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AVN Denied Advertising in Mum and Babies Publication

It was recently alleged that the AVN was denied paid advertising in The Child group of magazines, including Sydney’s Child. The monthly publications are distributed free in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth via childcare centres and baby shops and are highly targeted to Australian parents. Australian Skeptics understand that the AVN applied to purchase a … Read on »

Backlash continues against Wired story on vaccination

Last week Amy Wallace, wrote a comprehensive story for Wired Magazine about the dangers of not vaccinating and the damage caused by the anti-vaccine movement called “Epidemic of Fear”. In an extensive interview with Dr Paul Offit, known as Dr (Pr)Offit by the antivaxers, he discussed his role in developing the Rotateq vaccine for rotavirus and … Read on »

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