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By clock on November 29, 2006.

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Open Science (posts by Bill Hooker)

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A bad day for antivaccinationists: A possible retraction, and the "CDC whistleblower" William W. Thompson issues a statement

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Last week, the Journal of Pediatrics published a study that did a pretty good job of demolishing a favorite antivaccine trope used to frighten parents.

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