Northeast

Vaccine opponents' social media accounts are using a story about a young child in New York who died two days after getting routine vaccinations to spread false narratives about the safety of vaccines for children and babies. The child’s family linked the child’s death to vaccines on their...

A group opposing childhood vaccine mandates has sued the city of Philadelphia. The lawsuit claims Philadelphia has been vaccinating minors secretly under the 2007 General Minor Consent Regulation, which allows children 11 years and older to consent to vaccination without parental knowledge. An article regarding the lawsuit questioned children's ability...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health posted on social media to encourage Pennsylvanians to get the flu vaccine, but social media users pushed back against the message. In comments, social media users shared their alleged adverse vaccine effects and attributed Guillain-Barré syndrome to the flu vaccine. One described the vaccine as...

A group in Massachusetts has been sharing video testimonies about alleged vaccine injuries. People in the videos state they were coerced into getting the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequently suffered severe health issues. These posts aim to raise support for the bill H734, which would ban vaccine mandates. The group also...

The New York Supreme Court upheld a ruling that strikes down COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers. This decision prevents New York’s governor from issuing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers in the future. Viral social media posts from those who oppose vaccine mandates are calling the ruling a “victory....

New York City is seeing an increase in tuberculosis (TB) cases, with around 500 cases of active TB reported in 2023. Several factors are driving this resurgence, including the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy. Some articles suggest that in the past year, the arrival of over...

A group advocating against vaccine mandates protested in New York City on September 18th and 19th. The protest occurred when the WHO and the United Nations convened to discuss key takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic and strategies for better preparedness against future pandemics. Demonstrators claimed that the WHO is attempting...

A story has gone viral about an infant in Maine who died 34 hours after receiving childhood vaccines in October 2022. According to the article, a toxicology report revealed that the infant’s blood had a dangerously high level of aluminum, which the article attributes to the vaccines. The infant’...

A well-known organization that frequently advocates against vaccination is embarking on a bus tour across multiple cities in the Northeast, including Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Albany, Long Island, and Rochester. Their goal is to collect personal accounts from local residents who have experienced alleged adverse effects from vaccines, are unvaccinated, or are...