82 children infected in Ohio measles outbreak
Officials in Columbus, Ohio, the state's largest city, confirmed the infections and report that 74 of the infected children are not vaccinated against measles - and four are only partially vaccinated. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ohio Measles Outbreak —More Than 80 Children Infected—As Fears Grow Of Growing Numbers Of Unvaccinated
At least 81 children have been infected in a measles outbreak sweeping across central Ohio and all but five of the children were confirmed to be unvaccinated, the latest preventable outbreak amid concerns that childhood vaccinations waned during the pandemic and an emerging, unwarranted skepticism…#cdc #columbushealth #columbuspublichealth #columbus #whowarn #ohio #anthonyfauci #rocklandcounty #mysheikaroberts (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.
An Ohio measles outbreak among unvaccinated children comes at a time of heightened concern about the public health consequences of anti-vaccine sentiment. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - December 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
How to increase vaccination uptake among migrant communities
Migrants arriving in Europe may face a range of personal and practical barriers to vaccination. Research found that tailored messages about vaccination, community-based interventions, and convenient local clinics can encourage underserved groups to have vaccinations. Recommendations include improving migrants ' access to primary healthcare and co-designing strategies and services.
Migrants are a diverse group of people, from many different countries. They include refugees, asylum seekers and international workers. Differing healthcare systems around the world, and various barriers to vaccination experienced by mobile grou...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ohio Measles Outbreak Grows, Fueled By Vaccine Hesitancy Ohio Measles Outbreak Grows, Fueled By Vaccine Hesitancy
Most of the children infected were unvaccinated but were old enough to get the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 20, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
More than a third of parents oppose vaccine requirements in schools, KFF survey finds
More than a third of US parents say that vaccinating children against measles, mumps and rubella should be an individual choice and not a requirement to attend public school, even if that may create health risks, according to survey data published Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opposition to School Vaccine Mandates Has Grown Significantly, Study Finds
A third of parents now feel they should be the ones to decide whether to get their children immunized against measles, mumps and other childhood diseases. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Polls and Public Opinion Children and Childhood Measles Kaiser Family Foundation Pew Research Center your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Progress Toward Measles and Rubella Elimination - India, 2005-2021
This report describes in measles and rubella vaccination in 2021 and declines in incidence during 2017-2021. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - December 15, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Measles MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Rubella Source Type: news
Are you up to date on your vaccines?
Flu, measles, shingles — you want to prevent all of them. Yale clinical experts tell you how to stay up to date on your vaccinations. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - December 13, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Measles in the US: 5 Things You Need to Know Measles in the US: 5 Things You Need to Know
Even if pediatric patients or their families have not traveled recently, they may still be at risk within a community where its members travel internationally and vaccination rates are low.CDC Expert Commentary (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - December 13, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Pediatrics Commentary Source Type: news
Ohio Measles Outbreak Sickens Nearly 60 Children Ohio Measles Outbreak Sickens Nearly 60 Children
None of the children had been fully vaccinated against measles, and 23 of them have been hospitalized.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - December 7, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Measles outbreak in central Ohio grows to more than 50 cases, driven by 'lack of vaccination'
A measles outbreak in central Ohio is growing, sickening more than 50 children, with many of them needing hospitalization, according to data updated Tuesday by Columbus Public Health. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on timeliness and equity of measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations in North East London: a longitudinal study using electronic health records
Study of 285 GP surgeries in NE London found the pandemic was associated with a 4.0% (95% CI 3.4% to 4.6%) reduction in timely MMR vaccine receipt, with increased geographical clustering of measles susceptibility in an area of historically low and inequitable MMR coverage. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Red spots, red flags: Experts' warnings come true as missing vaccinations lead to measles outbreak
From the time countries scrambled to protect their population — first through lockdowns and isolation and then through unprecedented, large-scale vaccination drives — public health experts warned that there would be a price to pay in the form of children missing their regular vaccination doses against diseases like measles, polio and diphtheria. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - December 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Montreal health officials look to reverse decline of routine childhood vaccinations
A growing number of kids have yet to be inoculated against dangerous diseases like measles, mumps, whooping cough and rubella, said Benoît Corriveau, a resident doctor with the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
