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Why would any doctor infected with measles open a clinic at the epicentre of an outbreak?
We reported on Tuesday that a doctor described by Robert F Kennedy Jr as an “extraordinary healer” turned up to work at a makeshift clinic…
She trusted her mother who swore she was vaccinated. The blood test said otherwise
The young woman sat in my consulting room, there to talk about getting proof of her vaccination status for the allied health course she was…
Man busted for working as a doctor despite no medical training to head Trump’s review of debunked vaccine-autism link
A vaccine skeptic who was sanctioned after practising medicine despite having no medical qualifications is expected to lead the US review into possible links between…
‘I’m going to hang in until RFK Jr fires me’: Famed US specialist talks to AusDoc about working in Trump’s America
“It is slash and burn for public health,” says Dr Paul Offit. Earlier this year, the rotavirus vaccine co-inventor had been preparing for the annual…
Reaping what RFK Jr helped to sow? Measles is back in the US
There is irony of a dark kind in the fact that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment as US health secretary comes at a time when…
Musk, death threats and the tinfoil hats — should doctors quit Twitter for good?
For some, it is a seething malignancy of vitriolic hate laced with fake news and tinfoil conspiracy theories — a virtual reality fostering a new…
Trump chooses anti-fluoride anti-vaxxer as his US Health Secretary
Robert F Kennedy Jr is one of the world’s most prominent vaccine sceptics, and now the founder of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense has…
An anti-vax conspiracy theorist could become Trump’s health tsar — what it means for Aussie doctors
I recently had the opportunity to attend the annual congress of the US Center for Inquiry – an organisation promoting science and reason, and countering…
Doctor with ‘misleading and dangerous’ COVID-19 vax views narrowly loses election bid
Controversial Liberal Party candidate Dr Julie Sladden has lost her bid for a seat in Tasmania’s Parliament. After a fortnight-long vote count, the former GP…
