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Search for in All SectionscentralpoliticsITsciencelibertiesriskculturehealthlifeessays SECTIONS central politics IT science liberties risk culture health life essays ISSUES Choice Obesity NHS Blood clots Love and sex Drink and drugs MMR vaccine Abortion Mental health On animals Body parts Food scares Parents and kids No smoking Mad cow panic Foot-and-mouth Go to: spiked-centralspiked-health Issues: MMR vaccine MMR vaccine Article9 May 2006 MMR is safe - so why are many still scared of it? The good news: a study found no persistent trace of measles in autistic children after MMR. The bad news: it may not be enough to allay public fears. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Tuesday 23 May 2006, London Save the planet, don't see the world? Tourism versus the environment Article11 November 2005 The death agony of the anti-MMR campaign Even after a Cochrane review found 'no credible evidence' of a link between MMR and autism, sections of the British media just won't let it lie. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article13 May 2005 Mercury and autism: a damaging delusion A new book by a New York journalist falls for some contagious myths about the dangers of vaccines. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version 2 March 2006 Child obesity Should we worry if our children are overweight? Other articles ColumnDr Michael Fitzpatrick19 November 2004 How did the doctor get away with it? Brian Deer's investigative documentary on MMR went some way towards redeeming the reputation of the media. Columnsinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article21 September 2004 MMR: 'A reparation, of sorts' Lancet editor Richard Horton's new book on the MMR debacle doesn't explain why he published Andrew Wakefield's flawed research in the first place. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Essay9 September 2004 Anti-vaccination nation? An injection of perspective into the debates about vaccines, past and present. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-essays Read on... Printer-friendly version ColumnJennie Bristow10 August 2004 Three cheers for the five-in-one jab The arguments against the new combined vaccine build supposition on to superstition. Columnsinspiked-risk Read on... Printer-friendly version Politics of Fear by Frank Furedi Read the interview on spiked Buy the book from Amazon(UK) Article23 June 2004 MMR, autism and politics The MMR issue has split families and friends as they were once divided 'over Thatcher and the miners'. Dr Michael Fitzpatrick talks about his new book. by Helene Guldberginspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article5 March 2004 MMR: the controversy continues Despite Dr Andrew Wakefield's increasing isolation, broader suspicion of medical authority is keeping his campaign going. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article23 February 2004 MMR: Investigating the interests Dr Andrew Wakefield isn't the only person with questions to answer following revelations that he failed to disclose a conflict of interest in his work linking MMR with autism. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article15 December 2003 Medicine on trial The scandal of lawyers spending millions in legal aid, on research trying to prove that MMR causes autism. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article11 December 2003 MMR: Fact and fiction How television made a melodrama out of the UK's vaccination crisis. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article4 December 2003 Hear the Silence A GP explains why he will not be staying quiet about Channel Five's 'scientifically dishonest and emotionally manipulative' MMR drama. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article3 October 2003 Needling suspicions There are sound scientific reasons for refusing legal aid to anti-MMR campaigners, but it may help the junk science cause. by Josie Appletoninspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article17 September 2003 Unhealthy obsessions spiked editor Mick Hume in The Times (London), on mad media disease. by Mick Humeinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article31 July 2003 Keep the courts out of family life Regardless of the merits of the MMR jab, the ruling that two children must receive it against their mothers' wishes represents a worrying expansion of the law. by Jon Holbrookinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article31 July 2003 Jabs through the backdoor Parents should be won around to MMR by medical argument, not legal injunction. by Josie Appletoninspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version ColumnDr Michael Fitzpatrick27 May 2003 Immune to the facts Is the UK media to blame for the anti-MMR scare? Columnsinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article14 March 2003 'MMR: the truth'? Some questions for Melanie Phillips. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version ColumnDr Michael Fitzpatrick21 November 2002 Mumps vaccine: swollen concerns The government's attempt to launch a counter-scare to the MMR vaccine is likely to be counterproductive. Columnsinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article5 July 2002 MMR: the making of junk science Anti-MMR campaigners are playing a new media game. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version ColumnDr Michael Fitzpatrick20 May 2002 Andrew Wakefield: misguided maverick The doctor behind the MMR-autism scare has never proved his case. That hasn't prevented him from getting a platform everywhere from the Lancet to Private Eye. Columnsinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version ColumnDr Michael Fitzpatrick18 February 2002 Myths of immunity The imperilled 'immune system' is a metaphor for human vulnerability. Columnsinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version ColumnDr Michael Fitzpatrick10 January 2002 MMR: injection of fear A GP and father of an autistic son argues that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism - and castigates the government for fanning the flames of panic. Columnsinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article10 January 2002 Communication breakdown Diagnosing the problem with fashionable new 'cures' for autism. by Jenny Cunninghaminspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article24 January 2001 MMR: why government reassurances won't work The MMR vaccine is safe - but why would anybody believe that, when it comes from the UK government? by Dr Michael Fitzpatrickinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version Article4 January 2001 Vaccination: stop scaring the parents There is a see-saw of fears about the terrible things that vaccines might do to your child and the terrible things that not getting vaccinated might do to your child. by Brendan O'Neillinspiked-health Read on... Printer-friendly version A chance to work with spiked Corrections Terms & Conditions spiked, Signet House, 49-51 Farringdon Road, London, EC1M 3JP Email: email spiked © spiked 2000-2006 All rights reserved. spiked is not responsible for the content of any third-party websites.