World News
Measles hits U.S. record not seen since 1991; California seen as vulnerable
[ad_1] Measles cases have hit a record in the United States not seen since 1991, nearly a decade before the viral disease was declared…
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Health
Journalists Discuss Raw-Milk Marketing, Extreme Heat, Opioid Settlement Spending – KFF Health News
[ad_1] Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the health risks of consuming raw milk and an outbreak of infant botulism…
Washington DC Local News
‘Unbelievably contagious’: Measles cases soar nationwide: What you need to know – WTOP News
[ad_1] More than 980 have been reported across 26 states as of Monday, according to the CDC. That’s more than four times the total number…
Denver, Colorado Local News
Colorado sues to block Trump administration from cutting public health grants
[ad_1] Colorado filed a lawsuit Wednesday to prevent the Trump administration from canceling more than $20 million in grants for public health. On Monday,…
Fact Checking
Parents’ guide to measles: How to prevent infection
[ad_1] After being eliminated from the United States in 2000, measles is making a comeback — and not only in Season 1 of HBO’s…
US News
Calling the Shots: Tracking RFK Jr. on Vaccines
[ad_1] It was one of President Donald Trump’s more audacious picks for his Cabinet: anti-vaccine activist and alternative health advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
Fact Checking
What CDC vaccine schedule changes mean for vaccine access
[ad_1] The federal government recently made sweeping changes to its list of recommended childhood vaccines, raising a host of questions for parents. Until early…
Los Angeles, California Local News
Flu Cases Rising As New Strain Circulates In California – LAmag
[ad_1] The California Department of Public Health announced the rise of a new strain of flu – one that could leave both young children…
Fact Checking
The vaccine schedule didn’t call for ‘72 injections’
[ad_1] To defend recent changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Trump administration compared shots for American babies with babies in an unspecified “European…
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Local News
What should parents do about the CDC’s new vaccine recs? We asked NC experts
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated the U.S. Childhood vaccination schedule, reducing the number of diseases for which vaccines…
Fact Checking
CDC sidelines six childhood vaccines. What do they prevent?
[ad_1] The federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from…
Los Angeles, California Local News
Notorious ‘winter vomiting bug’ rising in California. A new norovirus strain could make it worse
[ad_1] The dreaded norovirus — the “vomiting bug” that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and doctors warn that…
World News
What the Trump administration’s hepatitis B vaccine rollback means for California
[ad_1] For most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of pokes, prods and pictures that…
US News
WHO Rebuts CDC: No Link Between Vaccines and Autism
[ad_1] A new analysis from experts gathered by the World Health Organization found no link between vaccines and autism – countering a recently revised…
Fact Checking
Fact-checking CDC vaccine panel on baby hepatitis B shots
[ad_1] Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine…
Los Angeles, California Local News
California braces for early, sharper flu season as virus mutation outpaces vaccine, experts say
[ad_1] California could see an early start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates and late mutations to the…
Chicago, Illinois Local News
Babies who drank ByHeart formula got sick months before botulism outbreak, parents say
[ad_1] As health officials investigate more than 30 cases of infant botulism linked to ByHeart baby formula since August, parents who say their children…
Politics
RFK Jr. breaks his promises about the CDC on vaccines and autism
[ad_1] Before voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R–La.) stated on…
Fact Checking
What to know about the CDC’s baseless new guidance on autism
[ad_1] The rewriting of a page on the CDC’s website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and…
World News
CDC replaces website on vaccines and autism with false and misleading statements
[ad_1] The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have altered their website on autism and vaccines, removing unequivocal statements that immunizations don’t cause…