Harpocrates Speaks

Recently, I asked the question is it safer to delay MMR vaccination ?  Many of those who are opposed to the current schedule of vaccinations...

Recently, news came out that Mark Geier, the man who tried to treat autistic children's autism by using a powerful drug that suppresses ...

[ UPDATE 3/8/16: I am out of VPD wanted poster card sets. Thank you to everyone who requested a set! You made it all worthwhile.] In March...

Most people follow the recommended schedule of childhood immunizations. They understand the importance of immunization, not only for their o...

The last couple weekends in July and the first weekend of August, I helped out with a project down in Connecticut. It allowed me to tap into...

Arrr. Ahoy there, mateys! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day . Time t' hoist the jolie rouge.

A reader recently sent me a link to this video . It's a nice, short, humorous way to present the impact that vaccines have had on public...

It's so cute when anti-vaccine activists try to use citations to bolster their arguments. Quite often, it seems as if they simply read t...

Back on Monday, Labor Day, I wrote about an execrable piece of reporting that appeared on CBS This Morning just over a week ago. The story ...

Back in June, I wrote a post in which I tried to understand the murder of Alex Spourdalakis by his mother, Dorothy Spourdalakis, and his ca...