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Vaxelis: The first hexavalent vaccine is approved in the US, and antivaxers don’t like it

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Vaccine in vial with syringe. Vaccination concept. 3d

Over the holidays, on the day after Christmas, Merck and Sanofi announced FDA approval of Vaxelis, a new hexavalent vaccine. It’s great news for children. Unsurprisingly, antivaxers hate it.

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Vaccine advocate Blima Marcus learns the hard way just how low antivaxers will go

Blima Marcus learns how low antivaxers go
Antivaccine cartoon

An advanced practice nurse gave an antivaccine rant posted to Facebook. Or did she? All is not as an antivaxer wants you to believe it is. At least so it appears.

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Rep.-Elect Mark Green: A new antivaccine crank goes to Congress

Dr. Mark Green: Bringing the antivaccine crazy
Dr. Mark Green: Bringing the antivaccine crazy

Here we go again. Meet Rep-Elect Mark Green. He’s following in the footsteps of Reps. Dan Burton and Bill Posey in bringing the antivaccine crazy to Congress, only this time for the people of Tennessee.

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Brian Hooker’s antivaccine pseudoscience has risen from the dead to threaten children again

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Brian Hooker's pseudoscience: Just like walkers on "The Walking Dead"

Remember Brian Hooker’s pseudoscience-laden “study” linking the MMR vaccine with autism in African-American boys? It’s back from the dead! Even more hilariously, it’ was published in that rag of a “journal” for all things right wing conspiracy pseudoscience, the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.

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In which Orac uncloaks and gets to meet his heroes Drs. Richard Pan and Peter Hotez

Sen. Richard Pan and Dr. Peter Hotez

A week and a half ago, Orac got to travel to San Diego to participate in a panel discussion about the antivaccine movement. Even better, he got to meet two heroes of his, California Senator Richard Pan and Dr. Peter Hotez.