Anti-vaccination crisis

Trump order reduces US vaccine schedule, seeks to split MMR shot, cites autism diagnoses

The order advances a goal of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who has promoted a link between vaccines and autism that scientists have repeatedly debunked.

A vial of MMR vaccine is prepared at Doctor Gary M. Kramer, MD, PA's Pediatric office on September 12, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida
Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020

US CDC will not publish report showing COVID vaccine effectiveness

Cases of the measles rise in Israel.

Michigan announces measles outbreak after three linked cases reported

Ichilov hospital and Sourasky Medical Centre in Tel Aviv.

Parents notified of exposure risk after Ichilov neonatal ward guard tests positive for measles


Ohio Congressman posts Nazi health card in attack on DC vaccine mandate

Warren Davidson (OH) was the latest Republican to liken vaccine mandates and public health measures to Nazi-era regulations – a practice condemned by Jewish and Holocaust remembrance groups.

 Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, a Republican from Ohio, listens at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve coronavirus pandemic response on Capitol Hill on in Washington, DC, Sept. 30, 2021.

COVID-19: In-school vaccine program ends after 3 weeks, 56,000 shots

School nurses, who usually innoculate children with commonly-distributed vaccines such as the measles vaccine, were directed to delay those vaccination schedules in favor of COVID-19 shots.

 Children receive their dose of Covid-19 vaccine, at a Clallit vaccine center in Jerusalem on December 21, 2021.

Anti-vax French lawmaker dies after contracting COVID-19

Anti-vaccine protesters rallied in cities across France on Saturday, denouncing President Emmanuel Macron's intent to "piss off" people refusing COVID-19 shots.

 A protestor kicks a tear gas canister during a demonstration to protest against a bill that would transform France's current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health pass into a "vaccine pass", in Nantes, France, January 8, 2022.

‘WhatsApp Doc’ answer parents questions about vaccines

Midaat, a non-profit association committed to advancing public health in the areas of health care and preventative medicine, founded WhatsApp Doc in 2016 to provide remote medical assistance.

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration

Brookyln Nurses write 140-page rebuttal against anti-vax Haredim

In 2019, the United States saw 1,282 reported measles cases — the highest number since 1992.

 A sign warns people of measles symptoms in the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2019.

Fauci says majority of vaccinated Americans should get a COVID-19 booster

Some are expressing new concern over a rise in US infections in recent weeks, a trend that is likely to accelerate as more Americans travel and gather for US Thanksgiving this week.

Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci takes off his face mask prior testifying before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump Administration's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. June 23, 2020

COVID jabs are coming but have your kids received all vaccines they need?

In the past decades, vaccines have virtually eliminated dangerous diseases thanks to mass inoculation - is that the case today?

A YOUNG GIRL receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this week. Will we be seeing similar scenes in Israel soon?

Coronavirus vaccine denial & the wellness industry

COVID-19 doesn’t care if you eat organic or if you “believe” you won’t get sick. — But the wellness industry refuses to be vaccinated.

 MIND-BODY connection: How far  should we take it?

Two new moms, two kids hospitalized at Hadassah with critical COVID

Due to the serious nature of their conditions, two young mothers sick with COVID-19 were forced to deliver their babies early, at weeks 27 and 28.

HADASSAH UNIVERSITY Medical Center managed all its COVID-19 patients at Ein Kerem, keeping Mt. Scopus coronavirus-free

Jewish doctors allegedly targeted by anti-vaccine antisemites in France

A letter sent to the French Interior Minister from the Simon Wiesenthal Center argued that anti-vaccination rhetoric is closely linked to antisemitism.

Aerial view of Paris, France and the Eiffel Tower