoxing children of vaccines and antibiotics held responsible for the condition
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On Last Week Tonight, the host used his monologue to focus on the growing anti-vaccine feeling, ‘amplified by the human megaphone that is the president’
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The return of the disgraced Andrew Wakefield should put us on our guard, as should the actions of politicians such as Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn
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The notorious, discredited MMR study by Andew Wakefield plays a part in recent cases. But access, awareness and affordability are equally important factors
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Former surgeon hit headlines when documentary Vaxxed was offered a premiere at Robert De Niro’s Tribeca film festival, then withdrawn after an outcry
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Actor and co-founder of festival says he ‘did not believe film contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for’
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Star criticised for adding doc by Andrew Wakefield, who was struck off UK medical register, to Tribeca festival bill
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In 2014-15, 92.3% had received MMR vaccine by age of two, down from 92.7% – with London having lowest coverage rate
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Research involving cohort of 95,000 children is latest research to contradict findings of discredited gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield
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Pete Etchells: A children’s book claiming that measles is good for you and a measles outbreak in Disneyland both highlight the need for clear and accessible information about vaccines
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Roy Greenslade considers the argument against a form of journalism that gives credence to vaccine-causes-autism opinions
Peter Hotez: ‘What happens when the anti-vaccine movement moves into India?’