Vaccine safety skeptics are often thought to be more likely to self-identify as Democrats (vs.
Independents or Republicans). Recent studies, however, suggest that childhood vaccine …

In this article, we examine the individual predictors that are responsible for accurate beliefs
about the link between vaccinations and autism. We then show how these beliefs affect …

Background A substantial minority of American adults continue to hold influential
misperceptions about childhood vaccine safety. Growing public concern and refusal to …

Several contagious diseases were nearly eradicated through childhood vaccination, but
some parents have decided in recent years not to fully vaccinate their children, raising new …

Objective Although the benefits of vaccines are widely recognized by medical experts, public
opinion about vaccination policies is mixed. We analyze public opinion about vaccination …

Scholarly and journalistic profiles of anti-vaxxers–ie, individuals who are active in efforts to
oppose widespread vaccination–suggest that some Americans may identify with the “anti …

Controversy surrounding an autism–vaccine link has elicited considerable news media
attention. Despite being widely discredited, research suggests that journalists report this …

Has partisan polarization reached the stage that it now affects Americans' decisions whether
or not to get vaccinated against a pervasive and deadly virus such as COVID-19? To date …

Accurately measuring vaccine acceptance is important, especially under current conditions
in which misinformation may increase public anxiety about vaccines and politicize …

To investigate how balanced presentations of the autism-vaccine controversy influence
judgments of vaccine risk, we randomly assigned 327 participants to news articles that …