On March 5, witnesses representing a broad range of expertise testified at a Senate hearing on the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases. The hearing, Vaccines Save Lives: What Is Driving Preventable Disease Outbreaks?, was called to discuss the current multi-state outbreak of measles. Witnesses addressed the link between recent outbreaks of diseases such as measles, and some […]
(CNN) In February this year, a holiday in paradise turned into a nightmare for one French family. Soon after their arrival in Costa Rica, their unvaccinated five-year-old son developed measles, the country’s first case since 2014. The parents, also unvaccinated, tested positive for the virus too. They were believed to have brought it from France. […]
By Lena H. Sun July 21 NEW YORK — It’s late on a Tuesday night during the worst measles outbreak in decades, and doctors, nurses and other health-care providers are gathered at a medical center to learn better ways of talking to parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children. Blima Marcus, an oncology nurse practitioner, leads the two-hour […]
By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLAS In 2016, California implemented one of the strictest immunization laws in the country, requiring that all children be up to date on their vaccinations to attend school unless a doctor says otherwise. The law, however, does not apply to children who are home-schooled, a loophole that parents seem to be increasingly exploiting. Over […]
LONDON (Reuters) – More than one in 10 children – or 20 million worldwide – missed out last year on vaccines against life-threatening diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF children’s fund said on Monday. In a report on global immunization coverage, the U.N. agencies found that vaccination […]
(CNN) There are now five states in the United States that do not offer personal, philosophical or religious exemptions from school vaccination requirements: California, Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine and New York. Even with measles outbreaks across the US, at least 20 states have proposed anti-vaccination bills The idea behind these controversial state laws — which have received opposition from […]
By Molly Harbarger | The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregon is the first state in the country to allow dentists to administer vaccines to patients. In a year marked with heated debate about the state’s involvement in boosting vaccination rates, the bill was quietly passed and signed into law with little fanfare. But it sets a new precedent for […]
New Law Will Protect Public Health in the Midst of Ongoing Measles Outbreak Follows Extensive Efforts by State Health Department to Contain Measles Outbreak in Pockets of the State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation (S.2994A/A.2371), sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman and Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz, removing non-medical exemptions from school vaccination requirements for children. The United […]
Let’s Treat Measles Seriously To stop outbreaks, we must halt the spread of anti-vaccination misinformation Arthur Caplan May 9 We are now well into the measles outbreak of 2019. From January 1 to May 3, there were 764 cases of measles confirmed in 23 states. This is the greatest number reported in the United States […]
By WMTW The bill, LD 798, eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for receiving immunizations required by schools and day cares. In a press release, Rep. Ryan Tipping, a Democrat from Orono who sponsored the bill, said, “As we hear more reports of measles and other preventable diseases in Maine and across the country, it has become […]