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A Four-and-a-Half-Year-Old Girl Dies of Diphtheria: Her Parents Refused the Vaccine, Convinced that It Causes Autism

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A four-and-a-half-year-old girl died in Palermo, Italy, after having contracted diphtheria. This infectious disease, which became very rare in the country thanks to vaccination, can lead to serious complications. But as our colleagues in La Repubblica report, the child was not vaccinated, a choice made by her parents. They feared that the vaccine would cause autistic disorders in the child, a belief that was refuted by many scientific studies th…

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The couple did not protect her from diphtheria: the charge is manslaughter. 800 unimmunized minors in Palermo. His cousin has also contracted the disease but is not in danger of life

·Rome, Italy
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Anna Rosa Bartolotta, a 4-year-old child, died on 19 August at 2:30 a.m. in the hospital of Palermo, Italy, of the consequences of diphtheria, a disease eradicated in the country for more than ten years, reports La Repubblica. The newspaper...

The circle is tightening around the family of Anna Rosa Bartolotta, the 4-year-old girl who died from diphtheria during the night between Wednesday and Thursday at the Children's Hospital in Palermo. Ten relatives have tested positive for the bacteria in new swabs ordered by the Palermo Health Authority, which is expanding the epidemiological investigation just as the […] The article "Diphtheria, ten new positives among the family members of the…

Anna Rosa died at the age of four from diphtheria, something that hadn't happened in Italy for 30 years. Her parents claim that a vaccine caused autism in a cousin.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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A four-and-a-half-year-old girl died in Palermo, Italy, after having contracted diphtheria. This infectious disease, which became very rare in the country thanks to vaccination, can lead to serious complications. But as our colleagues in La Repubblica report, the child was not vaccinated, a choice made by her parents. They feared that the vaccine would cause autistic disorders in the child, a belief that was refuted by many scientific studies th…

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Loncologist and researcher: "Great sadness for the small, an anachronistic story in 2026"

·Bologna, Italy
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Quotidiano Nazionale broke the news in Bologna, Italy on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
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