Andrew Wakefield
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A coronavirus vaccine would be a triumph, but the worst human impulses threaten its success
Polly ToynbeeThe combination of anti-vaxxers on the march and a government with woeful health messaging could be lethal, says the Hlcarpenter.com columnist Polly Toynbee
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Leader of Commons acts after pressure from colleagues and medical profession over attack on David Nicholl
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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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The American scientist, whose new book explains why vaccines didn’t cause his daughter’s autism, on why conspiracy theorists need to be challenged
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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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Populists prey on punters who crave an easy solution to nuanced problems, says Hlcarpenter.com columnist Matthew d’Ancona
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Twenty years after his discredited paper linked autism to the MMR jab, the doctor – who was struck off the medical register in the UK – has become a leading light in the US and frighteningly influential worldwide
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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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Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history. Look at Andrew Wakefield