Immunizations

U.S. 06/18/19, 13:03

California public health officials would have more oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of medical exemptions for vaccinations under a legislative compromise announced Tuesday.Gov. Gavin Newsom and the bill's author disclosed the deal aimed at cracking down on fraudulent exemptions issued by sympathetic doctors.The updated measure by Sen. ...

New York 06/16/19, 07:28

The battle to contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 27 years has a new front: summer camp.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 ...

U.S. 06/01/19, 17:04

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he has concerns about enacting tougher rules that limit parents from choosing whether to vaccinate their schoolchildren.The measure would give state public health officials instead of local doctors the authority to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school. It's being considered by the ...

U.S. 05/22/19, 15:54

California lawmakers moved ahead Wednesday with tougher rules that limit parents from choosing whether to vaccinate their schoolchildren as a handful of opponents shouted "We will not comply" inside the Senate.Senators sent the measure to the Assembly as the nation struggles to stem the highest number of measles cases in ...

News 05/20/19, 00:27

Sarah Day is a school nurse with "street cred" when it comes to the polarizing issue of vaccines on an idyllic island in Washington state known for its rural beauty, counterculture lifestyle and low immunization rates.Since she began communal living on Vashon Island more than 20 years ago, the registered ...

Health 05/02/19, 15:11

The state Senate moved Thursday to end philosophical but not religious exemptions to vaccines, amid rising concerns about disease outbreaks.In an initial round of voting, the Senate voted 20-15 to pass a bill that would end both kinds of opt-outs by 2021 for schoolchildren, as well as employees at nursery ...

U.S. 03/26/19, 16:01

California may give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children shouldn't be vaccinated before attending school.The legislation announced Tuesday would also let state and county health officials revoke medical exemptions granted by doctors if they are found to be fraudulent or contradict federal ...

U.S. 03/08/19, 21:19

An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep cut while playing on a farm, according to a case study published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2017 case is the first ...

Health 02/18/19, 08:18

The Philippine health secretary says 136 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8,400 others have been sickened in an outbreak blamed partly on recent vaccination fears.Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Monday a massive immunization drive that started last week in hard-hit Manila and four provincial regions may ...

Health 02/17/19, 19:57

Clark County Public Health has identified two new measles cases and two new exposure locations in its ongoing outbreak investigation.Public Health spokeswoman Marissa Armstrong released a statement Sunday saying the agency has now identified 61 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus.Of the 61 cases confirmed in Clark County, 54 ...

Health 02/14/19, 08:50

Clark County Public Health hasn't identified any new measles cases or exposure locations in its ongoing outbreak investigation.The Columbian reported Wednesday that only one new case has been identified since Feb. 8. One previously confirmed case was ruled out after further testing.There are also four confirmed cases in Multnomah County, ...

U.S. 02/01/19, 18:31

A measles outbreak near Portland, Oregon, has revived a bitter debate over so-called "philosophical" exemptions to childhood vaccinations as public health officials across the Pacific Northwest scramble to limit the fallout. At least 44 people in Washington and Oregon have fallen ill in recent weeks with the extraordinarily contagious virus, which ...

U.S. 10/24/18, 06:19

For the first time, a U.S. advisory committee is recommending a routine vaccination for homeless people, voting Wednesday to urge hepatitis A shots to prevent future outbreaks of the contagious liver disease.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made the recommendation at a meeting in Atlanta. The Centers for Disease Control ...

Health 10/19/18, 23:45

Cochise County will offer immunizations later this month to residents of a border town affected by a sewage spill. County health officials said Thursday a second clinic for adults who live and work in Naco will be held Oct. 26. The clinic will have vaccines for Hepatitis A and B and Tetanus ...