NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox...
THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — California’s school vaccination mandate will take effect for students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 one semester after the U.S. Food and...
THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE — Did you know there are over 65,000 known germs, but only about 1,400 cause disease? The four major types of germs are...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — Getting children vaccinated against preventable, potentially deadly diseases like measles, mumps and whooping cough not only protects our family’s health, it...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ebola’s toll moved beyond 10,000 deaths Thursday even as researchers warned of yet another threat to hard-hit West...
(Reuters) – Chris Barr had no problem getting his eight children exempted from vaccinations when they went to school. First in California, and later when...
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY (USA Today)—At a time when measles is making a dramatic comeback, a new study finds that more than 70% of children’s...
CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — While much of the attention in the ongoing measles outbreak has focused on student vaccination requirements and exemptions,...
JOHN RABY, Associated Press EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health...
(Forbes) – The official measles count is up to 121 cases in 17 states, the CDC reported on Monday, and 85 percent of those resulted from the outbreak stemming from...
ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting...
Fred Barbash, THE WASHINGTON POST ANAHEIM, California (The Washington Post)—Sometime in early December, somebody who probably caught measles abroad visited one of the Disney theme parks...
NEW YORK (AP) – Health officials are celebrating some important victories in 2014, and Time magazine even named Ebola fighters the persons of the year. Nevertheless,...
(American Live Wire) – What if there were vaccines that didn’t use needles? Sounds too good to be true? Well, that’s exactly what a new measles...
(Los Angeles Times) – California parents are deciding against vaccinating their kindergarten-age children at twice the rate they did seven years ago, a fact public health...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are worried about recent U.S. measles outbreaks that so far have caused more illnesses than...