Tag: vaccine
Vaccines work. That’s exactly how we eradicated smallpox
Getty Images On December 9, 1979, a global commission of scientists confirmed the eradication of a 3,000-year-old killer. Lethal, incurable,…
The 10 most popular FlipScience stories of 2019
The last 12 months of the 2010s proved to be yet another spectacular year for science. Indeed, so many amazing…
5 things you need to know about polio in the Philippines
(Updated on October 28, 2019) Last September 19, the Department of Health (DOH) declared a polio outbreak in the Philippines. This…
The Philippines’ 26-year polio-free streak
FlipFact of the Day: From 1993 to 2018—26 years straight—there were no reported cases of wild poliovirus in the Philippines.…
4 pseudoscientific arguments from politicians, debunked
Politicians are known for saying, claiming, and promising things. Lots of things. And while we’d like to hope that most…
Autism and measles vaccine are not linked, says massive new study
•A new study from Denmark reveals no link between the measles vaccine and increased autism risk. •The researchers looked at…
What Brazil did right about Dengvaxia (that the Philippines didn’t)
In the second installment of a two-part series, science communicator Carina Laroza examines how the handling of the Dengvaxia controversy…
Here’s the real culprit behind the Dengvaxia scare
In the first installment of a two-part series, science communicator Carina Laroza takes a closer look at the roots of…
5 urgent questions about the Philippine measles outbreak, answered
•Health officials in the Philippines declared a measles outbreak in February 2019 due to a disturbing rise in reported cases…
