Harpocrates Speaks

UPDATE: On June 8, 2011, the Minnesota Department of Health declared that the measles outbreak in Hennepin County is considered over . The...

UPDATE: On June 8, 2011, the Minnesota Department of Health declared that the measles outbreak in Hennepin County is considered over . The...

Australia generally has a much better situation, regarding popular views of vaccination, than the U.S. Over there, the primary anti-vaccine...

Note: For further updates on the numbers, follow the post Minnesota Measles Outbreak by the Numbers: A Timeline . Update: As of the morn...

UPDATE: On Wednesday, 3/23/11, a 10th case of measles has been confirmed in Minnesota. Like 4 of the other cases, the latest was in a chi...

This is the final installment of the vaccinated vs. unvaccinated series. If you haven't read the other articles, in part 1 I discussed...

In part 1 of this series, I went over the general description of a prospective randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial (RCT) to study...

In my last post , I provided a basic overview of what a vaccinated vs. unvaccinated study would look like. The general form would be a pros...

This article is something I've been thinking about writing for quite a while, now. In discussions about vaccines, the question of wheth...

When I was a kid, I used to dig trenches along the edge of my parents' garden, grab the hose, and run water down my little channel. Boa...