Online messages are undermining life-saving vaccine take-up, NHS chief Simon Stevens says, as the number of measles cases triples.
"Irresponsible" anti-vaccination messages circulated on social media platforms may be contributing to an increase in measles cases and a decline in vaccination take-up, the head of NHS England has warned.
"Across the world two to three millions lives are saved every year but as part of the fake news movement vaccine deniers are getting some traction," he told the Nuffield Trust Health Policy Summit.
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