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Professor Heidi J. Larson speaks to Science about the potential of COVID-19 vaccine mandates to undermine trust in future public health efforts.
Robert Kanwagi, Research Fellow at the VCP, discusses his work over the past six years on introducing an Ebola vaccine…
When the term ‘vaccine hesitancy’ first appeared, it was deemed ambiguous and difficult to measure.
The world’s richest countries are now its most vaccine-hesitant. Can we learn to trust our shots before the next pandemic?
“This should be a wake-up call to people,” says Heidi Larson, a professor and founder of the…
For Heidi Larson, the founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project, dispelling vaccine hesitancy means building trust — and avoiding the term “anti-vaxxer.
One of my favourite radio guests on “Doctor Radio” on SiriusXM throughout the COVID pandemic has been Heidi Larson, founding director of…
A new report on the level of public confidence in vaccines among Europeans shows a strong majority believe vaccines are important, effective and safe.
Years of lies and rumours about COVID have had a contagion effect, damaging public acceptance of all vaccines, said…