Media/Policy Watch
This section is intended to alert readers to substantive news, analysis and opinion from the general media on vaccines, immunization, global; public health and related themes. Media Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues CVEP is actively tracking. This section will grow from an initial base of newspapers, magazines and blog sources, and is segregated from Journal Watch above which scans the peer-reviewed journal ecology.

We acknowledge the Western/Northern bias in this initial selection of titles and invite suggestions for expanded coverage. We are conservative in our outlook in adding news sources which largely report on primary content we are already covering above. Many electronic media sources have tiered, fee-based subscription models for access. We will provide full-text where content is published without restriction, but most publications require registration and some subscription level.

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Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/
Accessed 27 February 2016
The HPV Vaccine Is Working, But Why Are So Many Teens Still Not Getting It?
Since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in 2006, infections with the four types of HPV it targets have declined in adolescent girls and young women, scientists reported Monday. Certain types of HPV–the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States–cause cervical, vulvar and […]
Rita Rubin, Contributor Feb 22, 2016

Bringing Compassion To The Sick Is Not Easy
By Arthur Caplan and Kenneth Moch
Three events are taking place this week that shed light on the challenges posed by trying to help those seeking access to unapproved drugs or vaccines for their terminal, chronic or dangerous conditions. Each event shows how careful we must be in designing well intended, […]
Feb 22, 2016

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New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/
Accessed 27 February 2016
Daily Comment
February 25, 2016
The Dangerous Conspiracy Theories About the Zika Virus
By Michael Specter

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Accessed 27 February 2016
Obama on Vaccine for Zika
President Obama said there is a “promising pathway” for developing a vaccine against Zika, adding that the virus is not, apparently, a very complicated one.
February 25, 2016 – By REUTERS –

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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/home-page?_wsjregion=na,us&_homepage=/home/us
Accessed 27 February 2016
Sanofi’s Dengue Vaccine Made Widely Available for First Time
Philippines plans to immunize schoolchildren starting in April
By Cris Larano
Feb. 23, 2016 12:15 p.m. ET

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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Accessed 27 February 2016
CDC issues Olympics advisory: Pregnant women should ‘consider not going’ to Rio
U.S. officials issued their strongest travel warning yet, urging pregnant women to “consider not going” to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Ariana Eunjung Cha | National/health-science | Feb 27, 2016

‘Seriously flawed’ study linking behavioral problems to Gardasil has been retracted
The authors of the study have come under fire for vaccine-critical studies before.
Rachel Feltman | National/health-science | Feb 25, 2016