The VCP is supported by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s press office, which help journalists interested in our world-class research and expertise. The VCP’s European Regional Office is also supported by the press team at the University of Antwerp.
The press offices organise interviews with our experts around breaking news stories, features and documentaries.
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For all media enquiries related to the VCP’s work with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, please email press@lshtm.ac.uk or call +44 (0)20 7927 2802.
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LSHTM press office team members:
- Tilly Haynes – Communications Officer
- Louisa Lee – Communications Coordinator
- Paula Fentiman – Marketing & Communications Manager
University of Antwerp press office lead:
- Peter De Meyer – Spokesman
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We are appalled to find that the content on the CDC webpage “Autism and Vaccines” has been changed and distorted, and is now filled with anti-vaccine rhetoric and outright lies about vaccines and autism, writes the Autism Science Foundation.
There’s no link between vaccines and autism, says The American Academy of Pediatrics. Anyone repeating this harmful myth is misinformed or intentionally trying to mislead parents. We call on the CDC to stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims that sow doubt in routine immunizations.
An extraordinary effort will be needed to sustain confidence in vaccines, given the unprecedented level of misinformation being propagated about them, even from official sources, writes Heidi J. Larson, Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project.
The global health community faces a deepening challenge — not only from infectious diseases but also
from a pandemic of misinformation, argues VCP founder, Heidi J. Larson.