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Andrew Jeremy Wakefield (born 3 September 1956) [3] [4] [a] is a British fraudster, discredited academic, anti-vaccine activist, and former physician. He was struck off the medical register for his involvement in The Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that fraudulently claimed a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and ...
The Lancet MMR autism fraud centered on the publication in February 1998 of a fraudulent research paper titled "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children" in The Lancet. [1] The paper, authored by now discredited and deregistered Andrew Wakefield, and twelve coauthors, falsely ...
Smith Drug Company is a Spartanburg, South Carolina based drug wholesale company and a division of J M Smith Corporation. The company was founded in 1944 with annual revenue in excess of $2.5 Billion as of 2013. The company specializes in wholesale pharmaceutical distribution, home medical equipment and other medical products.
Brian Laurence Deer is a British investigative journalist, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine and social issues for The Sunday Times.Deer's investigative nonfiction book The Doctor Who Fooled the World, an exposé on disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield and the 1998 Lancet MMR autism fraud, was published in September 2020 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Wakefield is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, [9] incorporated in 1812 and located about 12.5 mi (20.1 km) north-northwest of Downtown Boston. Wakefield's population was 27,090 at the 2020 census. [10]
Morgan Smith (born 30 April 1998) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half, stand-off or hooker for Hull FC in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the Warrington Wolves and Wakefield Trinity in the Super League , and on loan from Warrington at the Rochdale Hornets in the Betfred Championship .
Harold Shipman. Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English general practitioner and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history, with an estimated 250 victims. On 31 January 2000, Shipman was found guilty of murdering ...
Sandra Gregory (born 1965) is a British teacher who was imprisoned for four years in Thailand after being caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Bangkok 's Don Muang Airport. She was then transferred to a UK prison for three years, before being pardoned by the King of Thailand. Gregory has since earned an Oxford degree and published her memoirs.