Arrthy Thayaparan

The democratic nation of Singapore ranks 158th in the 2020 World Press Freedom Index due to rampant media censorship and introduction of anti-fake news laws.   Singapore, a country infamous for having the world’s best international airport, strict laws banning chewing gum, and being known as the “Switzerland of the East”. This small, democratic city-state […]

The Wakefield study, now redacted and denounced by the scientific community, continues to affect public trust in vaccines, medical research, and the media.    In 1998 a British medical journal, The Lancet, published a research paper by Dr. Andrew Wakefield and 12 coauthors claiming that the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine was the trigger […]