anti-vaxxers

“It’s tricky because everyone is entitled to their own opinion — but a lot of opinions don’t feel based in anything except fear or propaganda,” the “Friends” star said.

“People have raised the issue of personal freedoms, you are making a decision about my body by forcing me to get vaccinated. And I think that’s also a completely spurious misuse of the concept of personal freedom,” says Dr. Irwin Redlener, NBC News/MSNBC contributor and Columbia University research scholar. He says getting the large majority of the country vaccinated is...

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been at the forefront of medical research and public health for decades, but he says there is a new and growing phenomenon of people “who deny reality that’s looking them straight in the face.” And in an interview with LX News Now host Eric Alvarez, he compared those who want to deny the science of COVID-19...

NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone has more on the plan Centner Academy released that has some teachers already looking for a new job.

NBC 6’s Julie Leonardi has the reaction from some of the school’s concerned parents and the response from the school’s leadership standing by the decision.

A private school in Miami is discouraging teachers from getting the COVID-19 vaccine— and in a letter to parents, the school says it will not employ anyone who has taken it. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports

A private school in Miami is discouraging teachers from getting the COVID-19 vaccine— and in a letter to parents, the school says it will not employ anyone who has taken it.

Although millions of Americans are getting COVID-19 vaccines every day, the number of Millennials and Gen Z adults getting inoculated is lagging behind the pace of other age groups, even as all age restrictions on vaccine access have now been lifted nationwide.

When pediatrician Todd Wolynn started getting attacked on social media for touting the benefits of the HPV vaccine, he felt emboldened. When his communications director, Chad Hermann, had to spend eight straight days removing disinformation from their practice’s social media pages, he felt angry. And if you’re a vocal vaccine critic spreading lies online…you won’t like them when they’re...

Pittsburgh pediatrician Todd Wolynn is the superhero the world needs right now, with coordinated disinformation campaigns undermining trust in public health and proven science. He and communications director Chad Hermann are the founders of Shots Heard Round the World, a nonprofit that mobilizes doctors online to protect vaccine information.

No, don’t start reciting all these statistics that prove vaccines are safe. That’s the one thing Ethan Lindenberger, who grew up in an anti-vaxx household, and Matthew Motta, a political science and public health professor at Oklahoma State University, say should be front-of-mind when trying to get the facts across to someone who is anti-vaxx. What could work? Motta and...

The new Covid-19 vaccines were developed in record time, a remarkable achievement of collaboration by the world’s scientific community. But pediatricians are already seeing opposition to the vaccines among parents.

Vaccines save countless millions every year. But that hasn’t stopped many, including a few celebs, from expressing unfounded fears over the years.