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Wakefield

Mumps outbreak advice: check vaccination status – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 06 September 201703 August 2018

A mumps outbreak in Auckland has hit 300 cases this year, more than the last 16 years combined, due in […]

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Mumps outbreak in Auckland – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 04 July 201703 August 2018

Health officials are appealing for parents to immunise their children in the midst of a mumps outbreak in Auckland. More […]

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MMR/Autism doctor clears name, not research

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 March 201208 March 2012

A British doctor found guilty of serious professional misconduct over the MMR controversy has won his High Court appeal against […]

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Media coverage: Wakfield’s MMR study described as ‘elaborate fraud’

In the News  |  Published: 07 January 2011

The British Medical Journal has described Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study, in which the MMR vaccine was linked to autism, as […]

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Newsletter Digest: Wakefield chastised, the IPCC furore, and conventions galore

Blog  |  Published: 05 February 2010

Lancet kills MMR paper 10 years on The move by London-based medical journal The Lancet to retract a ten year […]

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3 News: Claims MMR vaccine linked to autism retracted – Video

In the News  |  Published: 04 February 2010

3 News covers the formal retraction by prestigious journal The Lancet of Andrew Wakefield’s controversial paper claiming a link between […]

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Wakefield paper retracted by The Lancet

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 February 201003 February 2010

Prestigious medical journal The Lancet has formally retracted the paper in which Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind claims that the […]

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UK experts on Wakefield’s General Medical Council ruling

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 01 February 201002 February 2010

The UK’s General Medical Council has ruled that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind claims that the MMR vaccine can be […]

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