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Parents need the facts about childhood vaccination. Nonanet.

Anti-vaccination network told to change its name or be shut down

By Rachael Dunlop, University of Technology, Sydney

The heated battle between Australia’s anti-vaccine lobby, the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN), and those fighting against its misinformation took a positive turn late last week, with the New South…
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Too much urging can backfire and entrench some parents' opposition to vaccination. Flickr/skippytpe

Parents' decisions about vaccination and the art of gentle persuasion

By Julie Leask

Dr Seuss’ book Green Eggs and Ham is built around the urgings of a weird creature, Sam I Am, who insists the narrator eat the food of its title. When the narrator refuses, Sam issues an ever-widening range…
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If most people in a community are vaccinated, others are also protected. Sanofil Pasteur

Braving the jab for community immunity

By Tilman Ruff, University of Melbourne

Let’s be clear: immunisations matter. They matter a lot. We all have a complex and ever-changing ecology of microorganisms and parasites inside our bodies and in our community. A recent fatal case of…

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