In 1998, Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist at London’s Royal Free Hospital, published a study in the prestigious medical journal Lancet that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine with autism and bowel disorders in children. The study — and Wakefield’s subsequent public statements that parents should refuse the vaccines — sparked a public health panic that led vaccination rates in Britain to plunge.
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Composer Lloyd Webber has prostate cancer, spokeswoman says
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the award-winning composer and producer of more than a dozen musicals including “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Cats,” has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a spokeswoman said Sunday.
Wall Street: How Andrew Hall Earned His Citigroup Pay
The way to make $100 million dollars on Wall Street, so the old joke goes, is to start with $200 million. Or you could trade oil
Autopsy: Boyzone member, 33, died of natural causes
Singer Stephen Gately, a member of the Irish band Boyzone, died of natural causes, a court spokeswoman on the Spanish island of Majorca said Tuesday. The court spokeswoman, who by custom is not identified, said Gately, 33, died Saturday of acute pulmonary edema, according to preliminary autopsy reports.
ACORN sues filmmakers
ACORN filed suit Wednesday in Baltimore, Maryland, against two filmmakers who secretly recorded videos embarrassing to the agency, claiming the pair violated state law by recording their conversations without permission of the employees involved.
Why are some politicians forgiven in sex scandals?
Damning new allegations about former Sen. John Edwards’ extramarital affair are coming out — this time, the claims could spell the end of Edwards’ political career.