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Vaccine Science

  • Die Another Day: The Mortality Gambit

    Anyone who has spent time interfacing with the anti-vaccine denizens of major social networks has likely come across an argument such as this: Usually this argument is accompanied by some version…

  • Titer Andromedon

    “Why does my kid need a second dose of this vaccine? Can’t we just check his titers? What are titers anyway?” When we talk about titers, we are almost always talking…

  • Anatomy of an Anti-Vax Screed

    Every few months, we see another prominent anti-vaccine activist circulate a document that purports to be a scientific document proving that our current administration schedule is dangerous. Every time one of…

  • Aluminum in Vaccines: A Re[Al]ity Check

    “Does that have aluminum in it?” My patient asks. She practically spits out the word, aluminum. I have just finished cleaning the dog bites on both her hands, and I am…

  • Vaccination Policy and the Igon Value Problem

    One of the unmistakable patterns in the public forum debates on vaccination safety and vaccination policy is that the trained health care professionals tend to line up on one side, while…

  • Announcement: NAPCP adopts immunization position

    By an overwhelming majority, the membership of the Naturopathic Academy of Primary Care Physicians voted to approve an immunization position paper in support of the ACIP schedule. Here is an excerpt…