MMR tag - The Hippocratic Post

August 12, 2024

Half a million children in European Region not fully vaccinated in their first year of life

While over 9 million children received all three of their first critical vaccine doses against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) in their first year of...

March 4, 2024

Empathetic communication can help overcome vaccine hesitancy

An international study has shown for the first time how empathetic correction of misinformation among vaccine-hesitant patients can significantly improve attitudes towards vaccination – and...

February 6, 2024

Measles – The outbreak you need to know about

The UK has seen an increase in measles cases in the last few months, what has caused this increase and how can you protect yourself?...

November 28, 2023

Mumps, measles and hand, foot and mouth disease

This article will help you quickly identify common childhood diseases. How to recognise and treat mumps, measles, and hand foot and mouth. People of any...

March 9, 2023

Childhood diseases: How to identify them

Childhood diseases: How to identify them: Following the recent rise in Strep A and Scarlet Fever cases, this article will help you quickly identify common...

April 20, 2020

Cochrane supports safety & effectiveness of MMR vaccines

New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today finds MMR, MMRV and MMR+V vaccines are effective and that they are not associated with increased risk...

September 6, 2018

Measles is back

Measles cases across Europe have hit a record high, causing 37 deaths this year. New figures from the World Health Organisation show a staggering 41,000 cases...

April 2, 2017

Vaxxed – make up your own mind

The controversial documentary Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Catastrophe, is based on extensive recorded interviews with whistleblower, Dr William Thompson, a former senior scientist at the CDC,...

February 22, 2017

Vaccine safety – don’t shut down the debate

I am not an apologist for Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who proposed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism via the guts nearly 20...