scares http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23240/all en Measles Epidemic in Britain Thanks to Anti-Vaccination Fears http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/measles-epidemic-britain-thanks-anti-vaccination-fears <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Celebrities continue to promote vaccine-autism link in face of science. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kristine-marsh">Kristine Marsh</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">It’s not 1913, it’s 2013.</p><p dir="ltr">Yet, children are getting sick and some are even dying from polio, measles, and pertussis (whooping cough) in the U.S. and Great Britain, thanks to vaccination scares led by the media and celebrities championing outdated science.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/measles-epidemic-britain-thanks-anti-vaccination-fears" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Family Health Media Celebrities childhood illnesses disease Epidemic Jenny McCarthy measles mumps scares Science vaccination Vaccine whooping cough Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:58:17 +0000 julia.seymour 44016 at http://archive2.mrc.org