http://www.skeptics.com.au Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:26:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:56:01 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/ Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg(/var/www/vhosts/skeptics.com.au/httpdocs/http://cdn.theconversation.edu.au/files/3619/width440/nealeanddalissa.jpg) [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/skeptics.com.au/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/jb-thumbnail-for-excerpts/thumbnailforexcerpts.php on line 132

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There’s a temporal link between autism being diagnosed and children getting several vaccinations. Photo credit: nealeanddalissa/Flickr The lack of scientific literacy in the media causes much harm to public understanding of the role and importance of vaccines. The latest instance revives the same old fears using the same formula that so many such stories use. I’ve been writing [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uniting-church-cancels-avn-seminar/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uniting-church-cancels-avn-seminar/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 12:25:35 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=3061 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uniting-church-cancels-avn-seminar/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tokyo-embassy-links-to-antivax-group-stop-the-avn-to-the-rescue/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tokyo-embassy-links-to-antivax-group-stop-the-avn-to-the-rescue/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:43:19 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2720 By the Skeptic Zone’s Dave The Happy Singer The Australian Embassy in Toyko has removed a web link to the notorious Australian Vaccination Network after the ‘Stop The AVN’ group alerted officials. The deceptively named ‘Australian Vaccination Network’ (AVN) is a rabid anti-vaccination lobby group, spreading unsubstantiated fear, uncertainty and doubt while purporting to ‘empower people to [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tokyo-embassy-links-to-antivax-group-stop-the-avn-to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/another-blow-for-wakefield-as-neurotoxicology-paper-withdrawn/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/another-blow-for-wakefield-as-neurotoxicology-paper-withdrawn/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:19:46 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2387 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/another-blow-for-wakefield-as-neurotoxicology-paper-withdrawn/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/dick-smith-funds-pro-vaccination-advertisement/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/dick-smith-funds-pro-vaccination-advertisement/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:19:47 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=1233 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/dick-smith-funds-pro-vaccination-advertisement/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/important-information-for-parents-the-facts-about-immunisation/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/important-information-for-parents-the-facts-about-immunisation/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:00:07 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=941 Immunisation saves lives. Since the humble observations about cowpox made by Edward Jenner in the 1700s, vaccination programs have saved millions of lives and dramatically decreased child mortality and suffering. Diseases such as smallpox are now consigned to history, while polio has virtually disappeared. But sadly there are some people who are vehemently opposed to vaccinations. While [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/important-information-for-parents-the-facts-about-immunisation/feed/ 0