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Mar 05

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Measles outbreak sparks fears, renews tensions over mandatory vaccination

By Cat Wise, Frank Carlson, Leah Nagy

Over 200 cases of measles have been confirmed in the U.S. in the past few months. About half of them occurred in the Pacific Northwest, leading Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to declare an emergency and the state legislature to propose…

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Mar 05

WATCH: Teen shares why he defied mother’s anti-vaccination ideas

By Joshua Barajas

An Ohio teen who said he went his entire life without numerous vaccines testified before Congress on the dangers of misinformation and ideas that fuel the anti-vaxxer movement and put many young people at risk.

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Mar 05

WATCH: Measles outbreak at center of Senate committee hearing

By Joshua Barajas

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will begin at 10 a.m. ET. Watch it here.

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Jan 29

Measles patients are mostly children. Here’s why

By Jamie Leventhal

Here’s a look into how the latest epidemic started, why children may face the worst of it, and how it's no surprise that the outbreak hit the Pacific Northwest.

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Jan 28

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Washington state’s measles outbreak coincides with low rates of immunization

Washington state is experiencing an outbreak of measles, with 35 confirmed cases in a single county. The disease's flare-up is reinforcing concerns about insufficient immunization in some communities. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of…

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Jan 27

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January 27, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

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On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 27, government employees prepare to head back to work while the deadlock for funding a border wall continues, and a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the deadliest in the…

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Jan 26

Measles outbreak grows in northwest U.S., 31 cases reported

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

The number of confirmed measles cases near Portland grew to 31 on Friday — an outbreak boosted by lower-than-normal vaccination rates in what has been called an anti-vaccination U.S. “hot spot.”…

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Oct 11

A quiet rise in unvaccinated children could put the U.S. at risk of outbreaks

By Jamie Leventhal

For the third consecutive year, unvaccinated communities have grown, the CDC reported Thursday. One school in Oregon has toddler vaccination rates lower than those in Venezuela.

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Sep 05

What’s happened since California let fewer families reject vaccines

By Laura Santhanam

All 50 states require vaccinations for students entering public school. But the vast majority also give families the ability to opt out of those vaccinations for personal or religious reasons.

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Aug 20

Europe measles cases hit record high, killing 37 and sickening tens of thousands

By Associated Press

The U.N. agency's European office said Monday more than 41,000 measles cases were reported in the region during the first half of the year — more than in all 12-month periods so far this decade.

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