vaccination

Health & Safety

Don't Skip Your Child's Well Check: Delays In Vaccines Could Add Up To Big Problems

1:24pm April 29, 2020

by Maureen Pao

Telemedicine has its limits. And postponing shots could lead to a resurgence of diseases like measles. Doctors are taking steps to make their offices safe for kids who need to come in.

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Science

Raising Awareness About The Importance Of Vaccines

6:58am January 23, 2020

by David Ford

Over the last 18 years, measles vaccinations alone are estimated to have saved more than 23 million lives according to the

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New research illuminates how the measles virus may suppress the immune system after an infection.

Health & Safety

Measles Virus May Wipe Out Immune Protection For Other Diseases

4:26pm October 31, 2019

by Emily Vaughn

Another reason not to skip the measles vaccine: A measles infection may cause lasting harm to the immune system, research finds, making patients more vulnerable to other diseases.

Opinion: We Are Risking Health And Life

8:32am August 24, 2019

by Scott Simon

The government wants to withhold flu shots from migrants in detention centers even though doctors advise vaccinations for all detainees promptly upon arrival.

Health & Safety

Across NC, More Parents Are Using Religious Exemption To Avoid Vaccinating Children

9:45am August 16, 2019

Measles used to be a common childhood disease, but after an effective vaccine was developed, the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. This year's outbreaks, however, put that status in jeopardy.

Health & Safety

Is Measles Here To Stay?

5:10pm April 30, 2019

by Jonathan Lambert

Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. nearly 20 years ago. But with this year's record-setting outbreak, are we close to measles making a sustained comeback?

The Washington state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would remove the personal belief exemption from the required vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. Here, people protest the related house bill outside Washington's Legislative Building in

Washington State Senate Passes Bill Removing Exemption For Measles Vaccine

5:29pm April 18, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The bill removes the personal belief exemption from required childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. Seventeen states allow exemptions based on philosophical objections.

People lined up Wednesday to be vaccinated amid a mumps outbreak on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia.

Health & Safety

Vaccination Push Underway To Contain Mumps Outbreak In Philadelphia

4:19pm March 28, 2019

by Rebecca Ellis

Temple University officials say the vast majority of students who are part of a mumps outbreak had been immunized previously with a vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

A man walks through the parking lot of a supermarket in New York's Rockland County, which has declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak.

National

N.Y. Suburb Declares Measles Emergency, Bars Unvaccinated Minors From Public Places

11:31am March 27, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Rockland County declared a state of emergency after more than 150 people contracted the virus in recent months.

Hesitancy about vaccination in a community has a lot to do with acculturation to its norms.

Health & Safety

Medical Anthropologist Explores 'Vaccine Hesitancy'

8:21pm February 13, 2019

by Mara Gordon

Families learn to be skeptical about vaccines in communities where incomplete vaccination is the norm. A researcher into the phenomenon found that people are ready to listen, if they're heard, too.

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