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Vials of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines are displayed at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Mill Valley, California, on January 26th, 2015.

News in Brief

California’s Aggressive Pro-Vaccination Policies Have Made a Big Difference

A new study finds that the percentage of kindergartners in the state without up-to-date vaccinations dropped from nearly 10 percent in 2013 to under 5 percent in 2017.

Tom Jacobs

Education

The Complex Ethical Codes of Anti-Vaxxers

New research finds that vaccine skeptics possess an unusual mix of ethical beliefs that defy the traditional left-right divide.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

The Real Lesson of Ebola and Zika? We Need Much More Responsive Public Health Initiatives

We long ago abandoned control over Zika-carrying mosquitoes. There's no excuse for being so short-sighted about public health initiatives.

Stephen S. Morse

A doctor performing a typhoid vaccination in Texas, 1943.

Social Justice

Changing Anti-Vaxxers’ Minds

Despite research suggesting it would backfire, a new study finds that stories and images of sick children can change minds about the need to vaccinate.

Nathan Collins

Environment

Pretty Much the Scariest Way to Give Kids Their Medicine

Bunny needles, puppy spoons, squirrel otoscopes. Here are some great, well-meaning ways to make children fear doctors AND cute fuzzy animals.

Matt Novak