PolitiFact | Centre for Research on Globalization

The Poynter Institute

The Centre for Research on Globalization is a research and media organization based in Montreal with a focus on presenting views it contrasts with those in the mainstream press.

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Centre for Research on Globalization
stated on February 4, 2016 in an article posted on the group's website:

"The most likely triggering cause of (microcephaly)" is the "DTaP shot, a vaccine that had been recently mandated by the Brazilian government to be injected into pregnant women."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016

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