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Vaccine controversies

Dozens take turns to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Adabraka vaccination center in Accra, Ghana. 

Ghana revs up its COVID-19 vaccination campaign as omicron cases surge

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COVID-19 vaccines have been available in Ghana since March 2021, but vaccine hesitancy in some areas has slowed down vaccination rates so far in the West African nation.

A medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Gostinny Dvor, a huge exhibition place in Moscow, Russia.

Russia tests vaccine science by combining Sputnik and Astrazeneca in new trial

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A member of the National Guard, center, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a farmworker.

Vaccine mandates aren’t new. But do they work?

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A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall

Filipinos hesitant about getting COVID jab after dengue fever vaccine debacle

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A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall

Vaccine hesitancy: A nationwide challenge in the Philippines

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A measles outbreak is taking hold in the US

A discredited British study helped create today’s anti-vaccine movement

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The doctor lost his license. His study was discredited and called appalling and dishonest. Yet his bogus research two decades ago keeps getting treated as evidence that vaccines are dangerous.

Measles Epidemic in Britain Follows Years of Vaccine Refusals

A few years ago, parents in the UK were alarmed by stories of possible adverse side-effects from the MMR vaccination. Vaccination rates plummeted. Now a measles epidemic has sickened hundreds.