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Measles at the Super Bowl

Category: Vaccines

Hey, I bet you all will NEVER GUESS whether the instigators were vaccinated against measles or not before you read this. You will NEVER GUESS. ... %&#$!!!!!

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Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in the bloodstream can interfere with vaccine response

Category: Vaccines

Environmental chemical has a negative impact on vaccine responses-- expect anti-vaxers AND 'toxin gambit' wooers to spontaneously explode.

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Antibodies in breast milk can interfere with vaccine response

Category: Douchebaggery!

So, naturally, an anti-vaxer freaks out

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"Science, trust - and choosing to vaccinate"

Category: Vaccines

Trust in science-- from a mother-scientists perspective

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Polio-Free India (almost)

Category: Vaccines

It has officially been one year since India diagnosed a new case of polio.This week, India will cross the milestone of 12 consecutive months without any case of polio being reported - the onset of paralysis of the last case...

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Indulging Idiots: Looking for XMRV in vaccines

Category: Vaccines

A fruitcake 'scientist' said it was possible, so we better look! Derp!

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Pox-pops explode irony meters world-wide

Category: Douchebaggery!

So you dont want your child to receive a chicken pox vaccine that has passed rigorous scientific and QC standards, but you DO want to buy biological agents on the internet to give your child chicken pox (but in reality could literally be anything from anthrax to arsenic). How can humans this stupid even figure out how to reproduce in the first place?

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CDC recommends HPV vaccine for boys!

Category: Cancer

In the mid-1980s, 16% of oral cancers were caused by HPV. Today? 72%. HPV vaccine isnt just for girls, anymore.

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Malaria vaccine: A kinda sorta we will take it for now win

Category: Vaccines

If this is the best we can do with malaria, Ill take it... but I know we will be able to improve on this.

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Yo dawg: Republicans, Vaccines, and HuffPo

Category: Vaccines

Yo dawg! I heard you liked crazy, so we put some crazy in your crazy so you could be crazy while you were being crazy!

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