The key to better childhood vaccines might be in our DNA
A new study reminds us of how much vaccine effectiveness hinges on one thing: our personal genetics.
Summer camp is newest front in battle with measles outbreak
Vaccinations have been made mandatory this summer for campers and staff in several counties north of New York City that annually fill up with kids from the Orthodox Jewish communities that have been hit hardest by measles.
Thousands of unvaccinated kindergartners allowed to enroll without waivers
Unvaccinated or undervaccinated kindergartners in at least 10 states were allowed to enroll provisionally for the last school year, without any formal exemption.
There’s a measles outbreak. Do you need another shot?
If you had measles as a child, do you need another shot? What if you can’t remember if you were vaccinated? Your measles questions answered.
State and local officials are taking strong steps in response to the largest U.S. measles outbreak since 2000. In California, staff and students at UCLA and California State-Los Angeles were required to stay home after an outbreak there. Dr. Anthony…
The action at the University of University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Los Angeles — which together have more than 65,000 students — reflected the seriousness with which public health officials are taking the nation's measles outbreak.
New York City health officials on Wednesday reported 61 new cases since late last week, apparently pushing this year's nationwide tally past the 667 cases reported for all of 2014. That would make 2019 the worst year for measles since…
Health officials say 71 more cases were reported last week, with 68 of them from New York.
Officials trying to contain a measles outbreak in a county north of New York City on Tuesday ordered all unvaccinated people exposed to the disease barred from public gathering places, including houses of worship, for up to three weeks.
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