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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BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Accessed 19 March 2016
Published Date
17 Mar 2016
Muslim mother overruled in ‘vaccine containing pork’ case
News London
A British Muslim who refused to immunise her children on religious grounds has been overruled by a judge.
The mother-of-four said her children should not be immunised with the vaccines as they contain pork gelatin.
Judge Carol Atkinson said it transpired there was no pork in the vaccines.
The children have been taken into care by the London Borough of Newham and have been directed to live in London with their father who is separated from his wife…

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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/home-page?_wsjregion=na,us&_homepage=/home/us
Accessed 19 March 2016
Business
GlaxoSmithKline Says Andrew Witty to Retire as CEO
By Denise Roland, Sarah Kent
March 17, 2016 4:30 pm ET

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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Accessed 19 March 2016
A toddler got meningitis. His anti-vac parents gave him an herbal remedy. The toddler died. Now his parents are on trial.
“There’s nothing in the world that will bring him back,” David Stephan said of his late son, Ezekiel. “What good could possibly come out of this?”
Michael E. Miller | National | Mar 18, 2016