Dr. Paul A. Offit

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Dr. Paul A. Offit appears in the following:

The Troubling Wake of An Anti-Vaxx Campaign

Friday, June 30, 2023

The impact of RFK Jr.'s anti-vaxx rhetoric—past, present, and future.

A History of Miracles and Mistakes

Friday, October 22, 2021

The costs of medical innovation.

The COVID Vaccines, Booster Shots and How Medical Advances Are Made

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Dr. Paul Offit offers context to today's debates over COVID vaccines and the need for booster shots 

When Religion Trumps Medicine

Thursday, April 02, 2015

Dr. Paul Offit argues parents should not be able to opt their children out of vaccinations and medical treatment because of their personal beliefs.

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Let's Talk About Talking About HPV

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

14 million people are infected with HPV every year. Dr. Paul Offit says doctors should talk about cancer -- and not sex -- when telling parents about the vaccine for teens.

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The Anti-Vaccine Movement

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Dr. Paul A. Offit, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science Foundation, discusses the debate over vaccines and why the link between autism and vaccines has been discredited. His book Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All explains the origins of the anti-vaccine movement and how it has affected public health.

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