polio

Today’s post comes to us from our GLOBALHealthPR Argentina partner, Paradigma PEL Comunicación.

In Argentina, fluff science pieces, parental perceptions of the “natural way” to raise children and a general weariness of industry and government have led to a rise in anti-vaccine movements. It’s time to take the science seriously and start discussing the facts, scientific communicators say.Child receiving vaccine

At a time when anti-vaccine movements are growing and their dangerous consequences have started to attract attention throughout the world, Argentine mass media have not been alien to the immunization debate. At times they have had a positive impact, while at others, not so much. [Read more…] about The Risk of Misinforming when Talking about Vaccination