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J.B. Handley: No Study Shows "Vaccines Didn't Cause My Son's Autism"
The cofounder of the autism advocacy site Generation Rescue says that if he ran the CDC, he would give "far fewer" vaccinations to children, "and I'd give them in a much more careful way."
March 23, 2015
Study: Antibiotic Use in Animals Projected to Soar
The use of antibiotics in food animals has become a public health concern due to the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A new study predicts that antibiotic use will only increase around the world as the demand for meat rises.
March 23, 2015
Press Release | Mar. 24 on FRONTLINE: Should Vaccinating Children Be A Choice?
With measles making a comeback, FRONTLINE investigates the latest chapter in the war over vaccines.
March 12, 2015
Lawmakers Take Aim at Link Between Antibiotics for Livestock and Infections in Humans
A new bill would grant the FDA greater authority to police antibiotics that are used for livestock but feared to contribute to drug-resistant infections in humans.
March 3, 2015
Coming in March on FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE investigates two heated battles in March: the fight against ISIS, and the resurgent vaccine debate.
February 25, 2015
UCLA Superbug Infection Linked to 2 Deaths; 179 Potentially Infected
Contaminated medical scopes at a UCLA medical center may have exposed up to 179 people to a potentially deadly superbug.
February 19, 2015
CDC Urges Measles Vaccinations as Number of Cases Exceeds 100
Director Dr. Thomas Frieden blamed a lack of vaccinations for the resurgence of a disease that the CDC said was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
February 2, 2015
Obama Budget Would Double Federal Spending to Fight Superbugs
Drug-resistant bacteria infect an estimated 2 million Americans, claiming about 23,000 lives each year.
January 27, 2015
How Climate Change May Lead to Bigger Blizzards
With every winter storm, including the blizzard hitting the Northeast this week, climate change skeptics return to a familiar argument: If the world is getting warmer, why am I stuck out here, shoveling so much snow?
January 26, 2015
How Has the World Warmed Where You Live?
Last year was the warmest year in recorded history. Here's how that change has played out across the globe.
January 22, 2015
2014 Was the Warmest Year On Record, NASA and NOAA Say
But the main takeaway, say climate scientists, is that it continued an even longer-term trend of rising global temperatures.
January 16, 2015
Exclusive Video: Where the Ebola Outbreak Began
When a 1-year-old boy named Emile came down with a mysterious illness in late December 2013, the village of Meliandou, Guinea, reacted with terror and confusion.
December 29, 2014