Jane Roberts

Jane Roberts is the deputy editor of Undark.

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By Jane Roberts, Undark

11 February 2019

12 min read

Unvaccinated teenagers fight for right to immunization

More and more children whose parents refuse to vaccinate are discovering as teenagers that their bodies are at the center of a roiling tug-of-war between science and pseudoscience.

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Unvaccinated teenagers fight for right to immunization

By Jane Roberts, Undark

11 February 2019 | 12 min read

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