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Facebook’s new stance on vaccines comes as public health officials struggle to contain outbreaks
Facebook recently announced a move to combat the spread of vaccine misinformation across the social media platform by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative information on the topic. This new stance comes after the spread of some diseases...
Measles case confirmed in Oakland County
State health officials have confirmed a case of travel-related measles in Oakland County. The case involved someone visiting from Israel after a stay in New York, the Oakland County Health Division said Wednesday. Potential exposures also may have occurred daily from...
Italy bans unvaccinated children from school
Italian children have been told not to turn up to school unless they can prove they have been properly vaccinated. The deadline follows months of national debate over compulsory vaccination. Parents risk being fined up to €500 (£425; $560) if they send their...
Dr. Frankovich: US measles outbreak is both tragic, preventable
ESCANABA, Mich. (WLUC) In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that measles was eliminated in the U.S. This meant that there had been no continuous transmission of the disease in over 12 months within any region of our country. This was a...
Madagascar battles killer measles outbreak
Since last September and February, there were more than 79,000 cases of measles in Madagascar, 926 of which were fatal Since last September and February, there were more than 79,000 cases of measles in Madagascar, 926 of which were fatal (AFP Photo/Mamyrael)...
Pediatricians Urge Social Networks To Stop The Spread Of Anti-Vaccine Lies
The American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization that includes more than 66,000 pediatricians nationwide, has called upon Facebook, Google and Pinterest to help stop the spread of vaccine misinformation online. “Our worst fears are being realized as measles...
This is the worst year for measles since 1992
In just the first two months of 2019, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 206 individual confirmed cases of measles. According to data analysis from the Washington Post, reported cases of the infectious virus in January and...
Anti-vaxers’ adult son gets measles; now, he has this message for the world
(CNN)— Three years ago, Joshua Nerius, a 30-year-old software product manager in Chicago, developed a high fever and a rash. Doctors prescribed antibiotics, but Nerius just got sicker and sicker. Joshua went to the emergency room, where a doctor said it looked a lot...
Unvaccinated Oregon boy become state’s first pediatric tetanus case in almost 30 years
An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months after he contracted tetanus following an injury on a farm. His family racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical treatment to save his life. The report, from the Centers for Disease...
One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Autism
A 10-year look at more than 600,000 children comes at a time when anti-vaccine suspicion is on the rise again. At a time when measles outbreaks are mounting among clusters of unvaccinated children, notably in Washington State, New York and Texas, a new large study...