Arrest Jenny McCarthy for her anti-vaxxer views? One pharma boss says yes
John Castellani: Still not over Jenny McCarthy's awful quackery.
Trying to convince anti-vaxxers to change their beliefs with scientific evidence may do the exact opposite
The current measles outbreak has separated the pro-vaxxers from the anti-vaxxers on what should be considered an evidence-based, non-issue. Unfortunately, agreeing to disagree just isn’t in the cards when it comes to misinformation and biased interpretations of the facts that has led to many sick children and fearful parents. Telling anti-vaxxers they are just plain […]
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
L.A.’s affluent anti-vaxxers may be behind city’s whooping cough epidemic
With the threat of a deadly whooping cough epidemic descending on Los Angeles, the chinks in our post-industrial herd immunity are starting to show – among America’s most affluent. The anti-vaxxer movement has a growing stronghold among Hollywood parents – vaccination rates in the region’s schools are in free fall. Indeed, the situation’s “leaving some schools’ immunization rates on par with […]
Ebola, Pertussis, Calculus – oh my! An anti-vaxxer lampoon.
We’ve heard plenty from parents who choose not to vaccinate their children – there’s mistrust in big pharma, fear of complications from inoculation, and a litany of reasons that compromise the herd immunity society’s worked hard to achieve. Here’s a delightfully droll blog that lampoons the anti-vaxxer movement: Why We Didn’t Vaccinate Our Child. An excerpt: Andromeda […]