With public skepticism of vaccines and outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles on the rise, the New York State Department of Health over the past four years has barred 21 healthcare providers suspected of vaccine fraud from immunizing children, including nine who have practiced or lived on Long Island. The case includes two providers on Long Island that experts say are among the nation's largest known immunization fraud schemes. A former midwife falsified vaccine records for nearly 1,500 children and a former nurse practitioner did so for 162, the state said. More at the link in bio. (Photo: Newsday Illustration) . . . #longisland #longislandny #suffolkcounty #nassaucounty #vaccinations