The California lawmaker who led the charge against personal belief exemptions for state vaccine requirements proposed an update to the law on Tuesday in light of doctors helping anti-vaccine parents game the current system. The legislation from state Sen. Richard Pan (D), a practicing pediatrician, would require the California Department of Public Health to evaluate […]
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WHO gaming disorder listing a ‘moral panic’, say experts
The decision to class gaming addiction as a mental health disorder was “premature” and based on a “moral panic”, experts have said. The World Health Organization said it reviewed available evidence before including “gaming disorder” in its latest disease classification manual. But experts said this risked “pathologising” a behaviour that was harmless for most people. […]