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Michele Bachmann falls from grace

From top GOP contender to bottom of the barrel

Look out, Minnesota: Here comes the flu

If you were standing right in front of this man, you'd get sick -- probably to your stomach, at least.​If the dip in temperature wasn't enough to convince you that fall is upon us, prepare yourself for a week of feverish, achy, weak-kneed biological torture. Yes, that's right. The flu is back. The ... More >>

Rick Perry's "Texas miracle" is a fantasy

The GOP presidential candidate's claims don't hold up

Perrycare: Michele Bachmann's new word for using a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer

Michele Bachmann has a new word on her mind, and a fake plant over her shoulder.​Michele Bachmann finally figured out the public's problem with her opposition to the HPV vaccine: Not enough branding!So, in the tradition of "Obamacare," her favorite word for Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Mic ... More >>

$11,000 bounty for source of Bachmann's HPV story

Steven Miles, Art Caplan: Skeptical experts.​Michele Bachmann made famous the story of an unknown woman who approached Bachmann after the Tea Party debate and said her daughter was made mentally retarded by the HPV vaccine. Now, that same story might make someone rich. Two University of Minnesota ... More >>

Michele Bachmann admits she has "no idea" if HPV vaccine causes retardation

Michele Bachmann admits that she is not a doctor or scientist.​Michele Bachmann has come full circle on the HPV vaccine, and for the first time since... well, ever, she's admitted total ignorance.Let's track the arc of Bachmann's wild statements about this vaccine, which "medical doctors" say prev ... More >>

Michele Bachmann bravely stands up in favor of cervical cancer

Michele Bachmann is running on the "pro-cancer" ticket.​Michele Bachmann has made her first last stand in the race for the Republican nomination for president, and it is this: Getting cervical cancer is your constitutional right.Ever since the Texas Texan, Rick Perry, of Texas, joined the race, he ... More >>

Michele Bachmann claims HPV vaccine made woman's daughter mentally retarded [VIDEO]

Michele Bachmann, retardation expert.​Michele Bachmann has given America one more reason why she opposes the HPV vaccine. According to Bachmann, the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation.Bachmann made the bizarre assertion on the "Today Show" this morning, after Matt Lauer asked her about her poin ... More >>

Arctic Monkeys

Michele Bachmann, retardation expert.​Michele Bachmann has given America one more reason why she opposes the HPV vaccine. According to Bachmann, the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation.Bachmann made the bizarre assertion on the "Today Show" this morning, after Matt Lauer asked her about her poin ... More >>

Andrew Wakefield faked his autism data: Comment of the day

Andrew Wakefield brought his discredited autism theory to Minneapolis.​The British Medical Journal has denounced Andrew Wakefield's discredited theory linking MMR vaccinations with autism as nothing less than an "elaborate fraud." When we reminded readers of that fact while mentioning his re ... More >>

Chiang Banger 2010

Andrew Wakefield brought his discredited autism theory to Minneapolis.​The British Medical Journal has denounced Andrew Wakefield's discredited theory linking MMR vaccinations with autism as nothing less than an "elaborate fraud." When we reminded readers of that fact while mentioning his re ... More >>

Forget naughty or nice, Santa is more concerned with swine flu

Plus: Minneapolis mayor wins election, immediately pursues higher office

Wis. man steals truck with 900 swine flu vaccines, ruins the supply

We're still trying to figure out what this man thought he was going to do with 900 doses of swine flu vaccine.

Readers respond to "Saving Juju"

We're still trying to figure out what this man thought he was going to do with 900 doses of swine flu vaccine.

Rare Hib disease increases in Minnesota

Is the anti-vaccine movement to blame?

Minnesota death may be related to polio vaccine

State health officials announced that polio may have played a role in the death of a Minnesotan last month. They are urging all parents to make sure that their children have up-to-date vaccinations.

U of M HIV breakthrough: Food additive might block transmission

Scientists were able to prevent infection in female monkeys when they were treated with a gel containing glycerol monolaurate (GML) before they were exposed to the primate version of HIV.

The Minnesota Disease: Autism in the Somali community

The community is calling autism the "Minnesota Disease" and it's gaining national attention as a potential example of gene ... More >>

Readers respond to RNC Protest Coverage

The community is calling autism the "Minnesota Disease" and it's gaining national attention as a potential example of gene ... More >>

Readers respond to RNC coverage

The community is calling autism the "Minnesota Disease" and it's gaining national attention as a potential example of gene ... More >>

Flobots

The community is calling autism the "Minnesota Disease" and it's gaining national attention as a potential example of gene ... More >>

Savage Love

The community is calling autism the "Minnesota Disease" and it's gaining national attention as a potential example of gene ... More >>

A Pandemic of Disinterest

The community is calling autism the "Minnesota Disease" and it's gaining national attention as a potential example of gene ... More >>

Let's Not Talk About Sex

A newly approved vaccine could prevent a widespread precancerous STD. But will anyone use it?

Savage Love

A newly approved vaccine could prevent a widespread precancerous STD. But will anyone use it?

Bird Flu: "This thing just continues to march"

The CP interview: Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy talks about the flu bug that could bring the world to its knees

Savage Love

The CP interview: Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy talks about the flu bug that could bring the world to its knees

The Department of Conspiracy Theories That Aren't So Crazy

The CP interview: Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy talks about the flu bug that could bring the world to its knees

Savage Love

The CP interview: Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy talks about the flu bug that could bring the world to its knees

Back in Hack

Whooping Cough returns with a vengeance

Shots in the Dark

Questioning childhood vaccinations: It's not just for paranoiacs anymore

Friendly Fire

Gulf War Syndrome and How It All Began